Just a throw away thing from this morning's NZ Herald and some quotes from the Bearded one.
He alludes to PB flying domestic in NZ 'on selected routes' and in the same sentence mentions smaller regional aircraft.
Given that there may be some journalistic licence in all of this, perhaps the 170 / 190 fleet may be carrying PB livery and crew. Cheaper NZ wages and able to operate domestically in OZ as well.
Apart from RB's 'stunt' in wet tee shirting
a PB staff member in the mighty Avon creek in Christchurch, I could not but ponder that perhaps Virgin have a different agenda for the jungle jets given Branson's appearance in NZ.
Plainmaker