VA / TT Fleet departures

[Tristan S]

Originally Posted by Max C

It’s in heavy maintenance with Hawker Pacific in CNS. The hangar is quite busy up there so it could have simply been towed out of the hangar to rearrange other aircraft in there.

If you’re going to scrap an aircraft, the first thing to go is the engines...

Look, yeah, my first thought was why are engines - or at the very least the props, still attached.

My fault for naively believing posts on FB .. would have thought, though, being in the tropics, that they'd cover it.

[Tristan S]

Couple of register updates..
XFC AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-243 1293 4/06/2021 47.132(3) - De-registered - IDERA or CDCL

VNK AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-232 3986 1/06/2021 11.130 - Cancelled - Registration Holder Request - Exported to Austria

[Dylan Hardie]

VBY due back from XSP Wednesday night

[Greg Hyde]

VPI was deleted from reg on 04/06.

I expect she will join her sister (VPJ) on 2-Reg before joining Emerald.

Note: The company behind Emerald have purchased the ex-FlyBe maintenance facility at Exeter.

[Dave J]

Originally Posted by Dave J

VUX will be setting off to TSV soon for a repaint.

Last VA flight was 23rd Sept 2019

Heading to TSV on Thursday.

About a week in the paint shop, then up to HKG

[Dave J]

Originally Posted by Dave J

VUY - Heading to HKG in the next 10 days or so.
VUX - In the hanger in MEL. Won’t be too far away from heading off for it’s heavy check.

VUY heading to HKG on Thursday. Will come back when VUX goes up to swap it out.

[Tristan S]

VH-YFJ performed a test flight WTB to WTB today.. will she be heading for maintenance and returning to the VA fleet?

[James Smith]

Both VH-YFE 26/5/21 and VH-YFJ 8/6/21 have now had test flights from WTB. They will probably go for maintenance once VH-YFH returns from CRK. All three are returning to the Virgin fleet as part of the second wave of leases (post #415).

[James Smith]

According to Flightaware VH-YFJ is departing WTB for CNS at 11:00 this morning. Possibly going further afield for maintenance prior to re-entering service but not entered on the system as yet.

[James Smith]

VH-YFJ is now on its way to CNS. It looks as though it will overnight there and continue to CRK tomorrow with the crew then bringing VH-YFH home to BNE. YFH also overnighted in CNS on its way to CRK for maintenance in May. With VH-VUY heading to HKG tomorrow, I feel that YFJ will have its maintenance in CRK.