Dennis, I have the potential B738s that could be available, are not required by Virgin and are still in storage in Australia as VH-VOQ, VOR, VOS, VOT, VUA, VUB, VUD, YFE, YFH and YFJ. Please advise if there are any inaccuracies in this list - it looks as though YIW is remaining with VA.
From my records De Lore & Associates are also the registered operator of VH-VOQ, VOR, VUD and may be for more of the aircraft. It could be that REX takes two of these older B738s in preference to the YF* aircraft.
Adding to that is a story in today's SMH that Virgin is in, "advanced discussions to lease eight or nine more Boeing 737s to boost capacity..." There may not enough B738s in storage to satisfy this new demand. How ironic that would be.
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