{"id":366861,"date":"2026-02-12T10:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/first-of-its-kind-airbus-a319-new-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:20:17","slug":"first-of-its-kind-the-airbus-a319-is-about-to-take-on-an-exciting-new-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=366861","title":{"rendered":"First Of Its Kind: The Airbus A319 Is About To Take On An Exciting New Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neptune Aviation is now turning the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"58499\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/airbus\/\"  >Airbus<\/a><\/span> A319 into a next-generation aerial tanker, an aircraft that is best known for short-haul airline routes. This gives the jet a new mission, with the aircraft planning on dropping fire retardant on wildfires. The Missoula-based operator is phasing out its BAe 146 fleet in favor of bringing the first converted Airbus A319 into the program beginning in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aircraft offers exceptional long-range capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,396,120,1003],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-aircraft","category-europe","category-legacy-carriers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=366861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367100,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366861\/revisions\/367100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=366861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=366861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=366861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}