Virgin Australia E-190 Jet VH-ZPF at Gladstone Airport Saturday - And VH-ZPG Departs Australia For Good!

Spotted calling into Gladstone Airport on Saturday 27 February was Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 jet VH-ZPF.  As per most Saturdays, it operated the mid-morning VOZ1709/1712 service from and back to Brisbane.

Meanwhile, departing Brisbane, and Australia for the final time, also on Saturday 27 February, was Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 VH-ZPG which is ferrying to Nashville (Tennessee) via Apia (Tonga), Honolulu (Hawaii) and Van Nuys (California) in preparation for operations for Aero Mexico.

VH-ZPG departs Mackay in 2014  (File photo)

It was interesting to note that the final revenue service for VH-ZPG was the VOZ617/620 service from Brisbane to Mackay Airport and back late on Friday 26 February.

VH-ZPG is the second of five E-190s that Virgin Australia recently announced that would be withdrawn from service with VH-ZPD departing Australia in early February.  Refer to original Blog post HERE.

Photos taken by Col and 'AC'  ©