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Old 19th July 2017, 08:53 AM
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Why Nelson though.
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Old 19th July 2017, 09:10 AM
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I expect cost (its cheap)
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Old 19th July 2017, 10:25 AM
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End of lease (are they leased?) mx

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Old 19th July 2017, 07:43 PM
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Interestingly there appears to be no sign of any up for sale yet or lease, and there are a variety of competing aircraft including the Malaysia birds.
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Old 20th July 2017, 01:42 PM
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It seems that the lessor, Avation, has them advertised for lease on its website: http://www.avation.net/aircraft_available.html.

As for the Malaysian aircraft, six are headed to Nam Air in Indonesia, so not sure if there are any more than that heading out of the Firefly/MASWings fleet. In any case, there seems to be strong demand for ATRs in India with their new regional connectivity scheme, so I wouldn't be at all surprised to see some of the ex-Virgin birds go there.
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Old 20th July 2017, 02:39 PM
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It seems that the lessor, Avation, has them advertised for lease on its website: http://www.avation.net/aircraft_available.html.

As for the Malaysian aircraft, six are headed to Nam Air in Indonesia, so not sure if there are any more than that heading out of the Firefly/MASWings fleet. In any case, there seems to be strong demand for ATRs in India with their new regional connectivity scheme, so I wouldn't be at all surprised to see some of the ex-Virgin birds go there.
The very same link shows VA's A320 VH-YUD (MSN1922) as being for sale, available May 2018.
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Old 20th July 2017, 04:27 PM
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The very same link shows VA's A320 VH-YUD (MSN1922) as being for sale, available May 2018.
That's interesting. I wonder if they'd even bother trying to sell the other one, FNP. It's very old and not reliable.

VH-YFY flew first flight 15 July. Delivery about 1 month.
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Old 29th July 2017, 03:09 PM
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VH-YFY delivered, maybe there's another on the way, I met a pilot who said he's delivering one from Seattle in August.
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Old 29th July 2017, 08:43 PM
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Arrived in Brisbane last Wednesday (26/7).

Anyone noticed a name ?
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Old 29th July 2017, 08:55 PM
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It's called "Mungalla" according to planespotters.net
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