Last 717 service

[henrus]

Genuinely considering it. Of course there’s every possibility it will get extended out again (aargh!!)

I was kind of joking since it's technically already happened.

 

[nancypants]

I was kind of joking since it's technically already happened.

Strikes me as debatable although very qantas

Last ever*^#~









*may not be last ever dependent upon poor fleet planning
^bundle of rights
#except in WA
~pending government or regulatory approval

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Wonder if they’ve got any flags left

 

[henrus]

^bundle of rights

The bundle of rights has it for me

 

[nancypants]

 

[jrfsp]

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Significant penalty for not operating mining contract flight whereas the public get stuff all protection / compensation

 

[markis10]

Apparently John Farnham (QYW) will be retiring to the BNE aviation college once the last tour is concluded

 

[nancypants]

Significant penalty for not operating mining contract flight whereas the public get stuff all protection / compensation

It’s being sold as an RPT flight not fifo
Or you mean to free up a frame to do the fifo work?

 

[jrfsp]

It’s being sold as an RPT flight not fifo
Or you mean to free up a frame to do the fifo work?

QF will have a contract with Rio to fly set number of services / seats, other seats sold as RPT.

 

[moa999]

And who knows how many cycles were left on it before it needed maintenance. Maybe just enough for a couple of flights a day for a few weeks, which might be only days under normal ops.

 

[TY24]

QF will have a contract with Rio to fly set number of services / seats, other seats sold as RPT.

Can confirm this is the case.

RTIO have both private charters with QF and VARA, as well as an arrangement with QF for seats on commercial services ex PBO.

 

[markis10]

John Farnham has finally retired , from the YSSY forum

Boeing 717 VH-YQW operated the last scheduled passenger Boeing 717 flight in Australia today as QJet 1265 PBO-PER. The aircraft will ferry to the East Coast and will be donated to Aviation Australia in December.

 

[markis10]

VH-YQW is on its way to Canberra today and last ever flight will be tomorrow where she heads to BNE to replace one of Clive palmers mad dogs at Aviation Australia, a good ending, although I would have preferred HARS where she might still fly. I am lucky to have flown two HARS aircraft, VH-OJA and the former VH-PAB (VH-DHM under HARS ownership).

There is a parachuting school in the US that occasionally takes a load up in its DC9 for a jump DB cooper style, without the robbery or 727.

 

[Quickstatus]

So far the 717 fleet -no hull losses

 

[markis10]

So far the 717 fleet -no hull losses

Some would argue VH-NXE was an uneconomical repair

Accident Boeing 717-23S VH-NXE, Thursday 7 February 2008

Boeing 717 VH-NXE, was being operated on a scheduled passenger service from Cairns, via Gove-Nhulunbuy (GOV) to Darwin (DRW). The copilot was the handling pilot for the descent, approach...

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