VH-VUB. Boeing 737-8FE. c/n 34013-1573. Was also registered as: ZK-PBJ; LY-TRE. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Virgin Blue Pty Ltd - ? Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Boeing Field, Washington) without winglets - August 29, 2004 First flown as 'VH-VUB' in the standard 'Vigin Blue' livery - September 03, 2004 Entered on the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VUB - September 19, 2004 Registered to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland Accepted by Virgin Blue at Seattle (Washington) - September 22, 2004 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field, Washington) on the delivery flight to Australia - September 22, 2004 Arrived Brisbane (Queensland) on completion of the delivery flight from the United States - September 23, 2004 Delivery route: Seattle (Washington) - Lihue (Hawaii) - Port Vila (Vanuatu) - Brisbane (Queensland) The aircraft was named 'Billie Blue' Operated first revenue service Brisbane (Queensland) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ308 - October 14, 2004 Fitted with winglets - October ?, 2004 Repainted in the 'Pacific Blue' livery by Worland Aviation, Townsville (Queensland) - October 17 - 22, 2007 Operated final Virgin Blue revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as DJ271 - October 28, 2007 Ferried Brisbane (Queensland) - Christchurch (New Zealand) - October 28 - 29, 2007 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 29, 2007 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-PBJ - November 01, 2007 Registered to Pacific Blue (N.Z.) Ltd, Christchurch Operated first Pacific Blue revenue service Christchurch - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as DJ71 - November 08, 2007 Pacific Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines (NZ) - December 2011 Operated final service as 'ZK-PBJ' Nadi (Fiji) - Brisbane (Queensland) as VA176 - February 13, 2015 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - February 16, 2015 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VUB - February 16, 2015 Registered to Virgin Australia 2013-1 Issuer Co. Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland Leased to Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland as the registered operator The aircraft was renamed 'Trigg Beach' Returned to service Brisbane - Cairns (Queensland) as VA773 - February 19, 2015 Operated final Virgin Australia service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney as VA841 - October 24, 2015 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane (Queensland) as VA9901 - October 26, 2015 Ferried Brisbane - Townsville (Queensland) as VA9901 - November 14, 2015 Repainted at Townsville into the standard 'Tigerair' livery by Flying Colours Ferried Townsville - Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the 'Tigerair' livery as VA9000 - November 22, 2015 Stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) pending the commencement of Tiger Australia International services Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Singapore (Seletar) for maintenance as VA945 - February 23, 2016 Ferried Singapore (Paya Lebar) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as TGW9020 - March 17, 2016 Entered Tigerair service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Denpasar (Indonesia) - April 02, 2016 Operated first domestic service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Cairns (Queensland) as TT582 - February 01, 2017 Withdrawn from service and placed in temporary storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - February 26, 2017 Registered to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne - June 02, 2017 Registered to Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne Jetbase - May ?, 2018 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 24, 2020 Sold to World Star Aviation, San Francisco, USA - January 25, 2021 Entered onto the Lithuanian Aircraft Register as LY-TRE - ? Leased to GetJet Airlines, Vilnius, Lithuania as the registered operator - July 08, 2022 Sub-leased to TUIfly, Cologne, Germany as the registered operator - July 12, 2022 It was withdrawn from service by TUIfly and returned to GetJet - November 06, 2022 Sub-leased to Centrum Air, Tashkent, Uzbekistan as the registered operator - January 17, 2023 It was withdrawn from service by Centrum Air and returned to GetJet - May 12, 2023 Current status - ? |
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ZK-PBJ. Virgin Australia - 'Trigg Beach' in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, November 17, 2012. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4621-475.) |
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VH-VUB. Virgin Australia - 'Trigg Beach' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 22, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-978.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 28, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-482.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 03, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-480.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 03, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-481.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 25, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-320.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 21, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-483.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-484.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-476.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 04, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-477.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 11, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-184.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 11, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-479.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 11, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-478.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-185.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-186.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 11, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-187.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 19, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-898.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 27, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-777.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 27, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-776.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, May 26, 2019. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4622-593.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 20, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-011.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 20, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-012.) |
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VH-VUB. Tigerair - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 26, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-612.) |