Qantas 744 clear-up
Just to clarify:
- the record flight from EGLL to YSSY was the delivery flight of Qantas's first 747-438, in 1989. It was not a 747-438ER (the first of which was delivered in 2002), rather a 'normal' -400 and had delivered across from Seattle before being filled with special fuel for the record flight;
- Qantas has not yet started operating its own equipment to KDFW, hence current schedules KDFW-YBBN would show a stop (transfer) in KLAX;
- Qantas will shortly be operating its own equipment (747-438ER) from Australia to DFW and back, running YSSY-KDFW-YBBN-YSSY, the BNE stop being required on the way back as the aircraft can't reliably fly KDFW-YSSY all year with revenue payload.
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