Jobs to go at Qantas

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Sean L

Wait so no more A380s?

Stored for three years, then reassessed, so not definite but given the future is hard to forecast, it’s unlikely to involve A380s coming back into the fleet I suspect. Some of the A330s are heading to the desert one way as well, around six or so approaching their cycles limit.

[Tom PER]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Stored for three years, then reassessed, so not definite but given the future is hard to forecast, it’s unlikely to involve A380s coming back into the fleet I suspect. Some of the A330s are heading to the desert one way as well, around six or so approaching their cycles limit.

Any idea which A330’s are? Curious as I don’t believe any of the A330/340’s worldwide have ever hit their cycle limit. Do you possibly mean major components such as landing gear/engines?

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Tom Barber

Any idea which A330’s are? Curious as I don’t believe any of the A330/340’s worldwide have ever hit their cycle limit. Do you possibly mean major components such as landing gear/engines?

Early A330s have a 33k limit, so the ex JQ birds would be my guess

[Todd Hendry]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Early A330s have a 33k limit, so the ex JQ birds would be my guess

The early ones were QFs originally.

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Todd Hendry

The early ones were QFs originally.

Indeed, but the ones to go will be all ex JQ including EBE and EBF which were delivered to JQ directly.

[Steve S... 2]

I would imagine it is the oldest six EBA to EBF.

[Tom PER]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Early A330s have a 33k limit, so the ex JQ birds would be my guess

I find it very hard to believe that any of the QF A330’s are approaching 33k cycles, also they were MSN’s in the early 5xx’s, CX/KA are still/were pre C19 flying double digit MSN builds A333’s, which are 1992/93 birds....the lowest MSN -EBC was a late 2002 build. They’ve hardly had hard lives either with extended layovers in SIN/AKL when they were with JQ and in recent years the domestic A332’s have spent weekends ‘sitting out’.

The first A330’s are a similar age to the 744ER’s which is often forgotten.