Actually Jason, QF's 4-class Pacific services are still the domain of the GE CF6 fleet. For example, QF11/12 has seen a RR powered aircraft roughly once a week for the past few months, whilst QF107/108 and QF 73/74 are only operated by RR aircraft on a rare, sporadic basis, QF93/94 even less. I'm sure this would be a different situation if the A380 wasn't in the midst, but its arrival has certainly kept these Pacific services relatively untouched by the Kangaroo fleet. Had the A380 not arrived when it did, we'd probably see the 4-class RR aircraft on these services more frequently. The entry of OQD into service will again the dilute the mix.
Where the biggest change has come is in the use of these 4-class RR aircraft on what were previously 2-class services. QF25/26 to and from AKL and QF15/16 from BNE certaintly now see a wide range of RR powered jets, not the 56J/356Y examples as previous. The non-stop SYD services still see a lot of the ERs as well as OEB-OED.
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