VH-VNJ Airbus A320-232

VH-VNJ. Airbus A320-232. c/n 2782.

Was also registered as: 9V-TAI.

This aircraft was ordered new by RBS Aviation Pty Ltd - ?

Rolled off the Airbus production line at Toulouse - November 2006

First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWID' - November 23, 2006

Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) for interior fit-out as AIB782A - November 23, 2006

Ferried Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - Toulouse on completion of the cabin fit-out as AIB782B - December 01, 2006

Accepted by RBS Aviation Pty Ltd at Toulouse - December 13, 2006

Leased to Tiger Airways (Singapore) Pty Ltd - December 13, 2006

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

Registered to RBS Aviation Pty Ltd (UK)

Leased to Tiger Airways Ltd as the registered operator

Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Singapore - December 16, 2006

It arrived at Singapore on completion of the delivery flight - December 17, 2006

Delivery route: Toulouse - Muscat - Phuket - Singapore

Entered service with Tiger Airways (Singapore) - December 2006

Operated the final Tiger Airways (Singapore) revenue service Perth - Singapore as TR717 - August 19, 2009

Leased to Tiger Airways (Australia) Pty Ltd - September 03, 2009

Cancelled from the Singaporean Aircraft Register - September 03, 2009

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VNJ - September 03, 2009

Registered to RBS Aerospace (Dublin) Ltd

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

Ferried Singapore - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - September 05, 2009

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth - Melbourne as TT598/599 - September 11, 2009

Tiger Airways commenced service on the Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane route - February 07, 2011

It operated the inaugural service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane service as TT6101 - February 07, 2011

Registered to Platypus Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) Limited, Connecticut, U.S.A. - December 12, 2016

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

Operated its final revenue service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as TGG416 - February 03, 2018

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the Philippines as TGG9002 - February 04, 2018

Ferry route: Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Darwin - Manila (Clark Field)

The aircraft was repainted into the Virgin Australia livery whilst undergoing maintenance

Ferried Manila (Clark Field) - Darwin - Perth as TGG9003 - April 07, 2018

Registered to Platypus Aircraft Leasing (Ireland) Limited, Connecticut, U.S.A. - April 17, 2018

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

The aircraft has been reconfigured to seat 160 passengers

It is now named 'Cossies Beach'

Operated its first revenue service Perth - Coondewanna (BHP mining charter) as VOZ9339 - May 02, 2018

Current with Virgin Australia Regioinal Airlines

VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 25, 2013.

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VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 05, 2013.

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VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 05, 2013.

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VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 23, 2014.

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VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 25, 2015.

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VH-VNJ. Tiger Airways - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 26, 2016.

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VH-VNJ. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 04, 2016.

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VH-VNJ. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 20, 2016.

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VH-VNJ. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 20, 2016.

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VH-VNJ. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 16, 2017.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2018.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2018.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 29, 2019.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 15, 2020.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 03, 2022.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 07, 2022.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 07, 2024.

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VH-VNJ. Virgin Australia - 'Cossies Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 07, 2024.