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VH-VUY. Boeing 737-8KG. c/n 39450-3494.
This aircraft was ordered new by Dubai Aerospace for lease to Virgin Blue Airlines Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26/3 engines Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - November 19, 2010 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VUY - December 01, 2010 Registered to Gate Capital (Delaware) One LLC c/- Wilmington Trust Company Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator First flown in an all-white livery as 'N1796B' - December 02, 2010 Accepted by Virgin Blue at Seattle (Boeing Field) - December 15, 2010 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as DJ9082 - December 16, 2010 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - December 18, 2010 Delivery route: Seattle - Lihue - Nadi - Brisbane It was allocated the name 'Byron Beauty' but it was not carried on the aircraft Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Rockhampton in all-white livery as DJ1245 - December 23, 2010 Operated last service Melbourne - Sydney - Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery as DJ885/894 - January 21, 2011 Entered the John Holland hangar at Melbourne Airport for painting - January 21, 2011 The 'Australian Football League (AFL)' decals and 'Proudly Flying The AFL' were titles applied All 17 AFL club logos are displayed (10 on starboard side, 7 on port side) on the aircraft Rolled out in the new livery - January 24, 2011 Returned to service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as DJ213 - January 24, 2011 Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines - May 04, 2011 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Christchurch for maintenance with Air New Zealand Engineering - October 02, 2011 During maintenance the 'AFL' decals were removed and the aircraft was repainted into the new corporate livery Ferried Christchurch - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - October 16, 2011 The aircraft was renamed 'Snapper Rocks' Registered to AS Air Lease 74 (Ireland) Limited, Dublin, Ireland - September 26, 2018 Leased to Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Current with Virgin Australia Airlines |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Blue - 'Byron Beauty' in the promotional 'AFL' livery at Adelaide Airport, January 24, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4620-726.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Blue - 'Byron Beauty' in the promotional 'AFL' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 24, 2011. (P. Finnigan Copyright Image 4620-727.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Blue - 'Byron Beauty' in the promotional 'AFL' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 24, 2011. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-054.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Blue - 'Byron Beauty' in the promotional 'AFL' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 16, 2011. (S. Jaworski Copyright Image 4620-612.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Australia - 'Snapper Rocks' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 02, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-728.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Australia - 'Snapper Rocks' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 14, 2014. (G. Louis Copyright Image 4620-893.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Australia - 'Snapper Rocks' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 10, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-499.) |
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VH-VUY. Virgin Australia - 'Snapper Rocks' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 27, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-599.) |