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(VA) Virgin Australia 1029 Flight Details

On time | Arrived

Departure

MEL

Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, VIC, AU

Flight Gate Times

17-Jan-2026

Scheduled

08:25

 AEDT

Actual

08:25

 AEDT

Total Departure Delay: -

Flight Runway Times

17-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

08:38

 AEDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

3

Gate

9

Craft Type

Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2

73H

Flight Time

Scheduled

2h 30m

Arrival

MCY

Sunshine Coast Airport, QLD, AU

Flight Gate Times

17-Jan-2026

Scheduled

09:55

 AEST

Actual

09:38

 AEST

Total Arrival Delay: -

Flight Runway Times

17-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

09:34

 AEST

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

-

Gate

6

Baggage Claim

-

Tail Number

VH-YFF

Flight Time

Actual

2h 13m

Flight Notes

Also marketed as (QR) Qatar Airways 7187, (SQ) Singapore Airlines 6554

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

16 Jan

23:39

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:34 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:38 AM

Actual Gate Arrival changed to Jan-17-2026 9:38 AM

16 Jan

23:34

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:33 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:34 AM

Actual Runway Arrival changed to Jan-17-2026 9:34 AM

Status changed from Active to Landed

16 Jan

23:11

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:28 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:33 AM

16 Jan

22:52

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:31 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:34 AM

16 Jan

22:15

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:31 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:28 AM

16 Jan

21:55

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to Jan-17-2026 9:31 AM

16 Jan

21:38

Estimated Runway Departure changed from Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM to Jan-17-2026 8:38 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed from Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM to Jan-17-2026 8:38 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-17-2026 9:55 AM to Jan-17-2026 9:31 AM

16 Jan

21:36

Estimated Runway Departure changed to Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed to Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM

16 Jan

21:25

Actual Gate Departure changed to Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

16 Jan

20:34

Arrival Gate changed to 6

16 Jan

20:10

Departure Gate changed from 7 to 9

16 Jan

12:05

Departure Terminal changed to 3

16 Jan

11:50

Departure Gate changed from 20 to 7

16 Jan

11:49

Tail Number changed from VH-VUY to VH-YFF

15 Jan

21:34

Departure Gate changed from 9 to 20

Departure Terminal changed from 3

15 Jan

21:32

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Jan-17-2026 9:55 AM

15 Jan

21:32

Tail Number changed from VH-YQR to VH-VUY

15 Jan

17:09

Departure Gate changed from 10 to 9

Tail Number changed to VH-YQR

Actual Equipment changed to 73H

15 Jan

13:02

Departure Gate changed to 10

14 Jan

18:44

14 Jan

18:44

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Jan-17-2026 8:25 AM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Jan-17-2026 9:55 AM

Departure Terminal changed to 3

Scheduled Equipment changed to 73H