Jetstar Airways Brand New Airbus A320-251N (A320neo) VH-A5A Makes First Visit into Central Queensland at Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport

On Thursday 5 December, Jetstar Airways brand spanking new Airbus A320-251N (A320neo) aircraft VH-A5A made its first visit into Central Queensland touching down at Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport direct from Melbourne (Tullamarine) as JST832.

VH-A5A departs the Gold Coast recently.

It later returned to Tullamarine as JST831.

VH-A5A is Jetstar’s first A320neo and it arrived two weekends agon in Australia after a ferry flight from Toulouse in France.  It then entered service on Sunday 1 December - so to see it in CQ in its first week of operations is awesome!

VH-A5A is the first of 13 A320neos on Jetstar’s order books up to the 2029 financial year, and forms part of the Qantas Group’s wider fleet renewal program.

In general, the A320neo replaces the IAE V2500 and CFM56-5B engines on the original A320 (the A320ceo) with Pratt & Whitney 1100G-JM and CFM LEAP-1A engines while being slightly larger. The A320neo also features an updated cabin with 188 Economy seats and curved ‘sharklet’ wingtips that increase fuel efficiency.

Photo taken by Brodie Lawson  ©