10th ex-Virgin aircraft lands at Wellcamp for storage

The 10th former Virgin Australia aircraft arrived at Wellcamp Airport on Monday for storage.

The Boeing 777-3ZG(ER), VH-VPD msn 37938, departed Brisbane Airport as VA9918 on 27 October at 10:19am and landed at Toowoomba at 10:45am.

The arrival of the VH-VPD brought the number of 777s in storage at the airport to four, joining one A330 and five 737s.

https://australianaviation.com.au/20...p-for-storage/

Boeing 737 -8FE 33799 1462 VH-VOR Tigerair Australia ferried 28oct20 MEL-ASP for onward storage (+ 34015/1594 VH-VUD 29oct20) ex ZK-PBF

VOR & VUD to ASP

Boeing 737 -8FE 41004 3861 VH-YFK Virgin Australia ferried 28oct20 BNE-DRW-XSP

VH-XFJ was deleted from Aust Reg on 30/10 as exported to Guernsey

VH-XFJ was re-registered 2-HXFJ on 30/10

VH-VUI/J deleted from reg on 06/11

I've been told that the Tiger 320s are being flown up to TWB, get their titles removed there and then they will be flown to Dublin to be returned to lessors.

Hope not, they will break the runway at TWB, as opposed to WTB

Haha sorry for the mistake :p

Airbus A320 -232 3734 VH-VNH Tigerair Australia ferried 10nov20 MEL-WTB for onward storage ex F-WWDN

Boeing 737 -8FE 34441 2015 N341CG Aviation Capital Group regd 09nov20, parked at ASP ex VH-VUI

VH-FZH departed Perth and up to XSP for scrapping.

VH-VUU and VH-VUV are off to CGK, both were/are rumoured to go to REX. Will be interesting to see where these two birds head to.

Heading to Seletar i believe.:)

For end of lease inspection and repaint, perhaps?

That's approximately 15x 737-800's that have left the VA fleet so far - crazy!

Plenty of growing space for Rex, and even Alliance, to take advantage of the dead Tiger and the missing limbs off Virgin.

The Covid vaccine will roll out and domestic travel will recover in 2021 especially if international travel is reduced/restricted.

Well looks like VH-BZG might be going to REX according to Executive Traveller

Three Fewer Fokkers in the VA fleet

FND exported to Comoros
FNN & FNZ Scrapped

FZO rather?

Thanks Tristan, my typo

Should read FNN & FZO

They won't be the last

All good.

Yeah, given they are all close to 30 years old!

Boeing 737 -8FE 38708 3875 VH-YIE Virgin Australia ferried 17nov20 BNE-DRW-XSP

ATR's FVN and FVP will ferry to Mareeba from MEL via BNE over the next few days.

What will happen to them in Mareeba?

Storage one imagines

Interesting place for them to be stored though.

Heavy Check

VOP also ferried from Melbourne to Jakarta on 14th November to join VUU & VUV in Jakarta.

VOP possibly for Rex also then?

VOM is also noted to leave the fleet.

I had read recently that 2 X ATR (ex VA & unidentified) had been re-leased in the region

All these airframes are bound for REX

Thanks Dave - we now know the first five for Rex.

6th is 'possibly' BZG.

YVA

ML - TL tomorrow for repaint. I presume back into VA colours

Highly likely, registered operator has been changed back to VA.

VARA VH-VNP left Perth today for Clarke Field.

Tiger A320 VH-VNO departed - MEL-PPG-HNL https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVNO

Virgin ATR72 VH-FVN MEL-BNE just landed so i guess to Mareeba tomorrow for storage?

Yep: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHFVN

FVP is already there.

Airbus A320 -232 4053 VH-VNO Tigerair Australia ferried 21-22nov20 MEL-PPG-HNL-SBD on return to lessor ex 9V-TAL

VUQ - will be off to HKG in the next few days

BZG departed to WIII. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHBZG

Airbus A320 -232 6749 VH-XUH Tigerair Australia ferried 26-29nov20 MEL-DRW-KUL-BOM-CAI-LDE on return to lessor ex D-AXAI