VA / TT Fleet departures

[Tristan S]

VUR has already been removed from the register
VUR THE BOEING COMPANY 737-8FE 36606 29/09/2020 11.130 - Cancelled - Registration Holder Request - Exported to Guernsey

[Anthony Collins]

Went past the hangars at MEL today during work break, interesting to see nearly all VA/TT aircraft are missing one engine each, including an A320, I believe it was VNK, also one engine removed. Can't all require shop visits? Perhaps aircraft need to be re-fitted with original allocated engine if a swap took place at VA prior to return to lessor.

[Yusef D]

Yup, it's a big deal reuniting all of the airframes with the correct engines, radios, computers and other numbered parts.

To add to complexity it is not normal to change two engines on the same aircraft in one shift, in case a mistake is made on both.

[Greg Hyde]

Airbus A320 -232 2906 VH-VNB Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ferried 04oct20 PER-XSP, all wh, on return to lessor ex 9V-TAG

[Brenden S]

I heard it was off for maintenance.

[Tristan S]

VA B738 VH-YFH to be ferried from MEL to WTB tomorrow for storage as VA9915

[Greg Hyde]

Boeing 737 -8FE 33798 1391 VH-VOQ Virgin Australia ferried 18oct29 BNE-ASP for onward storage

[Tristan S]

VA A330-200, VH-XFJ currently en route to Sepang, Malaysia.

[Anthony Collins]

Yes, I managed to sight VH-XFJ departing at work today. I noticed it was already a white tail.

[Tristan S]

Yep, all white and going back to the lessor. Registered currently to Commonwealth Bank of Australia.