How are Qantas going to retire all of their 767 aircraft by mid-2015 without reducing capacity?



There are 23 767s to retire from the fleet. 5 new A330 have just gone active for Qantas Domestic (1 delivered new and 4 transferred from international) plus there are 11 A330s to come back from Jetstar (should be complete by 2015 if Jetstar has received all of its 14 787s). This means there is 7 less A330s available compared to 767s being retired. There will be 5 new 737s to fill some of this but clearly capacity on domestic will reduce by 2015? The international 767 services will either cease or be replaced by A330/787.



With the 747s, they are now down to 15. They will keep at least 12 around until 2016 and then start replacing with 787-9s. At least 6 (ER version) will stay until 2020 and be replaced by A380s.



I believe all the remaining 747s are owned, not leased, so they may keep more than 12 longer if required, as all of the A330-300s (10 frames) currently on international routes are fully utilised.



No more 747s are due to be retired this year, but 5 further 767s are due to depart.



It will be interesting to see how this plays out..