Changing the Guard in the West
Does anyone have any info on the changeover from VAR to Rex in WA ?
F50's VH-FNA,B,D & FSL have been withdrawn. |
VH-ZRE and ZLF have positioned over to start the services.
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ZRZ is also over there.
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ZRZ was in maintenance since late January before heading west a few days ago.
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Thanks
Are the new birds still in ADL being prepared to enter service ? |
ZXG is still in the maintenance hangar at Wagga.
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From flightradar it's looks like:
ZRE 28/02/2016 RXA2375 Perth to Esperance 14:15 Local ZLF 28/02/2016 RXA2131 Perth to Albany 16:05 local will kick-off the REX WA services. |
Hi Greg
Saturday, 27 February saw the final flight of V A R A's F50s in W A. VH-FNH, wearing Skywest colours, had the honours of the final flight which was a charter flight around the Perth area. A touch of irony perhaps as the only V A R A adorned aircraft (FNA) missed out ? REX starts operations today from Perth to Albany and Esperance with three SAAB340Bs with VH-ZLF, ZRE and ZRZ. And in another irony, the SAAB 340 was demonstrated to Skywest way back in 1994 when SE-KXA was based in Perth for several months. But the type was overlooked in favour of the F50. However, 22 years on, SE-KXA continues to fly in Australia as VH-SBA with REX. |
thks Bob,
Sad with respect to the long history of F27/F50 service in WA dating back to MMA. The real irony will be if SBA returns to WA to operate REX services. |
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