Australian Aviation Thread 2021 - 2023

[lunchbox]

Boeing has delivered its last 747 - to cargo carrier Atlas.
(Ref SMH "Traveller" 11.2.23.)
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[moa999]

WSI for Western Sydney International Nancy-Bird Walton Airport

https://twitter.com/flyWSA/status/16311 ... mZ4SA&s=19

[Stonesourscotty]

Qantas are taking two Finnair a330s on loan

[eddy]

Would either of these be good for Australia to be used for passengers unless the army needs them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7KkNRmIj0g

[Stonesourscotty]

Heard there's a Qantas 787 with a Jetstar 787 engine Fitted? Did they repaint it or did it enter service in Jetstar condition?

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[boronia]

I'd guess they are the same engines, so does it matter?

[JRBUS123]

I'd guess they are the same engines, so does it matter?

Both JQ's and QF's 787 engines are from the same engine maker, but they respectively have different engines. And while unrelated to engines, JQ also have the 787-8 variant, whereas QF have the 787-9 variant.

[Stonesourscotty]

Two Ex Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 VH-VUA/VUC have both turned up at Cotswold airport in England en route to India now as freighters they will go to Spicejet.

Qantas Oldest A380 was spotted at Gatwick the other day supposedly on a religious charter? There was 3 Qantas planes in London that day the A380 from Sydney/Singapore and the 787 from Singapore/Perth and also the charter.

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[boronia]

50 year old tourist and charter airline Desert Air Safaris has recently rebranded as Koala Airlines, and is rumoured to be eyeing the RPT market.
But nothing in the printed press. Is it 1st April already?

[Merc1107]

The way their website is written makes me think they'll never amount to anything more than "Rekkof", who from time to time, surface with claims about restarting the old Fokker production line. Time will tell, though.

What I consider foolish is trying to start up an airline, in a market that's littered with stories of abject failure, with brand-new 737MAX aircraft. The lease costs on those aircraft would be exorbitant - and were a significant contributor to Bonza's demise. Surely there'd be a glut of previous generation 737NG aircraft on the market, that could be leased very cheaply, if not acquired outright, that would make greater sense for a startup; domestically, Alliance Airline's great success in the charter and leasing field can be attributed to owning their own fleet, that don't need to be flown intensively to make lease payments, and turn a profit.