Anyone been in 747 first class lately? VH-OEB
Oct 9, 2017, 7:18 pm
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Anyone been in 747 first class lately? VH-OEB
Was seeing if anyone had a review of this rare birds refreshed first class and or comments. It appears i am flying on it in december from syd to hnd and snagged the last seats available in "first".
Oct 10, 2017, 4:30 am
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See this article. Basically just a small change in the colour Pallete of the seat walls and coverings
https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-refreshes-boeing-747-first-class
https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-refreshes-boeing-747-first-class
Oct 11, 2017, 2:20 am
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As pointed out, only a change in colours, but you definitely want a seat in the F cabin. Biz class is angled beds.
Jun 2, 2019, 11:21 pm
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VH OEB.Finally retired today. Just landed in SFO on qf73. Theres no qf74 tonight. Instead she is off to the desert tomorrow. Was not the greatest flight as a 1.40 hour delay (had to wait for OEB to arrive from HNL as there was no other frame that could do the 73 today) then no IFE, not much power, ovens etc (but the engines did work...) Still. This was the F cabin that was state of the art for 15 years or so ... and heres the last picture of zone A just after arrival today..... empty and off to the scrap yard, but I bet more than a few of us got our first taste of F on an opup or, for the younger ones, a points upgrade (or great value redemption courtesy of FT or AFF) .. in these very seats. Here is is for the nostalgic, one last time....
Jun 3, 2019, 12:23 am
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It was not state of the art for 15 years. It was very good when it was first introduced, but was not that long before it was surpassed
Jun 3, 2019, 3:18 am
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Jun 3, 2019, 5:05 am
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Jun 3, 2019, 5:47 am
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Factual accuracy is far better - it is an aeroplane , it was a machine and never alive
That seems to be the time that Qantas stopped trying to be a leader in airlines - once the others overtook it, Qantas never made an effort to leapfrog ahead
That seems to be the time that Qantas stopped trying to be a leader in airlines - once the others overtook it, Qantas never made an effort to leapfrog ahead
Jun 11, 2019, 11:41 pm
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The aircraft has not retired from QF fleet. @dkc192 you saw its final flight as a QF plane. It left Australia last Sunday as QF73 and is not to return.
Jun 12, 2019, 3:04 am
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Wow. Looking at the pics of VH-ANA it reminds me of AN’s massive investment in the 2000 Olympics only for QF to skilfully “ambush” all the publicity and get the benefits without the investment.