The aircraft last flew Feb 8.
How does an airline:make money with 33.3% of the fleet aog for 3 weeks?
service its three 'routes' with only two aircraft?
They had VH-JGB on the ground at Perth for 8 weeks towards the end of last year. When it came back they started the Townsville-Rocky-Gold Coast run. You have to maintain them (I'm only assuming that's what it was in Perth for) but you're right, it's a pretty tight operation with only three aircraft.
BTW JGB is the only one of the three that has ADS-B. I think they might be the only RPT jets in the country that still don't have it. Must have been able to get a dispensation. Yeah I know, only spotters care about this stuff. I've been lurking here for years without saying anything and I still won't be saying a lot but I do enjoy reading your forum particularly to get an industry slant on some of the crap the media writes about aviation (as well as most other topics). Cheers.