VB/PB livery rebranding starts.

[Jarden S]

There is a Virgin Blue 737 in old colours inside the NO. 1 Hanger at CHC airport I saw it today not sure the rego as I was too far away.

[Mackenzie Davis]

VH-VOT is in there at the moment getting her Live2Air satellite bubble removed, I believe in preparation for painting.

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

[Jarden S]

OK thanks for the reply. We still see a lot of the old pac blue 737s here as well.

[Mackenzie Davis]

26th April 2014 - VH-ZPH Returns from Alverca Maintenance.
Embraer 190 VH-ZPH departed Alverca maintenance on its way back to Australia today initially routing Alverca - Heraklion as VA9902. The aircraft will continue Heraklion - Al Bateen - Chennai - Subang - Darwin - Brisbane. The aircraft has been repainted into Virgin Australia livery.

http://www.thevasource.com/

Anybody know what E190 is next in line for repainting?

[Steve S... 2]

They seem to have an odd way of prioritising which aircraft should be painted next.

They repaint clean shiny red jets (eg VH-VUU / VUV etc), ahead of faded chalky things, and shameful Airline of Virgin Blue and Pacific Blue liveries.

[Brock Little]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie Davis

http://www.thevasource.com/

Anybody know what E190 is next in line for repainting?

Mackenzie, judging by the alphabetical pattern of E190 repaints I would say ZPI.

[Yusef D]

SteveS, you're right, the 737 painting order seems odd but perhaps VA want to remove the Live2Air gear first, and VUU etc never had it. I would have thought get rid of the wetlease (VUM/VUN) scheme early, then PB aircraft, and you've only got two liveries flying around, instead of four...

[Rob R]

VA would love to repaint the faded red and the PBS aircraft. But there is a lot more to it then just putting an aircraft in a hangar for a reprint. It requires dealing with lease companies and working around maintenance requirements etc. Enjoy them while they are still in these colours, cause I'm sure when they are all gone people will complain they miss the old VB/PB colours

[Peter S.]

VH-VUM [underway].
VH-ZPH [returned after repaint].

Virgin Australia
VH-VOZ Palm Beach
VH-VPD Avalon Beach
VH-VPE Noosa Beach
VH-VPF Caves Beach
VH-VPH St Kilda Beach.

VH-XFA Cottesloe Beach
VH-XFB Cable Beach
VH-XFC Mooloolaba Beach
VH-XFD Bells Beach
VH-XFE Manly Beach
VH-XFG Terrigal Beach
VH-XFH Duranbah Beach

VH-VOK Johanna Beach
VH-VOQ Margaret River
VH-VOS Chiton Rocks
VH-VOX Coolum Beach
VH-VUC Peregian Beach
VH-VUF ..................Hobart Honey
VH-VUG .................Jasmine Tasman
VH-VUM........................in paint
VH-VUS Seaspray Beach
VH-VUT Alma Bay
VH-VUU Kingscliff Beach
VH-VUV Binalong Bay
VH-VUW Pebbly Beach
VH-VUY Snapper Rocks
VH-VUZ Lennox Head
VH-YFC Bondi Beach
VH-YFE Sunshine Beach
VH-YFF Wineglass Bay.......allocated, but not on aircraft.
VH-YFG Hanson Bay
VH-YFH Mindil Beach
VH-YFI Porpoise Bay
VH-YFJ Surfers Paradise Beach
VH-YFK Long Beach
VH-YFL Sandy Bay
VH-YFN Ballina Beach
VH-YFP Nobby's Beach
VH-YFQ Whiting Beach
VH-YFR Salamander Beach
VH-YVA Eurong Beach.......allocated, but not on aircraft.
VH-YVC Jetty Beach
VH-YVD Salmon Beach
VH-YIA Henley Beach .......allocated, but not on aircraft.
VH-YIB Trinity Beach ........allocated, but not on aircraft.
VH-YID Rainbow Beach
VH-YIE Fingal Beach
VH-YIF Sorrento Beach
VH-YIG Kings Beach
VH-YIH Hastings Point
VH-YIJ Pennington Bay
VH-YIL Seventy Five Mile Beach
VH-YIM Bridgewater Bay
VH-YIO Lameroo Beach
VH-YIQ Hyams Beach
VH-YIR Cactus Beach
VH-YIS Casuarina Beach
VH-YIT Lammermoor Beach
VH-YIU Middleton Beach
VH-YIV Cylinder Beach

VH-VBY Kingston Beach

VH-ZPA Apollo Beach
VH-ZPB Bicheno Beach
VH-ZPC Cabarita Beach
VH-ZPD Dudley Beach
VH-ZPE Coogee Beach
VH-ZPF Whitehaven Beach
VH-ZPG Glenelg Beach
VH-ZPH...
VH-ZPI...................... in paint
VH-ZPN Arrawarra Beach
VH-ZPO Boomerang Beach
VH-ZPQ Main Beach
VH-ZPR Dundee Beach
VH-ZPT Little Beach

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines
VH-FVH Four Mile Beach
VH-FVI Mission Beach
VH-FVL Preston Beach
VH-FVM Woolamai Beach
VH-FVN Whitehaven Beach
VH-FVP Wategos Beach
VH-FVQ Christies Beach
VH-FVR Yallingup Beach
VH-FVU Double Island Point
VH-FVX Kirra Beach
VH-FVY Marcoola Beach
VH-FVZ Angourie Beach
VH-VPI Bronte Beach

VH-YUD Port Beach
VH-FNP Honeymoon Cove

VH-FSQ Bills Bay
VH-FNJ Talbot Bay
VH-FNR Lake Argyle
VH-FNU Roebuck Bay

VH-FNA Rockingham Beach

Virgin Australia - New Zealand
ZK-PBA Peaceful Bay
ZK-PBB Indian Head
ZK-PBD Brighton Beach
ZK-PBF Tapu'itea...................[Virgin Samoa]
ZK-PBG Tallows Beach
ZK-PBI ...............................Lady Rebecca
ZK-PBJ Trigg Beach

[Radi K]

Originally Posted by Mackenzie Davis

26th April 2014 - VH-ZPH Returns from Alverca Maintenance.
Embraer 190 VH-ZPH departed Alverca maintenance on its way back to Australia today initially routing Alverca - Heraklion as VA9902. The aircraft will continue Heraklion - Al Bateen - Chennai - Subang - Darwin - Brisbane. The aircraft has been repainted into Virgin Australia livery.

It actually flew back via non-standard route, Heraklion - Al Bateen - Gan Island (southernmost island of the Maldives) - Cocos Island (soon to depart) - Port Headland - Brisbane