Jetstar's 1st B787

[Christopher Campbell]

That's odd on Twitter through the Paine Airport they said it was going to depart at noon which is about and an hour 20m ago

[Brian Noldt]

FlightAware have updated the departure to 15.10 PDT and arrival to 23:48 AEST

[Brian Noldt]

Flightradar24 shows VH-VKL, JST7992, taxiing at Paine Field Airpot

[Christopher Campbell]

Departed at 8:27am AEST

[Christopher Campbell]

Why is there such a lengthy time between when VH-VKL arrives in Melbourne to when the 787s replace (September 25) the last A330 route from EBE?

[Greg Hyde]

From Puget Sound

Saturday, 5 September 2015
VH-VKL B787-8 Jetstar Delivered
L/N 344 C/N 36238 B787-8 VH-VKL JETSTAR
Dep PAE 15:27 PDT Arr YMML/MEL 00:25 AEST
Call Sign JST7992 Hex Code 7C6BC3

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Christopher Campbell

Why is there such a lengthy time between when VH-VKL arrives in Melbourne to when the 787s replace (September 25) the last A330 route from EBE?

Perhaps that is JQ being conservative with assets, or maybe they have one scheduled to go offline for a few weeks for a service.

[Christopher Campbell]

Just saw VH-VKL just touch down in Melbourne at 12:26am

[Greg Hyde]

VKL is scheduled to fly JST7992, Mel to Syd this afternoon.

Is that a positioning flight for entry into service ?

[Stefan Perkas]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

VKL is scheduled to fly JST7992, Mel to Syd this afternoon.

Is that a positioning flight for entry into service ?

Scheduled to operate 'JQ37' SYD-DPS this afternoon