Qantas Airways Limited
(ASX:QAN) boss Alan Joyce says the new Boeing 787 Dreamliners being delivered to Jetstar are extremely safe, and has flagged lower costs as a result of the renewal of the airline's fleet.
The budget carrier’s first high-tech jet for international routes are due to be delivered to Melbourne this week, after Norwegian Air Shuttle asked Boeing to take back a plane and fix a faulty hydraulic pump after 30 days in service.
Qantas has ordered 14 Boeing 787s for Jetstar, which are being delivered until late 2015.
The Dreamliner deliveries will enable Qantas to take 11 Airbus A330s from Jetstar as part of a plan to retire older, fuel-burning Boeing 767s.
Mr Joyce told media the lighter Dreamliners would reduce fuel costs in the Qantas group, and help enable the airline to have an even younger fleet than Singapore Airlines in the next couple of years.
Qantas generated a net profit of $6 million in fiscal 2013.
