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VH-VOR. Boeing 737-8FE. c/n 33799-1462.
Was also registered as: ZK-PBF.
This aircraft was ordered new by Virgin Blue Airlines - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton without winglets - February 12, 2004 First flown as 'ZK-PBD' - February 20, 2004 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines It was observed at Seattle (Boeing Field) in primer with 'ZK-PBD' registration - February 25, 2004 The registration 'ZK-PBD' was not taken up and it was removed from the aircraft Entered on the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VOR - March 11, 2004 Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Accepted by Virgin Blue at Seattle (Boeing Field) in the standard Pacific Blue livery - March 17, 2004 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to New Zealand - March 17, 2004 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - March 19, 2004 Delivery route: Seattle - Kahului - Pago Pago - Christchurch Fitted with winglets during pre-service layup Ferried Christchurch - Melbourne (Tullamarine) on delivery to Virgin Blue as DJ9085 - April 16, 2004 The aircraft was named 'Territory Tinkerbelle' Placed in short term storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport on arrival Operated its first Virgin Blue revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane as DJ329 - May 13, 2004 Operated its final Virgin Blue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ336 - October 16, 2006 Ferried Melbourne - Christchurch - October 17, 2006 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 17, 2006 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-PBF - October 18, 2005 Leased to Pacific Blue Airlines (N.Z.) Ltd as the registered operator Repainted at Christchurch in the standard Polynesian Blue livery It was sub-leased to Polynesian Blue - October 29, 2006 The aircraft was renamed 'Tapu Itea' Ferried Christchurch - Auckland as PBJ9071 - October 29, 2006 Operated its first Polynesian Blue revenue service Auckland - Apia as DJ91 - October 30, 2006 Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - May 04, 2011 Polnesian Blue was renamed Virgin Samoa - December 07, 2011 This aircraft was operated by Virgin Australia (NZ) Aircraft features traditional Samoan tattoos on engine cowls designed by Tuifa'asisina Tolouena Sua Cabin crew uniforms were also redesigned to feature the new imagery Operated its last reveune service in old Polynesian Blue livery Brisbane - Christchurch as DJ82 - January 20, 2012 Underwent maintenance and repaint at Christchurh Rolled out at Christchurch in new Virgin Samoa livery - February 02, 2012 It retained the name 'Tapu Itea' Ferried Christchurch - Wellington as DJ9168 - February 22, 2012 Returned to service Wellington - Brisbane as DJ67 - February 22, 2012 Operated its last revenue service as 'ZK-PBF' Auckland - Brisbane as VA161 - March 05, 2015 Aircraft underwent maintenance and was reconfigured to seat 8J / 168Y Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - March 06, 2015 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VOR - March 06, 2015 Registered to Virgin Australia 2013-1 Issuer Co. Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland Leased to Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Returned to service Brisbane - Adelaide as VA1384 - March 10, 2015 Operated its final Virgin Australia revenue service Hamilton Island - Brisbane as VA1496 - January 31, 2016 Ferried Brisbane - Townsville as VA9901 - January 31, 2016 Repainted into the standard Tigerair livery by Flying Colours Ferried Townsville - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as VA9930 - February 07, 2016 Returned to service with Tigerair Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Denpasar as TT1 - March 23, 2016 Although the aircraft was operated by Tigerair it remained registered to Virgin Australia Airlines Operated its final Tigerair service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as TT416 - February 23, 2017 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Townsville as VA9903 - March 02, 2017 Repainted into an all-white livery by Flying Colours Ferried Townsville - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as VA9902 - March 09, 2017 Returned to Virgin Australia service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane as VA313 - March 11, 2017 Operated its last service in the all-white livery Auckland - Brisbane as VA150 - August 03, 2018 Ferried Brisbane - Wagga Wagga for repainting into the Tigerair livery as VA9907- August 08, 2018 Rolled out at Wagga Wagga in the Tigerair livery - August 15, 2018 Ferried Wagga Wagga - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as VA9908 - August 16, 2018 Registered to Virgin Australia 2013-1 Issuer Co Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland - August 24, 2018 Leased to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, Gladstone Park, Queensland as the registered operator Returned to service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as TT206 - September 05, 2018 Current with Tiger Airways |
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ZK-PBF. Polynesian Blue - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-461.) |
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ZK-PBF. Polynesian Blue - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 05, 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-274.) |
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ZK-PBF. Polynesian Blue - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 29, 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-373.) |
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ZK-PBF. Polynesian Blue - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 15, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-720.) |
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ZK-PBF. Virgin Samoa - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, April 01, 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-710.) |
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ZK-PBF. Virgin Samoa - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, April 07, 2012. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4622-111.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Samoa - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 10, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-987.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Samoa - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 10, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-985.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Samoa - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 10, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-986.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Australia - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 24, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-934.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Australia - 'Tapu Itea' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 19, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-935.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 26, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-170.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 26, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-171.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 26, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-172.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 26, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-173.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 28, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-492.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 28, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-493.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 14, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-485.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 14, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-486.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-490.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-687.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 01, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-489.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-488.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-491.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 15, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-487.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 18, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-688.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 13, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-692.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 13, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-693.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 13, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-694.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 27, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-689.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 18, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-936.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 16, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-937.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Brisbane Airport, April 24, 2017. (A. Taylor Copyright Image 4621-933.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Christchurch Airport, July 29, 2017. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4621-932.) |
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VH-VOR. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 09, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-931.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 11, 2018. (G. Louis Copyright Image 4622-483.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 11, 2018. (G. Louis Copyright Image 4622-484.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 11, 2018. (G. Louis Copyright Image 4622-485.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 11, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-399.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 21, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-690.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 21, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-689.) |
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VH-VOR. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 27, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-686.) |