09 January 2025

QantasLink's VH-8NV

Network Aviation is taking delivery of VH-8NV (msn 2679). This QantasLink-liveried A319-132 is being delivered by Southern Cross International from BQN to PER, via PHX, KOA, APW, and CNS, as SXI2501. It will overnight at KOA tonight.

2679's History:
Feb 2006: Delivered to Spirit Airlines as N514NK "Spirit of Cayman Islands" (f/n 514), under lease from ILFC.
May 2014: Sold to AerCap, and the lease transferred.
Jun 2018: Purchased by Spirit Airlines, and painted in the current livery.
___ 2020: Fleet number redesigned as 1514.
Dec 2023: Withdrawn from service, and stored at P08.
Jan 2024: Acquired by Gryphon Aviation Leasing.
Jun 2024: Ferried to BQN to prep for Network Aviation.

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