Qantas extends Boeing 747s for Sydney-Honolulu

We always liked the J on the 747 in the bubble, about 16 Mk11 seats, stacks of room and storage, one loo exclusivly for this cabin, own galley and two attendants, hard to beat.

This is a tourist route primarily so the reliability issues of an older aircraft are arguably less important - might actually be a good fit for the ageing birds.

I see some converts to the 747 in the comments above. She far exceeds the capacity of the squeezy new little 787 nightmare flight. The latter uses less fuel but has to make more journeys. Qantas needs the Boeing 777 with the new technology and the old passenger capacity.

I do wish they'd been around a few years ago. Living in Calgary (for my sins) westjet PE yyc to hnl then pe to Australia would have been faster and more cost efficient than via dfw or lax....

Why would this route go back to anything other than the A330 when the 747s retire? The A330s have the same sized economy cabin as the 747. The 747s have more premium seats but those only seem to be filling due to Qantas’ sharp pricing.

QF could be trying to squeeze 50 years service with the B747. It is a pity they did not purchase the B748-8I for South African and South American services.

hopefully longer ? any goss on this ?