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Pacific Blue
PACIFIC BLUE NEW VIRGIN OFFSHOOT.
From the Sydney spotters page this morning;
""Hi All,
Speaking with Royal again this morning. He can confirm a few details of the Pacific Blue livery which he has spotted over the past few days:
"well, it is the real deal.
The plane is red, with a white tail. The stabilizer says "Pacific Blue" in a vertical format. The main body has large "Fly Pacific Blue" titles in blue and white lettering, similiar to the website titles on the Virgin Blue craft."
Well we were hoping for a Blue plane, but such is life. Looking forward to the first photos from Royal!""
From the Sydney spotters page this morning;
""Hi All,
Speaking with Royal again this morning. He can confirm a few details of the Pacific Blue livery which he has spotted over the past few days:
"well, it is the real deal.
The plane is red, with a white tail. The stabilizer says "Pacific Blue" in a vertical format. The main body has large "Fly Pacific Blue" titles in blue and white lettering, similiar to the website titles on the Virgin Blue craft."
Well we were hoping for a Blue plane, but such is life. Looking forward to the first photos from Royal!""
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That sounds excellent.
Spend $88 K learning to be a pilot and on top of that another 30K or so to get a type rating for their shiny new aircraft. and then take a 20K paycut to sit in the LHS.
Makes sense
Spend $88 K learning to be a pilot and on top of that another 30K or so to get a type rating for their shiny new aircraft. and then take a 20K paycut to sit in the LHS.
Makes sense
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And from another perspective...
I know it's a Virgin subsidary, but I thought they might have made it a little more distinguishable from a typical mother ship. You know, perhaps a different splash of colour here and there. Perhaps they're keeping it so plain just in case Pacific Blue goes bust, then they can just strip the titles and slap back on the old VB stickers! 
Anyway, check it out here.
Cheers,
Souls.
Anyway, check it out here.
Cheers,
Souls.
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ASIA PULSE
Virgin Blue to Receive 1ST Jets for NZ Service by Month-End
BRISBANE, Sept 10 Asia Pulse - Budget carrier Virgin Blue said the first aircraft destined to fly its planned trans-Tasman route are due to arrive in Australia before the end of the month.
Virgin Blue chief executive officer Brett Godfrey said the Boeing 737 aircraft would be used domestically in Australia until the New Zealand regulation process was completed.
The company has applied for an air operator's certificate in NZ, and slots to fly eight daily return services between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
A final decision on the routes, start-up timetable and number of planes has not been made but flights are expected by Christmas.
"Our first Pacific aircraft arrive towards the end of this month," Mr Godfrey told reporters in Brisbane today.
"They will probably go into domestic service in Australia because clearly we are not going to be flying the Tasman this month.
"Our plan is still subject to New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority regulations and we still have more discussions with them to take place before I give you a date as to when that will be.
"As we did in our first start-up, we are not going to step out the blocks without having everything in place."
Virgin Blue said yesterday its plans would not be deterred by the Australian competition watchdog's decision to deny approval for an alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand.
Virgin Blue has already begun advertising for cabin crew to staff its proposed new NZ-based subsidiary and has enlisted the help of airline leasing and human resources consultant Rishworth Aviation to get its NZ operations off the ground.
ASIA PULSE
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Virgin Blue to Receive 1ST Jets for NZ Service by Month-End
BRISBANE, Sept 10 Asia Pulse - Budget carrier Virgin Blue said the first aircraft destined to fly its planned trans-Tasman route are due to arrive in Australia before the end of the month.
Virgin Blue chief executive officer Brett Godfrey said the Boeing 737 aircraft would be used domestically in Australia until the New Zealand regulation process was completed.
The company has applied for an air operator's certificate in NZ, and slots to fly eight daily return services between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
A final decision on the routes, start-up timetable and number of planes has not been made but flights are expected by Christmas.
"Our first Pacific aircraft arrive towards the end of this month," Mr Godfrey told reporters in Brisbane today.
"They will probably go into domestic service in Australia because clearly we are not going to be flying the Tasman this month.
"Our plan is still subject to New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority regulations and we still have more discussions with them to take place before I give you a date as to when that will be.
"As we did in our first start-up, we are not going to step out the blocks without having everything in place."
Virgin Blue said yesterday its plans would not be deterred by the Australian competition watchdog's decision to deny approval for an alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand.
Virgin Blue has already begun advertising for cabin crew to staff its proposed new NZ-based subsidiary and has enlisted the help of airline leasing and human resources consultant Rishworth Aviation to get its NZ operations off the ground.
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Thump and Go: I've heard that the VBs Flight Ops found out about the NZ basing of Pacific Blue about the same time the email was sent to the crews on Friday. They were very surprised and some upset.
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Where on earth are they getting the crews from ? Surely there would be no NZ 'ers left to employ, they must all be with "Jit Connict" by now. And will they get anyone to go there under the proposed conditions. Let alone a whole airlines worth of crew.