Originally Posted by
Capt Colonial
Dragon Man, I doubt such necessities will eventuate on what I was just told!
Yes, I have a bad habit of drinking with Engineers! However as was reported by Mateusz Maszczynski – 21 March 2019 (PYOC.com) Qantas Mainline Engineering are confirming that the Jetstar B787-8 is coming to Qantas Mainline (Destined for a Repaint and Cabin Refurbishment) for Mainline Regional Operations.
That’s 11 hulls! Jetstar is to get the A321LR that Joyce pre-ordered (do we remember Red Q?) replacing all of Jetstar's B787-8 hulls and which will cover their regional operations however the word is that this will also gear-up Jetstar to be able to fly the A350-1000 from 2026!
So, with 14 ordered +11 from Jetstar that will give Qantas Mainline 25 B787 Hulls. Whether the A350-1000 will come to Qantas Mainline or are flown by Jetstar (Or yet another Qantas subsidiary) Pilots will depend on what may be the competitive new “Business Case’!.
The JQ A321LRs only have a range of approx 2500nm due to only 1 additional centre tank and a dense 232 pax config. Hence only the Bali flights are capable of being replaced. With new routes for the 787 being announced literally within the past fortnight (OOL-SEOUL) and around 50 787 S/Os being recruited into the JQ long haul operation this year I doubt there would be plans to give the 787s to QF. Don’t believe everything you read