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A330-203 Vh-ebh Hunter Valley Was Registered to Qantas on December 24 and Was Planned for Delivery to Melbourne on January 25.

A330-203 Vh-ebi Yarra Valley Was Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Melbourne in Mid February.

737-838 Vh-vza Port Augusta Was Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Melbourne in Early February. It is the First of Five 737-838s to Join the Qantas Fleet This Year, to Be Registered Vh-vza to Vh-vze.

Jetstar Took Delivery of A320-232 Vh-jqh in Newcastle on December 20 as Flight Jq7996 After It Completed Its Ferry Flight From Maastricht, Holland via Istanbul, Muscat, Singapore and Darwin. It Was Previously Operated by Atlasjet International Airways as Tc-ogp but Was Painted in Jetstar Colours Before Departing Holland. Vh‑jqh Ferried From Newcastle to Avalon on December 24 as Flight Jq7981 Before Entering Service on December 26 as Flight Jq602 From Avalon to Sydney.

In Traffic/jan-feb We Reported the Delivery of A320-232 Vh-jqw to Jetstar in Newcastle on November 25. However, Vh-jqw Only Remained in Newcastle Until December 1 When It Returned to Singapore via Darwin as Flight Jq7991. It Then Returned to Newcastle From Singapore and Darwin as Flight Jq7994 on December 12 Before Being Positioned to Sydney as Flight Jq7981 on December 15. Vh-jqw Then Entered Service on December 15 Operating Jq818 From Sydney to Brisbane.

Vh-jqw Was Delivered to Jetstar in the Colours of Its Previous Operator Saudi Arabian Airlines, Entering Service With the Addition of Jetstar Decals on the Forward Fuselage (See Photo Opposite).

A320-232 Vh-jqe Was Planned for Delivery to Jetstar in Newcastle in Late January.

To Cover the Late Delivery of A320s Vh-jqh and Vh‑jqe Jetstar Wetleased Qantas 737-838s Vh-vyi From December 21 to 24 and Vh-vyj From December 27 to 30. The Qantas 737s Operated a Daily Pattern Melbourne-cairns- Melbourne-hobart-melbourne- Coolangatta-melbourne Using the Flight Numbers Jq244/247/209/210/248/ 249.

Qantaslink/sunstate Withdrew Dash 8-102 Vh-tnx From Service in Brisbane in Late November, Parking It at Brisbane With Its Qantaslink Titles and Kangaroo Logo Removed. Vh-tnx Was Later Sold to Airlines Png, Ferrying to Townsville on January 4.

Dash 8-q402 Vh-qoi Was Planned for Delivery to Qantaslink/sunstate in Brisbane in Late January With Dash 8-q402 Vh-qoj Following in February.

Airline News

It Has Been a Busy Period for Deliveries of Late and We Can Report the Arrival of an A310 to Air Niugini, A320 to Tiger Australia, 737-800 to Air Vanuatu, Fokker 100 to Air Niugini, Dash 8-q311 to Anz Link/air Nelson, Dash 8-311 to Air Niugini and a Beech 1900d to Anz Link/eagle Airways. Recent Departures Comprise a 767-38eer of Air Niugini and a Saab 340a of Anz Link/air Nelson.

Air New Zealand Link/ Air Nelson Took Delivery of Dash 8-q311 C-fnpy at Nelson on January 18 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Downsview, Canada, via Grand Rapids,concord/ca, Honolulu, Pago Pago and Auckland.

It Was Later Registered to Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson as Zk-nez.

Saab 340a Zk-nlh Departed Nelson for Apia on December 18 on the First Leg of Its Delivery Flight to Aviation Inventory Resources in Dallas, Texas. Its Departure Leaves Zk-nle and Zknlt as the Last Two Saab 340as Parked at Nelson Awaiting Disposal.

Air New Zealand Link/eagle Airways Has Purchased Beech 1900d Ja1018a From Air Transee in Sapporo, Japan, With the Aircraft Ferrying Into Cairns From Darwin on December 17, Still Carrying Its Air Transee Colour Scheme. The Beech Will Spend Some Weeks With Hawker Pacific in Cairns Before Being Delivered to Air New Zealand Link/eagle Airways in Hamilton as Zk-ear.

Air Niugini Terminated Its Lease on the Viva Macau 767-38eer B-maw in Hong Kong on December 11 After the Aircraft Operated Flight Px008 From Port Moresby via Manila. B-maw Had Entered Service With Air Niugini on August 29 as a Temporary Replacement for 767-319er P2‑ang, Which Was Planned to Be Replaced by a 767‑300er Leased From Royal Brunei. With the Royal Brunei Aircraft Still Not Available Air Niugini Then Leased A310- 304 Cs-tdi From White of Lisbon With This Aircraft Ferrying Into Port Moresby From Lisbon via Dubai and Hong Kong on December 11 as Flight Wht104p. The A310, Which Carries the Titles of Both White and Air Niugini, Entered Service on December 13 When It Operated Px5003 From Port Moresby to Brisbane.

Air Niugini Took Delivery of Fokker 100 C-gpnl at Port Moresby on December 18 After the Former Canadian North Aircraft Ferried in From Canada via Male, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Biak. Air Niugini Later Registered It as P2-anh. Air Niugini Took Delivery of Dash 8-311 P2-ano at Port Moresby on December 17 After the Former Cirrus Airlines Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Germany via Utapao, Bandar Seri Begawan, Manado and Biak.

Air Vanuatu Took Delivery of 737-8q8 Yj-av1 Spirit of Vanuatu in Port Vila on January 16. The New Production Aircraft, Which Has Been Leased From Ilfc, Ferried in From Seattle/boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi.

Heavylift Cargo Belfast Rp-c8020 Operated a Series of Charters for the Adf in This Period. On December 13/14 as Asy963 the Belfast Operated Cairns-port Moresby-townsville-port Moresby-townsville Before Returning to Its Home Base at Cairns as Hvy201 on December 15.

Network Aviation Was Planning to Take Delivery of Fokker 100 Vh-nho in Early March and Fokker 100 Vh-nhp in Early April.

Skyairworld Was Planning to Take Delivery of Embraer E-190-100lr Vh-sxk Msn 19000154 in Late February.

Skytraders A319-115lr Vh-vhd Made Its First Landing on the Blue Ice Runway at Wilkins on December 9 and Operated Its First Flight With Passengers From Hobart to Wilkins on January 10.

Tiger Airways Australia Took Delivery of A320-232 Vh-vnf in Melbourne on December 11 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse via Muscat and Singapore.

Vh-vnf Entered Service With Tiger Australia on December 21 When It Operated Flight Tt7514 From Melbourne to Mackay.

Tiger Airways Continues to Add Ports to Its Network, Launching Flights From Melbourne to Adelaide, Hobart and Newcastle.

The Introduction of These Services Brings to 11 the Number of Portsserved With Direct Flights From Melbourne. A Twice Daily Service to Adelaide Was Added on January 10 With A320 Vh-vnc Operating the Inaugural Tt7302. A Daily Return Service to Hobart Was Added on January 15 With A320 Vh-vnc Operating the Inaugural Tt7036, and a Twice Daily Return Service to Newcastle Was Added on January 18 With A320 Vh-vnd Operating the Inaugural Tt7764.

Toll Holdings Took Delivery of 737-3b7(F) Zk-tld at Brisbane on December 3 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Miami via Long Beach, Honolulu and Majuro. Zk-tld Was Delivered in Toll Priority Colours and Entered Service on December 6 When It Operated Flight Tfr21 From Brisbane to Sydney.

Toll Has Terminated Its Lease on 737-3q4(Qc) Zk-tlb With the Aircraft Departing Brisbane for Majuro on December 21 on the First Leg of Its Return Ferry Flight to Miami. Zk-tlb Was Delivered to Toll Holdings in Brisbane on May 20 ’07.

Virgin Blue Placed Its Third E-170, Vh-zhc, Into Service on November 29 When It Operated Dj258 From Brisbane to Sydney.

Virgin Blue Was Planning to Take Delivery of 737-8fe Vh-vuo Msn 29677 in Late February With Its First Embraer E-190-100igw, Vh-zpa Msn 19000156, Due in Early March.

Regional Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Saab 340b+ to Regional Express, a Dornier 228-200 to Gam, a Jetstream 41 to Brindabella Airlines and a Cessna 441 to Vee-h Aviation, and the Departure of Two Jetstream 41s Previously Operated by Origin Pacific.

Airlines of Tasmania Introduced Dornier 228-212 Vh-atz Into Service on January 13 When the Aircraft Operated Flight Fo1254 From Launceston to Flinders Island. Effective January 13 Airlines of Tasmania Moved Its Melbourne Service From Moorabbin to Essendon With Vh-atz Operating the First Flight Into Essendon From Flinders Island as Fo1352 on January 13.

In Traffic/jan-feb We Incorrectly Reported That the Airlink Atr 42-320 P2-ala Had Been Painted in the Colours of Trans Maldivian Airways. The Atr 42-320 Carrying Trans Maldivian Colours Was in Fact Pk-vsx of Dirgantara Air Services, an Aircraft Which Has Been Resident at Cairns Since July 31 Last.

Brindabella Airlines Took Delivery of Jetstream 41 Vh-tah at Canberra on December 9 After the Aircraft Ferried in From the United States via Manila, Manado, Darwin and Alice Springs.

General Aviation Maintenance Took Delivery of Dornier 228-202 Vh-vjj at Melbourne/essendon on December 22 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Kaduna in Nigeria via Kano, Luxor, Muscat, Male, Cocos Island and Port Hedland.

Gam Registered Dornier 228-202 Vh-vjf on December 5 and the Delivery of This Aircraft Will Take the Gam Dornier 228-200 Fleet to Seven: Vh-ujd, Vh-vjd, Vh-vje, Vh-vjf, Vh-vjj, Vh-vjn and Vh-yjd.

O’connor Airlines Ceased Operations on December 14 as a Result of Financial Problems (Refer Page 26).

Jetstream 32 Vh-oam Operated All the Airline’s Flights on Its Final Day With the Aircraft Routed Mount Gambier-adelaide-port Augusta-adelaide-mount Gambier-adelaide-port Augusta-adelaide-mount Gambier as Flights Uq101/500 /501/102/103/504/505/702.

Origin Pacific Jetstream 41s Zk-jsn and Zk‑jso Had Been Parked at Wellington for Some Months Awaiting Disposal. Zk-jsn, Now Registered N153km and Zk-jso, Now Registered N156km, Departed Wellington for Auckland on January 15 on the First Leg of Their Delivery Flights to North Star Aviation of Boca Raton, Florida. After Over-nighting the Jetstreams Continued Their Ferry to Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin and Bandar Seri Begawan.

Pionair Australia Was Planning to Take Delivery of Convair 580(F) Vh-pdx at Sydney/bankstown in Early February After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight Fromoakland-pontiac Airport in Michigan. Vh-pdx Msn 126 Was Last Operated by Kelowna Flightcraft of Kelowna, British Columbia as C-fiwn.

Delivery of Vh-pdx Will Take the Pionair Australia Convair 580 Fleet to Four: Vh-pdl, Vh-pdv, Vh‑pdw and Vh-pdx.

In Traffic/jan-feb We Mentioned the Delivery of Convair 580(F) Vh-pdw to Pionair Australia. Since Then Further Details of Its Ferry Flight Have Been Received.

Vh-pdw Was Ferried From Oakland-pontiac to Bankstown Where It Arrived on November 9 via Kelowna, Hilo, Pago Pago and Sydney After 33. 2 Hours Flying Time.

Regional Express Took Delivery of Saab 340b+ N380ae at Wagga Wagga on December 5 After It Completed Its Ferry Flight From Nashville via Honolulu, Apia, Coolangatta and Orange. The Saab 340b+, Which Was Later Registered Vh-zlj, Entered Service With Regional Express on January 15 When It Operated Flight Zl3257 From Wagga Wagga to Melbourne.

Skytrans Regional Took Delivery of Dash 8-102 Vh‑qqg at Cairns on December 9 After the Aircraft, Operating as ‘skytrans 8’, Ferried in From Port Moresby.

Dash 8-102 Vh-qqf Was Noted at Cairns on December 22 Wearing a Special Colour Scheme Promoting the Cairns Taipans Basketball Team.

Vee-h Aviation of Canberra Has Taken Delivery of Cessna 441 Vh-veh, With the Aircraft Ferrying Into Maroochydore From Pago Pago and Brisbane on December 4.

Bizjet News

Gulfstream Iv Vh-dbt Was Registered to Execujet Australia of Sydney on December 19. It is Believed That When Delivered the Aircraft Will Be Based in Melbourne.

Vh-dbt Msn 1363 is a 1999 Production Aircraft and Was Previously Registered N48cc to Leading Edge Aviation of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Hawker 800xp Vh-zuh Msn 258366 Ex N894ca Has Been Purchased by an Operator in Western Australia With Delivery Planned for Early February.

A Citation Mustang, Which Will Be the Fourth of Type in the Region, Was Planned for Delivery to a New Zealand Owner in Late January.

Gulfstream 200 Zk-rgb Was Registered to Air National Corporate of Auckland on November 28. The Gulfstream, Then Registered N658ga, Had Earlier Been Delivered to Air National on September 8.

Citation Cj1 Vh‑ane, Which is Operated by Celijet Charter of Leeton, Nsw, Changed Its Registration to Vh-yne on January 7.

Cessna 500 Vh-emm, Which is Operated by Orkdale P/l, of Oxenford, Queensland, Changed Its Registration to Vh-egk on December 3.

Citation Cj2 Vh-mor Had a Change of Ownership on December 7 to Airborne Imaging P/l of Archerfield, Queensland.

Cessna 500 Vh-hvh, Which Was Sold Overseas on November 8, Was Registered to Dove Air Inc of Fletcher, North Carolina, as N501da on November 13.

In Our 2008 Bizjet Directory (December ’07 Aa) Citation I/sp Vh-fcs Was Shown Incorrectly as a Citation I While Citation Bravo Vh-hvm Was Shown as a Citation Ii.

Gulfstream 150 N150gd, Which is Registered to Gs 150- 217 of Chicago, Illinois, Was Demonstrated in Australia and New Zealand Recently. The Gulfstream Arrived in Darwin From Manila on December 16 Before Visiting Sydney, Wynyard and Melbourne/ Essendon. It Departed Essendon for Christchurch on December 19 Before Leaving the Region on December 20 From Queenstown to Nadi.

King Air B200 N63791 Msn Bb-1100 Ferried Into Brisbane/archerfield on January 11 After Completing Its Trans-pacific Crossing From Hayward/california via Honolulu, Pago Pago, Norfolk Island and Brisbane.

Commander 690a Zs-jra is Registered to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Arrived in Broome From Denpasar on November 27 and Later Continued to Brisbane/archerfield. The Commander is Being Used on a Series of Rain-making Experiments in Southeast Queensland and Made Its First Flight From Archerfield on January 15 With the Callsign ‘seeda 1’.

Gulfstreams Galore

Foreign Bizjets Are Finding Their Way to Australia and New Zealand in Increasing Numbers With the Visitors Being Dominated by Gulfstream Aircraft as Can Be Seen From This List.

Gulfstream 550 N282q Registered to Gf Management of Durham, North Carolina, Arrived in Melbourne From Kona on December 19 and After Over-nighting Returned to Kona. N282q Again Arrived in Melbourne From Auckland on January 4 Before Departing the Same Day for Kona.

Gulfstream 550 N712kt Departed Sydney on December 12 for Nagoya.

Jet Aviation of Hong Kong Gulfstream 550 B-kgv Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on December 24.

Jet Aviation of Hong Kong Gulfstream 550 B-lue Arrived in Brisbane From Hong Kong on December 23 Before Moving to Sydney on December 28.

Netjets Europe Gulfstream 550 Cs-dkh Arrived in Perth From Cape Town on November 29 and After Refuelling Continued to Christchurch.

Jetalliance of Vienna Gulfstream 550 Oe-iss, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘jag 52’, Was Noted at Melbourne on January 11.

Star Aircraft Leasing Gulfstream V N51fl Arrived on Hamilton Island From Pudong and Cairns on December 13 and Departed on December 17 for Sydney and Honolulu.

Gulfstream V N500rh Registered to Hendrick Motorsports of Charlotte, North Carolina, Arrived in Melbourne From Honolulu on December 1 and After Over-nighting Departed for Sydney. N500rh Remained in the Country Until December 15 When It Departed Brisbane for Honolulu.

Gulfstream V N525ac Registered to Pegasus Leasing of Ada, Michigan, Arrived in Sydney From Queenstown on December 31 Before Departing for Papeete on January 2.

Gulfstream V N675rw Registered to the Coca Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, Arrived in Sydney From Kunming on December 3 and Departed Later That Day for Peking.

International Jet Management of Vienna Gulfstream V Oe-ivy Departed Sydney for Manila as Flight Ijm529 on December 31. It Returned to Perth on January 9 and Was Later Noted in Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane.

Gulfstream 450 N451dc Operated by Dow Chemical Arrived in Melbourne From Bangkok and Darwin on November 28 Before Visiting Sydney and Brisbane. It Departed Brisbane for Nadi on November 30.

Federal Aviation Administration Gulfstream Iv N1 Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on January 8 and After Over-nighting Departed to Nadi.

Gulfstream Iv N59ap Registered to Computer Sciences Corporation of Los Angeles Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on January 15.

Gulfstream Iv N77wl Registered to Presley Inc of Newport Beach, California, Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on December 27 and Remained There Until January 2 When It Departed for Nadi.

Gulfstream Iv N119af Operated by Beacon Capital Partners of Nashua, New Hampshire, Arrived in Melbourne From Queenstown on December 12 and Was Later Noted in Brisbane and Sydney.

It Departed Sydney for Singapore on December 15.

Gulfstream Iv N780f Arrived in Sydney From Shanghai on December 5 and Departed the Following Day for Auckland.

Gulfstream Iv N9999m Registered to Star Plane of New York Arrived in Melbourne From Singapore/ Seletar on January 6 and Departed on January 10 on Its Return to Seletar.

Other Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N4t Operated by North American Air Charter Arrived in Sydney From Kona on December 24.

Global Express N34u Registered to United Technologies Corporation of Hartford, Connecticut, Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on December 6 Before Departing the Following Day on Its Return to Honolulu.

Global Express N887wm Registered to Challenger Administration of Kirkland, Washington, Arrived in Sydney From Queenstown on January 1 and Departed for Nadi on January 3.

Global Xrs G-lxrs Operated by Profred Partners of London Arrived in Sydney From Seletar on November 29 and Departed Melbourne for Canton on December 2.

Global 5000 N224gx Registered to Jt Aviation Corporation of New York Arrived in Perth From Langkawi and Subang on December 9.

Learjet 60 N50lk Operated by Precious Jet of Singapore Arrived in Perth From Singapore/seletar and Port Hedland on January 8.

It Remained in Perth Until January 11 When It Departed for Port Hedland and Seletar.

Learjet 35a C-giwo Operated by Canadian Global Air Ambulance of Winnipegarrived in Brisbane From Saipan via Port Moresby on December 1. It Remained in Brisbane Until January 1 When It Departed for Port Moresby and Saipan.

Bae 125-800b Oy-raa Operated by Air Alsie of Sonderberg, Denmark, Arrived in Perth From Jakarta/ Halim in the Early Hours of December 17. The 125-800b, Which Had Positioned to Perth to Operate a Medevac Flight to Norway, Departed on December 19 to Halim.

Falcon 900 N18mz Registered to Sp Leasing of New York Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on December 22. It Was Later Noted at Melbourne/ Essendon on December 28 Before It Departed Sydney for Nadi on January 2.

Falcon 900 N900wf Registered to Key Equipment Finance of Los Angeles Arrived in Brisbane From Pago Pago on November 28.

Air Alsie Operated Falcon 2000ex Oy‑ejd Transited Darwin on December 23 While en Route From Singapore to Auckland, Using the Callsign ‘mermaid 635’. As ‘mermaid 644’ It Later Arrived in Melbourne From Auckland on January 8.

Falcon 50 N900ke Registered to Arctic Rides of Anchorage, Alaska, Arrived in Cairns From Majuro on January 5 Before Visiting Ayers Rock, Sydney, Melbourne, Coolangatta and Brisbane.

Heavy Metal

Airbus A380-841 F‑wwjb Arrived in Sydney From Los Angeles on December 1, Operating as ‘airbus 705’.

It Remained in Sydney Until December 8 for Familiarisation Training With Qantas When It Departed for Buenos Aires as ‘airbus 708’.

Japan Air Lines 747-446 Ja8912 Operated a Charter Into Alice Springs From Kansai as Flight Jl8861 on December 29. It Then Ferried Empty to Sapporo/new Chitose as Flight Jl8770 While Its Inbound Passengers Travelled to Darwin on the Ghan.

On January 2 Ja8912 Ferried Into Darwin From Denpasar as Flight Jl8777 and Later That Day With the Group on Board It Departed as Flight Jl8864 to Kansai.

Jett8 Cargo Airlines 747‑2d3bf 9v-jea Arrived in Perth From Singapore as Flight Jx3003 on December 14.

Air Canada 777-333er C-fiul Operated the Airline’s Inaugural Non-stop Service Into Sydney From Vancouver as Flight Ac033 on December 16.

Air Canada 777-233lr C-fiuj Operated the First Service by the Type Into Sydney From Vancouver as Flight Ac033 on January 12.

Transaero Airlines 767‑3q8(Er) Ei-dbf Operated the First of a New Fortnightly Charter Service Flight Tso975/975 Moscow/domodedovo-hong Kong-sydney and Return on December 25. 767-37e(Er) Ei-dbu Operated the Second Transaero Service Into Sydney on January 8.

Usaf 757-2g4/vc-32a 98-0001 Arrived in Cairns From Christchurch on January 5, Using the Callsign ‘sam 2080’.

737-775v/bbj N367g Registered to Delaware Global Operation of Wilmington, Delaware, Arrived in Sydney From Papeete on December 18.

Bughsan Group 737‑7aw/ Bbj Vp-cec, Which Had Arrived in Woodbourne for Planned Maintenance on September 27, Departed There on November 30 to Auckland and Then After Over-nighting to Denpasar.

Usaf 737-7dm/c-40b 01-0041 Arrived in Cairns From Christchurch on January 5, Using the Callsign ‘sam 2104’.

Usaf 737-7dm/c-40c 05-0932 Arrived in Sydney on January 9 Using the Callsign ‘spar 135’. It Departed for Auckland on January 11.

Saudi Arabian Royal Flight Md-11 Hz-hm7 Arrived in Sydney on December 14 After a Direct Flight From Riyadh, Using the Callsign ‘saudi 007’. It Later Departed Forbrisbane on December 19 for Denpasar on December 24.

Mineralogy Md-82 Vp-cbh, Which Had Arrived at Coolangatta as N750ag on September 15, Has Finally Flown Again. On January 12 Vp-cbh, Which Now Carries the Name Spirit of Emily Parker, Departed Coolangatta for Brisbane Where It Remained Overnight Before Leaving for Adelaide and Perth. The Md-82 Remained in Perth Until January 15 When It Departed for Brisbane.

Ferry Flights

Baron 58 N4456t Registered to Corporate Jets of Winston Salem, North Carolina, Arrived at Sydney/bankstown on December 29. It Was Ferried by Clamback and Hennessy of Bankstown From Santa Maria, California, via Hilo, Christmas Island, Pago Pago, Noumea/magenta and Lord Howe Island. The Pacific Crossing Was Operated in the Company of Cessna 172s Vh-prj (See Below).

Beech G36 Vh-jwg Msn E-3700, Which Was Registered to Hawker Pacific of Milperra, Nsw, on December 12, Arrived in Brisbane on January 15 After Completing Its Trans- Pacific Ferry via Honolulu, Christmas Island, Samoa and Noumea.

Beech G36 Vh-awe Msn E-3824, Which Was Registered to Hawker Pacific on January 9, Arrived in Brisbane on January 16 After Ferrying in From Pago Pago and Nadi.

Cessna 425 Conquest M‑manx, Which is Registered to Mastercraft Ltd, Arrived in Coolangatta From Darwin and Mount Isa on December 16. The Conquest, Which Was Registered Vhpth From December ’81 to July ’83, Will Reportedly Spend Up to Four Months in Coolangatta.

Cessna 402b Pk-wly, Which is Registered to Kura Kura Aviation of Semarang, Was Noted at Perth/jandakot on December 14. Prior to Being Exported to Indonesia in August ’02 the Cessna Was Registered in Australia as Vh-pek.

Cessna T337d Ja5163 Was Noted on a Truck at Coolangatta on December 21.

Cessna 172s Vh-prj, Which Was Registered to the Wieland Helicopter Company of Oatlands, Nsw on November 23, Was Ferried Into Bankstown on December 29 by Clamback and Hennessy.

Cirrus Sr22 N795cd Ferried Into Brisbane on December 21 From Christmas Island and Pago Pago. It is Registered to a Private Owner in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Jeju Dash 8-q402 Hl5254 Arrived at the Hawker Pacific Hangar at Cairns on January 15 From Ujung Pandang and Darwin, as Flight Jja901m.

Dash 8-q315 Hb-jek, Which Carried the Markings of Flybaboo of Geneva, Switzerland, Was an Interesting Arrival at Cairns on December 9. The Dash 8 Was Ferried by Worldwide Aircraft of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, From Maastricht, Holland, to Cairns via Denpasar and Darwin, and Was Later Moved Into the Hawker Pacific Hangar. On January 4 It Was Registered Vh-aay With Its Owner Listed as Travira Air of Jakarta.

Barrick Gold Dash 8-202 C-gbgc Departed Cairns for Nadi and Papeete and Onwards to South America on December 1. The Dash 8, Which Was Last Operated by Air Niugini as P2-any, Had Been in Cairns for Some Months With Hawker Pacific.

Pac 750xl P2-bwc, Which is a New Production Aircraft, Was Noted at Matamata, New Zealand on January 10. Carrying the Titles of Central Aviation, It Later Departed Ardmore for Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Brisbane on January 12 Before Continuing to Mackay and Cairns on January 13.

Pac-750xl Zk-jrr Departed Hamilton Direct to Brisbane on January 12 Before Continuing to Darwin and Jakarta/halim on Delivery to Naturelink Aviation of Pretoria, South Africa.

Partenavia P-68c D‑ghan Arrived in Darwin From Port Moresby on November 25 as Part of Its Round-the-world Flight.

After Visiting a Number of Australian Airports the Partenavia Departed Sydney for Christchurch on January 2.

Pilatus Pc-12 G-zumo Arrived in Cairns From Wewak on November 27 and Departed for Sydney on November 29. The Pc-12, Which is Reportedly on a Round-the-world Flight, Departed Sydney for Noumea on January 15.

Pa-28-140 Ja3231 Was Noted at Coolangatta on the Back of a Truck on December 21.

Sikorsky S-61n C-ftig Arrived at Melbourne/ Essendon by Truck on January 10. Operated by Cougar Helicopters of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the S-61n, Spirit of Vancouver Island, Was Assembled in the Rotorcare Hangar Before Departing Essendon for Darwin.