Virgin Blue Airlines is preparing to put the Embraer 170 into service following the arrivel of its first aircraft in Australia. The first aircraft is pictured at Boeing Field in Seattle during a stop on its multi-leg delivery flight to Australia from Embraer's São José dos Campos plant in Brazil. The carrier has six E-170s and 14 E-190s on order and says it will put first of the 78-seat E-170s into service "in the coming weeks".
Source: Flight International
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