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Old 9th May 2024, 05:47 PM
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I believe it should have it's own thread.

Here is the livery


https://www.mineralresources.com.au/...th-minres-air/
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Old 10th May 2024, 09:14 AM
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Not ugly....
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Old 17th June 2024, 07:41 AM
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VHP is currently in TSV, receiving the MinRes paint scheme.
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Old 17th June 2024, 08:41 AM
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The 1st A320 is ex Air France machine and is in maintenance in Europe somewhere.
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Old 17th June 2024, 06:05 PM
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Thanks Brenden, do you know the MSN or registration?
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Old 17th June 2024, 08:51 PM
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Not yet
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Old 2nd July 2024, 11:10 AM
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Went into service earlier BNE-Wodgina Mine as SND 880 and trackable on Flightaware as well.VH-VHP

Fully painted with titles ..Will chase a pic later this week.
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Old 6th July 2024, 03:12 PM
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VH-VHP today at BNE

https://www.flickr.com/photos/794876...posted-public/

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Old 6th July 2024, 05:35 PM
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Airbus A319-132 3757 VH-VHP Skytraders first in svc02jul24 BNE-YKBA-BNE in MinRes Air livery ex 9V-TRA
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Old 9th July 2024, 07:24 AM
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CH-AVIATION

Mining company Mineral Resources Limited has commenced fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) flights using its in-house airline, MinRes Air (Perth International), and an A319-100 wet-leased from Skytraders (SND, Sydney Kingsford Smith).
Refurbished and repainted in MinRes Air's livery, the 15.5-year-old VH-VHP (msn 3757) completed a 3,600-kilometre sector from Brisbane International to Ken's Bore via Wodgina on July 2 with FIFO workers onboard. For most of this year, Mineral Resources has used Skytraders to operate FIFO flights in and out of Brisbane, but this week marks the debut of MinRes-branded flights.
During a half-yearly results announcement in February, Mineral Resources founder and MD Chris Ellison said the mining company already owned three airports and flying workers directly in without paying for overnight accommodation would save "tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars” annually.
Mineral Resources, which records revenues of around AUD5.5 billion Australian dollars (USD3.7 billion) annually, needs to carry around 5,000 workers per week on and off its remote sites, and a one-hour delay in starting a shift can cost the company around AUD1 million (USD670,000) in lost revenue, making an in-house airline a more cost-effective solution than relying on third-party operators.
However, the Skytraders lease is a stop-gap deal. MinRes Air has been hiring flight and ground crews and has reportedly recruited 20 captains and first officers at above-market rates. "We'll end up owning about four A319s by the end of this year," Ellison told shareholders. "We'll be the only mining company flying [our own aircraft]. We'll be direct out of Brisbane straight into Ken's Bore, Wodgina, Onslow, and shortly we'll be coming into Kambalda."
"Typically, a FIFO worker on the east coast has to pay their own fares to Perth overnight, at their own cost, and then they go up the Pilbara the next day," added Ellison. "So a day and a half each way, and they’ve got to write money out of their own pocket. We’re five-and-a-half hours from Brisbane, direct onto our mine sites, at our cost. We’re tapping a whole brand new workforce[...]. By the end of this year, all of our FIFO [flights] will be run by MinRes Air."
He concluded: "We’re going to reduce our camp sizes. We’re going to be able to land our people on-site at 5:30 in the morning, and they do a shift change at 6:00, and the night shift hops on the plane and goes home."
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