VB/PB livery rebranding starts.

[Mackenzie Davis]

^^^

That would be a shame because I recall they went to quite an effort to get that registration off another aircraft owner

[Mackenzie Davis]

VH-VUE is in the Townsville hangar for a repaint now

[NathanJ]

Surprising really... A quick Google search for "Aussie Rob" indicates he's a totally crooked failed business man. Sounds like a smart guy to be associated with.

[NathanJ]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie Davis

VH-VUE is in the Townsville hangar for a repaint now

Farewell Prue Blue! Watch this space for an exciting development...

[Bob C]

Hi NathanJ

I presume that your post is in jest as I recall that "Aussie Rob" was named in honour of a highly respected original Virgin Blue employee. I can't remember the exact details and I might be wrong but that is my recollection.

Does anyone have the correct information ?

Cheers

Bob

[NathanJ]

Absolutely not in jest. I just googled "aussie rob virgin" and this is what came up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqWIYVI8uw4

http://www.slideshare.net/guestda414...ifetyle-trader

http://prelive.goldcoast.com.au/arti...-business.html

http://asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byH...;?opendocument

*shrug*

[Mackenzie Davis]

What a shame keeping the same name for a failed business man while just renaming a plane which recognised the old CEO

Also just an update

There are only 7 Virgin Blue painted planes left in Australia

VOM
VON
VOT
VUK
VUL
VUX
VBZ

And 3 Pacific Blue

PBL
PBM
ZPM

Also, Is VBZ scheduled for a repaint this year???

Thanks,

Mackenzie

[NathanJ]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie Davis

Also, Is VBZ scheduled for a repaint this year???

There aren't many months left in the year!

[Yusef D]

IIRC, Aussie Rob won a charity auction to name the aircraft.

The aircraft named for a respected employee was Spirit of Salty, for a late gent named Salter.

I wonder if VON will be kept and repainted, and if so why did it miss out on wifi installation?

[Peter S.]

There are 5 aircraft which have retained old names:

VH-VUF Hobart Honey [very early repaint]
VH-VUG Jasmine Tasman [very early repaint]
VH-VUR Star City
VH-ZPK Aussie Rob
ZK-PBI Lady Rebecca

I don't perceive that there is any more going on here than a failure to inform the painters of a new name, or that a new name had not been allocated [which seems to be a simple business thing to do]!!

If anyone can piece the jigsaw together and make a connection between these 5, I would be interested to know !!