RetroRoo II

[Rowan McKeever]

QF will unveil a second RetroRoo on 16 November - another B738. Interesting reference to service across Australia and the Tasman...

http://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/med...-retro-roo-ii/

[Zac M]

How is the Tasman reference noteworthy? Am I missing something?

[Rowan McKeever]

Seems to suggest it 'might' be one of the Jetconnect 738s... but then seems to suggest not if it'll be operating domestic as well.

[Dave C]

The Jetconnect 738's are not being reconfigured.

QF ordered 75 738's, Jetconnect has 8, that leaves 67 in the mainline fleet.

Mainline does fly across the Tasman.

This will be a mainline machine.

[Chris Z]

Anyone with insider knowledge on which 738 is getting the paint job? Surely one still in the old QF livery would get the gig..?

[Zac M]

Purely an assumption, it will be an old liveried 738 that has the reconfig or is about to get it, so right now VXQ would be the prime candidate.

[Ryan K]

I'd love for QF to put a TAA retro livery on a Boeing 717 or an Australian Airlines "blue roo" livery on a 737. TN played a huge role in this country's aviation history and it would be great to see Qantas recognise that.

[Yusef D]

Totally agree.

TAA/Australian is a huge part of the Qantas backstory, and to only paint domestic 737s in the heritage of the long haul operation when they are the direct descendants of TN is a bit wrong.

[Steve S... 2]

I also thought it would have to be a 738 in the old faded livery.

But when you think of it, the "VH-" 738's they use across the Tasman are normally from VH-VZL onwards - as they have seat back entertainment.

They won't paint a ZK- 738 - as they are never used in on Australia domestic.

I guess it won't be what we expect anyway... who knows, they could select XZO.

[Zac M]

It has been confirmed elsewhere that VXQ will be the aircraft, good guess on my part :P