1990 Major Airline Directory

In this period 32 aircraft were delivered to operators in our Directory, while a further 18 were sold overseas. A further 21 aircraft have been retired awaiting sale.

Our survey on orders and options on new airliners covers only those airlines detailed in the Directory. It will be interesting to see whether our 1991 Directory will contain any of the projected deregulated airlines

Air Caledonie International

Airline Code: SB

Head Office: 8 Rue Frederic-Surleau, Noumea, New Caledonia Executives

President: Jean-Pierre Varnier, Chief Exec: A Ballereau, Reg Dir Aust: M Varnier

Fleet

Boeing 737-33A F-ODGX

Air Caledonie International commenced operations on 1/12/83, when they started flying a network of services from Noumea, using a single Caravelle aircraft. In December 1988 the Caravelle was replaced by Boeing 737-33A F-GFUC, which was leased from French operator, Aeromaritime.

The lease of F-GFUC continued until July 1989 when it was replaced by Boe- ing 737-33AF-ODGX which Air Caledonie have leased from AWAS.

From June 5th 1990, Air Caledonie added Melbourne to their network under their own rights. Previously this service was operated by a Qantas aircraft using a combined QF/SB flight number. Other ports in the South Pacific served by Air Caledonie’s Boeing 737-33A are Auckland, Brisbane, Nadi, Papeete, Port Vila, Sydney and Wallis Island.

Air Freight NZ

Head Office: PO Box 1046, Palmerston North, New Zealand Executives

General Manager: W Olsen

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Convair 580 ZK-FTA, -KFL. Douglas DC-3 ZK-AMR, -AWP, -BBJ. Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Air Freight NZ, who are a division of Fieldair Freight are involved in over- night parcel and courier work in New Zealand. The three DC-3s mainly operate out of Wellington on the Railways Speed link contract, while the Convairs fly for Priceline Express. Five nights weekly (Mon-Fri) they operate a crossover Auck- land/Christchurch/Palmerston North.

Air Freight NZ added three Convair 580s to their fleet in this period. Delivered to Auckland on 2/5/89 was C-GKFP which later entered service as ZK-FTA. The second Convair to be delivered C-FEDO arrived in Auckland on 12/7/89. Registered ZK-FTB it was destroyed on 31/7/89 when it crashed into Manukau Harbour shortly after taking off from Auckland. Replacement Convair 580 C-FKFL arrived in Auckland on 19/4/90 and it has since entered service with Air Freight NZ as ZK-KFL.

Air Nauru

Airline Code: ON

Head Office: Government Buildings, Yaren, Republic of Nauru Executives

Chief Exec: Hon Bernard Dowiyogo (President of the Rep of Nauru), OIC Directorate of Civil Aviation: Capt B Cranston, Chief Pilot: Capt M Kramzer Fleet as at 31/05/90

Boeing 737-200 C2-RN3, C2-RN6, C2-RN8.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Air Nauru resumed normal passenger operations in November after a pro- tracted industrial dispute with their pilots, which commenced in May 1988. Air Nauru have pruned back their network and at present they operate over the following routes to Tarawa, Nadi, Auckland, Noumea, Sydney and Melbourne.

In April 1984 Air Nauru leased their Boeing 727-77C, C2-RN7 to TAA Cargo. Later registered VH-TBS, Air Nauru earlier this year sold the Boeing to Melbourne based Sherrard Aviation, who in turn have-leased the aircraft to Australian Cargo.

Air New Zealand

Airline Code: TE

Head Office: Air New Zealand House, Queen St, Auckland, New Zealand Executives

Chairman: RH Matthew, Dep Chairman: PD Collins, Chief Exec: RJ Scott, Dep Chief Exec – Airline: J McCrea, Dev & Ind Affairs: N A Macfarlane, Gen Mgr- Finance: G A List, Airline Ops: RE Birch, Airline Serv: IJ Diamond, Pax Sales & Mktg: AJ Marks, Cargo: PD Bowe, Bus Dev: P Elmsly, Gvt & Ind Affairs: G C McDowell, Dir of Human Resources: H E De Silva, PR: R G Gates, Mgr Airline Planning: JM Bray, Strategic Planning Serv: P Preston-Thomas.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZV, -NZW, -NZX, -NZY, -NZZ, 767-219ER ZK-NBA, -NBB, -NBC, -NBE. 767-205ER ZK-NBD. 767-209ER ZK-NBF, -NBH. 767-204ER ZK-NBI. 737-219A ZK-NAP, -NAR, -NAS, -NAT, -NAU, NAV, NAW, -NAX, -NAY. 737-219C ZK-NQC. 737-2M6 ZK-NA. 737-204 G-BADP (dry leased from Britan- nia Airways). Fokker F27-50DI ZK-NFA, -NFB, NFD, -NFE, -NFF, -NFH, -NFI, -NFL The 747-219B aircraft are powered by the Rolls Royce RB211-52404. The 767-219ER and 204ER by the General Electric CF6-80A. The 767-205ER and 209ER are powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D.

Aircraft on order

Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBT, -NBU due delivery 11/90 and 9/92 ZK-NBS has been leased to Cathay Pacific from 12/89 till 12/90. 767-319ER ZK-NCE, -NCF due 01/91 and 04/92. 767-204 ZK-NBJ due 11/90. 737- six aircraft ordered for delivery 1993/4 (model still to be designated)

Fleet & Operational Changes (01/03/89-31/05/90)

In October 1988 ANZ purchased a 50% interest in Commuter operators Air Nelson and Eagle Air. Under the Air New Zealand Link Airline system these two operators have benefitted by taking over many of the routes previously operated by the ANZ Friendship fleet. In April ANZ withdrew from Taupo, Wanganui and Whakatane thus reducing their domestic destinations to 11 as against 23 only a couple of years ago.

The withdrawal from these three North Island ports also allowed ANZ to retire their Fokker F27-100 fleet from service. ZK-BXG, BXH and -BXI are presently in storage. The other two F27-100s in the fleet ZK-BXE and -8XF continue to fly the occasional service for Safe Air or Air Nelson.

On the International scene Kuala Lumpur was added to the network in February with a weekly Boeing 767 service from Auckland via Singapore.

Due to industrial problems with flight and cabin crew Air New Zealand were unable to introduce their first Boeing 747-400 into service as planned. On December 16th 1989 ZK-NBS msn 24386 was delivered to Auckland in full Air New Zealand colours and later that day it flew south to Christchurch. The following day it departed Christchurch for Hong Kong to commence a twelve month lease to Cathay Pacific Airways. To cover a capacity shortage due to maintenance requirements Air New Zealand leased Tower Air Boeing 747-130 N603FF between 28/9 and 10/10.

Air New Zealand continue to build up their Boeing 767 fleet and in this period they took delivery of three and placed orders for a further three, which when delivered will give a fleet total of ten. Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBH msn 22682 which was previously leased to China Airlines was delivered to Auckland on 2/12/89. It was followed by ZK-NBF msn 22681 from the same source on 3/1/90. Boeing 767-204 ZK-NBI msn 23072 which was previously operated by Britannia Airways arrived in Auckland on 21/5. All three Boeings were brought up to ER standard by Air New Zealand maintenance before entering service. In September Air New Zealand signed a lease agreement with ILFC for the delivery of two Boeing 767-319ERs. These aircraft ZK-NCE msn 24875 and ZK-NCF msn 24876 will be delivered in 1/91 and 4/92 respectively. A second ex Britannia Airways Boeing 767-204 ZK-NBJ msn 23250 will be added to the fleet in November. In December 1989 Air New Zealand commenced operations with their Boeing 767 ER aircraft on the Honolulu to Los Angeles route.

Douglas DC-8-55F ZK-NZD which had been in storage in Auckland since September 1987 was sold to US freight operator Connie Kalitta Services. As N806CK it flew out of Auckland on 1/9/89 thus severing Air New Zealand’s connections with this type after some 24 years.

During this period Air New Zealand leased two Boeing 737-200 aircraft. Ansett New Zealand Boeing 737-2A6 ZK-NEE was leased between 18/12 and 31/12 to cover a capacity shortage over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Britannia Airways Boeing 737-204 G-BADP was delivered to Christchurch on 7/4 to commence a six month lease. In January a $NZ300m order was placed with Boeing for six Boeing 737 aircraft for delivery in 1993 and 1994. The model has yet to be designated.

Air Niugini

Airline Code: PX

Head Office: PO Box 7186, Boroko, Papua New Guinea

Executives

Chairman – National Airline Commission: JJ Tauvasa, Chief Exec: D K Seefeld, Dep Gen Mgr: H Lahari, Director – Fin & Admin: N Skelding, Commercial: S Forsythe, Maint & Eng: P Tyrer, Personnel: P Aisa, Mgr PR: G McLaughlin. Fleet as at 31/5/90

AI A310-322 P2-ANA. Fokker F28-1000 P2-ANB, -ANC, -ANE, -ANF, -ANH, -ANU, -ANW. DHC-7 P2-ANN, -ANP.

Aircraft on order

AI A318-300 P2-ANG- due delivery 12/90

Fleet & Operational Changes (01/03/89-31/05/90)

Air Niugini introduced their first Al A310-322 P2-ANA into service on 11/3/89, when it operated PX/SQ093 from Singapore to Port Moresby. Previously leased Al A300B4-203 P2-ANG was then returned to Australian Airlines.

Boeing 737-2M8 G-BTEB was wet leased from TEA (UK) from 1/11 to 5/3. With its entry into service Air Niugini commenced a weekly service linking Port Mor- esby with Guam however this was suspended on 28/2 with the impending departure of G-BTEB

Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKB was added to the Air Niugini fleet in October, when it was delivered to Port Moresby. Previously operated by Air NSW the F28 later entered service with Air Niugini as P2-ANH. During this period Air Niugini also leased an F28-1000 from TAT, France. Arriving in Port Moresby on 11/7 was C-FONG carrying the markings of Air Ontario. As P2-ANY the F28 remained in service with Air Niugini till 14/12, when it returned to France.

To cover DHC-7 planned maintenance in Singapore, Air Niugini leased a DHC-7 from overseas. Leased from Commuter Air, Canada was C-GJKS which was delivered to Port Moresby on 11/7 in the markings of City Express. This DHC-7 has previously seen service with Air Niugini as P2-ANO and it was these markings that it carried till termination of the lease on 28/4.

Air Niugini leased East-West F27-500 VH-EWU from 27/5 till 15/8. Due to unrest on the island of Bougainville services to Kieta were suspended from 16/3.

Air Pacific

Airline Code: FJ

Head Office: Air Pacific Centre, Raiwaqa, Suva, Fiji

Executives

Mng Dir & Chief Exec Off: A Drysdale, Chief Op Off: S Brown, Dir Fin: N Kumar, Human Res: P Naituku, Airline Ops: A Wong, Mktg: E Dutta, Strategic Plan: R Narayan, Corp Affairs: J Vitusagavulu, Mgr Com Planning: K Khatri, Eng & Maint: D McCormack, Flight Ops: Capt M Tuisue, Cargo: A Wong, Co Sec & Fin Plan: J Bland.

Fleet as at 31/5/90

Boeing 747-2388 VH-EBJ (leased from Qantas). Boeing 737-2X2 DQ-FDM. ATR42-300 DQ-FEP, -FEQ.

Aircraft on order

Boeing 767-205ER DQ-FJA- due delivery 7/90

Fleet & Operational Changes {1/3/89-31/5/90)

In April 1988 Air Pacific took delivery of leased Boeing 747-123 VH-EEI. In April 1989 VH-EEI was replaced in the Air Pacific fleet by Boeing 747-2388 VH-EBJ from Qantas. During overhaulinParis VH-EBJ was painted in Air Pacific colours and named ‘Island of Viti Levu’. VH-EEI then returned to Qantas operations though still retaining its Air Pacific livery.

Air Pacific will add a Boeing 767-200ER to their fleet in July. This aircraft, which will be leased from ILFC, is the former ZK-NBD with Air New Zealand. In 1994 ILFC will replace this aircraft in the Air Pacific fleet with a Boeing 767-300ER.

In March 1989 Air Pacific added Melbourne to their network with the introduction of a weekly Boeing 747 service from Nadi.

Air Vanuatu

Airline Code: NF

Head Office: PO Box 148, Port Vila, Vanuatu Executives

Chairman of the Board: S Rarua, Man Dir & Chief Exec: P Roberts, Dir of Ops: Capt KMolloy, Mgr Cabin Serv: Ms R McAulay, Mktg Mgr Aus: I Carew-Reid. Fleet

Boeing 727-276 VH-TBN

Fleet & Operational Changes (Ol/03/89-31/05/90)

Air Vanuatu was formed in early 1981 as the national airline of the newly independent island Republic of Vanuatu. A five year contract was signed with Ansett and on September 5th of that year Air Vanuatu operated their first flight from Sydney to Port Vila. Air Vanuatu and Ansett terminated their contract in March 1986 so from then until December 1987 when a commercial agreement was reached with Australian Airlines, Air Vanuatu ceased operations.

Air Vanuatu purchased Boeing 727-276 VH-TBN from Australian Airlines in March 1989 and this aircraft was used on their weekly, Saturday, service from Sydney to Port Vila and return.

Air Vanuatu added Melbourne to their network in June, while in November, Auckland and Brisbane came on line. Now crewed by Air Vanuatu flight and cabin staff VH-TBN spends three days each week operating over Air Vanuatu routes. For the other four days the aircraft is leased to Australian Airlines for use on their domestic services.

Ansett

Airline Code: AN

Head Office: 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Executives

Joint Mng Dir: Sir Peter Abeles, KR Murdoch, Gen Mgr: G J P McMahon, Dep Gen Mgr: A J Yates, Asst Gen Mgr: R Edwards, Tech: J H Bibo, Sales & Mktg: T Dery, Ops: M Terrell (acting), Flight Ops: J Dorward, Finance: H Thorburn, Personnel: I Oldmeadow, Dir-Planning & Dev: J McAllister, Deregulation: M Dotson, Reg Airlines: C Wallace, Eng Dir ATI & TNT: G S Fallscheer, Commercial & Ops Mgr: J Corcoran, Group Cntrl: A V Rowe, Pub Affairs Exec: R G Alexander.

Fleet List as at 31/05/90

Boeing 767-277 VH-RMD, -RME, -RMF, -RMG, -RMH. Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANA, -ANB, -ANE, -ANF. Al A320-200 VH-HYA, -HYB, -HYC, -HYO, -HYE, -HYF, -HYG, -HYH. Boeing 737-377 VH-CZA, -CZB, -CZC, -CZD, -CZE, -CZF, -CZG, -CZH, -CZI, -CZJ, -CZK, -CZL, -CZN, -CZP. Douglas DC-3 VH-ABR (Australian National Airways colours).

Aircraft on order

Al A320-200 VH-HYI, -HYJ, -HYK, -HYL-for delivery 1/91, 3/91, 9/91 & 10/91. Fleet & Operational Changes {1/3/89-31/5/90)

For Ansett Airlines this has been a period of major disruption as a result of the dispute with the AFAP. All Ansett aircraft were grounded on August 24th when the dispute commenced and it was September 13th before Ansett managed to get their first aircraft into the air. Initially Ansett moved their passengers with the RAAF and on International Airlines operating domestic sectors within Australia. Between2/9 and30/10 RoyalBrunei operated one of their Boeing 757s V8-RBA, -RBB or -RBC on domestic routes, with the capacity shared between Ansett and Australian. Ansett also leased eight aircraft from overseas airlines between 18/9 and 31/3 as follows-America West 737-33A Nl66AW from 18/9 till 3/3, Nl67AW from 18/9 till 6/2 and Nl68AW from 9/11 till 16/1-Yugoslav Airlines 737-3H9 YU-AND from 15/11 till 30/12 and YU-ANJ from 15/11 till 16/1. Paramount 737-33A G-PATE between 9/11 and 31/3, Air 2000 757-23A G-0001 from 27/10 till 31/3 and G-OOOJ from 8/11 till 3/3. While Ansett were rebuilding their own fleet these overseas charter aircraft operated 5,702 flight stages and carried 605,000 passengers Also as a resuIt of the pilots disputeAnsett leased three of their737-377s to America West. VH-CZM departed Melbourne for Phoenix on October 27th, while VH-CZO and-CZP departed Brisbane on October 19th. On arrival in Phoenix the three Boeings were painted in America West colours and registered N113AW, Nll4AW and Nll5AW respectively. N115AW returned to Melbourne on April 30th and re-entered the Ansett service a few days later as VH-CZP.

Deliveries of the Airbus A320-200 continued during this period. VH-HYD arrived on 20/3/89, VH-HYG on 28/4/89 and VH-HYH on 29/5/89. Further units of the Boeing 727-277 fleet were withdrawn from service and sold to Federal Express in the US-VH-RML departed 23/6/89, VH-RMM on 21/4/89, VH-RMO on 26/7/89, VH-RMY on 12/5/89 and VH-RMZ on 9/3/89. These aircraft have since been re-registered N243FE, N244FE, N245FE, N240FE and N241FE respectively.

This period saw the retiral from service of both the FokkerF27 and the Fokker F50 from Ansett service. Fokker F27-200 VH-MMO operated its last flight for Ansett on May 25th 1989 on the Hamilton Island to Cairns route. In late May 1990 it was decided to sell the Friendship for scrap so VH-MMO was gradually reduced to spares. F27-400 VH-FNO was withdrawn from service on July 19th. F27-400 VH-FNQ had the honour of operating the last F27 service for Ansett when on July 26th it flewCairns/Hamilton Island/Cairns. VH-FNQ was then ferried to Melbourne on August 21st for storage. On December 6th VH-FNO ferried from Melbourne to Blenheim to commence a lease to SafeAir. This lasted until May 21st when VH-FNQ returned to Melbourne. Also stored at Melbourne awaiting sale are F27-200s VH-MMR, -MMS and -MMV.

Ansett operated five Fokker F50s out of Melbourne-VH-FND, -FNF, -FNG, -FNH and -FNI. When the aircraft were grounded on August 24th Ansett decided to close down their Melbourne Fokker F50 base. Three of these aircraft VH-FNG, -FNH and -FNI are presently being offered for sale, while VH-FND and -FNF have been transferred to Ansett NSW.

On May 28th 1989 Ansett terminated services on the Australia to Port Vila route, which they had operated for Qantas. On June 3rd 1990 Ansett com menced a weekly Boeing 737-377 service on behalf of Qantas from Brisbane to Honiara. Ansett terminated services to Devonport on August 23rd as a result of the pilots dispute.

Ansett Air Freight

Airline Code: A

Head Office: PO Box 558, Mascot, NSW 2020

Executives

Gen Mgr: G Rowe, Dep Gen Mgr – Ops: T Markou, Commercial: K Mundey, Nat Mktg Mgr: J Mussared, Nat Fin & Admin Mgr: L Agati.

During the year Mr Gerry Rowe replaced Mr John Mullen as General Manager of Ansett Air Freight. Mr Rowe was previously President of TNT in Canada. Mr Mullenwas appointed Group General Manager Worldwide -Airfreight Divisions for TNT/Ansett.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Boeing 707-330C VH-HTC. 727-277F VH-RMX. BAe 146-200QT VH-JJY, -JJZ. Fleet and Operational Changes (01/03/89-31/05/90}

Ansett Air Freight introduced the BAe 146-200QT into service in this period. BAe 146-200QT VH-JJY arrived in Perth on May 8th 1989, while VH-JJZ arrived on June 6th. Later that month AAF put the type in service on the east coast routes. Basic schedule for the type (Mon-Thu} shows·one aircraft based in Adelaide and the other in Cairns. The Adelaide based BAe 146 departs at 1945 for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Mackay Townsville and Cairns. The southbound BAe 146 departs Cairns at 1710 for Townsville, Mackay, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

Due to the pilots dispute AAF imported a DC-8-62AF on lease from Arrow Air, Miami. Arriving in Melbourne on August 28th was all white DC-8-62AF N791AL, which entered service with AAF the following day. The aircraft was kept flying around the clock on the Melbourne, Perth, Melbourne, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane to Melbourne route. The DC-8 operated its last flight for AAF on February 16th.

In Europe parent company TNT have placed orders for 23 BAe 146 QTs (13 BAe 146-200QTs and10 BAe146-300QTs) out of a projected commitment for 75 of the type. European operated BAe 146s are now as follows-Air Foyle, UK: BAe 146-200QT G-TNTA, G-TNTB, G-TNTD; BAe 146-300QT G-TNTE delivered 3/90. Euralair, France: BAe 146-200QT F-GTNU, F-GTNT delivered 5/89. Malev, Hungary: BAe 146-200QT HA-TAB. Malmo Air, Sweden: BAe 146-200QT SE-DEi; BAe 146-300QT SE-DIM delivered 12/89, SE-DIT delivered 2/90. Mistral Air, Italy:

BAe 146-200QT 1-TNTC. NFD, West Germany: BAe 146-200QT D-ANTJ. Pan Air, Spain: BAe 146-200QT EC-ELT, EC-EPA delivered 6/89.

Ansett New Zealand

Airline Code: ZQ

Head Office: PO Box 4168, Auckland, New Zealand.

Executives

Chief Exec: G L Smith, Gen Mgr – Mktg: G B Campbell, Fin & Admin: J A Sheridan, Mgr – Flt Ops: Capt J Bartlett, Eng: I Craig, Ext Reis: B L Lockstone.

During the year Mr Gary Smith replaced Mr John Buchanan as Chief Executive of Ansett New Zealand. Mr Smith was previously Asst General Manager/ Finance with Ansett Airlines of Australia.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

BAe 146-200 ZK-NZA, -NZB. BAe 146-200QC ZK-NZC. BAe 146-300 ZK-NZI, -NZG, -NZH, -NZI, -NZJ. DHC-8-100 ZK-NEY, -NEZ.

Fleet & Operational Changes (Ol/03/89-31/05/90}

For Ansett New Zealand the highlight of this period was the delivery and entry into service of their BAe 146 fleet. BAe 146-200 ZK-NZA was delivered to Christchurch on July 19th and operated Ansett New Zealand’s first service by the type on July 30th. The second BAe 146-200 on order, ZK-NZB arrived in Christchurch on August 3rd. On entry into service ZK-NZA and -NZB were christened ‘Queenstown’ and ‘Rotorua’ names previously carried by Ansett New Zealand’s DHC 8-lOOs ZK-NEY and -NEZ. The Dash 8s were later named the ‘City of Palmerston North’ and ‘City of Invercargill’ when Ansett New Zealand added these ports to its route network on July 30th 1989.

BAe 146-200QT G-BPBT msn E-2219 was delivered to Christchurch on October 9th. Carrying British Aerospace house colours and Ansett New Zealand titles G-BPBT was leased on a six month trial. The aircraft was later purchased by Ansett New Zealand on January 24th, when it was flown to Norfolk Island and there the registration changed from G-BPBT to ZK-NZC.

Ansett New Zealand also took delivery of five BAe 146-300s they had on order – ZK-NZF arrived on December 10th, -NZG arrived December 15th, -NZH arrived on January 3rd, -NZI on December 23rd and ZK-NZJ on February 24th.

With the delivery of the BAe 146s, Ansett NZ withdrew their Boeing 737 fleet from service. Boeing 737-130s ZK-NEA, -NEB and -NEC were withdrawn from service in December and remain in storage at Christchurch where they await a buyer. Boeing 737-112 ZK-NED was withdrawn from service on January 27th. ZK-NED departed Christchurch on April 11th on ferry to Tucson where it will rejoin the America West fleet. Boeing 737-2A6 ZK-NEE was leased to Air New Zealand from December 18th to 31st before being withdrawn from service at Christchurch. As 4R-ULL it departed on February 3rd for delivery to Air Lanka.

Ansett NSW

Airline Code: WX

Head Office: Level 4, 431 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe NSW 2037

Executives

Chairman: Sir Roden Cutler, Gen Mgr: J Hutchison, Mktg Mgr: J Moynihan, Flight Ops Mgr: Capt R Swinbourne, Traffic & Planning Mgr: B Miller,Fin Mgr: H Tuppe.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKA, -FKD. Fokker F50 VH-FNA, -FNB, -FNC, -FND, -FNE, -FNF, -FNJ.

Fleet & Operational Changes (01/03/89-31/05/90)

Ansett NSW, previously Air NSW, came into being on 1/3/90. First service to be operated by the ‘new’ airline was WX928 from Sydney to Coffs Harbour. This was flown by Fokker 50 VH-FNB carrying Ansett NSW titles. The use of these titles was to be short lived however as all Ansett Regional Airlines – AnsetU NSW, Ansett/NT and Ansett/WA now only carry the word Ansett on their aircraft.

Ansett NSW have gone through a very disruptive period mainly as a result of the AFAP dispute, but also due to the loss of several interstate routes, as a result of recommendations made by the NSW Air Transport Council. Ports lost to the Ansett NSW network in this period were – Broken Hill, Griffith, Merimbula and Narrandera to Hazelton Airlines and Moree and Narrabri to Norfolk Airlines. Flights were discontinued to Brisbane, Coolangatta, Mildura and Newcastle. Ansett NSW aircraft and crew operated under an Ansett flight number on the Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne to Launceston routes.

Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKB departed Sydney on October 2nd on delivery to Air Niugini. Prior to the dispute with the AFAP Ansett/NSW operated five Fokker F50s. With Ansett Airlines closing down their Fokker F50 base in Melbourne Ansett/NSW have benefitted by having two of the Ansett Fokker F50s VH-FND and VH-FNF added to their fleet.

Ansett NT

Airline Code: BT

1990 1989 269,216 140,812 877 285 9,866 13,064 498,827 270,692 1,609 503 17,075 25,086

Head Office: 31 Smith Street, The Mall, Darwin, NT 5790

Executives

Gen Mgr: P Hillas, Mktg Mgr: L Gordon.

Fleet as at 31/05/90 Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKF

Ansett NT came into being in August 1985, when the former Airlines of Northern Australia changed their Fleet & Operational Changes (01/03/89-31/05/90} Change in% -46. 0 -48. 0 -45. 5 -43. 3 -42. 2 -47. 9name. Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKF was then delivered to Darwin carry Ansett NT titles. During 1988 Ansett NT were licensed by the NT Government to operate airline services for the following five years. Ansett NT are also reliant on F28s and BAe 146s of Ansett WA to operate their schedules. Ansett NT commenced a weekly service on March 18th 1990 on the route Adelaide/Yulara/Alice Springs and return. Equipment used is F28-4000 VH-LAR of Lloyd Aviation

Ansett WA

Airline Code: MV

Head Office: Perth Airport, Cloverdale, WA 6105 Executives

Mgr Ansett WA: R Buckey, Mgr Flight Ops: Capt B H Poole, Traffic & Serv Mgr:

W Oliver, Admin Mgr: R Smith. Fleet as at 31/05/90

BAe 146-200 VH-JJP, -JJQ, -JJS, -JJT, -JJW. Fokker F28-4000 VH-FKI. Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKC, -FKE.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Ansett WA’s fifthBAe 146-200 VH-JJW was delivered to Perth on 5/3/89. Fokker F28-1000 VH-FKG was sold to Seattle basedHorizon Air. As N803PH the F28 departed Perth on 7/11/89. Ansett WA’s two remaining F28-1000s VH-FKC and VH-FKE are presently advertised for sale

Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services.

Head Office: TNT Plaza, Tower 1, Lawson Square, Redfern, NSW 2016 Executives

Exec Dir – Sydney: P Keen, Dir of Eng – Melb: JH Bibo.

Fleet as at 31/03/90

Ansett Worldwide leased aircraft are in service with the following Airlines – Aeromaritime, France 737-33A F-GFUA, -GFUB, -GFUC, -GFUD; Air Caledonie International, New Caledonia 737-33A F-ODGX; Air Holland, Holland 757-23A PH-AHK; Air 2000, UK 757-23A G-000G, -000H, -0001, -000J; America West, USA 737-33A N164AW, N165AW, N166AW, N167AW, N168AW, N169AW, N172AW, N173AW, N174AW, N175AW; British Midland, UK 737-33A G-OBMA, -OBMB, -OBMC, -OBMH; Challenge Air Cargo, USA 757-23APF N571CA; Continental, USA MDC MD-83 N938MC, N939MC; Inter European Airways, UK 737-33A G-IEAA, 757-23A G-IEAB; Kenya Airways, Kenya 757-23A 5Y-BGI; North Ameri- can Airlines, USA 757-23A N757NA; Trans European Airways, UK 737-33A G-TEAD; TWA, USA MDC MD-83 N931TW, N93028, N9303K, N9304C; Trans- brasil, Brazil 757-23APF PT-TDA; Varig, Brazil 737-33A PP-VNT, -VNX, -VOR; VASP, Brazil 737-33A PP-SNW, -SNZ.

Aircraft on order 767-33ER 6 ordered for delivery 10/90 thru 10/93, 7 options held. 757-23A 26 ordered for delivery thru 1995, 2 options held. 737-33A 12 ordered for delivery thru 1991. 737-53Á 5 ordered for delivery 1990. AI A300-600R 6 ordered with first delivery late 1991, 6 options held. AI A321 10 ordered with first delivery 1995. Canadair CL-601RJ 10 ordered with first delivery 1993, 10 options held. MDC MD-80 12 ordered with first delivery 1991, 12 options held. AWAS have selected the following engines to power their aircraft- 767-33ER/AI A300-600R P&W PW4000, 757-23A RR RB211-535E4, AI A321 CFM56-5B. Fleet Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

In October 1985 Ansett Transport Industries, jointly backed by its two parent companies, TNT and News Corp, announced the formation of Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services. This new Ansett organisation would offer to airlines throughout the world a total airline management and equipment leasing package.

The mainstay of the AWAS fleet is the Boeing 737 with total orders placed to date being 45-300s and 5-500s. Deliveries to the 737-33A fleet in this period are as follows-2/89 G-OBMD sold to British Midland: 6/89 G-PATE leased to Paramount Airways, UK. When this airline went into receivership G-PATE was flown to Australia to operate with Ansett and East-West during the pilots’ dispute. In 4/90 it was leased to Varig as PP-VOR: 6/89 F-ODGX leased to Air Caledonie International and N731XL sold to Elders/IXL: 7/89 PP-SNW and PP-SNZ leased to VASP: 9/89 G-IEAA leased to Inter European: 3/90 G-OBMH leased and G OBMJ sold to British Midland. In March 1988 737-33A EC-EHJ was leased to Spanish operator Hispania. When this company went into liquidation in July 1989 EC-EHJ was reregistered N5090C and leased to America West. In March 1990 the Boeing was leased to TEA(UK) as G-TEAD.

AWAS placed their first order for the Boeing 757 in October 1987. Since then repeat orders have followed with the latest in April 1990 being for 10 plus 2 options to give a fleet total of 38 plus 2. Deliveries of the Boeing 757-23A are as follows-2/89 EC-EMV and EC-EMU to Hispania. When this company went into liquidation in July 89 the Boeings were registered N510SK and N510FP respectively. They were then leased to Air 2000 as G-0001 and G-OOOJ. Both aircraft then saw service with Ansett during the pilots’ dispute before being delivered to Air 2000.

3/89 PH-AHK leased to Air Holland and G-OOOG leased to Air 2000. 4/89 G-OOOH leased to Air 2000. 7/89 N571CA a Boeing 757-23APF leased to Challenge Air Cargo, Miami. 10/89 HB-IHU sold to Petrolair,. Switzerland and 00-ILI sold to Air Belguim. 12/89 5Y-BGI leased to Kenya Airways. 2/90 G-IEAB leased to Inter European Airways. 3/90 N757NA leased to North American Airlines and PT-TOA a Boeing 757-23APF leased to Transbrasil.

Ansett World,wide ordered 10 Canadair CL-601 Regional Jets in June with options on a further 10. In July they ordered 6 Al A300-600Rs with options on a further 6, while in February they announced an order for 10 Al A321s.

Australian Airlines

Airline Code: TN

Corporate Office: Franklin Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000 Executives

Chairman: A E Harris, Mng Dir & Chief Exec Officer: J W Schaap, Asst Gen MgrGovt & Ind Affairs: J W Pearce; Mktg & Corp Affairs: G J Dixon; Maint & Eng:

D Gillies, Gen Mgr – Flt Ops: T D Wiltshire; Fin: G Toomey; Cargo: E J Hobbs, A/Chief Mgr State Ops & Dev: J Anderson, Co Sec & Gen Counsel: M M Rush. Fleet as at 31/5/90

Al A300B4-203 VH-TAA, -TAC, -TAD, -TAE. Boeing 727-276 VH-TBG, -TBH, -TBI, -TBJ, -TBM, -TBN, -TBO, -TBP, -TBQ, -TBR. 737-476 VH-TJE. 737-376 VH-TAF, -TAG, -TAH, -TAI, -TAJ, -TAK, -TAU, -TAV, -TAW, -TAY, -TAZ, -TJA, -TJB, -TJC, -TJD. Douglas DC-3 VH-AES (based at Melbourne Airport VH-AES, which was previously on display outside the terminal now flies in Trans Australia Airlines 1946 colour scheme)

Aircraft on order Boeing 737-476 VH-TJF, -TJG, -TJH, -TJI, -TJJ, -TJK, -TJL, -TJM, -TJN, -TJO due delivery, 5/90, 6/90, 6/90, 7/90, 10/90 with the remainder 1991 thru 1992. Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

For Australian Airlines this was a period of great disruption to their schedules as a result of the dispute with the AFAP. All Australian aircraft were grounded on August 24th, when the dispute commenced and it was September 13th before they managed to get one of their aircraft back in operation. InitiaIly passengers were moved with the RAAF or on International Airlines operating domestic sectors. Between 2/9 and 30/10 Royal Brunei Airlines operated one of their Boeing 757s V8-RBA, -RBBor -RBC on domestic routes, with the capacity being shared between Australian and Ansett. Also between 18/9 and 21/10 Australian leased various Garuda DC-10 aircraft to operate a number of flights on the Perth to Melbourne route. Australian Airlines also leased a number of aircraft from overseas airlines between 24/9 and 25/4 as follows – Aeromaritime Boeing 737-33A F-GFUA from 24/9 till 25/2 – Inter European Boeing 737-33A G-MONP from 8/10 till 27/3 & Boeing 737-3YO G-BNGL from 29/11 till 17/4-Yugoslav Airlines Boeing 737-3H9 YU-AND from 6/10 till 14/11 and YUANJ from 5/10 till 14/11-Britannia AirwaysBoeing 737-3T5 G-BNRT from 2/11 till 24/4 and Boeing 73-3TO G-BOLM from 3/11 till 25/4-Trans European Airways Boeing 737-3M8 HB-IIA from 15/11 till 27/3 and 00-LTA from 15/11 to 13/3 – Lauda Air Boeing 737-3Z9 OE-JLG from 12/11 till 23/3 – Dan-Air Boeing 727-277 G-BPNS from 7/11 till 13/1 and Boeing 727-2J4 G-BHNF from 14/1 till 25/4-Monarch Boeing 757-2T7 G-DRJC from 6/11 till 21/4 and G-MOND from 10/11 till 29/3. Australian Airlines also brought to Australia Omega Air Boeing 707-344B EL-AJT however this aircraft was returned before entering service.

Al A300B4-203 VH-TAA returned to Australian operations in June after being on lease to Air Niugini since 11/84. As P2-ANG it terminated operations with Air Niugini in 3/89 and after overhaul in Singapore it ferried into Melbourne on 8/6/89.

Boeing 727-276 VH-TBN was sold to Air Vanuatu in 3/89. On the days when it is not flying with its new owner it is leased back to Australian Airlines. Boeing 727-77C VH-TBS was grounded in Perth on 23/8/89 as a result of the pilots’ dispute. The Boeing was operated by Australian Cargo on lease from Air Nauru. In the interim VH-TBS was sold by Air Nauru to Melbourne bas€d Sherrard Aviation. VH-TBS was finally flown to Melbourne on 21/1/90. There the Australian Cargo titles and name ‘Ernest Giles’ were removed from the Boeing. VH-TBS returned to service with Australian Cargo on 26/3/90.

Australian Airlines accepted delivery of the final two Boeing 737-377s on order to give them a fleet total of 16. VH-TJC ‘Endeavour’ was delivered to Melbourne on 1517/89, while VH-TJD ‘Gallant’ arrived on 9/9/89. The first of 11 Boeing 737-477s VH-TJE ‘Kookaburra’ was delivered to Melbourne on 17/3/90. By the time this is read Australian will have accepted delivery of three more of the type VH-TJF, -TJG and -TJH. Boeing 737-377 VH-TAX departed Adelaide on 26/4/90 on a six month lease to Inter European Airways in the UK.

After an association of some 23 years Australian Airlines disposed of the remainder of their MDC DC-9-31s. The five remaining aircraft in the fleet were withdrawn from service and sold through Australian Aircraft Sales to Airborne Express in the US as follows -VH-TJQ departed Melbourne for Long Beach on 24/7/89, VH-TJR departed Melbourne 21/8/89, VH-TJS and VH-TJT were both withdrawn from service at Melbourne on 23/8/89 at the commencement of the pilots’ dispute. VH-TJS departed for the US on 21/9/89 and it was followed by VH-TJT on 17/10/89. This left VH-TJU which was grounded in Hobart on August 23rd. On 2/11/89 it resumed operations, finally being withdrawn from service on 17/11/89. On 28/11/89 VH-TJU departed Melbourne on its Trans Pacific ferry flight to Long Beach. With Airborne Express the DC-9s have been registered N941AX, N943AX, N944AX, N945AX, N942AX respectively.

Australian Airlines and the Fokker F27 have also parted company after an association lasting some 30 years. The two remaining aircraft in the fleet VHTQS and VH-TQT were grounded in Cairns on 23/8/89. On 30/10/89 VH-TQS commenced flying with Air North over the routes it operated with Australian from Cairns to Weipa, Thursday Island and Bamaga. Meanwhile VH-TQT was leased to Spirit Air and it flew with them from 4/11 till 11/12/89. The following day it commenced flying with Air North joining VH-TOS on flights out of Cairns. On 22/5/90 VH-TQS andVH-TQT joined the fleet of Australian Regional Airlines.

Cook Islands International

Airline Code: KC

Head Office: Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Executives

Chairman: T Short. Fleet as at 31/5/90 Boeing 727-277 VH-RMN

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Cook Islands International commenced operations in August 1986 with the assistance of the Pacific Airlines Division of Ansett. The initial equipment supplied by Ansett was 767-277 VH RMD, however this was replaced in May 1987 by 727-277 VH-RMN. The Boeing was used exclusively on services jointly operated by Cook Islands International and Polynesian Airlines. To reflect this VH-RMN was painted in a dual colour scheme – Cook Islands International on the starboard and Polynesian on the port. During the year the Cook Islands markings were removed with VH-RMN becoming all Polynesian Airlines.

East-West Airlines

Airline Code: EW

Head Office: Level 3, 431 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW 2037 Executives

Gen Mgr: N Berkett, Asst Gen Mgr-Mktg: R Maxwell; Ops & Eng: I Clark; Fin & Admin: P Petroulas, Mgr-Eng: J Murphy: Corp Relations: J DiMascio; Planning: B Gibbs; Human Resources: M Hennessy, Inti Mkt Dev Mgr: P Glaser.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Fokker F28-4000 VH-EWA, -EWB, -EWC, -EWD, -EWH. Fokker F28-3000 VH-EWF, -EWG. Fokker F27-500 VH-EWP.

Aircraft on order

BAe 146-300 VH-EWI,-EWJ, -EWK, -EWL, -EWM, -EWN, -EWR, -EWS for delivery 8/90 x 2, 9/90, 10/90, 11/90, 4/91, 5/91, 6/91.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

East-West placed a major re-equipment order in August ’89 when it signed a contract for eight BAe 146-300 aircraft with options on a further four. With first delivery in August ’90 these aircraft will position East-West for deregulation and further enhance them as Australia’s number one leisure airline.

East-West dropped Armidale from their network on 4/4/89 with Eastern Australia Airlines taking over the following day. Rockhampton services were terminated on 30/4/90 with Hamilton Island being added to the route network the following day. Though EWA are still licensed on the Sydney/Albury route this service has not been operated since the start of the pilots’ dispute.

In May 1989 EWA were awarded a Department of Defence contract to provide an F27 to map Australia’s coastline using laser technology. To meet the requirements of the contract F27-500 VH-EWP is presently being modified at Tamworth. The future for the rest of the F27-500 fleet, VH-EWU thru -EWZ is not so clear. As a result of the dispute with the AFAP East-West decided to withdraw all their F27s from service and place them on the market, however to date no buyers have been found.

F27-500 VH-EWU operated on wet lease to Air Niugini from 27/5/89 till 15/8/89. Though the F27 type was effectively removed from the fleet at the commencement of the pilots’ dispute most of the fleet continued to fly over the following weeks. The aircraft were contracted out to Aircruising Australia to be flown by their pilots either on their charters or with Spirit Air

Ipec Aviation

Airline Code: IN

1990 1989 Change 536,952 423,201 541 136 18,158 38,488 in% 906,729 -40. 8 635,021 -33. 4 1,510 -64. 2 372 -63. 4 31,909 -43. l 58,115 -33. 8 Head Office: Hangar 86, Bristol Street, Essendon Airport, Vic 3041 Executives

Gen Mgr: R R Tayles, Eng Mgr: D Cameron, Mng Flying Standards: J Rhind, Mgr Flying Ops: J J Keneally.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

MDC DC-9-33CF VH-IPC, -IPF.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

IPEC took delivery of a second DC-9-33 on 1/2/90, when N941F flew into Essendon on termination of its ferry flight from the US. This former KLM aircraft entered service with IPEC as VH-IPC on 21/2/90. With two DC-9s in service IPEC withdrew their Argosy fleet from operation by mid April. Argosy 200 VH-IPB has been leased to Safe Air for three months being delivered to their Blenheim, New Zealand base on 25/4/90. Argosy 100 VH-IPD and Argosy 200 VH-IPA are stored at Essendon awaiting sale.

Mount Cook Airline

Airline Code: NM

Head Office: 47 Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand

Executives

Chairman: NMT Geary, Group Mktg Mgr: P J Clark, Snr Exec Fin: ER Macleod, Airline Ops Mgr: Capt J G Jones, Co Sec: MJ Aim.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

BAe 748 ZK-CWJ, -DES, -MCA, MCF, -MCJ, -MCP. OHC6-300 ZK-MCO. BN-2A Islander ZK-DBV, -MCD, -MCE. PA31-350 ZK-MCM. Turbo Porter ZK-MCK, -MCN, -MCT. Cessna U206 ZK-CHQ. Cessna 185 ZK-CBS, -CBY, -CKT, -CVG, -CYA, -MCQ, -MCR, -MCU, -MCV, -MDA, -MDB.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Mount Cook leased Islander ZK-MCD to Cook Island Air in Rarotonga from late May 1989 until October. Cessna 185 Skiplane ZK-CVF was written off in an accident on the Tasman Glacier on August 20th.

The Mount Cook fleet is dispersed around the country as follows – Christchurch is home base for the BAe 748. Rotorua houses PA31-350 ZK-MCM- Queenstown the Islanders and DHC 6-300 ZK-MCO together with Cessha 206 ZK-CHQ and Cessna 185 ZK-MDA: Mount Cook is home base for the Ski-plane fleet which are the Turbo Porters and the remainder of the Cessna 185s.

Polynesian Airlines

Airline Code: PH

Head Office: NPF Building, Beach Road, Apia, Western Samoa Executives

Chairman: J Netzler, Gen Mgr: G Cecil, Mgr Finance: B Grant; Eng: J Hardy; Flight Ops: Capt M Berking. During the year George Cecil replaced Jim Moynihan as GM of Polynesian Airlines. Mr Cecil was previously Ansett Marketing Manager (NSW}. Mr Moynihan has taken up the position of Ansett NSW Marketing Manager.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Boeing 727-277 VH-RMN. DHC-6-300 5W-FAU. BN-2A Islander 5W-FAV. Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90}

Polynesian Airlines and Ansett reached agreement in February 1987 which resulted in a new 10 year contract being signed. This allows the Pacific Airlines Division of Ansett to provide aircraft and management expertise towards the day to day running of Polynesian Airlines.

Boeing 727-277 VH-RMN continues to operate on lease to Polynesian Airlines. The Boeing was originally painted in a split colour scheme with Polynesian colours on the port and Cook Islands International on the starboard. During the year this was changed to an all Polynesian colour scheme.

Qantas

Airline Code: QF

Head Office: Qantas Centre, International Square, Sydney, NSW 2000 Executives

Chairman: W L Dix, Vice Chairman: J N Davenport, Chief Exec: J F Ward, Gen Mgr – Freight: T C Edwards; Human Resources: H J Fellows; Pax Sales & Mktg: J G C Hercus; Fin: LA Olsen; Airline Planning: R W D Robertson; Pax Services: B W Wild (acting}, Dir of Policy Dev: R F Coyle, Flight Ops & Chief Pilot: Capt J K Davenport, Public Affairs: J M Eames, Corp Services & Sec: L J Fisk, Pax Systems Dev: I P Gay, Treasury & Assoc Co: M J Haworth Pax Mktg Dev: P H Miller, Eng & Maint: W M Ryan.

During the year John Ward replaced John Menadue as CEO of Qantas. Mr Ward was previously Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating Officer.

Fleet as at 31/05/90

Boeing 747-438 VH-OJA, -OJB, -OJC, -OJD, -OJE, -OJF. 747-338 VH-EBT, -EBU, -EBV, EBW, -EBX, -EBY. 747 2388 VH-EBA, -EBB, -EBH, -EBI, -EBK, -EBL, -EBM, -EBN, -EBO, -EBP, -EBO, -EBR, -EBS. 747 2388-SCD VH-ECB, -ECC. 747SP-38 VH-EAA, -EAB. 767-338ER VH-OGA, -OGB, -OGC, -OGD, -OGE. 767-238ER VH-EAJ, -EAK, -EAL, -EAM, -EAN, -EAO -EAQ.

The following engine types power the Qantas fleet- RR RB211-524G: VH-OJA thru -OJF. RR RB211-524D4: VH-EBT thru -EBY, VH-EBQ thru -EBS, -ECB, -ECC, -EAA, -EAB. P&W JT9D-7A: VH-EBA, -EBB. P&W JT9D-7FW: VH-EBH, -EBI, -EBK thru -EBP. P&W JT9D-7R4E: VH-EAJ thru -EAO, -EAQ. General Electric CF6-80C2: VH-OGA thru -OGE.

Aircraft on order

747-438 VH-OJG, -OJH, -OJI, -OJJ, -OJK, -OJL -OJM, -OJN – due delivery 7/90, 8/90, 12/90 2/91, 6/91, 7/91, 9/91 and 11/91. 767-338ER VH-OGF, -OGG, -OGH, -OGI, -OGJ, -OGK, -OGL- due delivery 7/90, 12/90 x 2, 8/91, 10/91 x 2 and 11/91. Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90}

For Qantas the highlight of the year was the delivery and entry into service of the Boeing 747-438. The first of six Boeing 747-438s delivered in this period was VH-EBA ‘City of Canberra’ which flew into Sydney on August 17th after a 9,201nm record breaking direct flight from London. Delivery details on the other Boeing 747-438s were as follows – VH-OJB ‘City of Sydney’ arrived 21/9/89, VH-OJC ‘City of Melbourne’ arrived 14/10/89, VH-OJD ‘City of Brisbane’ arrived 21/1/90, VH-OJE ‘City of Adelaide’ arrived 31/1/90 and VH-OJF ‘City of Perth’ arrived 8/4/90.

Qantas also took delivery of 767-338ER VH-OGE when it arrived on 7/9/89.

During the year Qantas placed orders for a further 8 747-438s to take their fleet total to 14 and a further 7 767-338ERs to take their fleet total to 12.

In May 1988 Qantas sold 747-2388 VH-EBG to EIAI Airlines. Due to a downturn in their forecast traffic EIAI leased the Boeing back to Qantas in 9/88. VH- EBG continued in service with Qantas till 5/89 when it was returned. to EIAI and registered 4X-AXQ. Boeing 747-2388 VH-EBJ was leased to Air Pacific in late April 1989 to replace the previously used 747-123 VH-EEI. During overhaul in Paris VH-EBJ was painted in Air Pacific colours. VH-EEI which also carried Air Pacific colours then returned to Qantas operations. In November VH-EEI, which Qantas had leased from Citibank of New York in 4/88 had its registration changed to El-CAI. The Boeing once again reverted to VH-EEI for its final flight with Qantas which was from Sydney to Auckland on 23/3. This then terminated Qantas’ lease on the aircraft, which after overhaul by Air New Zealand was delivered to Virgin Airlines as G-VMIA. In 5/89 Qantas commenced operations to Fukuoka, Japan and in 1/90 to Sapporo, Japan.

Safe Air

Airline Code: BJ Head Office: PO Box 244, Blenheim, New Zealand Executives Chairman: A J Healy, Gen Mgr: WR Tannock, Admin Mgr: M R Fairbrother, Eng Mgr: J S Wilks, Fin Mgr: SJ Wilks, Flight Ops Mgr: Capt I B Pirie Mktg Mgr: G Ransby, Traffic Mgr: DJ Gollop, Chief Inspector: MV H Blee.

Fleet as at 31/05/90 BAe 650 Argosy ZK-SAE, -SAF, -SAL.

Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90) To assist with a backlog of freight Safe Air leased Ansett F27-400 VH-FNQ from 6/12/89 till 21/5/90. While in New Zealand VH-FNQ carried Safe Air titles. Safe Air have also leased an Argosy from IPEC Aviation for three months. Flying into Blenheim on 25/4 was VH-IPB. The Argosy later entered service with Safe Air as ZK-SAL.

For Safe Air their main work is the carriage of freight between Blenheim, Wellington and Christchurch. However they are also involved in a very unique passenger service connecting Christchurch and Wellington with the Chatham Islands. Situated 878kms East of Christchurch, the islands are served with a twice weekly Argosy service. A special capsule is fitted into the Argosy which allows 30 pax to be carried in 737 type seating. During the summer an Air New Zealand F27 is used to supplement the Argosy operations.

Solomon Islands Airlines

Airline Code: IE Head Office: PO Box 23, Honiara, Solomon Islands Executives Gen Mgr: J Baura, Mgr-Co Affairs: G Zoleveke Jr, Plan & Dev: C Olsson, Air Ops: N Laurenson, Fin: G Thompson; Commercial: G Kraus.

Fleet as at 31/05/90 Boeing 737-215 H4-SAL. DHC-6-300 H4-SIB. BN-2A H4-AAH, H4-AAI. PA-23-250 H4-ABD. Fleet & Operational Changes (1/3/89-31/5/90)

Solomon Islands Airlines decision to lease a 737-200 from ILFC will greatly expand their services in the South Pacific region. Arriving in Christchurch on 21/5/89 was 737-2T5 H4-SAL. Carrying the colours of Canadian Airlines International the Boeing was ferried from Kuala Lumpar where it had spent the previous year on lease to Malaysian Airlines. With the assistance of Air New Zealand who will provide maintenance and operational support the Boeing will operate a network of services from Honiara to Auckland, Brisbane, Nadi, Port Moresby and Port Vila. Previously Solomon Islands Airlines leased seats on Air Pacific aircraft operating through Honiara.

DHC-6-300 H4-SIA was delivered to Norfolk PacificAviation in June and registered to them as VH-NIO.

International Airlines Operating Flights to Australia

Aerolineas Argentinas

Head Office: Paseo Colon 185, 1063 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Boeing 747-2008 x6;747SP xl; 707-3208 x2; 727-200 x 8; 737-200 x11;

Fokker F28-1000 x3; F28-4000 x 1

Air China

PO Box644, 155 Dong-Si St West, Beijing, Peoples Rep of China

Boeing 747SP x4;747-2008 x3;757-200 x5;Al A310-200 x3;A310-300 x2; 767-200ER X 5; 707-3208 x10;737-200 X 16;737-300 x10;MDC MD-82 x8; Trident 2E x21;BAe 146-100 x10

Air Hong Kong

Head Office: Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Rd, Central Hong Kong

Boeing 707-320C x 2

Air India

Head Office: Air India Building Nariman Point, Bombay 400 021, India Boeing 747-300 X 2; 747-200B X10;Al a300b4-200 X 3;A310-300 X 6. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X4; Al A310-300 X 2

Air Lanka

Head Office: 37 York Street, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka

Lockheed Lloll-500 X2;Lloll-100 XL;Lloll-50 XL; Boeing 737-200 X 1

Alitalia

Head Office: Piazzale Giulio Pastora 6, 00144 Rome, Italy

Boeing 747-200 X12;Al a300b4-203 X14;MDC Dc-9-30 X27;MD-82 X26. on Order: Mdc MD-11 X11;MDC Md-82 X5;Al A321 X20

All Nippon Airways

Head Office: Kasumigaseki Bldg 2-5, 3 Chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Boeing 747SR X17; 747-200B X6; 747-200F XL; 767-200 X25; 767-300 X9; 727-200 X6;737-200 X14; Lockheed Lloll X11;Namc Ys-11 X17. on Order: Boeing 747-400×6;747-200B XL; 747-200FXL; 767-300 X6;AIA320-200 XL0

American Airlines

Head Office: Po BOX619616, Dallas/Ft Worth Airport, Texas 75261-9616, USA Boeing 747SP X2; 767-300ER X15; 767-200 X13; 767-200ER XL5;757-200 X7; Al A300-600R X25; 727-200 X125; 727-100 X39; Mdc DC-10-30 X10;MDC Dc-10-10 X49; Mdc MD-80 X171; 737. -300 X8; 737-200 X3; Bae 146-200 X6. on Order: Boeing 767-300ER X10;757-200 X 68; Al A300-600R X 6; Mdc MD-11 X8; Mdc MD-80 X79; Fokker 100 X75

British Airways

Head Office: Speedbird House, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2JA, UK Concorde X7;Boeing 747-400 X9;747-200 X24; 747-100 X16; 767-300 X3; 757-200×36; 737-200 X44;737-300 X4;Lockheed Lloll X17; Mdc DC-10-30 X8; Bae Lll-500 X34; Bae-Atp X8; Bae 748 X8;Al A320x7. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X 12;767-300 X 14;737 X 24;757-200 X 3; Al A320 X 3

Canadian Airlines International

Head Office: Rm 2800, 700-2nd St SW, Calgary, Alberta t2p 2W, Canada MDC Dc-10-30 X11; Boeing 767-300ER X8; 747-100 X 4;737-200 X 63. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X6; 767-300ER X10;Al A320-200 X10

Cathay Pacific Airways

Head Office: Swire House, 9 Connaught Road, Central Hong Kong

Boeing 747-400 X2;747-300 X6; 747-2008 X8; 747-200F X2; Lockheed Lloll X17. on Order: 747-400 X5; 747-400F X2;747-200F XL;Al A330-300 X10

Continental Airlines

Head Office: Po BOX4607, 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77210, USA

Boeing 747-200 X6; 747-100×2;MDC Dc-10-10 X7; Dc-10-30 X8;MD-80 X65;

Al a300b4-200 X17;DC-9-10 X7; Dc-9-30 X34;737-100 X17; 737-200 X25;

737-300 X 55; 727-100 X 14; 727-200 X 82 Federal Express

Head Office: Po BOX727, Memphis, Tennessee 38194, USA

Boeing 747-200F X13; 747-200 X2;747-100 X7; Mdc DC-8-73F X6;DC-10-Lof

X8;DC-10-30F X16; 727-Loof X80;727-200 X28. on Order: Mdc MD-Llf X 5

Garuda Indonesia

Head Office: Po BOX1164, Jakarta 10011; Indonesia

Boeing 747-200 X6;MDC Dc-10-30 X 6; Al A30084-200 X 9; Dc-9-32 X 18;

Fokker F28-4000 X28;F28-2000 X6. on Order: Boeing 737-300 X 8

Hawaiian Airlines

Head Office: Po BOX30008, Honolulu Lnt’I Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA Lockheed Lloll X5;MDC Dc-8-63 XL; DC-8-62 X5;MD-81 X3;DC 9-50 X5; Dc-9 15 X2

Japan Air Lines

Tokyo Bldg, 7-3, Marunouchi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 Japan

747 300 X 8;747-200 X23;747-200F X 9; 747SR X13; 747-100 X5; 747-Loof X

L;Mdc DC-10-40 X17;767-200 X3; 767-300 X10. on Order: 747-400 X 20

Jat Jugoslav Airlines

Head Office: Milentia Popovica 9 Sava Centar, Novi Beograd 11070, Jugoslavia

Mdc DC-10-30 X4; Boeing 727-200 X8; 737-300 X9; Dc-9-30 X 8

Klm

Head Office: Po BOX7700, 1117 Zl Schipol, the Netherlands

Boeing 747 400 X6; 747-300 X13;747-200 X 4;737-400 X3; 747-300 X13; Mdc DC-10-30 X5;Al A310-200 X10. on Order: 747-400 X7;737 400 X10

Korean Air

Head Office: Gpo BOX864, 41-3 Suhsomoondong, Namdaemun-Ro 118, Seoul Boeing 747-400 X 2; 747-300 X 3; 747-200 X 8; 747-200F X 6; 747SP X 2; 727-200 X10; Mdc DC-10. 30 X3;Al A30084-203 X10;A300-600R X5; Fokker F28 4000 X4;MD-82 X8. on Order: 747 400 X7;MD-11 X4;A300-600R X7

Lauda Air

Head Office: Lauda Air Bldg, Po BOX56, 1300 Wien-Schwechat, Austria

Boeing 767-300R X2; 737 300 X 3

Lufthansa

Head Office: Von-Gablenz Strasse 2-6, 5000 Koeln 21, West Germany

Boeing 747-400 X 5; 747-2008 X 18; 747-200F X 5; Mdc DC-10-30 X 11; Al A300-600 X 8;A310-200 X 5; A310-300 X 5; A320 X 8; 727-200 X 20;737-300 X 22;737-200 X40. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X10; 737-300 X7; 737-500 X34; Al A300-600 X4; A310-300 X5; A320 X 20; A321 X20;A340 X15

Malaysian Airlines

Mas Bldg, Jalan Sultan, Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia

Boeing 747-300 X L; 747-200 X 2; Mdc DC-10 30 X 3; Al A30084-200 X 4; 737-200 X12. on Order:·Soeing 747-400 X3

Olympic Airways

Head Office: 96-100 Syngrou Avenue, Athens 11741, Greece

Boeing 747-200 X4; 707-320 X5; 727-200 X6;737-200 X11; Al A30084-200 X 8. on Order: Boeing 767-200ER X3

Philippine Airlines

Head Office: Pal Bldg, 1 Legaspi St, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines 747-200 X7;737 300 X5;MDC DC 10-30 X2; A30084-200 X7; Bac Lll-500 X10

Royal Brunei Airlines

Po BOX737, Bandar Seri Begawan 1907, Negara Brunei Darussalem

Boeing 757-200 X3;737-200C X 1

Singapore Airlines

Head Office: Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore 1781

Boeing 747-400 X6; 747-300 X14; 747-200 X6; 747-200F XL; Al A310-300 X6;

A310-200 X6. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X6;Al A310-300 X 2

Thai International

89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Po BOX1075, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Boeing 747-300 X2;747-200 X6; Mdc DC-10-30ER X3;Al A30084-200 X12;

A300-600 X 7;A310-200 X 2;737-200 X 3; Bae 146-200 X 2. on Order: Al

A300-600 X2; Mdc MD-11 X4; Boeing 747 400 X2;A330 X 4

United Airlines

Head Office: Po BOX66100, Chicago, Illinois 60666, USA

Boeing 747-400 X3; 747-200 X 2; 747-100 X 18; 747SP X 11; 767-200 X 19; 757-200 X 5;737-300 X 73; 737-200 X 74;727-200 X 104; 727-100 X 36; Mdc DC-10 30 X8;DC-10-10 X47; Dc-8 71 X27. on Order: Boeing 747-400 X12;

767-300ER X 16;757-200 X 60;737-300 X 54;737-? X 127 UTA (Now Merged With Air France)

Head Office: 3 Boulevard Malesherbes, VI5008, Paris, France

Boeing 747-400 X2;747 300 X4;747-200F XL; MDC Dc-10-30 X6. on Order: Al A340-300 X6