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VH-ZHE. Embraer 170-100LR. c/n 17000247. |
This was the second of three new aircraft ordered by Virgin Blue - February 20, 2007 Rolled off the production line at Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil - August 2008 First flown as PT-SFY in the Virgin Blue livery - August 2008 Powered by General Electric GE CF34-8E5 engines Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ZHE - September 04, 2008 Registered to VBNC9 Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Accepted by Virgin Blue at Sao Jose dos Campos - September 04, 2008 Departed Sao Jose dos Csmpos on the delivery flight to Australia as DJ9082 - September 20, 2008 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - September 27, 2008 Delivery route: Sao Jose dos Campos - Manaus - Curacao - Brownsville - Boeing Field - Anchorage Petropavlosk Kamchatsky - Osaka - Saipan - Townsville - Brisbane Aircraft named 'Bee bop a-blue' Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ9060 - October 08, 2008 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as DJ847 - October 08, 2008 Advertised for sale by Jetscape with 3,615 hours and 3,644 cycles - July 22, 2010 Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - May 04, 2011 Operated its final revenue service Rockhampton - Brisbane as DJ1240 - November 13, 2011 Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ9062 - November 13, 2011 Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to the United States in the 'Virgin' livery as DJ9080 - November 22, 2011 It arrived at Nashville on completion of the ferry flight - November 28, 2011 Ferry route: Melbourne - Broome - Cocos Island - Male - Muscat - Larnaca - Palma - Santa Maria - St Johns - Nashville Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 28, 2011 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N751CZ - November 29, 2011 Registered to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah The aircraft was placed in storage at Nashville Leased to Delta Airlines - December 07, 2011 Sub-leased to Compass Airline, Minneapolis, U. S. A. as the registered operator Compass Airlines operates aircraft for Delta Airlines in the Delta Airlines Connection livery It was observed at Philadelphia in service with Delta Connection - February 01, 2012 Current status - ? |
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VH-ZHE. Virgin Blue - 'Bee-bop-a Blue' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, date unknown. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0190-103.) |