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The first Qantas 787-9s will be delivered in the 2017/18 financial year. qantas
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Qantas thinks long-range with long-awaited 787 order
Confirmation Qantas has signed on the dotted line for the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has raised, not for the first time, the prospects of a nonstop Sydney-New York service.
The first of eight 787-9s with a white kangaroo on the red Qantas tail is due to arrive in the 2017/18 financial year. They are slated to replace five Boeing 747-400s, which will be withdrawn from the fleet prior to requiring a heavy maintenance D check, and allow Qantas to open up new direct services and boost some existing routes to daily.
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