Virgin Blue to place 7 firm orders for B777-300ER's & 6 options

[737NG_Girl]

Announced today - entering final negotiations with Boeing

[Keg]

Saw this on the news as well. Great choice of machinery by the sounds of it!

[ratpoison]

Bugger, I was looking forward to those "4 engines 4 long haul".

[sinala1]

Also exercised 6 more EMB options to firm orders - 3 x 190, 3 x 170; and 5 x B737-800s to be replace leased ones in 2010/2011

Plus 2 leased 737s due to return now being held for 12 months - and 3 more leased B738's to enter service later this year

Plus a 6 month net profit of $124 Million

[Dehavillanddriver]

and how many commands does that list of new aircraft (777, 737 and EMB)generate? - assuming that the FO's want a command

[Aussie]

Sweet! Well finally see the 777 operating out of Aus!

[Buster Hyman]

Will the Bribie Island runway be able to take 777's???

[hot tuna]

exercised 6 more EMB options to firm orders - 3 x 190, 3 x 170; and 5 x B737-800s to be replace leased ones in 2010/2011

Heard the EMB order is destined for the NZ domestic market with PB...to stop the monopoly Air NZ has in regional NZ......

[meagain]

me

AAAaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!! 777's
I'm (or should I say "WE'RE") comin home......GOOD CHOICE

[Mr.Buzzy]

Be great to see you home too. Under the correct terms and conditions of course!
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[meagain]

meagain

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?????????/ Sorry to sound thick but what is all the bbbbzzzz stuff mean??

[meagain]

me

Sorry MrB it's meagain, what are the "correct" terms and conditions, no 777's in Aus yet so I guess there are no terms and conditions on offer YET

[Yusef Danet]

...and only 559 currently serving VB pilots expecting to get a go at these shiny new machines before any new hires get their hands on them...

[tryhard]

I'm rated, over 1000hrs on type and ready to rock. DE left seat here we come!!!!

[Gordon Shumway]

Come on, Guys - Someone bite!?!
Meagain and Tryhard are doing their best at a wind-up!!

[beaver_rotate]

Sounds great! I wonder what will be the go with SO's/Cruise FO's? Should open up a few doors for us lot in GA; considering a number of us have been turned off the idea of working for 'Australia's finest *cough*'. Good on em'!
BR

Ohh sorry and ...
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[Yusef Danet]

Beav, you'd be far better off grabbing one of the 150+ FO jobs on 737s and EMBs coming up in the next 18ish months.
If it all turns pear shaped, time spent in the third seat slapping yourself to stay awake won't count for much. And if it succeeds, you'll get awful sick of the 13,000 km of nothing between here and there. Rocky overnights are a touch less glamourous but you'll be able to tell people you're a pilot, without blushing and qualifying the statement.

[OPT/MAX]

Come on now Mr. Buzzy, all these ex pats that have been bagging the VB way for so long can see their in road..... God help anyone who stands in their way... i can feel the footprint on my back already


And yes, good news all round

[ernestkgann]

I haven't been bagging it. Hopefully it'll be very similar to when VB originally started when all the B737 qual'd guys returned home.

[Karmakoma]

A beer and a T-bone in Rocky is heaps better than that crap they call 'beer' and an overpriced slab of beef at 'the daily grill'