VP-BLK Las Vegas Sands 747SP
A photo was published showing VP-BLK ( c/n: 21961 ) at MZJ (Marana, Pinal Airpark, AZ, USA)Â recently, and it immediately started discussions wether it was in for maintenance or if it was leaving the Las Vegas Sands fleet.
Photo uploaded to Planepictures.net by Reiner Bexten.
As you can see on the photo, all 4 engines are carefully removed and the flaps are deployed etc. Could be a normal maintenance visit, if it wasn’t for the recent delivery of a A340-500 ( VP-BMS ).
So, is VP-BLK leaving Las Vegas Sands ?
Maybe not, as discussions go VP-BLK just might be switching base to an Asian base as the A340-500 will be based at LAS.
When you watch the movements of VP-BLK you can quickly see how often she is in Asia, so that would make sense.
Colleague spoke to one of the guys at Marana earlier this week, who said it is in for C-check and pylon mod / AD will be returning to service.
Andy
Thank you Andy for that info!
VP-BLK was today 15/01/2016 at Athens, Greece (ATH/LGAV). She arrived ~0300L from OERK and departed 1535L to KLAS.