VH-VNO. Airbus A320-232. c/n 4053.

Was also registered as: 9V-TAL; OE-INN; VH-VKQ.

 

 

This aircraft was ordered by Celestrial ECA Trading 3 Ltd for lease to Tiger Airway - ?

Rolled off the Airbus production line at Toulouse - September 2009

First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWIY' - September 16, 2009

Powered by International Aero Engines IAE V2527-A5 engines

Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) for interior fit-out as AIB053A - September 16, 2009

Ferried Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - Toulouse on completion of the fit-out as AIB053B - September 26, 2009

Accepted by Celestrial ECA Trading 3 Ltd at Toulouse - October 02, 2009

Leased to Tiger Airways (Singapore) Pty Ltd - October 02, 2009

Entered onto the Singapore Aircraft Register as 9V-TAL - ?

Registered to Celestrial ECA Trading 3 Ltd

Leased to Tiger Airways (Singapore) Pty Ltd as the registered operator

Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Singapore - October 02, 2009

It arrived at Singapore (Seletar) on completion of the delivery flight - October 03, 2009

Delivery route: Toulouse - Muscat - Phuket - Singapore

Entered Tiger Airways (Singapore) service Singapore - Bangkok - Singapore - October 13, 2009

Operated final Tiger Airways (Singapore) service Singapore - Perth - Singapore as TR716/717 - February 28, 2010

Leased to Tiger Airways (Australia) Pty Ltd - March 04, 2010

Cancelled from the Singaporean Aircraft Register - March 04, 2010

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VNO - March 04, 2010

Registered to Celestrial ECA Trading 3 Ltd

Leased to Tiger Airways (Australia) Pty Ltd as the registered operator

Ferried Singapore - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - March 04 - 05, 2010

Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as TT895 - March 12, 2010

Registered to Avolon Aerospace (Ireland) AOE 57 Limited, Dublin, Ireland - December 13, 2016

Leased to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited, Melbourne, Victoria as the registered operator

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - March 27, 2020

Tigerair ceased operations - September 10, 2020

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States for storage - November 20, 2020

It arrived at San Bernadino on completion of the ferry flight - November ?, 2020

Ferry route: Melbourne - ? - Honolulu - San Bernadino

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 14, 2020

Sold to Avolon Aircraft Leasing, USA - December 16, 2020

Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-INN - December 16, 2020

Registered to Avolon Aircraft Leasing, USA

Departed San Bernadino on the ferry flight to France - December 16, 2020

It arrived at Montpellier on completion of the ferry flight - December 17, 2020

Ferry route: San Bernadino - Duluth - Minnesota - Keflavik - Montpellier

The aircraft was stored at Montpellier

Test flown Montpellier - Montpellier - February 14, 2022

Departed Montpellier (09:57 local) on the ferry flight to Australia - February 24, 2022

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine - 05:20 AEDT) on completion of the ferry flight - February 29, 2022

Ferry route: Montpellier - Cairo - Karachi - Colombo - Denpasar - Melbourne

Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - March 03, 2022

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VKQ - March 07, 2022

Registered to CIT Aerospace LLC, New York

Leased to Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Perth as the registered operator

Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth as VA9926 - March 30, 2022

Entered service with Virgin Australia Regional Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) as VA714 - April 04, 2022

Current with Virgin Australia Regional

 

 

VH-VNO. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 24, 2010.

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VH-VNO. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 15, 2011.

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VH-VNO. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 14, 2012.

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VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 02, 2018.

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VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 23, 2018.

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VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 23, 2018.

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VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 31, 2023.

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VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 21, 2023.

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