When are the Journo's gong to take the likes of Gareth Evans on?
130 new aircraft. Yes. But not to the Qantas Mainline International operation.
There has been a serious over in investment in the likes of Jetstar and its foreign franchises to the detriment of Qantas mainline.
The likes of Gareth and Alan are quoting a group wide fleet age of 7.9 years.
It distorts the truth about mainline fleet age. Whilst the likes of Jetstar Asia are renewing their fleet whilst already maintaining an average fleet age of 3.3 years.
In publically available data on the Internet. You can look at the Qantas mainline fleet registrations, then from their Manufacturer serial number (MSN) get the manufacture date.
The result as of late last year is Qantas International fleet has an average age of 12.7 years with no new aircraft on order.
Here are some of Qantas International competitors fleet ages for comparison.
Jetstar Asia 3.3
Etihad 5.1
Qatar 5.3
Emirates 6.4
China Eastern 6.6
China Southern 6.7
Singapore Airlines 7.5
Ethiopian Airlines 8.1
Virgin Atlantic 9.0
Cathay Pacific 9.5
Air NZ 10.1
Qantas (Intl AOC) 12.7
British Airlines 13.4
United Airlines 13.6
Delta 16.8
Alan. I totally agree its an uneven playing field. Your lack of investment in Qantas International has left you with no fuel efficient new aircraft to match your competitors.
MC