Qantas this week begins the phaseout of its Boeing 747-300s from its Melbourne-Perth routes, replacing them with new Airbus A330-200s. Of the existing 48 weekly Perth flights, 13 will be operated with ...

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After 50 years of flying for Qantas, the Australian airline’s last Boeing 747 passenger jet made its final journey before being retired, and left a cute and fitting “message” in the sky. Cases of ...

If you read about the development of the Boeing 777, you'll notice something strange. Boeing partnered with eight major airlines for feedback about what they wanted in Boeing's next-generation ...

Qantas may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet, but for aviation enthusiasts already missing the “Queen of the Skies” the Australian airline offered up something to sweeten the deal. Qantas put several ...

Qantas, Australia's largest international airline, officially retired its fleet of Boeing 747 passenger aircraft this month. To celebrate, the airline raided the booze cabinets, and then put them up ...

Qantas’s last Boeing 747 has flown into retirement, ending a half-century career with the airline. The aircraft, a 17-year-old 747-400ER registered VH-OEJ, took off from Sydney at just before 15:30 ...

Is it a chicken in the bush? No, it’s a kangaroo in the sky! With a drop in passenger numbers because of coronavirus travel restrictions, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet is meeting its end earlier than we ...