Will Virgin Australia use Fokker 100 aircraft instead of the current Embraer 190s?
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Will Virgin Australia use Fokker 100 aircraft instead of the current Embraer 190s?
aviationbuff
aviationbuff
Member since 25 Sep 2011
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You are extremely unlikely to see any more F-100s in the VAA fleet save for the two that are currently wet leased from Alliance. This arrangement was largely to meet a short term capacity shortfall
curtisj
curtisj
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The F100's are only temporary, the only reason Virgin have wet leased them is because they didn't have enough aircrafts to keep up with their rapid expansion
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Does that mean they are getting newer aircraft soon?
aviationbuff
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Virgin are taking delivery of 4 x B738's (in the new 8J:168Y config with BSI) between now and the end of July. FYI, the F-100s are generally flown on routes where demand for J class is low / nil like BNE-CNS, BNE-PPP, BNE-NTL and certainly never on the triangle.