Hello Dreamliner, pharewell Phantom

12 years is a long time in aviation, and aviation publishing

It’s a funny little coincidence. In this issue of Australian Aviation we report on the delivery of Qantas’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 12 years after the airline first placed its order for the type in late 2005.

Of course the Qantas Group took delivery of its first 787 in 2011, when the first of 11 787‑8s was handed over to low-cost carrier subsidiary Jetstar.