747-400 from avalon

[Nick W]

QFA6196 from Avalon is just about to land on 16R its a 744. New paint maybe?
Cheers Nick

[Gareth Forwood]

I'm afraid not, it's still old scheme.

[Fred C]

744's are not painted in Australia. There is no facility with the size and that meets OH&S requirements.

Only the 767's are painted in Richmond and apparently that may not be happening any more either. No painting at BNE heavy maintenance either.

[damien b]

Richmond paint hanger is closed. Until they find a new operator anyway and then they have to upgrade the facilities to meet new OH&S requirements.

[Fred C]

There you go! A sad thing for Australian industry and keeping jobs in house. (Even though it was run by the Kiwis:D:D)

[Andrew Neil]

TAE gone??????

[damien b]

I believe TAE is still operating within Australia, just they decided for various reasons to close the paint hanger at Richmond.

[Adam.S]

The aircraft in question was VH-OEJ, Wunala.

VH-OEB, OneWorld flew down to Avalon Friday morning.