Virgin Australia (Virgin Blue) Embraer E-190 VH-ZPD at Gladstone Airport Saturday

A nice surprise with Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 jet VH-ZPD visiting Gladstone Airport on Saturday 30 June.

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The E-190 - wearing Virgin Blue colours - touched down from Brisbane as DJ1711.  After about an hour on the ground, VH-ZPD departed back to Brisbane as DJ1712.

Meanwhile, we also noted QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) Dash-8-Q300 VH-TQZ parked at its gate at Gladstone Airport as well on Saturday 30 June.

Virgin Australia are expected to again operate an E-190 jet into Gladstone Airport on Saturday 28 July.