MinRes Air

[lloyd fox]

I believe it should have it's own thread.

Here is the livery


https://www.mineralresources.com.au/news-media/the-skys-the-limit-with-minres-air/

[Adrian B]

Not ugly....

[Stirling D]

VHP is currently in TSV, receiving the MinRes paint scheme.

[Brenden S]

The 1st A320 is ex Air France machine and is in maintenance in Europe somewhere.

[Lauren J]

Thanks Brenden, do you know the MSN or registration?

[Brenden S]

Not yet

[lloyd fox]

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.:)

[lloyd fox]

VH-VHP today at BNE

https://www.flickr.com/photos/79487691@N07/53838335705/in/dateposted-public/

[Greg Hyde]

Airbus A319-132 3757 VH-VHP Skytraders first in svc02jul24 BNE-YKBA-BNE in MinRes Air livery ex 9V-TRA

[lloyd fox]

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."

[Greg Hyde]

Airbus A320-214 5129 VH-8FE MinRes Air delivery 13jul24 OSR-HBE ex F-HBNL

[Bob C]

Thanks for the "heads up" Greg ; much appreciated.

[Greg Hyde]

Methinks, a Boeing Wannabe

[Nathan Long]

Fe - the chemical symbol for Iron.

[Lauren J]

Methinks, a Boeing Wannabe

Makes it near-impossible to search for, since all the results come up as VA/ZL jets.

[Greg Hyde]

When Boeing used customer codes in their model numbers:

38 - Qantas
76 - TAA
77 - Ansett-ANA

FE - Virgin Blue/Virgin Australia

8FE - was an 800 series built for Virgin Australia

[Lauren J]

Indeed! There are a few odd***** in the fleet that were purchased off other customers; VUW/VUY are -8KGs, YFC/YFE are -81Ds, and there are the “Silk Seven” -8SAs :)

[Greg Hyde]

Correct, they are the ones from other airlines, lease companies ....

Search for Boeing Customer codes and you can see who the frame built.
Unless it NTU and passed to a new owner.

[Greg Hyde]

VH-8FE was added to the VH-Reg on 12/07/2024 to

MINRES AIR AIRCRAFT PTY LTD
155 Fauntleroy Ave
PERTH AIRPORT WA 6105
Australia

[Radi K]

Enroute from Phuket now https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VH8FE

[MarkR]

Tough delivery routing and timings, 3-4hr afternoon flights, sleep in @ HKT and now DPS, must be management pilots doing the delivery LOL

[Radi K]

It is :D

[MarkR]

On the move again with an early departure from DPS to TSV via DRW at 0615. Presume it’s getting a paint in TSV

[Brenden S]

Yes it is being painted in TSV.

[Greg Hyde]

After it finished with Air France it was all white.

[Greg Hyde]

8FE has a new look and is scheduled to fly to Melbourne later today.

[MarkR]

Let’s take a bit of Virgin, mix it with a black tail QF style and don’t worry about signage

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11405873

[Steve S... 2]

Hopefully they finish the paint job.

So tired of RED!

[Stirling D]

Let’s take a bit of Virgin, mix it with a black tail QF style and don’t worry about signage

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11405873

The logo will most likely be a decal, the other aircraft had them applied in MEL.

[lloyd fox]

Let’s take a bit of Virgin, mix it with a black tail QF style and don’t worry about signage

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11405873

Mark the tail livery is brown not black.

See my A319 pic below

https://www.flickr.com/photos/79487691@N07/53868379879/in/dateposted-public/

[Radi K]

The logo will most likely be a decal, the other aircraft had them applied in MEL.
yes waiting 10 days for the paint to cure

[Greg Hyde]

8FE is on its way to Perth, maybe its first rev ?

[Brenden S]

8FE is parked up in Perth awaiting it's first rev flight.

[Greg Hyde]

thanks, Brenden

Did she get some stickers in Melb ?

Let us know when she starts working,

[MarkR]

Looks good to go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te1EEwF1ro8

[Brenden S]

Painted overseas, Minres tail colour added and red on engines, waited 10 days for the paint to fully cure before decals applied to the fuselage and tail in Melbourne. Same thing happened with VHP.

[Zac M]

8FE was painted in TSV

[MarkR]

Painted overseas, Minres tail colour added and red on engines, waited 10 days for the paint to fully cure before decals applied to the fuselage and tail in Melbourne. Same thing happened with VHP.

As Zac pointed out painted in TSV and it was less than 10 days after that she headed west with new stickers.

[Greg Hyde]

VH-8FE is planning a test flight in Perth with its brown tail.

[Ayden H]

VH-8FE is scheduled to fly tomorrow from PER to MEL, STD 0710 AWST

[Greg Hyde]

Has 8FE flown any revenue/charter services as yet ?

[MarkR]

MinResAir hasn’t got their AOC yet

[lloyd fox]

Next year Mark.

I know VH-VHP is flying under the Skytraders AOC.

[Brenden S]

8FE did not move since it's arrival into Perth. Yesterdays 1st flight PER-MEL was a positioning flight.
Skytraders VHD arrived this arvo into Perth.

[Dylan Hardie]

8FE went straight to the Skytraders hangar in Melbourne

[Brenden S]

8FE is in Melbourne for maintenance. That is where all the scheduled maintenance will occur (A checks etc)

[MarkR]

Bit surprised it’s up for an A check so soon after it left France

[Ayden H]

Wonder if MinRes will get a proper ICAO code or just use an ASA FNC like Aerlink and Nexus. Prepare for MinRes flights to start showing up as Mongolian Hunnu Air, just like RFDS with Thai AirAsia.

[Stirling D]

8FE has had its operator change from Minres to Skytraders on the CASA reg. As of 29/10

[Dylan Hardie]

8FE has started ops to Ken's Bore