Long A320 delivery flight

[PoppaJo]

Tiger Australia tonight flying Manila Clark-Melbourne direct after a D check and respray.

8 Hours exact.

Must be close to a record.

[Mr.Buzzy]

How's that weather forecast looking?

Bzbzbzbzbzbzzzz

[Snakecharma]

I doubt it is close to a record, I have done over 6 hours on a ferry in an embraer 170 and that only had 9 and a bit tonnes of fuel total.

VB did a Hawaii to Brisbane ferry in a 737 NG. With no winglets, and I know of a crew that did Hawaii to Auckland non stop in a 737-700.

It should be relatively easy to get more than 8 hours out of an empty 320...

[falconx]

Honolulu to MEL , 11 hrs B738

[mac76]

I did 7:31 Southend to Almaty on ferry Altn was Bishkek 122 nm away.with the new shark lets we can fly longer for sure at 370 or 390.

[TBM-Legend]

So why aren't the ginger beers marching in the streets because Virgin sends their Tiger "moth" to Manilla for this major work. If it was Qantas I'm sure right now we'd hear about it.

[Wally Mk2]

'TBM' I understand what yr saying but going 'offshore' to get a better deal is something we ALL do. You, me everyone does it almost daily.

In this case sending the airframes OS is more about the time taken to complete the check, the less $$$ is only part of it as if it takes several weeks longer to have the same check completed here in Oz then not only does it cost more but the machine is off-line longer further losing/costing money, it's all about time, we live by the clock we die by the clock!

Wmk2

[Metro man]

With an empty aircraft going straight up to optimum cruise at FL380/390 and 18.7 tons of fuel this is quite possible. Depending on winds and alternate requirements they may not even need to fill the tanks.

[swh]

Not understanding why an A320 gets a D check these days. It should be under phase maintenance, largest check should be a heavy C (C4/C8). Jetblue in the states have some schedule flights on their A320s going over 7 hours.

Philippine Airlines flies some of their A320s to Shannon for their heavy checks.

[WJAPilot]

Seriously HNL MEL ... 4797NM

HNL to MEL | Distance from Honolulu to Melbourne (http://www.airmilescalculator.com/distance/hnl-to-mel/)

Boeing states its range at 3115NM
Boeing: 737-800 Technical Characteristics (http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/737family/pf/pf_800tech.page)

How was that possible did you have extra ferry tanks cause I dont see why you would when you could just refuel at any number of stops along the way.

Can u clarify your statement? Id be honestly interested in knowing ..


WJP

[emergency000]

Not understanding why an A320 gets a D check these days. It should be under phase maintenance, largest check should be a heavy C (C4/C8).

Actually it was a C check, carried out on A320 VH-VND.

[Una Due Tfc]

I remember seeing a Jetstar A321 getting maintainance done in Dublin...

[falconx]

Fortunately enough had tanks.

[AnQrKa]

And AN 320's having checks done in Winnipeg!!!!!!

[Cseries]

VA Jungle Jets go to Portugal

[Ivasrus]

Different kettle of fish but was surprised to see a 763 do Sydney Victorville direct a few weeks back. 14+ h non stop plan

[morno]

That is a fairly long way!

But I guess if the thing is empty, and just full fuel, then your fuel burn is going to be much lower compared to a full aircraft. So perhaps that's all it needs to make the distance.

morno

[Snakecharma]

Virgin do Toulouse to Melbourne non stop on 330 delivery flights - about 19-20 hrs - that is a long trip.

[VH-XXX]

Different kettle of fish but was surprised to see a 763 do Sydney Victorville direct a few weeks back. 14+ h non stop plan

I assume that based on the Google maps page below that Victorville is a Qantas utilised boneyard in California? I note that there appears to be some QF747's there if I've identified the markings correctly.

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=victorville&hl=en&ll=34.589075,-117.391223&spn=0.006404,0.011362&sll=-37.860283,145.079616&sspn=1.572145,2.90863&t=h&hnear=Victorville,+San+Bernardino+County,+California,+United +States&z=17