Qantas To End Final Transpacific Boeing 747 Route

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Source: Simple Flying

Qantas To End Final Transpacific Boeing 747 Route

by Nicholas Cummins
May 8, 2019
3 minute read

Qantas has set a date for its last transpacific Boeing 747 flight in December this year, as reported by Airlinegeeks.com

The route from Sydney to San Francisco, flown by a Boeing 747-400 for the better part of 50 years, will now see its service replaced by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

When is the last flight?

Qantas has locked in December 3rd as the last Boeing 747 flight. QF73 will fly from Sydney to San Francisco, and then onwards without passengers to the Californian desert for retirement.

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The one major downside is a loss of capacity on the route. With 100 fewer seats now available, Qantas has taken a move that may mean increased prices for passengers as less demand can be filled. It remains to be seen if Qantas will increase the frequency of services to compensate. But for now, there are plenty of transpacific alternatives (Fiji Airways A350 anyone?).

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Read more: https://simpleflying.com/qantas-boeing-747-us/


Qantas 747-400 at LAX. Photo: Qantas.

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1. I've taken these planes a dozen time or more on this route

Never got used to sitting in a crappy airline seat for 14 hours. The only fun this was when there was a refuelers strike in Sydney, they would land in Fiji to gas up.