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Aviation photographer Richard Kreider braved the driving rain on Saturday night to capture this superb shot of a Virgin Australia Fokker 100 coming into land at Perth Airport.

Virgin primarily operated the routes using the Fokker 50 aircraft. It is not yet clear which operator will take over the routes to the Great Southern, with the tendering process still underway.

Fokker officials have predicted the company will capture between 30 and 40 percent of the total market in the 100-seat size category, which they estimate at more than 1,000 new aircraft by 2005.

Most Virgin flights to Brisbane currently use the Fokker 100 aircraft, which is not equipped to offer business class. The change in aircraft increases capacity from 246,000 annually to 420,000.