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(VA) Virgin Australia 259 Flight Details

On time | Arrived

Departure

MEL

Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, VIC, AU

Flight Gate Times

30-Jan-2026

Scheduled

08:50

 AEDT

Actual

08:51

 AEDT

Total Departure Delay: 1 min

Flight Runway Times

30-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

09:11

 AEDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

3

Gate

9

Craft Type

Boeing 737-800 (Scimitar Winglets) Passenger

7S8

Flight Time

Scheduled

1h 10m

Arrival

CBR

Canberra Airport, ACT, AU

Flight Gate Times

30-Jan-2026

Scheduled

10:00

 AEDT

Actual

10:02

 AEDT

Total Arrival Delay: 2 mins

Flight Runway Times

30-Jan-2026

Scheduled

--

Actual

09:55

 AEDT

Runway Delay: -

Terminal

-

Gate

7

Baggage Claim

-

Tail Number

VH-VUL

Flight Time

Actual

1h 11m

Flight Notes

Also marketed as (QR) Qatar Airways 6309, (SQ) Singapore Airlines 6562

Event Timeline

Time

Date

UTC

Event

Data Updated

29 Jan

23:04

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 10:00 AM to Jan-30-2026 10:02 AM

Actual Gate Arrival changed to Jan-30-2026 10:02 AM

29 Jan

22:57

Estimated Runway Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 9:56 AM to Jan-30-2026 9:55 AM

Actual Runway Arrival changed to Jan-30-2026 9:55 AM

Status changed from Active to Landed

29 Jan

22:18

Estimated Runway Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 9:10 AM to Jan-30-2026 9:11 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 9:10 AM to Jan-30-2026 9:11 AM

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 8:54 AM to Jan-30-2026 8:51 AM

Actual Gate Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 8:54 AM to Jan-30-2026 8:51 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 10:04 AM to Jan-30-2026 10:00 AM

29 Jan

22:12

Estimated Runway Departure changed to Jan-30-2026 9:10 AM

Actual Runway Departure changed to Jan-30-2026 9:10 AM

Estimated Runway Arrival changed to Jan-30-2026 9:56 AM

29 Jan

21:54

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 8:57 AM to Jan-30-2026 8:54 AM

Actual Gate Departure changed to Jan-30-2026 8:54 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 10:07 AM to Jan-30-2026 10:04 AM

Status changed from Scheduled to Active

29 Jan

21:23

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 8:55 AM to Jan-30-2026 8:57 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 10:05 AM to Jan-30-2026 10:07 AM

29 Jan

20:52

Estimated Gate Departure changed from Jan-30-2026 8:50 AM to Jan-30-2026 8:55 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed from Jan-30-2026 10:00 AM to Jan-30-2026 10:05 AM

29 Jan

12:01

Departure Gate changed from 2 to 9

29 Jan

05:16

Departure Gate changed from 1 to 2

29 Jan

03:12

Departure Gate changed from 2 to 1

29 Jan

00:28

Departure Gate changed from 6 to 2

28 Jan

22:09

Departure Gate changed from 8 to 6

28 Jan

22:09

Estimated Gate Departure changed to Jan-30-2026 8:50 AM

Estimated Gate Arrival changed to Jan-30-2026 10:00 AM

28 Jan

21:53

Departure Gate changed from 6 to 8

28 Jan

21:52

Tail Number changed from VH-YFY to VH-VUL

28 Jan

20:25

Departure Gate changed from 12 to 6

28 Jan

20:25

Tail Number changed from VH-YIT to VH-YFY

28 Jan

19:50

Arrival Gate changed to 7

Tail Number changed to VH-YIT

Actual Equipment changed to 7S8

28 Jan

13:06

Departure Gate changed to 12

27 Jan

18:49

27 Jan

18:49

Scheduled Gate Departure changed to Jan-30-2026 8:50 AM

Scheduled Gate Arrival changed to Jan-30-2026 10:00 AM

Departure Terminal changed to 3

Scheduled Equipment changed to 73H