NOTAM - Change of ICAO & Radio Telephony Designator - Virgin

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NOTAM - Change of ICAO & Radio Telephony Designator - Virgin

post by Mark Richards ? Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:02 pm
VATSIM NOTAM 28OCT12 00:00UTC

Notification of New Radio Telephony Designator and Three Letter ICAO Designator for Virgin Australia Group

28 OCT 2012

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Virgin Australia Group of Airlines currently use four separate Call-signs:

    Virgin Australia International - VAU (Vee‐Oz)
    Virgin Australia New Zealand - PBN (BlueBird)
    Virgin Australia Holdings - VBH (Bluey)
    Virgin Australia - VOZ (Virgin)


2.1 RADIO TELEPHONY DESIGNATOR AND THREE LETTER ICAO DESIGNATOR
With effect from 00:00z on 28OCT12 (11:00 AEST, 13:00 NZDT, 08:00 AWST) all Virgin Australia Group Airlines will operate under one single Radio Telephony Designator and one single ICAO Designator:

    Radio Telephony Designator: VELOCITY (+ suffix numbers)
    Three Letter Designator: VOZ (+ suffix numbers)


2.2 AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AT TIME OF CHANGE
Any flight with a departure time BEFORE 00:00z on 28OCT12 will continue to use the current designator and Callsign, as listed in Section 1.0 above.

Any flight with a scheduled ETD after 00:00z on 28OCT12 will operate with the new designator and Callsign.

3.0 CANCELLATION
This NOTAM remains in effect PERMANENTLY unless superseded by subsequent NOTAMS.

4.0 ENQUIRIES

Enquiries to be directed to:

VATSIM LIAISON:

Mark Richards
Manager Flight Operations Technical
VOZ Virtual

5.0 DISTRIBUTION
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