Qantas to sell 2 747-400s this year
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Qantas to sell 2 747-400s this year
OJF and OJK both to be sold this year. Announcment on Tuesday re more flying cuts. Lost money in the last quarter.Not good news.
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Well they are both almost 20 years old and on average QF do more flying per year than most on their 747's so they are most likely beyond their use by date from a financial point of view.
I can see the add now.....VH-OJK for Sale, 19 years of tender loving care by QF Engineering, a lot of k's on the clock but runs well. Pride of the fleet and preferred on Sundays as it has been a bit Holy
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J
I can see the add now.....VH-OJK for Sale, 19 years of tender loving care by QF Engineering, a lot of k's on the clock but runs well. Pride of the fleet and preferred on Sundays as it has been a bit Holy
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Unfortunately...it's a buyers market at the moment for a lot of things not just aircraft...
Unless you could find someone willing to convert them into freighters I think it will be hard to shift them for any decent money....
Remember the old days when QF aircraft sold at a premium because of their maintenance record
Unless you could find someone willing to convert them into freighters I think it will be hard to shift them for any decent money....
Remember the old days when QF aircraft sold at a premium because of their maintenance record
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Announcement on Tuesday re more flying cuts.
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They still have not sold the B747-300's....
It would be a hard sell to sell them when you have younger, more modern, young, better interior aircraft on the market.
The market is already got a glut of both 747-400 pax & freighter aircraft.
Good luck Qantas!
It would be a hard sell to sell them when you have younger, more modern, young, better interior aircraft on the market.
The market is already got a glut of both 747-400 pax & freighter aircraft.
Good luck Qantas!
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One owner - outsource maintenance, has minor repair damage from oxygen bottle blowout after of cargo door cutout R/H, identified by the massive wiring splices in the area - new forward pressure bulkhead very low cycles, due minor impact with another aircraft ...yeah I can see everyone lining up to buy it...
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If I won powerball jackpot or something like that I would buy it and fly it around VFR, coastal at 500ft etc, until my money ran out. Which wouldnt take long to do at around 8 tonnes an hour burn at low weight!
AoA, be sure to sell tickets cheap, not really to make money just to keep it flying coastal 500ft VFR for a bit longer!! I'll be first in line for one of those tickets 
Hell, i'll even give you a hand flying if you want!!
No real experience on something bigger than a duchy, but i'll give it a darned good go!
Hell, i'll even give you a hand flying if you want!!No real experience on something bigger than a duchy, but i'll give it a darned good go!
If they are roller powered 747 then that is a good price. Scrap rates for a 744 is about 8 mil.
Only for operators of RR B744 QF, CX, BA and NZ ? Any one know anyone else with RR B744
Only for operators of RR B744 QF, CX, BA and NZ ? Any one know anyone else with RR B744
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I'll bite on a couple of things
I think it's traditionally the weakest quarter anyway, certainly on longhaul, so unhelpful but not awful, if true.
I had the good fortune, in the early days of Antarctic charters, to score a staff trip. Low level over water (and ice floes ) past Mawson's Hut. A sublime and serene experience.
Lost money in the last quarter.
I would buy it and fly it around VFR, coastal at 500ft
I believe Air New Zealand 747-400 ZK-NBS is on the market for US$10 million. I think it was coming up for engine replacement and a major check so that figure is probably not out of the ballpark for the Qantas ones.
AAhhhh bugger! Another two steps closer to the 380....