Virgin Australia Fleet ATR 72-600 Details and Pictures

Virgin Australia Fleet ATR 72-600 Details and Pictures. On current fleet, Virgin Australia operates 8 turboprop aircraft ATR 72-600.

ATR 72 is short-haul turboprop airplane is the further development of ATR42 model with the body elongated by 4.5 meters and increased passenger capacity.

Together this two models represent family of ATR airplanes.

This aircraft capacity is 68 pax on single economy class.

Virgin Australia’s ATR 72 aircraft are actually flown by Skywest.

They run on short hops on regional routes to Canberra, plus around Western Australia and Queensland.

They’re the replacement for Virgin’s small jet Embraer E-170 planes, which are being phased out.

Virgin Australia Regional VH FVR ATR 72 600 Yallingup Beach taxiing at Wagga Wagga Airport

Table of Aircraft Details & Contents

ATR 72-600 Virgin Australia Aircraft Fleet Data and Registration Number

Aircraft Type	Reg	Delivered	Name
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVN	29 Sep 2015	Whitehaven Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVP	2 Nov 2015	Wategos Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVQ	6 Oct 2015	Christies Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVR	27 Oct 2015	Yallingup Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVY	12 Oct 2015	Marcoola Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-FVZ	15 Sep 2015	Angourie Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-VPI	15 Sep 2015	Bronte Beach
ATR 72-600 (72-212A)	VH-VPJ	20 Oct 2015	Monkey Mia

Virgin Australia Fleet ATR 72-600 Cabin Interior Class Configuration and Seats Layout

The Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 is used primarily for short-haul trips and has a seating capacity for 68 passengers in Economy Class.

Virgin Australia flies the Economy X experience on this aircraft.

Economy X offers a more premium experience at the airport and onboard.

Economy X seats have additional legroom, preferred overhead storage space, priority boarding as well as priority screening at the airport.

You’ll find 68 seats on board the all-economy plane, in a 2-2 configuration.

Unusually, the ATR’s door is at the rear of the plane, which means that the first person out is in row 17 and the last one out is in row 1.

Row 1. These exit-row seats have heaps of extra legroom, but they’re are as far as you can get from the ATR’s rear door — so you’ll be last off the plane and last served when the snack trolley comes round. They cost extra to reserve, but nobody really bothers with that since the flights are so short. Just ask for row 1 at the airport.

Row 17. Since this is the last row and thus closest to the door, it’s a good pick for making a late entry and fast exit.

Rows 9-11. With only 30 inches of room, compared with 31 elsewhere on the plane, skip these seats.

Rows 12-16. While these seats are closer to the door, you’ll get extra noise from the wing-mounted engines outside the windows. Since the ATR’s a pretty small plane anyway, pick a seat ahead of row 9 for a quieter ride.