In regards to the 747 that gets ferried between SYD and BNE you have to remember that only three routes are currently served by 2 class 747's which are SYD-SIN-FRA, BNE-LAX and AKL-LAX as the FRA flight is separated from the LAX flights it is necessary to position a 744 between SYD and BNE. The typical rotation may be SYD-SIN-FRA-SIN-SYD-BNE-LAX-AKL-LAX-BNE-SYD. IIRC this repositioning flight is only supposed to happen once a week but lately on the BNE-LAX route in particular 3 class 747's have been used lately necessitating a reposition as BNE currently doesn't have any 3 class routes.
This Month alone 3 class 747's OJG OJU OEG OEI have all done at least one BNE/LAX run.
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2012 FLIGHTS
26JAN QF501 BNE-SYD 73H VH-VXK // 26JAN QF2010 SYD-TMW DH3 VH-TQE // 30JAN FQ606 TMW-BNE J41 VH-TAH // 01AUG DJ1384 BNE-ADL 73H // 11AUG DJ1407 ADL-BNE E90]/
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