While most Qantas Boeing 747s will enjoy retirement in peace, one jet is already preparing for a new lease on life as a flying testbed for Rolls-Royce.
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The future scenario Qantas now paints for its But with no resumption of A380 services on the horizon, the pace of relocating the planes to Victorville could pick up.Victorville is just 145 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles and is on the site of the former George Air Force Base.
The near-15 hour hop, according to Piloting the final flight was Captain Sharelle Quinn, the first female captain at Qantas who had been flying the 747 for 36 years, nearly as long as the jet had been in the airline's fleet. The Australian long-haul airline is parking its A380 fleet while its international flying is in hiatus. Qantas’ Airbus A380s will be kept in storage at facilities in Victorville, California: about a two-hour drive from Qantas’ maintenance base at Los Angeles International Airport, allowing engineers to perform work on the superjumbos while they’re ‘sleeping’.
One of only a few remaining whole Tristars at the storage fields in America. After a brief period of storage, it was operated by Nordwind and is currently stored at Moscow, Sheremetyevo.
Victorville - Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV / KVCV) Latest | Most liked | Most viewed Oscar Wistrand | Victorville - Southern California Logistics Norskfreight | Boeing 747-200SF The 'Keywords' field is perhaps the most useful field included in our search engine. While no-one was expecting the Qantas A380s to take to the air and fly passengers anytime soon, Qantas boss "The aircraft are being put into the Mojave Desert, where the environment protects the aircraft because we have the intention at the right time to restart them, but that is a considerable amount of time away," Joyce added that "the A380s have to remain on the ground for at least three years until we see those international volumes brought back. Some menu selections include a generic aircraft model, as well as more specific variants of that airliner.
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@Mak, Boeing only delivers airplanes (787) in PAE and CHS. Formerly VH-OJL, Still in basic Qantas colours. The Australian Queen of the Skies has been dethroned.Qantas's final Boeing 747 departed from Australia for the last time on Wednesday en route to retirement, marking the end of a nearly 50-year chapter with the aircraft that started in 1971.
The Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA) is located in Victorville, California.
Please note that, due to space constraints, this menu includes only airlines of which 10 or more photos exist in our database. Stored in the desert. Another of my favourite aircraft types. "We think international will take a long time – nothing this next financial year– and next July, we may start to see some international services and that will only get us to 50 per cent the following year," said Joyce. EI-EXJ of Volotea Airlines. The duration of the flight Qantas Airways QF 9003 is 17 hours 33 minutes.
The parking of the A380 at Victorville is part of significant changes at Qantas. No doubt the coolest thing was to stand on the wing of this ex-Qantas B747-400.
First picture of this retired FedEx A310 in the boneyard. If you are looking for a specific category of photo, use this menu. COVID-19 has seen Qantas reset its messaging. The airline's last Boeing 747 is leaving in mid-July. Scheduled time of departure from Melbourne Intl is 14:30 AEST and scheduled time of arrival in Southern California Logistics is 15:03 PDT.