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Lufthansa will decommission 32 aircraft in its fleet immediately, including six A380s, seven A340-600s, three A340-300s, five 747-400s, and 11 A320s.
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Qantas says its Boeing 787-9s will be used to South America from June 2020 when the aircraft replaces the 747 on the Sydney-Santiago route.
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Qantas will end Boeing 747-400/400ER flights to the United States mainland in December 2019 when it switches the Sydney-San Francisco route to the 787-9 Dreamliner.
![Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJT retired](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0250_qantas_jamesbaxter_1170.jpg)
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The Qantas Boeing 747-400/400ER fleet is down to single digits after the retirement of VH-OJT, which operated its last revenue service on September 22 2018.