What will become of the retiring QF 743's?

NickN · #1 7th August 2008, 08:47 AM

Are their other carriers out there who would buy these aircraft or are they all headed for the glue factory?

Bruce Bramwell · #2 7th August 2008, 09:51 AM

Currently they are being offered for sale with prices mentioned around US$6million per frame. [that was a couple of weeks ago]

There has been some interest in the aircraft notably the fact that its a 747-300 with IFE [Qantas the only ones with Personal TV's?]

More than likely they will end up with an ACMI carrier in Europe, Northern Africa where at the moment there is a demand.

The could be converted into freighters?

Time will tell though

Rhys Xanthis · #3 7th August 2008, 03:08 PM

They are due for D Checks pretty soon i recall...could be enough to turn any prospective carrier off (unless they can combine a D-Check with the freighter conversion?)

BradR · #4 7th August 2008, 03:10 PM

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or are they all headed for the glue factory?

Coming to a Coke can near you!!!!

Brad

NickN · #5 7th August 2008, 04:04 PM

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Coming to a Coke can near you!!!!

That depends, will the Coke can suffer a hole in the side of it?

After all those suckers are highly pressurized!

And excuse my daftness what what is an ACMI carrier?

Nigel C · #6 7th August 2008, 05:14 PM

A search of google came up with...

http://www.globalplanesearch.com/vie...easing-def.htm

Michael Cleary · #7 7th August 2008, 06:15 PM

I hope that I am wrong, but I suspect that their departure flight from Australia for some of them will follow the same routing as many previous members of the 'family', that being SYD-HNL-MZJ.

And we know what usually happens then.

Brenden S · #8 7th August 2008, 07:02 PM

I heard that they are all going where EBT went. The place that got EBT were rather happy with her and wanted the rest. Not sure and I heard that from another Engineer.

Marty H · #9 7th August 2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Brenden S

I heard that they are all going where EBT went. The place that got EBT were rather happy with her and wanted the rest. Not sure and I heard that from another Engineer.

Where did EBT go????

Bob C · #10 7th August 2008, 07:43 PM

A refurbisehed B747-300 fuselage (minus wings) would look terrific in Perth as a restaurant/photography/viewing platform which would form the centre piece of the proposed spotters area in the airport redevelopment.