Rex takes fight to Qantas and Virgin [Jets for REX?]

[Zac M]

8JS? Is this the the next 737? Or something else for NJS? I thought I read the next B737 was -8ZL

[Stirling D]

Next 737

[Tom PER]

-8ZL (?) undertook a 2:24hr test flight today SIN-SIN under her 9V-MGB rego, I saw her parked outside the hangars at Changi last week in the same livery as -8KH.

[Steve S... 2]

According to planespotters.net 9V-MGB is to become VH-8JS.

[Dylan Hardie]

8ZL is looking to be aircraft number 10 which they are aiming to have here by end of the year pending all goes well

[James Smith]

Do you know whether 8ZL will be an ex-Silkair B738, Dylan?

[Tom PER]

Originally Posted by Dylan Hardie

8ZL is looking to be aircraft number 10 which they are aiming to have here by end of the year pending all goes well

I did hear REX were ‘kicking the tyres’ on some additional SQ 738’s, I have the 9V regos they looked at but won’t post until confirmed.

For anyone interested search ‘Nilsky’ on YouTube he posted a short vlog up on the inaugural HBA-MEL flight on -8KH.

[Dylan Hardie]

NJE's new Q400 will fly in from Calgary to Wagga for painting

[Stirling D]

VH-8JS John Sharp? Added to the register 20/9.

[James Smith]

Yes, JS for John Sharp. Following in the established tradition of Reginald Myles Ansett, RMA, Brett Godfrey, BZG and possibly others. I thought that CZA was named after one of Ansett's wives but not correct. From memory I think Catherine Zara but his two wives had very different names, according to Wikipedia.

It'll be interesting to see if any of the new QANTAS fleet is named after Alan Joyce. Joyce Drive at Mascot as not named after him but Alderman Frank Joyce.