{"id":264552,"date":"2025-08-10T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/qantaslink-q300-retirement\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:42:12","slug":"qantas-retires-its-entire-q300-fleet-after-25-years-in-service-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=264552","title":{"rendered":"Qantas Retires Its Entire Q300 Fleet After 25 Years In Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

QantasLink<\/a><\/span>, the regional subsidiary of Australian flag carrier Qantas<\/a><\/span>, has bid farewell to the loyal De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q-300<\/a>, following 25 years of dedicated service connecting regional Australia to some of its largest cities. The airline, which operated the last flight on Saturday, August 9, shuttled passengers for the final time between Sydney and Tamworth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The final voyage: One loyal aircraft’s last journey connecting Australia’s cities before retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,5748,17697,515,1406],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-dash-8-300","category-q300","category-qantas","category-qantaslink"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t