The Popes 747 Qantas Flight to Rome

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by D Chan

Although OEB is one of the ugly sisters.

OEB is one of a few 747-400's which are not designated -438's. They are ex Malaysian Airlines.

Chris

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Rhys Xanthis

OEB, OEC and OED were all ex Malaysia Airlines and are nicknamed the 'three ugly sisters'

[Andi O]

For what it is worth, OEB is NOT ex-Malaysian. Is actually an ex-Asiana machine

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by Marty H

OEB, OEC and OED were all ex Malaysia Airlines and are nicknamed the 'three ugly sisters'

Wow, i never knew that.

Thanks for the info

[Tom PER]

OJA can't fly non-stop LHR-SYD with cargo and a handful of pax but OEB can't manage DRW-Italy non-stop basically empty?

[Ken K]

Originally Posted by Tom Barber

OJA can't fly non-stop LHR-SYD with cargo and a handful of pax but OEB can't manage DRW-Italy non-stop basically empty?

The OJA delivery flight is a totally different scenario. Firstly there's a special high-density fuel used, not to mention that any measure to save both weight and fuel (eg. removing all galley equipment, not starting engines till the holding point) was taken. The tanks themselves were filled to the point of overflowing. Also, note that OJA was travelling eastbound vs westbound for OEE. Which means that OEE was flying with 70kt+ headwinds for at least the Southern Europe portion, whereas the opposite might be true for OJA..