2021年1月5日 · With a typical configuration and carrying a standard load, a Boeing 747-400 can fly for about 13,500 kilometers. Very lightly loaded and with nice tailwinds, it can fly further, as Qantas demonstrated in 1989.

2023年9月13日 · Three years ago, Australia's national carrier Qantas marked the end of an era as its last Boeing 747 jumbo jet left its fleet. The Queen of the Skies had been with the airline for nearly half a century, and it helped revolutionize the Australian aviation industry over the years.

2020年4月29日 · Building on its existing Boeing 747-200 fleet, Qantas introduced a new type of jumbo in 1981: the Boeing 747 Special Performance, also known as the Boeing 747SP. Nicknamed 'Stumpy', the 747SP was smaller than Qantas’ existing 747s – over 14 metres shorter, in fact – and carried around 90 fewer passengers in a typical configuration.

In March 2020, Qantas operated its last commercial Boeing 747 flight from Santiago de Chile to Sydney. [70] [71] The final Boeing 747-400ER in the fleet (VH-OEJ, Wunala) departed Sydney on 22 July 2020 as flight number QF7474.

2024年4月17日 · What Happened To The First Qantas Boeing 747-400? The HARS Museum in Australia displays the first Boeing 747-400 delivered to Qantas in 1989. Qantas operated the Boeing 747-400 for 25 years before retiring it and donating it to HARS in 2015.

Qantas places the largest single order in its history for four Boeing 747-238B jet airliners at a cost of $123 million. Qantas begins using QANTAM I, its first computerised flight reservation system. Qantas operates a special passenger service to witness the re-entry of Apollo 11 after the first manned mission to the moon.

2019年3月19日 · On current fleet, Qantas operates 8 wide-body jumbo-jet aircraft Boeing 747-400 aka “Queen of The Skies”. Qantas Boeing 747-400’s operate on selected routes including between Brisbane and Los Angeles, Los Angeles and New York, Sydney and Los Angeles.

Qantas Fleet of B747 (History) - Aviation website for aircraft and airline information (flight, photo, travel, fleet listing, production list of Airbus Boeing Douglas Embraer Dash, ATR, Sukhoi, Saab...), plane photos for planespotters, flightlog database, aviation news, aviation store.

2020年7月22日 · And the majestic Boeing 747, which has been part of Qantas’ history for almost half of those 100 years, is being bundled out six months ahead of schedule. Qantas cabin crew member Pat Tudor sits in the Boeing 747's engine at the original factory rollout.

Accepted by K. Gould for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - July 30, 1971. This was the 35th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways. It was the first Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas Airways. It was named 'City of Canberra' at Everett - July 30, 1971