QF 744 retirement. Where is it at?

[Ash W]

Pre-owned wouldn't make a difference. What will is when its next major check is due and of course how many 747's Qantas needs with its expanded network.

[Rowan McKeever]

Once OJI is gone there's only OJM & OEB left out of 'not-the-lucky-9'. Both are non-refurbished & I think are in the same config. As Ash says it'll come down to which of those is more expensive to keep and/or which one has higher resale.

[Wenglock M]

OJM went for a heavy check in HKG earlier in May so we can presume it will stay for a while yet?

[Dennis McLean]

OJM arrived back in SYD on 27 May and was replaced by OEJ in HKG. OEJ arrived back in SYD this morning on ferry flight QFA6020. So all 12 are available for service

[Matthew Arnaoutis]

Hi all,
Has there been any other word on the date of VH-OJI's retirement? Apparently its retirement had actually been deferred due to OQF's incident.

[Astewart]

VH-OJI retired, titles already painted out, due to fly to Mojave on the 27th with a stopover in Honolulu

[Matthew Arnaoutis]

Thanks for the update.
So it's not doing a revenue flight then, as some of the earlier ones did. Its last revenue flight was a return trip from Narita on the 21st.

[Greg Hyde]

Is it going straight to the chopping block (Mojave) rather than storage at Victorville ?

[Zac M]

I believe she is off to Mojave.

[Astewart]

Would appear it is meeting the axe, all 4 engines to be removed on arrival at MHV...