Heading out for air-test following repaint

Now painted in QANTASLINK colours this aircraft is one of 18 which will grow to over 30 in the coming year/s.

On delivery flight to Alliance Airlines, Australian rego is VH-UYY, was with Copa Airlines as HP-1568CMP.

Morning departure - Alliance flight Unity 3108 to Olympic Dam departing off Rw 05. Alliance E190s based in Adelaide settled into regularly being used by Alliance for its FIFO flights to mine site Olympic Dam as well as flights by Qantas using QF codes. At the time of writing, QF flights were to Cairns and Townsville in north Queensland and to Hobart, Tasmania.

Afternoon arrival from Darwin, Qantas flight QF1951 on final for Rw 23 about 1.5 km from the threshold. This and another four (reportedly) Alliance E190s are operating Qantas flights out of Adelaide. According to reports, those aircraft will be re-painted into Qantas livery.

Delivered in October 2008 to Copa and used primarily for flights in Central America and the Caribbean. This aircraft was withdrawn from use in March 2020 and subsequently began flying with Alliance Airlines in Australia as VH-UYY.