In 2020 it is all over for the Qantas Boeing 747s...

[Stratofreighter]

http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/0 ... etirement/

Qantas orders six more Boeing 787-9s, brings forward 747 retirement

May 2, 2018 by australianaviation.com.au

Qantas has exercised options for an additional six Boeing 787-9s, which will bring to 14 the number of the type in the fleet and lead to the withdrawal of the 747 in 2020.

The airline said on Wednesday the six additional 787-9s would arrive between “late 2019 and mid-to-late 2020”.

Qantas said the additional six on order would replace its last six 747-400s by the 2020.

...and lots more to read at
http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/0 ... etirement/

[Bennie]

Hitch-hiked on board -400 VH-OJI in February 1993 (and -200 EBR a few weeks later)....

[YS11]

flown, what is now a museum piece, a B747-200 VH-EBQ, HKG-SYD, in March 1983