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December 13, 2016 Leased to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited, Melbourne, Victoria as the registered operator It was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - March 27, 2020 Tigerair ceased operations - September 10, 2020 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the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. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0320-230.) |
VH-VNO. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 15, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0320-232.) |
VH-VNO. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 14, 2012. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0320-231.) |
VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 02, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-080.) |
VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 23, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-368.) |
VH-VNO. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 23, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-369.) |
VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 08, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-480.) |
VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 31, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-367.) |
VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 21, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-389.) |
VH-VKQ. Virgin Australia - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 11, 2024. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-493.) |