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Originally Posted by Greg Hyde (Post 98713)

VH-YFW B737-8FE for VA added to the register on 18/02/2016

Hi Steve,

I posted this to http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=10918

maybe we need a new reg thread

Any news on when VH-YFW is due to arrive ?

VH-ZPE will depart for Nashville early next week.

ZPE is departing this morning on the standard route to Nashville.
VUP is departing for Singapore this morning.

Thanks Rob ; is -VUP leaving for good ?

Cheers

Bob

Three ATRs to be sold as the resources downturn bites (the ATR fleet is now mainline and not with VARA). Some WA routes to go to F100 fm 737.

Virgin expects to post $30-60 million underlying profit for full 2015/16 year

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Virgin Australia says the airline group is on track for a full year profit despite a forecast second half loss amid weak demand in its key domestic market that has prompted capacity cuts focused on regional routes.

The company reported a statutory loss after tax of $58.8 million for the three months to March 31, compared with $28.3 million loss in the prior corresponding period. Virgin said the bulk of the deterioration in the statutory result was due to restructuring charges such as the removal of surplus capacity due to the resources downturn.

Underlying profit before tax, which removes one-off costs and was the airline’s preferred measure of financial performance, was $18.6 million, an improvement from the $22.2 million underlying pre-tax loss a year ago.

“While the group improved its underlying performance in this quarter, it was against a challenging operating environment,” Virgin chief executive John Borghetti said in a statement on Monday.

“This environment has been impacted by weak consumer demand and sentiment, uncertainty around the federal election and the resources sector downturn.

“As a consequence, we will reduce group capacity by 5.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, with domestic reductions focused on regional routes.”

Borghetti said the fleet restructuring would offer “significant cost savings going forward”.

Virgin said it expected its 2015/16 full year underlying profit before tax to be in the range of $30 million to $60 million. The compared with an underlying loss before tax of $49 million for the 12 months to June 30 2015.

The full year guidance points to a second half loss of between $20 million and $50 million, given Virgin posted underlying profit before tax of $81.5 million in the 2015/16 first half.

Virgin’s assessment of the state of the domestic market mirror those of its local rival Qantas, which said on March 30 it planned to put the brakes on domestic market growth due to weaker-than-expected demand.

“Some softness in demand, related to the upcoming federal election and recent drop in consumer confidence in Australia, began to emerge over the peak Easter and school holiday period in late March and continued to be seen in forward bookings in April and May,” Qantas said on April 18.

“Traffic over the peak Easter and school holiday period from late March fell below expectations, compounded by a disconnect in the timing of Easter and school holidays in most Australian states.”

The company’s third quarter traffic statistics showed both its Virgin and Tigerair domestic operations grew capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASK), and the number of passengers carried.

Virgin domestic flew 4.1 million passengers in the three months to March 31, up 1.6 per cent from the prior corresponding period, while ASK’s also rose by 1.6 per cent. Load factors were 1.1 percentage points higher at 75.4 per cent.

At Tigerair, passenger numbers rose 14.7 per cent increase to a little over 1 million, while ASKs were 14.1 per cent higher. Load factors eased 0.2 percentage points to 85.5 per cent.

Virgin’s international network posted a slight decline in passenger numbers and capacity. At the end of March, Virgin handed over its flights to Bali from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to Tigerair. And its international capacity was also expected to be affected in the final three months of 2015/16 as its Boeing 777-300ER fleet has new business class seats installed, resulting in the temporary suspension of its three-times weekly Sydney-Abu Dhabi service between April and July.

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...l-201516-year/

Hi folks,

I was reading Arkia is taking delivery of another E190 in June, I assume this will be VH-ZPF which is currently in Rosswell, NM for painting? As VH-ZPG remains on the Embraer apron in Nashville, TN in plain white. Unless it is to be VH-ZPF which is in maintenance in Nashville currently.

With the Aeromexico leases fallen through of the remaining 3 E190s that Virgin has sold, this gives strength to the latest murmurs that they are being leased back to Virgin at a deal that was too good to pass up.

SH

Heard a rumour last week that one of the Ejets currently in the US will be heading back to Virgin. Currently ZPE, ZPF and ZPG are over there.

VH- ZPH is due to depart Brisbane for Nashville (via the standard route) at 0810am today. This aircraft is only going for maintanance and will return in 4-5 weeks time.

VH-ZPF will position Roswell back to Nashville in the next days.

Today Virgin have announced the exit of all Embraer aircraft within three years and a reduction in the ATR fleet as part of the capital raising program.

They are $2.1Bn in debt.

They have 2.1bn of debt, or 1/3 that of Qantas.

Not quite sure what Qantas's debt has to do with anything...

New VA 737-800 VH-YFW 41037 - has been allocated line number 5978 so should roll off the production line shortly.

looks like ZPG has a new owner.

Deleted from Aus Reg on 7/7/16 and exported to USA

With all the Embraer's gradually being withdrawn, and at least 14 737-800's gradually transferring across to Tiger, that must mean these will happen as new 737-800's are delivered?

Does anyone know what the future 737 delivery plans are? And how many.

Thanks.

Don't they have 40 X MAX8 on order ?

E-190 ex VH-ZPG

Registered N195EM 08 July 2016 to

Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt lake City

Confirmed Greg

40 x B737MAX due approx 2019-2021 if not earlier

ZPG was flown to Marana Az last week, so it's now in long term storage. Given the amount of 190's on or a about to hit the market there is a good chance ZPG will never leave Marana has a complete aircraft.

I think it's 48 MAXs on the way, and around 8-12 -800s.

The new VH-YFW was delivered to Brisbane on Sat 16 July 2016.

I imagine as further 738's are delivered, they will withdraw non-sky interior 738's to transfer across to Tiger.

Has YFW been named as yet ?

Turquoise Bay is the name according to Virgin Facebook page.

VH-YIS ferried to TSV last night so I presume it will enter the paint shop.

Surely YIS can't be up for a repaint already!?!?!?

I'm curious as to why YIS went to TSV.

Surely VA wouldn't transfer modern sky interior 738's to Tiger and keep the old interior 738's for themselves... ??

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Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever (Post 100444)

Surely YIS can't be up for a repaint already!?!?!?

Recently i've observed several YF, YV and YI aircraft that have been freshly repainted upon return to Australia after undergoing "maintenance" in Jakarta...

As to why this is happening i don't know, perhaps better quality and lighter paint is now available?

If this is indeed the case there are surely cost savings by to be had over the remainder of the aircrafts serviceable life with Virgin Australia...

Perhaps Flying Colours are performing the same tasks on behalf of the Airline?

Ahhhhhhh fair enough!! That makes a lot of sense :)

Regarding the transfer of 737's to tiger surely the 9 VO series aircraft which are the oldest and i'm assuming fully owned by VA frames will be the first to migrate to the low cost Jungle?

There has been an issue with the original primer which Boeing used on a lot of the Y registered aircraft.

They need to go back to the paint shop, complete strip back to metal, correct primer applied, and new paint job to finish!

Big job, but better than dealing with corrosion issues on such new airframes...

hope that's a warranty job!

Meanwhile inflight internet announced for 737, A330, 777.

From VA Source

29th July 2016 - VH-YFW Enters Service.
Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFW entered service this morning operating VA912 Brisbane - Sydney.

VH-ZPJ departed for Nashville yesterday and is the last of the 5 Ejets that were sold earlier this year. On Wednesday VH-ZPF flew to Marana AZ for long term storage, joining VH-ZPG and about 16 other Ejets parked there.

ZPI is on it's way back from Nashville post heavy maintenance.

From VA Source

30th August 2016 - VH-ZPE Positions to Marana for Storage.
Withdrawn Embraer 190 VH-ZPE positioned Nashville - Marana for storage this morning as VA9948.

From Skyliners

Embraer 190 AR 190.00187 VH-ZPE Virgin Australia ferried 30aug16 BNA-MZJ for onward storage (+ 190.00209 VH-ZPJ 31aug16 BNA-ROW) ex PT-SDV

Note: ZPE (above) & ZPJ

I think VH-ZPK has left the fleet as well not 100% sure

from va source
25th August 2016 - VH-ZPK Departs for Nashville Maintenance.
Embraer 190 VH-ZPK departed Brisbane for maintenance at Nashville this morning initially routing Brisbane - Apia as VA9901. The aircraft will continue Apia - Honolulu - Van Nuys - Nashville

Current plans have ZPK returning.