VA / TT Fleet departures

[Tristan S]

Ex VH-XFJ positioned to MLA on the 8th for painting.

Airbus A330 -243 1561 2-HXFJ Commonwealth Bank of Australia ferried 08apr22 BHX-MLA ex VH-XFJ

https://www.alamy.com/ex-virgin-aust...466935250.html

[Tristan S]

Ex-VA AT76 VH-FVY has just filed BNE CNS with a departure of 1600.
Is this the next aircraft for Olympic? (following FVR)

[Tristan S]

Ex-TT A320 VH-VNK has entered service with VARA as VH-VNR

[Bob C]

I think the former VH-VNK has entered service with VARA as VH-VNR.

[Tristan S]

Originally Posted by Bob C

I think the former VH-VNK has entered service with VARA as VH-VNR.

Whoopsydoodle... thanks, fixed

[James Smith]

I think you mean VH-VNR has entered service, Tristan.

Ex-Tiger VH-VNO was re-registered OE-INN which returned as VH-VKQ with VARA on 4/4/22. Ex-Tiger VH-VNK was re-registered OE-IMY which has now returned as VH-VNR.

Interestingly VNR positioned from MEL to PER on 13/4/22 and then flew PER-ADL-PER on 18/4/22 as VA712/717. It looks as though VARA A320s regularly operate this return Virgin flight.

[MarkR]

Flew on IWY today, I like the new seats and the absent J divider

[Tristan S]

"In the biggest upgrade of its fleet in Western Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will retire its 10, 100-seat Fokker 100s and replace them with 149-seat Boeing 737-700s."

https://www.airlineratings.com/news/...kkers-boeings/

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by Tristan S

"In the biggest upgrade of its fleet in Western Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will retire its 10, 100-seat Fokker 100s and replace them with 149-seat Boeing 737-700s."

https://www.airlineratings.com/news/...kkers-boeings/

Maybe they're going to take all the ex-KLM 700s now?

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Maybe they're going to take all the ex-KLM 700s now?

I’m having issues with the maths, 77 is current fleet, 88 is target with 4 max so there is a 7 aircraft delta, 10 aircraft for VARA seems to match the ten at KLM but not the 7 missing, unless the ten are counted in the 88 and there are a few retirements.