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Thanks Kurt. Amazing pics of yet another grand lady departing our shores. Very sad,but thanks so much for posting for those like me who couldn't be there today.
Cheers Jim
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So with OJJ departing Australia yesterday and heading for Marana,I have a question. Why do all the aircraft that go to MZJ get parted out so quickly? It appears,on the info that I have seen and heard that the aircraft that go VCV,seem to have a better chance of a second life,if you like and go into a period of storage. However,aircraft going to MZJ are the opposite. I saw a recent pic of OJG,which didn't retire that long ago and it looked as though it had been there for ever. It had no chance of ever flying again,from what I saw. Very sad. I would assume that whether an aircraft goes to VCV or MZJ depends on the lease arrangements and holder. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Also,where to from here. Does anyone know the next to go and when?? Hope its not for a while Cheers Jim
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Hi All,
FYI, According to Boeing Website, QF now have 6 B747's For Sale. VH-OJB (Serial 24373) VH-OJF (Serial 24483) VH-OJN (Serial 25315) VH-OJO (Serial 25544) VH-OJP (Serial 25545) VH-OJQ (Serial 25546) Others to Note: VH-OJJ (Serial 24974) Marana (Possible Broken Up) VH-OEC Already Scrapped at VCV VH-OED Already Scrapped at VCV VH-OJR Already Scrapped at Marana Further to this, according to Airfleets, Qantas has these listed as Stored: OJB OJD OJF OJG OJH OJJ OJN OJO OJP OJQ 16 x Active B747's OJA OJC OJE OJI OJL OJM OJS OJT OJU OEB OEE OEF OEG OEH OEI OEJ Stuart
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Thanks for the info Stuart. The only thing I can add is that OJG is definitely not stored. From the recent pic I saw,sadly,it is well on the way to being broken up
Cheers Jim
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Does anyone have any idea what is happening from here with 744 retirements?
I've seen nothing written about what is next to go and when,so any info would be great. OJC and OJE haven't flown for a couple of days and i would have thought with the fleet reducing as much as it has,these two would have been flat out with JNB,NRT etc?? Again,any info would be great. Cheers Jim
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Hi All,
Jim, OJC is currently ops QF21 today (22/4) and return QF22 (23/4) Stuart
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Thanks Stuart,I saw that late last night.
Does anyone know what's going on with OJE? Cheers Jim
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It should be doing the 21 the following night.
The sched has opened up a bit with the removal of the Frankfurt services.
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As always,thanks Fred for the info.
Cheers Jim
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Don't think we will be seeing many more retirements with the current and planned B744 schedules.
VH-OEB will go in for a cabin reconfig in June with her current low density config changed to a 14/52/32/255 layout to match OJL and OJM. This should help with scheduling as all the B744s will have seating between 353 and 371 making aircraft swaps etc a lot easier than is currently possible. Hope this helps |
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