VA / TT Fleet departures

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by Tristan S

"In the biggest upgrade of its fleet in Western Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will retire its 10, 100-seat Fokker 100s and replace them with 149-seat Boeing 737-700s."

https://www.airlineratings.com/news/...kkers-boeings/

Maybe they're going to take all the ex-KLM 700s now?

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Maybe they're going to take all the ex-KLM 700s now?

I’m having issues with the maths, 77 is current fleet, 88 is target with 4 max so there is a 7 aircraft delta, 10 aircraft for VARA seems to match the ten at KLM but not the 7 missing, unless the ten are counted in the 88 and there are a few retirements.

[Max C]

ATR72-600 VH-FVY is enroute CNS-DRW as SXI2223.

[Yusef D]

I’m having issues with the maths, 77 is current fleet, 88 is target with 4 max so there is a 7 aircraft delta, 10 aircraft for VARA seems to match the ten at KLM but not the 7 missing, unless the ten are counted in the 88 and there are a few retirements.

7 737-700s will replace the F100s. It's also possible that the existing 2 737-700s will go West.

It is a little incongruous. The 77 or 88 aircraft does not include VARA.

[Stuart McCarthy]

To throw a spanner in the works, it was suggested on a WA Facebook forum the 700's were ex Chinese, 20yr old frames.

[Brian Wilkes]

Originally Posted by Yusef D

7 737-700s will replace the F100s. It's also possible that the existing 2 737-700s will go West.

It is a little incongruous. The 77 or 88 aircraft does not include VARA.

And after all of this, they had the perfect aircraft for Perth ops with their E170 & 190's a few years back!

[Rowan McKeever]

Originally Posted by Stuart McCarthy

To throw a spanner in the works, it was suggested on a WA Facebook forum the 700's were ex Chinese, 20yr old frames.

Doesn’t seem overly likely stacked up against relatively young and lowish cycle ex-KLM aircraft that can stay in the fleet for goodness knows how long (like the F100s they’re replacing).

[Tristan S]

Originally Posted by Max C

ATR72-600 VH-FVY is enroute CNS-DRW as SXI2223.

Has now filed for SUB, again as SXI2223, departing at 1010L
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SXI2223

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Tristan S

Has now filed for SUB, again as SXI2223, departing at 1010L
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SXI2223

Could Athens be its final destination ?

[Tristan S]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

Could Athens be its final destination ?

I think so? the word a few months ago was 3 ATRs to Olympic Airways (Aegean) with FVR already delivered an in service, the final likely to be FVQ (as FVP/FVN are both still listed as for sale)