Virgin Australia to lease more 737s

[jase05]

Looks like MI used to have 3 business class rows:

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My memory is hazy but flew them DAD-SIN a few years back and the seats were comfy

 

[jakeseven7]

Yeah they are. Will be the BSI variants which are arriving from next week apparently.

They may or may not refit the interior l. They will be painted.in VA livery.

Row 3 could be a great Eco x row then

 

[AIRwin]

Row 3 could be a great Eco x row then

Or row 13...

 

[twinaisle]

if they keep the 12 J then most likely would be used for transcon.

12 in J for a SYD-MEL in normal times won't be doable for the crew as the service and cabin prep time for VA is slightly shorter than Qantas.

 

[AIRwin]

Hope I'll get to try these second hand aircraft even though they were first delivered in 2014:

Boeing, SilkAir Begins Transition to All 737 Fleet

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SilkAir celebrated today the delivery of the carrier's first Next-Generation 737-800. The delivery also marked the start of the...

boeing.mediaroom.com

These may be the same aircraft:

March 2021 - SilkAir and Singapore Airlines appoint Skytech-AIC to market seven Boeing 737-800s for outright sale

Skytech-AIC has been appointed by SilkAir (Singapore) Private Limited (“SilkAir”) and Singapore Airlines Limited (“SIA”) on an exclusive basis to market for outright sale seven Boeing 737-8SA aircraft…

skytech-aic.com

 

[BNEFlyer]

Yeah they are. Will be the BSI variants which are arriving from next week apparently.

They may or may not refit the interior l. They will be painted.in VA livery.

First one arrives in BNE on Thursday. Will be painted in TSV.

 

[Carrots]

Hope I'll get to try these second hand aircraft even though they were first delivered in 2014:

Seven years old and still newer than 90% if the Qantas fleet

 

[jakeseven7]

I am a little surprised they are pushing ahead with this, I guess they couldn’t get out of the contracts….? OR they are being very bullish about borders being open for Christmas…? I’m hoping for all our sakes it is the latter.

 

[jase05]

I am a little surprised they are pushing ahead with this, I guess they couldn’t get out of the contracts….? OR they are being very bullish about borders being open for Christmas…? I’m hoping for all our sakes it is the latter.

I have no doubt is the latter. Demand will be huge once we open up especially around Christmas

 

[Must...Fly!]

I am a little surprised they are pushing ahead with this, I guess they couldn’t get out of the contracts….? OR they are being very bullish about borders being open for Christmas…? I’m hoping for all our sakes it is the latter.

Well they were caught out last summer short of capacity so I feel like they don't want to repeat that.

 

[jakeseven7]

Well they were caught out last summer short of capacity so I feel like they don't want to repeat that.

They were?

 

[Must...Fly!]

They were?

That's what I recalled -that they couldn't get more aircraft in to the country. but I may be wrong.

 

[ANstar]

There will be quite the uproar if at 80% of the 16+ population being double vaccinated we still have border restrictions given we are being told constantly vaccination is the way out of this. Given we are supposed to hit this target around early NOV I can see why they would be optimistic for xmas.

 

[HS-TQE]

Hope I'll get to try these second hand aircraft even though they were first delivered in 2014:

Boeing, SilkAir Begins Transition to All 737 Fleet

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SilkAir celebrated today the delivery of the carrier's first Next-Generation 737-800. The delivery also marked the start of the...

boeing.mediaroom.com

These may be the same aircraft:

March 2021 - SilkAir and Singapore Airlines appoint Skytech-AIC to market seven Boeing 737-800s for outright sale

Skytech-AIC has been appointed by SilkAir (Singapore) Private Limited (“SilkAir”) and Singapore Airlines Limited (“SIA”) on an exclusive basis to market for outright sale seven Boeing 737-8SA aircraft…

skytech-aic.com

This announcement may had occurred at the same time SQ sold some of their A359s to the leasing companies and leased them back.

 

[twinaisle]

Post automatically merged: Aug 29, 2021

First one arrives in BNE on Thursday. Will be painted in TSV.

Would be a quick paint job given how minimal their livery is.

 

[HS-TQE]

Apparently according to ANet, VA engineers are currently removing seats from the disposed 737s that won't be returning to the VA fleet.

Wouldn't surprise me if those seats are installed on the ex-SilkAir jets when they get delivered to BNE from the lessor.

 

[AIRwin]

Apparently according to ANet, VA engineers are currently removing seats from the disposed 737s that won't be returning to the VA fleet.

Wouldn't surprise me if those seats are installed on the ex-SilkAir jets when they get delivered to BNE from the lessor.

Makes sense for consistency..

 

[jakeseven7]

Makes sense for consistency..

With Rexy?

 

[AIRwin]

With Rexy?

With the Flying Maiden rather than the Singapore Girl...

 

[henrus]

This would be good if they kept the MI interiors. Economy has shared USB and AC power in between each seat plus fold down screens above.