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Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is investigating replacing its Fokker 100 fleet with either the Embraer E190-E2 or Airbus A220-100.
Mr Miller said that VARA foresees an opportunity for at least four new aircraft based in Perth, commencing mid-2025.
VIRGIN TO REPLACE REGIONAL FOKKERS WITH E-JET E2S
August 13, 2024
Virgin Australia has chosen the Embraer E190-E2 to replace its ageing regional Fokker fleet.
The airline, which had also been considering the Airbus A220-100,
has ordered eight of the second-generation E-Jets,
with the first to be delivered from the second half of 2025.
The E2s will allow Virgin to phase out its four remaining Fokker 100s, which have an average age of around 30 years.
The move follows a review undertaken by Virgin in 2021 to replace the bulk of its Fokker 100 fleet, with most of the Fokkers now supplanted by 737-700s flying under Virgin Australia’s mainline AOC, while four have been kept on to service smaller airports.
“However, some airports we operate into are unable to accept the B737-700 due to aerodrome compatibility. To be able to continue to service our customers in these locations, we retained a small number of F100s,” he said.