December 2013 New Deliveries / First Flights

[Moderator]

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

[Greg Hyde]

From Puget Sound:

Thursday, 5 December 2013
VH-VKD B787-8 Jetstar First Flight
L/N 142 C/N 36229 B787-8 VH-VKD JETSTAR
Dep PAE 13:42 PST Arr PAE ??:?? PST via MWH
Call Sign BOE217 Hex Code 7C6BBB

[Sarah C]

VH-XZK has been delivered and is on its delivery flight - due to arrive into MEL Saturday evening

[Ian Gains]

9M-MTN A330-300 Malaysia Airlines is operating MAS129/8 into MEL tonight. This is her 1st revenue service.

[Ian Gains]

VT-ANE 787-8 Air India has been delivered, so expect to see it eventually on AIC302/1, in SYD & MEL.

[Rowan McKeever]

VH-XZK (QF B73H) entered service this morning as QF412 MEL-SYD, currently enroute to DRW.

[Zac M]

VH-YQT (Qlink 712) positioning ADL-BNE as QJE6201 for entry into service arriving in BNE at 1230!

[Brandon Giacomin]

JQ A320 VH-VFV entered service today. MEL-LST-MEL and scheduled to operate JQ596 MEL-SYD tonight.

[Brandon Giacomin]

Two days in a row! Jetstar Airbus A320 VH-VFX entered service this afternoon flying MEL-LST-MEL.

[Ian Gains]

VT-ANB 787-8 Air India has had her 1st flight.

[Nigel C]

First flight? Has it not been delivered yet Ian? And if not, do you know the reason?

[David C]

VT-ANB had it's first flight on Dec 14 , and had it's C1 flight yesterday .. Still to be delivered .. Air Indias delivery schedule for the 787 has never kept to a alphabetical order . For instance , it's first delivered was VT-ANH , and it's latest was VT-ANE
Dave C

[Brock Little]

The earlier rego birds were undergoing change incorporation and rework I believe.

[Ian Gains]

I believe that VT-ANA, B, C, D, E & G were all re-worked at Paine Field. I don't have the reasons why they have been delivered out of order (maybe less work required to the later builds ?), but A, B, & C remain at Paine Field. A & C don't appear to have flown yet.

[Nigel C]

Thanks for the explanation folks. :)

[Brock Little]

Jetstar's 2nd 787 VH-VKB is currently enroute MEL-CNS as JQ7993. Due to arrive at 1007. This is it's first flight since being delivered over 2 weeks ago.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVKB