confused with Qantas airline plane.

[macgret]

Hi
4th time traveler,. and new to this.

I need your help. Im from brisbane australia and heading to melbourne city. Im traveling the 2nd of may and a morning flight.

The airline is QF611

I just check out my past tickets i always collect and in 2000 when i went to melbourne i got a morning flight and on that year 2000 ticket by qantas has the numbers QF611

I then realise that im going to go on to the same plane same route as i am about to do so in 2008 for may. It kinder got me wondered and unusual i would get on to the same plane. It would be silly enough to think and choose the same seat iw as seating on in the year 2000

Know my real question is as follow. Go to the qantas website.. brisbane to melbourne on the 2nd of may about 7 something am.. look for the QF611 click it and it gvies you information of the plane type.. It clearly says it is a 737-838 but theres a link with inside configuration and as soon as i click that it shows the interior map seats but then it says clearly its a 737-800 and not a 737-838 as previewsly says on there.

So im quite confused about this.. unless there is nothing much differents from 737-838 to the 737-800 unless one is bigger with more seats.. either it is a 3seats on the left and 3 seats on the right.

Please let me know.

I just am abit scared to get on the smaller planes..

thanks you
macgret


p.s i dont really recall what type of plane it was in the year 2000 by qantas when i went to melbourne but from what ive recall seen on my home handy cam video the inside had 3 seats on the left and 3 seats on the right. It was big enough i gues.. But i dont no what to expect with the 2nd of may flight if it contains more seats the bigger it is

 

[simongr]

The 737-800 is the same as the 737-838 - and they are sometimes referred to as 738 (just to confuse you).

Check out this website: QFlyer - Unofficial Qantas Group Fleet Information for more fleet info

 

[NM]

The flight number is QF611. This only indicates the routing (BNE-MEL in your case) and the scheduled time. It does not mean its the same aircraft that operates that flight each day.

QF's 737-800 aircraft are all designated 737-838 models. The -800 is the generic term for all Boeing 737-800 series aircraft. The "38" in the 737-838 operated by Qantas is a designator given by Boeing to all aircraft that are ordered by Qantas. Each airline has been given their own two character designator. This defines the variations that each airline requires Boeing to include at manufacturing time.

So all aircraft that were manufactured by Boeing for Qantas will be the 38 at the end of the model number. So 737-800 aircraft made for Qantas are 737-838, and 747-400s made for Qantas are 747-438 etc. Those made for a different airline will have a different airline designator at the end of the model series number.

 

[oz_mark]

I am not sure what you would have flown on in 2000, but if it was a 737 it would have been and older and smaller model of the 737.

The model number 737-838 signifies it was a 737-800 originally built for Qantas (the 38 is the customer number of Qantas as Boeing)

 

[macgret]

thank you people i understand all that. and that qf611 is not the model plane and nor does mean its the same plane i was on in 2000

in the year 2000 it just had 3 seats on the left and 3 seats on the right.. the seats where sorta blue colour graphical tone.

thanks people.

 

[NM]

thank you people i understand all that. and that qf611 is not the model plane and nor does mean its the same plane i was on in 2000

in the year 2000 it just had 3 seats on the left and 3 seats on the right.. the seats where sorta blue colour graphical tone.

thanks people.

In 2000 it will have been a 737-400 or 737-300. As those aircraft were manufactured by Boeing for Australian Airlines (previous called Trans Australia Airlines - TAA), they had a customer designation of 76, for were 737-476 or 737-376.

 

[macgret]

hmmm prob. Well folks thank you so much for your help information. I got that now.

I gues when i do fly around i do keep these boarding pass tickets as a collectable. So perhaps next time i do travel ill print out a image of the plane and seatmap and print it out and keep that next to the ticket. At least i would exactly know later in the future what type of plane i was on for example QF611 model 737-800 and here is the seat map print out and so on.

I own the old tick qantas timetables from the year 2000-2002
They still look as new. They value to me. Was just checking the back pages of the model seat plans and 737- and so on.. But alittle confuse there because i dont see a map indicating exactly a 737-800 at all but there are some that says 737-300 and such but not the 800 from that timable of 2000.

In that timetable i can see the exact plane heading to melbourne a few pages back.. but wont indicate information on the exact plane type. But with the help of memory lane my videos ive recorded on board what ive seen is that there was 3 seats left and 3 seats on the right. with blue graphical colour tone seats.. And i dont now how big it was but think of the same old 737-800 types more or less.


I wonder in todays flight the seats are more better then the year 2000. As in leather seats just like jetstar i believe because they are yet still a new fleet they have luxury domestic seats black leather seats very spacious.. Unfortunaly i wouldnt want to fly with them because it ends up going to Avelon airport victoria. And i would prefared just the same old domestic airport not far from the city of melbourne.
Allright people i thank you for your input. Take care and keep them comming.

macgret

 

[oz_mark]

The 737-800 planes have been acquired since 2000, and replaced many of the older 737-300 amd 737-400 planes that were flying in 2000.

 

[NM]

I own the old tick qantas timetables from the year 2000-2002
They still look as new. They value to me. Was just checking the back pages of the model seat plans and 737- and so on.. But alittle confuse there because i dont see a map indicating exactly a 737-800 at all but there are some that says 737-300 and such but not the 800 from that timable of 2000.

Qantas took first delivery of their 737-800s late in 2001. These aircraft were originally ordered by American Airlines, but after the US airline downturn following September 2001, AA decided they could not not afford to take delivery. But at the same time Qantas was rapidly expanding due to Ansett's demise, so Qantas agreed to take the deliveries originally scheduled for AA. So you were not flying on a Qantas 737-800 in 2000.

I wonder in todays flight the seats are more better then the year 2000. As in leather seats just like jetstar i believe because they are yet still a new fleet they have luxury domestic seats black leather seats very spacious.. Unfortunaly i wouldnt want to fly with them because it ends up going to Avelon airport victoria. And i would prefared just the same old domestic airport not far from the city of melbourne.

The economy seats on the 737-800 are similar to the 737-400. Qantas is in the process of installing new fabric on their 737 aircraft (and others) with the new ones being grey. They do not have leather seats. Leather seats are popular with low-cost carriers (like JetStar) since they are easier to clean, but they are generally considered inferior to cloth seats as far as passenger comfort is concerned.