VA MAX8 Arrivals

[Greg Hyde]

8ID (66638/8863) has been spotted at Renton in full paint.

[Greg Hyde]

8ID has made its first flight at Renton as BOE005 (03:11)

[Greg Hyde]

VH-8IF/66647 was added to the VH-Reg on 08/02/2024

VH-8IE/66644/8882 was skipped

[Greg Hyde]

VH-8IE/66644/8882 was added to the VH-REG on 28/02/2024.

[Greg Hyde]

8ID had two test flights yesterday.

2nd Flight 01:06 BOE005
CA Flight BOE005 which it is yet to complete

Name: St. Kilda Beach

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

Name: St. Kilda Beach

This is the first 777 name to be reused. Four ATR-72 names have also been reused (three on MAXs, one on a 737-7K2).

[James Smith]

VH-8ID is currently flying BFI to MLB, Florida as VA9946, following the pattern of 8IB for IFE installation, prior to its delivery flight to BNE. This should take approximately two weeks.

[Stirling D]

8ID due into Brissy on the 21st from NOU.

[MarkR]

The carrier business ordered 14 737 Max-8s in total, with the bulk of this order originally due to arrive by the end of this year and four already in service. The group now expects just four Max-8s to be delivered this year in light of the production delays, with the remaining six not expected until 2025. Virgin had originally expected one Max-8 to arrive every month for the rest of this year.

Virgin’s order of 25 Boeing 737 Max-10s were due to begin arriving next calendar year. The airline has pushed back its delivery timeframe to FY26.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...14-p5fcjd.html

[James Smith]

VH-8ID has operated the first leg of its delivery flight home, MLB-PHX as VA9947. It is scheduled to fly PHX-KOA-NOU-BNE arriving tomorrow at 15:15 local.