Regarding A380 products etc these will be annouced on the 25th July not the 24th. So you'll have to hang on for just one more day.

A Qantas spokesman today refused to comment on the latest changes, which give the marsupial a less proud chest and more streamlined paws but leaves plane watchers with little more than a game of spot the difference.

Nor would he say how much the paint jobs cost shareholders.

"If you can come along tomorrow you can get all the details and see the logo," the spokesman said. "We'll be talking about a whole pile of interesting new things tomorrow."

The airline tomorrow will also unveil the new cabin interiors for its fleet of double-decker Airbus A-380s, which will begin flying mid-next year.

The airline will also show off the designs of its new international premium economy class seats.