My guess is that the 767 will be around for either 3 years, or a lot longer than 5 years. There is nothing wrong with the aircraft at all, and can easily be kept flying for a long time. Remember the youngest aren't particularly old at all.
Until there are sufficient 787's in the fleet to replace them, the capacity is needed. And I can't see Qantas Mainline having 20 787's within 5 years. There are some regulatory issues that need to be addressed for 767's to fly beyond 2013, and assuming that is done, they'll stay for a while.
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