ZK-JTP 737-400 Hamilton Airport

Dave Dale · #1 24th February 2011, 03:05 PM

On my travels today, I noted Qantas Jetconnect ZK-JTP was at Hamilton airport all day, parked up. Anyone have an idea as to what it was doing there?

Dave

Rod Sloan · #2 25th February 2011, 08:26 AM

Chch earthquake relocations ??

Dave Dale · #3 25th February 2011, 08:46 AM

I thought as much. Having said this, I thought that all Jetconnect aircraft were being utilised in the schedules...

Dave Dale · #4 27th February 2011, 07:46 PM

Today on my way out of Hamilton Airport flying to Auckland, I noticed ZK-JTP still parked up. Oddly enough, both ZK-JTR and JTS were both parked up outside the Air New Zealand engineering hangar at Auckland.

Peter Agatsiotis · #5 27th February 2011, 07:57 PM

Now that they have 6 B738's in service (plus someone mentioned 2 or 3 more due) presume these will be phased out and return to Oz or, seeing that they have the new QF scheme, continue to operate domestic?

Torin Wilson · #6 27th February 2011, 08:09 PM

Its parked there for storage, it has been withdrawn from use.

Dave Dale · #7 27th February 2011, 08:12 PM

Another few flights to the Californian desert then... However, with all the talk of adding more domestic capacity, I would have thought they would come back to Australia...

Adam G · #8 27th February 2011, 08:17 PM

I think JTR is still in service - I only flew on it from BNE/AKL last week.

Zac M · #9 27th February 2011, 08:24 PM

Speaking of Jetconnect 734s, has TJZ returned to Qantas mainline domestic yet?

Peter Agatsiotis · #10 28th February 2011, 11:44 AM

I last photographed JTP at SYD 14 Feb and JTR 2nd Jan.