April 2013 New Deliveries / First Flights.

[Ian Gains]

Please post any information/questions about new deliveries (and new aircraft movements), first flights etc in our region in this thread. -mod




B-5918 A330-200 Air China has been delivered. To date, the aircraft has only operated domestic sectors, but hopefully it will fly to SYD & MEL soon.

[lloyd fox]

Virgin Australia ATR72-600 VH-FVY was delivered to BNE from PER over Easter and should enter service this month.

[Todd Hendry]

QF VH-XZD has just departed on its delivery flight I'm guessing. QF6024.

[Sarah C]

Correct Todd - XZD on delivery via Honolulu, Nadi, and Melbourne

[Greg Hyde]

XDE also had it's ff on 4/4/13.

Has XZD & XDE been named as yet ?

[Zac M]

I saw somewhere online (not sure where) that XZD was named 'Mooranbah'

[Rowan McKeever]

It's on planespotters Zac

[Sarah C]

Correct Zac - XZD is named Morabah.

[Andrew Coggan]

New Jetstar A320 VH-VFN with sharklets has begun its delivery flight currently enroute TLS-AAN. FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVFN)

[Greg Hyde]

thanks

[Mark T]

VH-XZD is operating as QF6024 and currently 90nm NE of Sydney

[A McLaughlin]

VFN is due into MEL at 17:00 today

[Zac M]

XZD entered service yesterday as QF620 MEL-BNE

[lloyd fox]

HP1731-PST landed BNE last night on delivery.This is the last of 7 Fokker 70's ordered by Alliance.

Full Air Panama livery and no titles and HP reg.

[Sarah C]

XZE will be on its delivery flight tomorrow via HNL, NAN and into MEL, planned arrival for Saturday.

[Brian Wilkes]

HP1731-PST landed BNE last night on delivery.This is the last of 7 Fokker 70's ordered by Alliance.

Full Air Panama livery and no titles and HP reg.

Wonder if they will put this a/c into service in a hybrid livery like (VH-JFE)!

[Robert M]

Too late now, but the first of Hawaiian's newest A330-200 aircraft N391HA 'Hakulei' arrived this evening as HA451/HA452. The second aircraft delivered this week (N392HA 'Hiki'amalia') will surely be here soon...

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[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Virign Australia's A330-200 VH-XFG is set to begin its delivery flight to Australia this weekend.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5741319/#1

[Sarah C]

VH-XZE is now en route to HNL on its delivery flight into MEL

[Dom Fortey]

VH-XFG has started its flight to Australia with a direct routing of Toulouse-Melbroune with a flight time of 18hrs and 20min due in at 1648L as VOZ9898.

[Matthew Ayto]

AirAsia X's new A330 - 9M-XXI has been delivered. No doubt that this will come to Aus at somepoint in the future!!

[Stefan Perkas]

Morning all,

Qantas B737-800 VH-XZE entered service this morning operating QF671 Melbourne-Adelaide. It will then operate Adelaide-Darwin-Adelaide.

[Matthew Ayto]

Cathay Pacific new A330-300 B-LBA appears to have started its delivery flight early this morning. We should see this in Australia soon.