New Deliveries / First Flights etc September 2011

[Moderator]

Please post any information/questions about new deliveries (and new aircraft movements), first flights etc in our region in this thread.

[Jarden S]

Any ideas when the Next JQ A320 is due for Australian expansion?
Incedently I saw a JQ 320 at the hanger in MNL on the 20th AUG it may have come off the FLT 79 from DRW the night before.

[Brock Little]

http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot....st-flight.html

VH-VZS B737-838 Qantas First Flight
L/N 3769 C/N 39358 B737-838 VH-VZS QANTAS
Dep RNT 15:08 PDT Arr BFI 17:00 PDT
Call Sign BOE579 Hex Code 7C6DE6 Sel-Cal BJ-CP
Aircraft was painted at Renton

[Oliver Gigacz]

Both Qantas' and Virgin Australia's latest Boeing 737-800s are currently on delivery flights.

VH-VZR is routing... BFI-HNL-NAN-MEL
VH-YIB is routing... BFI-LIH-NAN-BNE

[Rowan McKeever]

Pretty similar routings! Are they on similar schedules as well?

[Radi K]

YIB is going to CHC first

[Andrew Coggan]

YIB landed in CHC about this time yesterday.

[Zac M]

VZR entered service as QF408 this morning. And for those that have not seen it LQG has been in service about a week.

EDIT: Just been informed LQF is re-fuelling at YSSY T2, so it is also in service.

[Jayden Laing]

LQG is also here too Zac.

[Rowan McKeever]

Is EBR for JQ or QF?