Alliance E190 Arrivals

[Dylan Hardie]

It is due for a test flight as crew have been assigned. But now not leaving till 2pm

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Dylan Hardie

It is due for a test flight as crew have been assigned. But now not leaving till 2pm

Test flight underway.

I wonder if it has a booking at a paint shop for some QLink livery

[Greg Hyde]

N179JB has been added to the VH-Reg as VH-OUH on 14/12/23

[Dylan Hardie]

XVQ ferrying to Townsville this afternoon at 15:20

[Greg Hyde]

XVQ is returning to Brisbane with a new coat of paint. (QLink, I expect)

[lloyd fox]

Yes it is Qantaslink colours just watched it on Julia Flights live stream.

[Dennis McLean]

Greg, I have been searching again for the other 2 190's from Azzora and find that N292JB and N374JB were registered to TVPX Trust Services on 21/12/23, so looks like they are other 2 for Alliance. Both are still in Marana, since late 2022. Both N296JB and N298JB are still in SJO.

[Greg Hyde]

Dennis,

The other 4 were

To address this, Alliance has entered into a contract to acquire an additional four E190 airframes from Azorra Aircraft Holdings LLC (“Azorra Deal”). These airframes have a long maintenance life remaining and are “sister ships” to the aircraft being acquired under the AerCap Deal. These airframes will be delivered to Alliance in Costa Rica (without engines fitted) starting in August 2023.

Alliance will utilise spare engines from the disassembled aircraft mentioned above to bring the four additional aircraft into operation between November 2023 and March 2024.

We will have to wait and see if they fly to SJO (but you are probably right)

In SJO they have change engines, perform maintenance, repaint...

They bought spares & extra engines as part of the original Copa deal.

They may also have to use the Ex-JetBlue engines as well.

[Greg Hyde]

Looks like XVQ is entering service today with QFA1929, Brisbane to Adelaide

[Peter Truman]

E190’s to fly DRW SIN from the end of 2024:

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/me...-to-singapore/

Departs DRW 1805 with flight time of 4h50m heading north
Depart SIN 2225 arriving DRW 0445 also at 4h50m.

Looks like 2h0m layover for QF1 to LHR but 5h0m layover off QF2.