Totally understand the economics though. "There's a lot we don't know about life on the other side of the crisis, but our starting assumption has to be that the market won't return to demand levels we had going into the crisis. Do not expect the latest and swankiest interiors on the 747-400s, which tend to feature seats from the past decade. Qantas will send its last two Boeing 747 jumbo jets on their final flight next month, making an early retirement for the iconic jumbo jet.It's expected there'll be little fanfare for these much-loved Queen of the Skies: no victory lap of Australia's major airports, just a long lonely journey across the Pacific Ocean to Southern California's Mojave Desert, where they'll join other parked Qantas Boeing 747s and hundreds of other aircraft deemed surplus to their owners.One of those red-tailed Boeing 747s currently sitting idle at the famous 'boneyard' has already lost her Qantas branding and the Flying Kangaroo logo, and is now listed for parts and scrap.Qantas was approached for comment but did not reply. I very possibly see this becoming freighters soon as passenger belly freight has all but disappeared overnight and the cargo airlines have had to reactivate their older out to pasture aircraft. Had many very enjoyable journey's aboard the mighty QF 744's, but very sad the Victory laps are off and my little fella misses out on the opportunity.
Will miss sitting upstairs looking at the Antarctic ice shelf in winter. We’ll send you an email containing the activation link.Subscribe to our free newsletter and get the latest news, reviews, tips and more sent straight to your inboxThree Qantas Boeing 747s at Mojave, with one already stripped of its markings and listed for parts.The Captain Cook lounge, on the upper deck of the first Qantas Boeing 747s.The elegant yet powerful 'Queen of the Skies' joined the Qantas fleet in 1971. speculation that her siblings will share the same fate, jet engines; a similar deal was previously done with Rolls-Royce.Of course, not all jets that fly into the arid Californian desert never fly out again – many are being stored in the dry environment of Southern California Logistics Airport as airlines wait out the coronavirus pandemic, and are expected to Qantas' international network, carrying travellers to London, Frankfurt, the USA and the key Asian routes of Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok, the Boeing 747 – which Qantas began the year with six Boeing 747s, all of which were to be put out to pasture as rounding Qantas' international network at the end of March.With the federal government now ruling out overseas travel until late September, and little expectation that long-distance flying will be back on the agenda until 2021, half of Qantas' mighty Airbus A380 fleet are being put into hibernation under a to reshape the airline around post-coronavirus travel demand. The more you fly the faster you’ll enjoy benefits like priority boarding, lounge access and much more. Qantas will retire the last of its six 747-400s by the end of 2020 as it increases its fleet of 787 Dreamliners to 14 the same year. Qantas began the year with six Boeing 747s, all of which were to be put out to pasture as factory-fresh Boeing 787 Dreamliners arrived, but Covid-19 has accelerated that timetable after a lockdown of Australia's borders and a ban on all but essential overseas travel resulted in the grounding Qantas' international network at the end of March. These 747-400ERs are still relatively young and since they are the more sort after ER variants, I'm predicting a cargo airline will snap them up.
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The market will probably be smaller for some time. "David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.And with that, the end of an era in Australian aviation comes to an end. 2 Future records only include new-built aircraft close to delivery and expected second-hand deliveries.
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