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VH-VBJ. Boeing 737-7Q8. c/n 30647-1159.
Was also registered as: N225LF; LV-CVJ; N7865A.
This aircraft was ordered new by International Lease Finance Company (ILFC) - ? Rolled off Boeing production line at Seattle - May 28, 2002 First flown as VH-VBJ - June 06, 2002 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B20 engines Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VBJ - June 14, 2002 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Accepted by ILFC at Seattle (Boeing Field) - June 21, 2002 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as DJ9063 - June 21, 2002 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - June 23, 2002 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Nadi - Brisbane The aircraft was named 'Perth Princess' It operated its first revenue service as DJ - ? Registered to International Lease Finance Company (ILFC), New York - March 31, 2005 Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator It was fitted with winglets - October 2007 Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - May 04, 2011 Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ354 - April 02, 2012 Withdrawn from use and parked at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Kuala Lumpur on return to lessor as DJ9085 - May 10, 2012 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 21, 2012 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N225LF - June 22, 2012 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Los Angeles Departed Kuala Lumpur on the ferry flight to Argentina - July 03, 2012 Arrived Buenos Aires on completion of the ferry flight - July 07, 2012 Ferry route: Kualu Lumpur (Subang) - Nagpur - Dubai - Barcelona - Las Palmas - Recife - Buenos Aires (Ezeira) Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 23, 2012 Entered onto the Argentinean Aircraft Register as LV-CVJ - July 23, 2012 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Los Angeles Leased to Aerolineas Argentinas as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service - ? Operated its final revenue service Salta - Buenos Aires as ARG1429 - June 11, 2017 Departed Buenos Aires on the ferry flight to the United States as ARG1092 - August 15, 2017 Arrived Everett (Paine Field) on completion of the ferry flight - August 17, 2017 Ferry route: Buenos Aires - Punta Cana - Miami - Everett Cancelled from the Argeninta Aircraft Register - August 2017 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N7865A - August 23, 2017 Registered to Wilmington Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, Delaware Leased to Southwest Airlines as the registered operator Test flown Everett (Paine Field) - Everett (Paine Field) in the Southwest livery as SW8750 - January 08, 2018 Ferried Everett (Paine Field) - Phoenix on delivery to Southwest Airlines as SW8509 - January 08, 2018 Operated its first revenue service Phoenix - Ontario (California) as SWA1586 - January 09, 2018 Current with Southwest Airlines |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-149.) |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 21, 2003. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4622-667.) |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-303.) |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-302.) |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 03, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4622-666.) |
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VH-VBJ. Virgin Blue - 'Perth Princess' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 27, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-623.) |