QF768 - 13NOV, Another Qantas engine problem

[Fabian Lee]

Thanks Gareth and Sarah. Is there any way I can get a listing of the regos of the domestic 763s? While I would expect the domestic 763s to ply domestic routes exclusively, I am just wondering if they are nowadays never deployed on international routes. Thanks

[Jason H]

VH-OGB/C/M/R/S/T/U are the only international config 763s as far as i'm aware

[Jack B]

Correct

[Sarah C]

Originally Posted by Fabian Lee

Thanks Gareth and Sarah. Is there any way I can get a listing of the regos of the domestic 763s? While I would expect the domestic 763s to ply domestic routes exclusively, I am just wondering if they are nowadays never deployed on international routes. Thanks

Try this:

http://www.theqantassource.com/qijettracker.html

It isn't real time but still handy

[Adam W]

Originally Posted by Jason H

VH-OGB/C/M/R/S/T/U are the only international config 763s as far as i'm aware

Originally Posted by Jack Brownbill

Correct

Not quite, OGC left the fleet earlier this year.

[Adam W]

Originally Posted by Gareth U

There is international and domestic configured GE 763s. The domestic configuration has two primary variations.

All were previously operated in a two or three class international configuration. Yes, until the mid nineties the 763s had a six seat first class cabin.

OGV was delivered in a domestic configuration.

[Jack B]

I think -OGV may have even been in an all-Y configuration, or maybe that was just before delivery to AO.


I recall the 767s as having an odd F/J layout, with the F seats being on one side of the cabin and J on the other, with a divide between the two.

[Gareth U]

My recollection that the first GE 763 to feature a dedicated domestic configuration was OGG. That was after OGD-F had the Tasman configuration (with international Dreamtime seats in J).

OGV was reconfigured from its delivery configuration (whatever it may have been) to 271Y post AN collapse. The aircraft was dedicated to CNS-SYD-OOL-SYD-OOL-SYD-CNS before going to AO. AO's other 763s had a 272Y config with different galley and lav layout to that of OGV.

The reason I thought that OGV was delivered in international configuration was an educated guess. Why would Qantas go to the expense of removing a domestic interior on a newly delivered aircraft while in the process of converting others from international to domestic?

Did OGV feature the mid galley on delivery? Was it slated to become another Tasman aircraft prior to the all Y modification?