Day flights from LAX-BNE
Jul 2, 2019, 1:40 pm
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Day flights from LAX-BNE
Hi all, am on the day flight from LAX-BNE later in the next few months which I am quite excited about from a timing and jet lag perspective. Just curious if anybody knows why Virgin are running so many day flights this week from LAX-BNE as opposed to the usual Saturday flight? It looks like there were 3-4 day departures this week upon glancing at flight aware.
Jul 2, 2019, 2:37 pm
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@nw6338 They have just 5 77W's.
One (VH-VPH) has been out of action since June 14th and has been at Victorville for repairs since the 22nd, so they have been making use of the LAX day downtime to operate as many services as possible with the remaining 4.
It seems VA expect VH-VPH to be back in service to operate VA8 this Wednesday evening.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVPH
One (VH-VPH) has been out of action since June 14th and has been at Victorville for repairs since the 22nd, so they have been making use of the LAX day downtime to operate as many services as possible with the remaining 4.
It seems VA expect VH-VPH to be back in service to operate VA8 this Wednesday evening.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVPH
Last edited by serfty; Jul 2, 2019 at 4:54 pm
Jul 2, 2019, 4:31 pm
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We are all different!!!! I had my one and only day flight back from the US due to NZ's engine problems... I HATED it. (And I was in J!) It seemed to last twice as long.... and I made the mistake of sleeping to help pass the time... (big mistake). Felt awful on arrival.... YMMV obviously!
Jul 2, 2019, 8:19 pm
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We are all different!!!! I had my one and only day flight back from the US due to NZ's engine problems... I HATED it. (And I was in J!) It seemed to last twice as long.... and I made the mistake of sleeping to help pass the time... (big mistake). Felt awful on arrival.... YMMV obviously!
Jul 4, 2019, 12:05 am
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Jul 16, 2019, 5:21 am
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I took the the VA6 day flight last year, it was awesome.
Don't try and sleep; well rest if you have to; like taking an afternoon nap, my suggestion bring a book or 3.
Don't try and sleep; well rest if you have to; like taking an afternoon nap, my suggestion bring a book or 3.
Jul 19, 2019, 6:35 pm
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