ZK-PBG operated its final service as VA161 AKL-BNE Sunday 01-March-2015 before entering the Brisbane hanger for her business class upgrade and entry to the Australian register as VH-VUD. She was struck from the New Zealand register today Monday 02-March-2015.
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| ZK-PBG arriving into a stormy AKL in 2007 ©nzompilot |
At time of writing VH-VUH ex ZK-PBI had not yet re-entered Virgin Australia service.
Meanwhile despite having flown Business Class equipped aircraft on various Tasman routes for most of the past month, Virgin Australia officially launched Business Class across the Tasman with VA144 SYD-AKL on Saturday 28-February-2015. From this date all SYD-AKL flights will offer business class. The 3 remaining ZK registered aircraft will continue to operate but will not operate on SYD-AKL. Currently PBL is operating out of BNE, PBF on AKL-MEL and AKL-PI services and PBK is on SYD-NAN and SYD-CHC routes.
Read more about the Business Class offering on Tasman services via
austbt.com.au HERE
Australian Aviation HERE
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