{"id":8315,"date":"2020-07-09T21:21:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T02:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8315"},"modified":"2020-07-09T21:21:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T02:21:17","slug":"qantas-to-give-final-747-jumbo-jet-a-farewell-fit-for-a-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=8315","title":{"rendered":"Qantas to Give Final 747 Jumbo Jet a Farewell Fit for a Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell its last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians the opportunity to say goodbye to the much loved \u201cQueen of the Skies\u201d ahead of its retirement from the national carrier\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline will operate three one-hour \u201cfarewell jumbo joy flights\u201d departing from Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, in response to requests from employees and customers for one final chance to fly on the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qantas 747 Fleet Captain Owen Weaver said the 747 has a special place in the hearts of many Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 747 has been a magnificent aircraft and it\u2019s fitting that we celebrate the end of five decades of history-making moments for the national carrier and aviation in Australia,\u201d Captain Weaver said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the first 747 joined the Qantas fleet in 1971, these aircraft have operated numerous rescue flights to bring Australians home during times of crisis and provided a safe passage for many travellers taking their first international flight to or from Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese three flights will offer the final opportunity to fly on the Qantas 747 before it leaves, with some of our frequent flyers and aviation enthusiasts as fond of the aircraft as we are, having spent thousands of hours onboard over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is an enormous amount of nostalgia and affection associated with our 747 and for those who miss out on a seat on the flight, they will at least be able to catch a glimpse of the aircraft as it takes to Australian skies for the last time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flights will go on sale at midday on Wednesday 8 July on Qantas.com and will operate on Monday 13 July (Sydney), Wednesday 15 July (Brisbane) and Friday 17 July (Canberra). Economy fares cost $400 and a small number of Business Class tickets will be available for $747 with additional extras included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seats will be limited to maximise passenger comfort (in line with other previously operated joy flights).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0flights will be operated on a cost-recovery basis and\u00a0profits will be donated to\u00a0the\u00a0HARS\u00a0Aviation Museum\u00a0at Albion Park (Wollongong) and the Qantas Founders Museum\u00a0in Longreach\u00a0to support their efforts to preserve and promote the 747 legacy for future generations. Both museums have a Qantas 747 on public display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final 747-400 in the fleet will depart Sydney at approximately 2pm on 22 July 2020 as flight QF7474.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to its final departure on the 22nd July, Qantas will host a hangar farewell event for employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: The farewell jumbo jet joy flights will operate with\u00a0<\/em>Fly Well<\/a>\u00a0protocols in place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell its last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians the opportunity to say goodbye to the much loved \u201cQueen of the Skies\u201d ahead of its retirement from the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4510,10174,797,4813,9181,89,799,5637,8222,5992,5500,4957,5676,10169,10617,10176,1397,10173,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[63,464,420,11988,6741,11450,160,41,1481,988,4564,1925,851,3796,11983,10131,595,6882,6269,6010,4332,11981,3451,1483,2332,11984,11990,2290,4229,11987,2366,199,589,3339,11991,1674,843,412,11985,6230,5614,2169,10958,485,11986,11992,11982,1051,5439,755,1756,1547,1691,1658,10929,11989],"class_list":["post-8315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace-news","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-airplane-news","category-australia-news","category-aviation-news","category-boeing-news","category-business-news","category-consumer-news","category-economic-news","category-frequent-flyer-news","category-global-politics","category-international-news","category-news","category-pacifica","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-stockairline","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-63","tag-aircraft","tag-airline","tag-albion-park","tag-announced","tag-australians","tag-aviation","tag-boeing","tag-brisbane","tag-business","tag-canberra","tag-carrier","tag-class","tag-customers","tag-departing","tag-donated","tag-economy","tag-employees","tag-enthusiasts","tag-events","tag-fares","tag-farewell","tag-final","tag-fleet","tag-fly","tag-flyers","tag-founders","tag-frequent","tag-hangar","tag-hars","tag-history","tag-international","tag-jet","tag-jumbo","tag-longreach","tag-museum","tag-national","tag-news","tag-nostalgia","tag-on-sale","tag-opportunity","tag-program","tag-protocols","tag-qantas","tag-qantas-com","tag-qf7474","tag-queen","tag-queen-of-the-skies","tag-retirement","tag-sky","tag-sydney","tag-tickets","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-well","tag-wollongong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8321,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315\/revisions\/8321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}