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Old 18th February 2011, 11:59 AM
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Any news of the two ex-Emirates A330 expected to enter service with VB next month ?
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Old 18th February 2011, 01:14 PM
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Yep, Bay 40 at T2 and some changes to Foxtrot 5 and 6 have been remarked for them, and some minor road realignments are in place.
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Old 18th February 2011, 06:17 PM
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F5 and 6 were closed last night (or was it the night prior?) for line marking in time for the 330s. I am assuming they will go nose facing north (or diagonally) from B4/G. I dont know if they are deep enough to park nose facing east. Nige?
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Old 18th February 2011, 07:55 PM
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The Fox 5/6 markings were to provide sufficient space behind Bay 40 I believe. There are no plans as far as I'm aware to park A330's on F5/6.
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Old 18th February 2011, 08:19 PM
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Ah, makes sense now. Very good news thank you!
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Old 18th February 2011, 09:03 PM
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The registrations of the VB A332's, according to World Airline Fleets News, will be VH-FXA (ex A6-EAB) & FXB (ex A6-EAC).
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Old 18th February 2011, 09:10 PM
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Slight adjustment there James, VH-XFA will be the first one.

http://www.planespotters.net/Product...irgin-Blue.php
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Old 18th February 2011, 10:06 PM
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Thanks Tim for the correction. I thought it must have been my dyslexia but on rechecking, the magazine recorded the registrations as FX_. I thought it funny that there would be early alphabet registrations still available.
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Old 19th February 2011, 07:56 AM
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F5 and 6 were closed last night (or was it the night prior?) for line marking in time for the 330s. I am assuming they will go nose facing north (or diagonally) from B4/G. I dont know if they are deep enough to park nose facing east. Nige?

Just to add to this, the Fox5/6 stop bar markings have been moved further east, and the equipment storage areas have been modified accordingly. I didn't have a good look, but I presume the apron roadway either will be or has been realigned slightly to the east behind Bay F5/6 as well to accommodate the wing span of the A330.

The A330 will use the current alignment on Bay 40 that B737's and E-Jets use. The swing line from the Dom-3 centreline looks to have been altered to allow for a wider turn onto the bay, and a new lead-in line from Twy Golf has been added to keep the A330's off Bravo-4 which is now restricted to 36m wingspan aircraft.

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Old 19th February 2011, 10:32 AM
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thanks for for info.

Any idea when they are due to arrive in oz ?
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