Originally Posted by
lockielegend
more or less,
yeah there usually is at least one 74 at avalon whenever i pass it. i heards its cos q dont have enough engines for all the 742 and 743's they've got.
would q have sold tickets for A380 flights and thus be scrounging up other aircraft? or is it just projected loss of earnings, with no flights booked in future as of yet?
fill me in.
lockie
QF don't have any 742s, last one retired in '02, its a museum now in Longreach. The 743 with no engines at AV is retired, not because of lack of available engines, its not airworthy and too expensive to restore to airworthiness (got a shyte load of airframe hours). No tickets would have been sold but planning implementation of the aircraft, which includes getting slots etc has been all buggered up.