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Old Jan 9, 2024 | 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by N1Rotate
As the year is coming to an end, wanted to go over some recent developments and then look at the outlook for the fleet for next year.

- 2 A330-200 were withdrawn from the fleet in recent months. The QR A330 fleet is now down to 10 aircraft from a 2022 peak of 14. The summer schedule indicates that more could be withdrawn.
- 2 Qsuite equipped 777-200LR were withdrawn from use. These were sold by the lessor to another lessor that was intending to convert them to freighters. Will be interesting to see if QR makes a deal to bring them back to the fleet temporarily like they did with A7-BBF.
- Only 3 more A359 coming back into service and a handful of 787-9 to be delivered in 2024. Considering that QR is growing in 2024 that won't leave many new aircraft to replace older ones.
- QR have 6 ex-CX 77W in service, the summer schedule for that configuration can be done with 4 aircraft. I don't know if it means two will be withdrawn or they just haven't finished assigning these aircraft.
- Some of QR's aircraft have been advertised by lessors as available in 2024, including those with newer products. Doesn't mean that they will leave.
- Former CEO indicated the 737-10 could make its debut at the end of 2024, but it looks like 2025 is more likely.

Considering the non-standard A330 without IFE, the A340 with other airline's interiors, the leased A350, the leased 77W. For much of the past 20 years they have had aircraft with inconsistent products. I hope the leadership prioritises brand integrity and consistency of the product over growth.
Thanks for the updates!

I had hoped that the A330 would remain and replace those dreaded A320 on European flights.

I know that you can't judge a route by one flight, but my recent flight to Prague was sold out in A320 and was a 6.5 hour flight! The next day's flight had a planned diversion to Bucharest due to the weather and fuel situation-- where the weather was horrible in Prague. These A330s could be used to replace the A320s to Prague, Vienna, and other destinations.
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