Originally Posted by
number_6
As the 744s are retired, the fleet of 9 will not be enough to serve all of those routes, so some of these routes will become A330 routes (or be dropped). I haven't worked out the rotation schedule, but with 9 planes it can service SYD-DFW/JNB/SCL daily and maybe only 1 other route, presumably BNE-LAX. FRA either becomes an A380 or is dropped, and SYD-NRT and BNE-SIN become A330.
Many thanks for the info.
Just to add that there's still the remaining pre-1999 kangaroo-configuration 744s which can fly F routes like SYD-HKG, MEL-HKG-LHR, SYD-BKK-LHR before they are retired - presumbly this won't happen until March 2012?
I also wonder if they'll be retired all at once....Sad to see just the 9 744s in the fleet eventually.