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Retired Qantas 767-300ER VH-OGT has departed Sydney for Alice Springs where it will enter storage at the new Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage facility there.
VH-OGT was one of five 767s operating on the type’s final day of passenger service with Qantas on Saturday December 27, operating QF422 from Melbourne to Sydney.
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The 767, one of the youngest in the Qantas fleet having been delivered in July 1998, departed Sydney for Alice Springs at 7:16am on Friday.
Chris Frame
says:Do we know why this aircraft is going to Alice? Future conversion into a -300ER freighter for Qantas Freight or?
Peter R
says:Maybe these planes will eventually be leased out to other airlines just like the 4 ex Qantas 767s being leased to Canadian airline Westjet.
Red Barron
says:A little bit of googling alice springs boneyard and it appears there is already a Qantas 767 there as well as 3 Tigerair A320’s and a 737 from our airline
Dee
says:Makes sense to store the 767″s at Alice, only 3 hours flight from BNE, compared to 16 including 1 stop, to the U.S.A. great fuel and crew savings.
Sales and modifications could be Australian based, a new industry perhaps.
random
says:Would be great if @ Aus Aviation could do a profile story, print or even online edition dedicated to aircraft boneyards, including the now expanding Alice Springs facility.
australianaviation.com.au
says:Hi Random,
The November 2014 edition of Australian Aviation magazine has a story about the Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage facility at Alice Springs Airport.
More information here: https://shop.australianaviation.com.au/shop/browse.61908.
Cheers.