Bye Bye OO-LTU!

Sabena_690 · Post by **Sabena_690** » 11 Apr 2005, 17:50

Hi all,

OO-LTU, a Virgin Express B737-300 (c/n27455) is scheduled to be delivered to BMI British Midland - BMI Baby later this month (April 2005).

Its new registration will be G-TOYE.

Has this aircraft left the VEX-fleet already?

Source: http://www.aerotransport.org

Regards
Frederic

maximenaeyaert · Post by **maximenaeyaert** » 11 Apr 2005, 18:07

Will it be replaced? and if it would, which plane?

max

Dude320 · Post by **Dude320** » 11 Apr 2005, 18:18

Don t think they will replace it.

VEX is getting smaller and smaller lately.

A/C is at SNT for painting.

Post by **airbuske** » 11 Apr 2005, 18:22

What will happen with the rest of the fleet ? For example OO-VEK ?
OO-VEK is from 1989 and looks inside a little bit outdated.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 11 Apr 2005, 21:04

Was OO-LTU a leased plane or did VEX sell it to BMI ?

Chris

Post by **sn26567** » 12 Apr 2005, 09:02

airbuske wrote:What will happen with the rest of the fleet ? For example OO-VEK?

And OO-VBR? I still saw it in BRU on 1 April (not a joke!).

The latest press release of Virgin Express said the fleet would be reduced to 10 planes in 2005. Is OO-LTU the one that disappears this year?

Post by **airbuske** » 12 Apr 2005, 09:16

I've read this morning in the newspaper that they will not extend 1 leasingcontract ( OO-LTU

) and for the rest of the fleet is it waiting until 2007 when the leasingcontract ends. SNBA leasingcontract ends also in 2007

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 12 Apr 2005, 17:42

maybe a big new joint fleet?? (A32x series??)

Post by **Bruspotter** » 12 Apr 2005, 21:26

Hello

Some sources (seems to be old sources) says that VEX flies a whole B737-400 fleet , after they replaced their whole 733 fleet in late 1990's.....

When I start counting the number of 733's an 734's of VEX , it seems there are also quit lot of 733's in the fleet until today....almost as much as 734's....

I give you as much as possible reg's of them;

OO-VEJ---734
OO-VEK---734
OO-VEP---734
OO-VES---734
OO-VBR---734
OO-VEH---733
OO-VEG---733
OO-VEN---733
OO-VEX---733
OO-LTM---733
OO-LTU---733

OO-VEA---733----OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-COH---320----OUT OF SERVICE!!!

I even see that VEX had leased a 320 for a short time.....

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/741628/M/

Than I have another question , I have a picture of a landing Avro with VEX titles in the tail...but because it's a pic of the back of the plane...I don't know what kind of Avro/BAe exactly and the REG...does anyone knows?

Looks like the source I mentioned above was totally wrong!
Even I'm kind a amazed of this result , never counted them like this.....
11 planes were from 5 734's and 6 733's......unbelievable...didn't knew VEX had more 737-300's than 737-400's 8O , I thought it was the other way

Idd , maybe the fleet is going to be positioned with 10 planes instead of eleven , so they have 5 from each type?

Maybe it's still time to replace to some planes for new ones....

Maybe again 320's

? Although I really like those VEX-shorties...... 8)

Best regards: Yannick

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 12 Apr 2005, 21:33

Hello Yannick,

Virgin Express has a rich history... some planes went to an Irish subsidiary "Virgin Express Ireland" in the late 1990's and received an EI-reg, to return to Belgium and receive the OO-reg back again later. They also leased some A320's and even a L1011 if my memory serves me well. From the more recent fleet, some more members left. I remember the regs OO-LTL ; OO-VEF ; OO-VJO ; OO-LTP ; OO-VEO ; ...

Regards, Robin Bamps.

EDIT: They also operated B737-200's (also leased ones I guess)

Post by **Bruspotter** » 12 Apr 2005, 21:52

Hello

Some corrections in the fleet record.

OO-VEF---734 (still in Service???)
OO-VEO---734---(still in Service???)

If these two planes are still in the current fleet they DO have more 734's.....

some more ex-VEX aircraft (tried to be so correct as possible...but there are most likely even more).

OO-VEB---734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-VEC---733--OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-VED---734--OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-TVA----734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-TVB----734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-TVO----733--OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-TVQ---734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-COH---320---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
EI-TLP----320---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-LTW---733--OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-LTY----733---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-LTL----733---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-LTV----733---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
OO-LTP----733---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
F-GMTM---734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!
F-GMTO(?)---734---OUT OF SERVICE!!!

That's pretty lot of EX-VEX planes in my opnion

Best regards; Yannick

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 12 Apr 2005, 22:28

Bruspotter wrote:OO-VEF---734 (still in Service???)
OO-VEO---734---(still in Service???)

If these two planes are still in the current fleet they DO have more 734's.....

VEF out of service since May 2004, to Air One.
VEO out of service since February 2004, to Axis Airways.

CSB · Post by **CSB** » 13 Apr 2005, 13:57

i remember that L1011, they had a lot of problems with that bird.

I flew it, about two days before it was taken out of the air because it wasn't airworthy anymore.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 13 Apr 2005, 18:57

Robin,

Do you know where OO-VJO went to ?

Chris

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 13 Apr 2005, 19:53

Avro wrote:Do you know where OO-VJO went to?

It's now active with Jet2 (TF-ELZ)

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 13 Apr 2005, 20:35

Jense wrote:
Avro wrote:Do you know where OO-VJO went to?
It's now active with Jet2 (TF-ELZ)

Thanks for the info

Chris