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Old 31st January 2018, 12:12 PM
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YWE is on the way
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Old 2nd February 2018, 08:28 AM
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ZPT has now left our shores and is sitting at clark international airport but I hear it will return to Australia in the near future but in Airnorth colours (unsure on new rego)
Looks like there's been a change with this, Jetgo will apparently now be acquiring ZPT, coming back at end of May. Rumoured that ZPH will follow in August. The E190 would launch the Brisbane to Karratha and Singapore with the company no longer acquiring the E175.
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Old 4th February 2018, 11:29 AM
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Virgin Australia’s Embraer era comes to an end, accepts last 737NG delivery

Virgin Australia has flown its last commercial flight with the Embraer E-Jet, after E190 VH-ZPH operated flight VA1105 from Newcastle to Brisbane on Saturday.

Wet and sombre skies greeted the E190 in Brisbane, where it touched down at 12:51 local time following a one hour and eight minute flight from Newcastle, flight tracking website Flightaware shows.

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...mes-to-an-end/
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Old 4th February 2018, 08:21 PM
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Strange time for VA and TT to go 18 months+ without a single aircraft added. Unless VA is going to lose one or more to TT. The MAX is "late 2019" and no more NGs coming in. Fleet/capacity expansion coming to a grinding halt?

Or is all expansion in blue and yellow Fokkers?
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Old 4th February 2018, 08:52 PM
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Fleet/capacity expansion coming to a grinding halt?

Or is all expansion in blue and yellow Fokkers?
Fleet capacity has been declining for a while, state of the market. Less seats, higher rpm
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Old 8th February 2018, 11:49 AM
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Fleet capacity has been declining for a while, state of the market. Less seats, higher rpm
Looks like 4 x A330 will be coming from Hainan (who have their own cash issues at present) to help support international fleet expansion, which seems to be the focus now.
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Old 8th February 2018, 03:43 PM
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MarkR...

do you have any source for the new of those 4 A330s? Other than pprune? I'm really keen to know what's going on there for, well, career reasons.

I'm hoping you're right.

(VA have said the A330 fleet is deliberately overcrewed to enable more HK/PRC flying, but it's not so overcrewed it can handle 4 more airframes)
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Old 8th February 2018, 08:24 PM
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MarkR...

do you have any source for the new of those 4 A330s? Other than pprune? I'm really keen to know what's going on there for, well, career reasons.

I'm hoping you're right.

(VA have said the A330 fleet is deliberately overcrewed to enable more HK/PRC flying, but it's not so overcrewed it can handle 4 more airframes)
Only what I read on Pprune I am afraid, although it has long been rumoured since Hainan got involved that VA could utilise them for fleet. I thought they might take some Hong Kong Birds but they seem to need more given they are taking a couple of EKs in addition to the A350s.
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Old 9th February 2018, 12:00 PM
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VA's experience would suggest taking ex-EK A330s is a path you don't want to take! VA has only recently stopped paying the difference between the lease price and what they could get the next operator to pay for VH-XFA and XFB!
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Old 20th February 2018, 04:13 PM
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VH-FVM ferried from Nelson to Cairns on 07/08-02/18 ?

Return to service ?
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