Originally Posted by
Hollywood1
Don't forget the 20 A321 XLRs that are due in late 2024
75 B737s at the moment. The 321s will require from memory 3 per rank per frame more than the 737 so ideally need about 65ish to maintain the same pilot size in Short Haul.
Here’s a question for someone who might be able to dig up the info. What was the wide body fleet size in 2000, 2005 and 2010?
Someone recently posted on a work forum that 2005 was approx 75 Wbs. Down to 50 at the moment.
I would love to see how the international QF fleet has contracted over the last 25 years and which way passenger movements have gone.
Currently as it sits there is 14 B787s
10 A380s
and 26 or 28 A330s? Someone else can provide the exact figure.
We have lost 4 airbuses since Covid. The 330 retirements are due very soon as the domestic 330s are running out of cycles.
As I’ve stated and asked in previous posts, how many 747s did we retire in the last ten, fifteen and twenty years? What was the 767 fleet size?
I can’t be bothered looking up the exact numbers. Maybe some nerds on here know. But I’ll take a stab and make the claim that the 14 Dreamliners we have received since 2016, plus whatever the 380 and 330s have arrived in the last two decades haven’t really come close to replacing what we had back then. QF has contracted internationally, and 14 more 787s plus 24 total A350s doesnt seem like that much growth once we factor in the entire retirement of the 330 and eventually 380 fleets over the coming decade.
Hopefully these rumours are just the first batch and more orders will be made over the years. The overlap in fleets is where the progression will be made, plus the pulling of pilots into the training system and off the line while this all ramps up. If history repeats itself and this is all QF orders until 2035 then long term it won’t be any substantial growth.