VA / TT Fleet departures

[Dylan Hardie]

IWY for XSP tomorrow

[Tristan S]

New addition to the VARA fleet - VH-VKQ - positioned MEL PER last night as VA9926.

[James Smith]

It looks as though IXJ is scheduled to commence flying for Virgin, tomorrow, 1/4/22 operating VA702 BNE - HBA. No joke, but always subject to change.

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by James Smith

It looks as though IXJ is scheduled to commence flying for Virgin, tomorrow, 1/4/22 operating VA702 BNE - HBA. No joke, but always subject to change.

Especially on April the 1st !

[James Smith]

Now that the seven B738s from SilkAir are all in service with Virgin, does anyone have any further information on the next batch of seven aircraft. Specifically source, type: B737-800 or B737-700, expected arrival dates etc.

I can't find any further information since the original announcement was made in November, 2021.

[Yusef D]

Now that the seven B738s from SilkAir are all in service with Virgin, does anyone have any further information on the next batch of seven aircraft. Specifically source, type: B737-800 or B737-700, expected arrival dates etc.

I can't find any further information since the original announcement was made in November, 2021.

They're 7 737-700s, quite late model (for -700s which haven't been built in serious number for many years. Coming from KLM, so they're quite well kitted out, apparently with Cat3B etc.

There are rumours these aircraft will go to VARA to replace F100s. I'm not sure I believe that one though. That would overly complicate Perth operations.

[Greg Hyde]

From Airfleets

30365 2714 737-7K2 PH-BGF 15/12/2008
30367 2835 737-7K2 PH-BGG 19/03/2009
38053 3119 737-7K2 PH-BGH 16/12/2009
30364 3172 737-7K2 PH-BGI 16/02/2010
38054 3292 737-7K2 PH-BGK 01/09/2010
30369 3407 737-7K2 PH-BGL 23/09/2010
39255 3569 737-7K2 PH-BGM 26/04/2011
39256 3675 737-7K2 PH-BGQ 22/06/2011
38634 3762 737-7K2 PH-BGT 06/09/2011
38635 3811 737-7K2 PH-BGX 24/10/2011

[James Smith]

Thanks for the information, Yusef and Greg. Are any arrival dates known for, particularly the first aircraft?

[Greg Hyde]

I just a quick look and they are all still in service with KLM

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

I just a quick look and they are all still in service with KLM

There are 3 other ex-KLM birds returned to lessors late last year, and a number of the 10 still flying are leased. The 7 could be a mix of the two groups.