David Eyre
25 July 2020 © David Eyre After almost 50 years of reliable Boeing 747 services, Qantas has retired their final ‘Queen of the Skies’, Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ ‘Wunala’. Qantas...
aircraft retirement
12 December 2019 © David Eyre The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) farewelled the Pilatus PC-9/A on 12 December 2019, completing over 30 years of operations and more than...
23 August 2016 © David Eyre Air New Zealand is planning to retire their Boeing 767 fleet on 31 March 2017, with NZ108 from Sydney to Auckland as their...
27 February 2016 © David Eyre Virgin Australia Regional Airlines’ Fokker 50 VH-FNH landed on runway 21 at 4:27pm today, on a special charter flight to mark the end...
21 January 2016 © David Eyre Malaysia Airlines is to bring forward their last regular scheduled Boeing 777-200ER flights to 26/27 January 2016 (instead of 27 March 2016) as...
5 June 2014 Network Aviation Brasilia VH-TWF (MSN 120186) has become the first aircraft to be stored at the new aircraft storage facility at Alice Springs. VH-TWF had been...
Qantas to cut 5,000 jobs; retiring and deferring aircraft; ceasing international services from Perth
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Qantas to cut 5,000 jobs; retiring and deferring aircraft; ceasing international services from Perth
28 February 2014 – Copyright David Eyre Qantas CEO Alan Joyce yesterday announced a record loss of $235 million for the first half of the 2013/14 financial year. On...
22 February 2013 © David Eyre Qantas has announced that it will order five more Boeing 737-800s and will upgrade the cabins of all of its Airbus A330s,...
12 December 2012 © David Eyre Qantas has commenced the retirement of the six former British Airways Boeing 767-336ER aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce RB211 engines (VH-ZXA thru VH-ZXG). On...
5 July 2012: Virgin Australia has ordered 23 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, plus four options, with the aircraft to be delivered during 2019 – 2021. The airline...
24 November 2011 (Updated 14 March 2012): As we reported in November 2011, South African Airways’ fleet of Airbus A340-200 aircraft are being disposed of, as the airline takes...
16 February 2012 Qantas has announced a number of cost cutting changes, due to a significant decrease in profit in the first half of the 2011/2012 financial year. This...
30 November 2011 – Network Aviation has broken up their spares ship Fokker 100, VH-NHF. The aircraft was originally ordered by US Air, and first flew in their colours...
24 November 2011: South African Airways’ fleet of Airbus A340-200 aircraft are being disposed of, as the airline takes delivery of new A330-200s. The A340-200s are leased from GMT...
24 August 2011: VH-TJT was withdrawn from Qantas service on 17 Aug 2011 and departed overseas on 24 August 2011. The aircraft was around 17 and half years old....
