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VH-ZHA. Embraer 170-100LR. c/n 17000180. Was also registered as: N746CZ. |
This was the first of three aircraft ordered new by Virgin Blue - November 02, 2006 Rolled off the production line at Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil - August 2007 First flown as PT-SMX - August 2007 Powered by General Electric GE CF34-8E5 engines Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ZHA - August 21, 2007 Registered to VBNC9 Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Ferried Sao Jose dos Campos - Manaus - Curacao - Brownsville - Seattle (Boeing Field) - September 04 - 05, 2007 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia - September 09, 2007 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - September 11, 2007 Delivery route: Seattle - Anchorage - Petropavlovsk - Sendai - Guam - Cairns - Brisbane The aircraft was named 'Belle-issimo Blue' Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Cairns as DJ771 - October 23, 2007 Advertised for sale by Jetscape.aero configured with 78 economy class seats - July 22, 2010 The aircraft was noted as having flown 6,025 hours with 6,064 cycles when advertised for sale Operated its final revenue service Canberra - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ288 - March 10, 2011 Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to the United States in the 'Virgin Blue' livery as DJ9093 - May 11, 2011 It arrived at Great Falls on completion of the ferry flight - May 14, 2011 Ferry route: Melbourne - Cairns - Saipan - Osaka (Kansai) - Petropavlosk Kamchatsky - Anchorage - Great Falls Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 16, 2011 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N746CZ - May 18, 2011 Registered to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Delta Airlines and sub-leased to Compass Airlines, Minneapolis as the registered operator Compass Airlines operates the aircraft in the Delta Airlines Connection livery It was observed at Minneapolis operating for Compass Airlines - June 05, 2011 Current with Compass Airlines |
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VH-ZHA. Virgin Blue - 'Belle-issimo Blue' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 15, 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0190-044.) |
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VH-ZHA. Virgin Blue - 'Belle-issimo Blue' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 02, 2007. (R. Brown Copyright Image 0190-049.) |
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VH-ZHA. Virgin Blue - 'Belle-issimo Blue' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, date unknown. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0190-100.) |