QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[James Smith]

The schedule for the New York flights is now up on the QANTAS booking site with departure from SYD at 10:05 on Wed, Fri and Sun with arrival in JFK at 17:15 via AKL - QF3. The return flight departs JFK at 19:30 same day with arrival in SYD at 8:05 on Tue, Fri and Sun - QF4. B789 operating with commencement on 14/6/23.

[James Smith]

Further reading of the full QANTAS end of year announcement has stated the following regarding its fleet:

All Qantas and Jetstar aircraft based in Australia and New Zealand have returned to flying, with the exception of some Airbus A380s. Five A380s with updated interiors have now returned to service with the remaining five to follow by December 2023, once mid-life maintenance is completed. Qantas International is due to receive its three remaining Boeing 787-900s by the end of FY23.

Source: QANTAS News Room: https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/me...very-underway/

A couple of A332s are also still to return to service.

[Brenden S]

VH-XMB was ferried to ASP and has now been deleted from the register. One must assume that it is being scrapped there.