QF 744 retirement. Where is it at?
 

Apologies if there is a similar thread somewhere,but where do we all think the 744 retirement plan is at present? In view of some recent announcements and some equipment changes coming up soon on some sectors e.g. all the LHR changes,where does this leave the 744? Qantas has already stated that with the changes,it will be able to accelerate the 744 retirement plan,but what does that mean exactly?

Keeping in mind we already know of OJB,OJF & OJP for sale and that OJG,OJH & OJJ are supposed to be available from late 2012/early 2013,I would be interested very much to hear peoples thoughts as to what will happen and which aircraft will be the next to go and when.

I am assuming it will be the those I have listed above,but in what order and when,I have no idea and I wonder how many QF will lose this year?

Cheers
Jim

A big chunk of the fleet.

QF have stated the 6 B744s will be retired, those are the 6 regos you listed above.

Most of the other B744s will have to wait for the 2 additional A380s to arrive, as well as the B787-900s which are "due" in 2014.

QF will hold onto 9 of the newly upgraded B744s until at least 2019.

Cheers

Brad,do you think the late 12/early 13 dates for OJG,OJH & OJJ will stay or will they be brought forward?

Cheers
Jim

????

Is it because you don't know they are called 787-9s or you don't want to know?

Unless I am mistaken the 6 planned withdrawals listed above were announced prior to the latest cuts which will allow Qantas to accelerate their withdrawal plan. So based on that I think it is fair to assume that a couple more will be added to the list.

Both terms are correct... The '-9' is the marketing term for the particular model, and denotes the first of the model numbers. But when in service, each airline's model will have a three number suffix, e.g. '-938'

Oh well, OJO is apparently withdrawn from the fleet,and OJB sometime within a week.
Will be interesting to see what is next and when....

Me personally,I'd rather it be none :(
Sad days indeed

Cheers
Jim

I've noticed that since the schedule change last week, there have been around 10 or so 747s parked in Sydney overnight, as well as 2 in Avalon for maintenance. It has usually been around 3 or 4 a night, which leads me to believe maybe a few more 744s to go in the near future

Notice on acars where OJD seems to do the Syd-Per-Syd run all the time. Has this been upgraded?

OJD does the Perth run because it is the only two class aircraft left

OJA...Will they donate, sell or scrap?

OJO is sitting out by the Pond this morning - the tail has been painted over, the Qantas lettering has been removed (Spirit of Australia remains for some reason). The Wallabies decals have been largely removed except one section by the wing.

Well it seems she won't be operating a revenue service for her Aus departure,unlike sister OJN back in December.
Does anyone know when her departure is and whether its to Victorville or Marana?
If I'm not mistaken,OJR was the last to leave without Roo and titles and it went to Marana.

Cheers
Jim

Hi Jim,

According to Airliners.net http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo.../5424642/#last...

Thank you Stefan,much appreciated!

Cheers
Jim

Saw OJO today at Jetbase being prepared for ferry flight..


Another one bites the dust...

OJB also out as of a few days ago.....:(

Jim

A reminder OJO departs at 2:10pm today - terrible weather for it though

Taxiing now...QF6021

OJO taxi
 

Is it still taxiing? How's the weather?

Departed between rain showers.

Left 45 minutes late but she is gone :(

Looks like OJO lost her MOJO :) hope she does'nt end up like http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untit...195afc8c9c891b :cool:

Yes its not good when your aircraft looses its MOJO....terible;)

In light of OJO leaving our shores, thought I'd post a picture I just found of another one of our old friends http://www.airteamimages.com/big135094.html

Arrived at KVCV at around 0430 AEST

Does anybody know what the prospects for -OJL are? She's still ploughing the routes between Australia, London, South Africa, Hong Kong and LA. As yet she also hasn't had her livery updated. Is this an indication that she may have limited days with Qantas?

Steve there's a fair chunk of the 747 fleet that haven't been repainted yet. From memory only OJM, OJS-OJU, OEB and a couple of -400ERs have been done.

All the 747's, except for the -ER's and -OJS, -OJT and -OJU have a limited life left in Qantas. The only question is what order will they follow -OJO.

I think only OEF remains in the old livery

I think the only ER with the old livery is OEF


Sorry about the double post

Anyone know any details about the departure of OJB?
I'm assuming it will also be heading to VCV...

Cheers
Jim

Looks like OJB operates into LAX then to VCV on Thursday the 26th of April LAX time, Jim.

Not sure how it gets there, but I'm assuming via BNE. Only a guess.

Todd.

Thanks for the info Todd. At least I know the date now and I will watch out for the rest of the details.
Another sad day for all us 744 lovers :(

Cheers
Jim

It will be doing the QF107 run on Wed 25th as its last commercial flight.:(

Has QF12 been canned in order to operate as QF108 instead on the 25th out of LAX? Or was QF12 already cancelled for other reasons, prior to OJB being booked to operate QF107?

cheers

Hi All,

Just a reminder that OJB operates QF107 tomorrow 25/04 on its last commercial flight,and departure from Australia.

Another sad day :(

Jim

OJB is currently climbing through 11200 feet on her final qantas journey!!

OJB departing this morning......