Qantas gets three new Boeing 787s in June

 QANTAS BOEING 787-9 VH-ZNJ (MSN 66074)

Qantas plans to add three new Boeing 787 jets to its fleet in June this year as the airline continues to rebuild its international network, which could see the Dreamliners winging their way to Paris or Chicago.

The three new 787-9 's have been parked up in Victorville USA since August 2021. 

The three new 787s will be registered. 

VH-ZNL    MSN 66076

VH-ZNM   MSN 66077

VH-ZNN   MSN 66078

In addition to opening up new routes, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce also expects these new arrivals will play a part in bringing down airfares.

The 787s – which will arrive in Qantas’ standard Boeing 787-9 configuration of 42 lie-flat business class beds, 28 premium economy recliners and 166 economy seats – will swell the size of the red-railed Dreamliner fleet to 14.

And as more of those 787s are freed up the reactivation of the final four Airbus A380s across this year “we'll see a lot of (international) capacity being added back in… and airfares coming down more and more,” Joyce predicted.

But airfares will continue to be constrained by inflationary factors “and for us particularly fuel price, which is the largest cost in flying aircraft,” Joyce noted, adding that oil and jet fuel was “up up 65% compared to pre-Covid levels, so unless fuel comes down – and maybe if the Ukraine war ends, we could see a reduction in fuel (prices) – but at the moment that’s a big impost on airfares.”