Qantas A321XLR VH-OGA taxis at Sydney Airport for its maiden flight. (Qantas)
Soaring into the next generation
As Australia’s aircraft fleets get older – a recent Airservices report highlighted that our planes average 15 years on capital city routes, 19 years on capital city to non-capital routes, and 24 years on non-capital routes – the airlines are embarking on massive fleet renewal projects to make sure they’re prepared for the future.
Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have already taken big steps towards fleet renewal, with the A220-300, A320neo family, and 737 MAX family, respectively – but both Qantas and Virgin in September this year marked the first flights of even more next-generation aircraft that will criss-cross our skies for the next few decades.
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