Traffic

Welcome to TRAFFIC, an all-new feature of bi-monthly Australian Aviation. In this new feature we will log the arrivals and departures of aircraft of interest and will report on the large number of aircraft which are on sub-lease to other operators, etc. TRAFFIC is complementary to some of our existing features such as Airline Affairs, Newsdesk and the Register Update and is designed to help the industry keep track of the vast amount of aircraft traffic that makes up the Australian aviation environment.

Air Queensland Metros Depart

Air Queensland have disposed of the 4 Metro 11 aircraft which they have had stored at Cairns Airport since their return from service in July 1984. Two of the Metro’s have been sold in New Zealand while the other two have returned to the United States. The 4 aircraft involved are VH-BPV c/n TC270, VH-BPG c/n TC287, VH-BPA c/n TC307. and VH-BPK c/n TC368.

The first aircraft to leave Cairns was VH-BPV which as ZKSWC left there on March 14th on delivery to the New Zealand commuter operator Air Albatross. VH-BPK was re-registered N368SA before departing Cairns on June 2nd for Majuro and its Trans-Pacific ferry to the United States. A few days later it was followed by VH-BPA now registered N1005Y. The final aircraft VH-BPG now registered ZK-SWD departed Cairns on June 10th on delivery to Air Albatross.

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