Qantas 737 Refurbishment tracker

[Tom/PER]

Lots of -XZ*'s operating trans Tasman services, -VZP has also been a regular.

 

[moa999]

And the 1984 Roo'd 737s are no more.

The final aircraft VH-VYF went into the TSV paintshop tonight.

You can still see the livery on a few Dash8s and 717s, but I suspect not for long.

 

[moa999]

And down to our last NZ-registered Qantas aircraft.

ZQG withdrawn from NZ registry on 31/10.

Reportedly ZQG will become VYZ as the missing sequential rego VZN got allocated to a hot air balloon some time ago, and ZQH will become VZQ

 

[moa999]

VH-VYZ made its first flight today under Australian registration. ZK-ZQH has been parked at BNE since 9-Nov, so looks like we no longer have any Red tails with a Kiwi flag

 

[moa999]

Inflight Internet update from qf789 and ynbbnspotter01 on airliners.net.

44/75 (59%)
VXE VXG VXH VXI VXJ VXK VXN VXO VXT
VYA VYB VYC
VZA VZC VZI VZK VZL VZO VZP VZR VZS VZT VZU VZV VZW VZX VZY VZZ
XZA XZC XZD XZE XZF XZG XZH XZI XZJ XZK XZL XZM XZN XZO XZP

And if you dont look for the hump but see seatback IFE it's about an 80% (29/37) chance

 

[moa999]

From airliners again.
Now at 53 of 75 - or 70%

 

[Melburnian1]

...Commencing August 2015 and taking about 12 months, the Qantas Domestic 737 fleet of 67 aircraft is being refurbed.
It does not appear that the 8 NZ registered (ZK) aircraft are being changed....

moa999, great work as usual.

I read the first seven pages of this topic (but not the linked article) so apologies if my question was answered elsewhere, but for the many who read this but may not have read all previous pages, may I ask why the refurbishments are taking much longer than the '12 months' you indicated three and a half years ago?

I appreciate that some B738s have also undergone a maintenance C-check that sees them in the workshops for a typical five weeks not say eight days.

 

[moa999]

I'd say mostly that, and they went from 67 to 75 as the former NZ fleet got absorbed.. And seemingly didn't refurb many/any over Devember/January.

But yes definitely taken longer than I expected.. but then EBG is still flying 2x2x2 as well.

 

[moa999]

737 Inflight Internet tracker (54 of 75 complete)

Q-Streaming and Inflight Internet	Q-Streaming	Seatback IFE and Inflight Internet	Seatback IFE
21	17	33	4
Classic Interior (2002-2003 deliveries) VH-VXA, VH-VXE, VH-VXG, VH-VXH, VH-VXI, VH-VXJ, VH-VXK, VH-VXL, VH-VXN, VH-VXO, VH-VXP, VH-VXQ VH-VXT Classic Interior (2004-2006 deliveries) VH-VYA, VH-VYB, VH-VYC, VH-VYE, VH-VYF Classic Interior (2008 deliveries) VH-VZA, VH-VZB, VH-VZC,	Classic Interior (2002-2003 deliveries) VH-VXB, VH-VXC, VH-VXD, VH-VXF, VH-VXM, (VH-VXR), VH-VXS, VH-VXU Classic Interior (2004-2006 deliveries) VH-VYD, VH-VYG, VH-VYH, VH-VYI, VH-VYJ, VH-VYK, VH-VYL Classic Interior (2008 deliveries) VH-VZD, VH-VZE	Classic Interior (2009 deliveries) VH-VZF Classic Interior (2011 deliveries) VH-VZI, VH-VZJ, VH-VZK, VH-VZL, VH-VYZ" VH-VZO, VH-VZP, VH-VZQ VH-VZR Boeing Sky Interior, SIFE (2011-2012 deliveries) VH-VZS, VH-VZT, VH-VZU VH-VZV, VH-VZW, VH-VZX VH-VZY, VH-VZZ Boeing Sky Interior (2012-2014 deliveries) VH-XZA, VH-XZC VH-XZD, VH-XZE, VH-XZF VH-XZG, VH-XZH, VH-XZI VH-XZJ, VH-XZK, VH-XZL VH-XZM, VH-XZN, VH-XZO VH-XZP	Classic Interior (2009 deliveries) (VH-VZG), VH-VZH Classic Interior (2011 deliveries) VH-VZJ, VH-VZM, Boeing Sky Interior (2012-2014 deliveries) VH-XZB

"VH-VYZ should be VH-VZN but rego wasn't available (an air balloon)

For seatmaps please see The Old Wiki

 

[openseat]

Were the VH-VX* first deliveries the planes taken from the AA order when AA were in financial strife?
I recall flying on one with an AA interior after coming from the US and it really threw me in my sleep deprived jetlag.

 

[moa999]

QF took over an AA order after 9/11 and the Ansett collapse. Not sure if any were delivered with an AA fitout

 

[openseat]

Aviation Photo #0223344: Boeing 737-838 - Qantas

A view of the comfortable new cabin inside the Qantas 737-800 series. A lovely aircraft to fly in that is complemented by a high standard of inflight service. Kodak 400. - Photo taken at Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML) in Victoria, Australia on March 8, 2002.

www.airliners.net

 

[shuuy]

21 birds left to receive internet. Will it be complete by end of year?