These recent pics on Jen Schuld's Twitter feed probably answer my question :

https://twitter.com/JenSchuld/status...291074/photo/1

https://twitter.com/JenSchuld/status...088129/photo/1

There are some numbers (could be right or wrong)

* Remove from storage (2wks) based on previous
* Return to Everett to complete B & C testing (2 wks)
* Handover to QF and ferry ( 1 wk)
* Pre-service checks and service entry (1 wk)

That's if :

* Return to Everett where they were built
* No issues of waking them up from storage
* Boeing can slot them in at anytime (Remember QF recently place a large Airbus order)
* There is not rework due testing (no waiting for replacement parts)
* ....

Looking at the best case, 6 wks before service entry.

Boeing are now looking at the second half of the year before deliveries recommence, and there is a significant queue ahead of QF

It is believed that these 2 aircraft are going to be converted to freighters

https://www.flightglobal.com/strateg...146742.article

Gavin, my reading of the Flight Global story was that they were saying that VH-EBB & EBD were still in storage, not necessarily that these two A332 would be the ones converted.

There is a separate thread on this site entitled, "More Freighters for QF." Below are three separate posts from this thread which gives more clarity on the potential A332's to be converted:

The return to passenger service of VH-EBB & EBD could easily be timed for the commencement of the freighter conversion process for VH-EBE & EBF.

From a reliable source

EBB and EBD are going into a C check in Brisbane in May and will be out after approx 2 months as this is a huge maintenance check and there are corrosion issues that need to be repaired.

There was a QF 73H which flew DRW-HKG on Monday (QF6028/VH-VXO). Any ideas?

C check most likely.

That’s not a c Check, which typically take three weeks, more likely a D check otherwise known as a C4 or c8 check.

I'd be pretty confident to say it's gone for maintenance, probably at HAECO. Both legs of the flight (SYD-DRW & DRW-HKG) used positioning flight numbers rather than charter or freight flight numbers, and it's very unlikely that VXO would be the operating aircraft if it were a charter or freight operation.