Vx @ Den
May 16, 2008 | 10:16 pm
#1
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Vx @ Den
I was chillin in the RCC East, got my favorite seat on the south side looking at Concourse A and what do I see but the lovely red tail of a VX plane.
It was parked at gate A31 or A29 (couldn't quite tell from the distance).
VX leasing planes to WN? Charter flight? Test flight for future SFO-DEN service? Let the speculation begin.
It was parked at gate A31 or A29 (couldn't quite tell from the distance).
VX leasing planes to WN? Charter flight? Test flight for future SFO-DEN service? Let the speculation begin.
May 16, 2008 | 11:39 pm
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Let the speculation end :-)
Looks like a new plane delivery!
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VRD9528
Looks like a new plane delivery!
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VRD9528
May 17, 2008 | 12:23 pm
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Don't know why it went to Denver, but I seem to recall a VX plane has landed there at least once before. It was a new aircraft being put into service, N528VA. Another new A319, N527VA, was flown to SFO from RME on April 29. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VRD9527
Looking at the flight history, N527VA was ferried PDX-SFO on May 15. Turns out VX 1717, flying LAX-SEA on May 14, diverted to PDX (according to airliners.net, it was an in-flight engine shut down).
I wonder if the IFE retrofits are being done in Rome, NY? That is just speculation based on looking at the flightaware flight history. But, I do see that these two A319s both stayed in RME for 6-8 weeks, so they had to be doing something.
Looking at the flight history, N527VA was ferried PDX-SFO on May 15. Turns out VX 1717, flying LAX-SEA on May 14, diverted to PDX (according to airliners.net, it was an in-flight engine shut down).
I wonder if the IFE retrofits are being done in Rome, NY? That is just speculation based on looking at the flightaware flight history. But, I do see that these two A319s both stayed in RME for 6-8 weeks, so they had to be doing something.
Last edited by EIPremier; May 17, 2008 at 1:29 pm
May 17, 2008 | 11:25 pm
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Confirmed with VX today that the plane is now fine (minor "warning-light" type of thing caused the diversion to DEN, which was tested and fixed) and going into service tomorrow. I imagine that they will take one of the 320s off of a longhaul route, replace it with this 319, and use the 320 for the extra SEA flight.
May 20, 2008 | 4:04 pm
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Yes, IFE's are done in Rome, NY.