Friday, 22 May 2026

Chasing the Virgin Australia's Toy Story livery

On the 17th of May the Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE (VH-YFY) featuring the Toy Story livery arrived in Melbourne from Singapore.

Since then, I have been following its movements hoping it would come to Brisbane, and according to flightradar24 yesterday, it was performing Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane then up to Cairns and return.

So yesterday, I got up early and headed to the airport, expecting the arrival at 9:30, only to find out it was heading back to Melbourne. Saying I was frustrated and disappointed would be an understatement.

Since I’d already paid in advance for parking, I thought I might as well stick around for a few hours.

(According to FlightRadar24 it is scheduled to arrive this afternoon, so we will see how we go)

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-861 A6-EOD (MSN 168)

QANTASLINK DASH 8-400 VH-QON (MSN 4218)
QLK320D OFF TO BUNDABERG (BDB) 17 YEARS

VIRGIN AUSTARALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFL (MSN 41002)
VA605 OFF TO MACKAY (MKY) 14 YEARS

KOREAN AIR BOEING 787-9 HL7206 (MSN 34815)
KE408 OFF TO SEOUL (ICN) 7 YEARS


JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OFU (MSN 11292)
JQ7993 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 3 YEARS
FERRY FLIGHT

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRBUS A321-271N RP-C9936 (MSN 8619)
PR221 ARRIVING FROM MANILA (MNL) 7 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-X3B (MSN 4772)
JQ930 OFF TO CAIRNS (CNS) 14 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 100 VH-UQG (MSN 11520)
VA1235 OFF TO ROCKHAMPTON (ROK) 31 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

JETSTAR BOEING 787-8 VH-VKB (MSN 36228)
JQ66 ARRIVING FROM BANGKOK (BKK) 12 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-XZJ (MSN 39365)
QF57 OFF TO PORT MORESBY (POM) 12 YEARS

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 100 VH-UQN (MSN 11361)
VA1102 OFF TO NEWCASTLE (NTL) 34 YEARS
FLYING FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA 

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UYB (MSN 19000012)
QF1800 ARRIVING FROM ADELAIDE (ADL) 21 YEARS
PERFORMING A GO AROUND




AIR NIUGINI BOEING 767-341 P2-PXV (MSN 30341)
PX3 ARRIVING FROM PORT MORESBY (POM) 26 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A321-271NY VH-OGA (MSN 12123)
QF515 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 1 YEAR

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNI (MSN 12593)
NZ272 OFF TO WELLINGTON (WEL) 10 MONTHS

JETSTAR BOEING 787-9 VH-VKF (MSN 36231)
JQ9 OFF TO TOKYO (NRT) 11 YEARS 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHF (MSN 305)
SQ255 ARRIVING FROM SINGAPORE (SIN) 7 YEARS

NAURU AIRLINES BOEING 737-36N VH-PNI (MSN 28555)
IE726 OFF TO LUGANVILLE (SON) 29 YEARS

QANTAS AIRBUS A330-203 VH-EBG (MSN 887)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737 MAX 8 VH-8IG (MSN 66648)
VA45 OFF TO DENPASAR (DPS) 2 YEARS

BOMBARDIER GLOBAL EXPRESS VH-FGJ (MSN 9163)

ALLIANCE AIRLINES FOKKER 70 VH-NUU (MSN 11532)
QQ2835 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 31 YEARS

CHINA AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 B-18907 (MSN 105)
CI53 ARRIVING FROM TAIPEI (TPE) 9 YEARS


CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES AIRBUS A330-323 B-8359 (MSN 1714)
CZ382 OFF TO GUANGZHOU (CAN) 10 YEARS

SINGAPORE AIRLINES AIRBUS A350-941 9V-SHU (MSN 469)
SQ256 OFF TO SINGAPORE (SIN) 5 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-VZE (MSN 34199)
QF519 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 17 YEARS

QANTASLINK EMBRAER E190AR VH-UZF (MSN 19000166)
QF353 OFF TO PORT VILA (VLI) 18 YEARS

AIR NEW ZEALAND BOEING 777-367 ZK-OKU (MSN 36157)
NZ145 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 17 YEARS

AERLINK ATR72-500 VH-FVY (MSN 840)
AL415 ARRIVING FROM MORANBAH (MOV) 17 YEARS

AIR CANADA BOEING 787-9 C-FEGI (MSN 66993)
AC36 OFF TO VANCOUVER (YVR) 14 MONTHS




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