Bizjet Directory
This Has Been Another Solid 12 Months for Bizjet Deliveries to Operators in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.
In the Period Under Review 14 Aircraft Were Delivered to the Region While Five Were Sold Overseas, and as a Result Fleet Numbers Increased From 150 to 159.
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In This Period We Saw the Delivery of the First Global 5000 to Operators in Our Region, to Jet Explorer International of Coorparoo, Qld, and Tatary P/l of Belmont, Wa. Two New Sub-types Were a Hawker 400xp to the Tinkler Group in Brisbane and a Hawker 800xp2 to the Rfds Western Operations in Perth.
Operators Who Appear in Our Directory for the First Time Were Global Jet at the Gold Coast With Gulfstream Iv N472mm; Ivan Erceg of Perth Who Imported Citation Mustang Vh-ejt; and Rfds Western Operations of Perth With Hawker 800xp2 Vh‑rio.
Established Operators Added a Further Eight New Aircraft With Marcplan Charter Adding Hawker 900xp Vh‑evf to Join Hawker 800xp Vh-mbp; Luft Aviation at Melbourne/essendon Taking Delivery of Challenger 604 N360pl to Join Global Express N360la and Challenger 601-3a N360sl; Tinkler Group in Brisbane Adding Hawker 400xp Vhntx to Join Hawker 850xp Vh-tnx; Shazo Holdings of Brisbane Adding Citation Ii Vh-nsb and Citation Cj1 Vh-cdg to Join Citation Ii Vh-cfo; Jet Explorer International of Coorparoo, Qld, Taking Delivery of Global 5000 Vh‑ktg to Join Learjet 60xr Vh-thg; Pacific Jets at Auckland Taking Delivery of Citation Sovereign N121tl to Join Citation Cj3 Zk-tbm; and Tatary P/l of Belmont, Wa, Adding Global 5000 Vh-dnk to Join Hawker 900xp Vh-nkd.
Of the 13 Aircraft Imported, Two Were Brought in to Replace Aircraft Previously Operated, These Being Citation X Vh‑rca for Christie Aviation of Sydney to Replace Citation Vii Vh-vrc; and Citation Sovereign Vh-vpl for Twentieth Super Pace Nominees of Southport to Replace Citation Encore Vh-vrl.
Change of Ownership in the Resident Fleet Produced Two New Operators, These Being Fmr Investments P/l of East Perth With Citation Bravo Vh-xbp; and Homada P/l of Greenvale, Vic, With Citation Excel Vh-xcu.
Deliveries
Under the Current Financial Circumstances the 14 Aircraft Delivered in the Period Under Review Compares Well With the 24 Delivered in the Previous 12 Months. Annual Bizjet Deliveries 2004 to 2008 Were 11, 14, 18, 33 and 24.
Deliveries for the Period 01/11/08 to 31/10/09 Were as Follows: Hawker 900xp Vh-evf, Which Was Registered to Marcplan Charter P/l of Melbourne on November 21 ’08, Was Delivered to Melbourne/essendon on January 16.
Challenger 604 N360pl Was Delivered to Luft Aviation at Melbourne/essendon on December 8 ’08.
Hawker 400xp Vh-ntx, Which Was Registered to Tinkler Group Aviation P/l of Brisbane on December 20 ’08, Was Delivered to Brisbane on January 5.
Citation Ii Vh-nsb Which Was Registered to Shazo Holdings P/l of Brisbane on January 5, Was Delivered to Sydney/ Bankstown on February 6.
Gulfstream Iv N472mm Was Delivered to Global Jet at the Gold Coast on January 8.
Global 5000 Vh-ktg, Which Was Registered to Jet Explorer International P/l of Coorparoo, Qld, on February 5, Was Delivered to Brisbane on February 8. Citation Cj1 Vh-cdg, Which Was Registered to Shazo Holdings P/l of Brisbane on May 14, Had Earlier Been Delivered to Sydney/bankstown on May 11 as N51cd.
Citation Mustang Vh-ejt, Which Was Registered to Ivan Erceg of Osborne Park, Wa, on July 8, Was Delivered to Perth on July 27.
Citation Sovereign N121tl Was Delivered to Pacific Jets at Auckland on August 12.
Citation Ultra N596vp Was Delivered to Aeromil Pacific at Maroochydore on September 2.
The Ultra, Which is Fitted With the Lifeport Stretcher System, Was Demonstrated in Australia in October Before Being Delivered to a Nz Operator in November.
Citation X Vh-rca, Which Was Registered to Christie Aviation of Wangi Wangi, Nsw, on September 3, Was Delivered to Sydney on September 15.
Hawker 800xp2 Vh-rio, Which Was Registered to Rfds Western Operations of Jandakot, Wa, on September 18, Was Delivered to Perth on October 1.
Citation Sovereign Vh-vpl, Which Was Registered to Twentieth Super Pace Nominees of Southport, Qld, on October 21, Was Delivered to the Gold Coast on November 6.
Global 5000 Vh-dnk, Which Was Registered to Tartary P/l of Belmont, Wa, on October 28, Had Earlier Been Delivered to Perth on October 25 as M-sale.
Departures
in the Period Under Review Five Bizjets Departed Our Region Compared With Departures for the Five Year Period 2004 Through 2008 of Six, Seven, Four, Seven and Eight.
Hawker 800xp N805m, Which Was Operated by Network Jets of Auckland, Departed Auckland on December 16 ’08 on Its Return to the United States.
Premier N7088s, Which Was Operated by Sydney Jet Charter of Milperra, Nsw, Departed Australia in Early February on Its Return to the United States.
Citation Bravo Vh-yxy, Which Was Registered to Bydand Aviation of Brisbane, Was Cancelled From the Register on June 9. Later Registered N28sp to Echo Aviation of Wilmington, Delaware, It Departed Sydney/bankstown on July 13 for Europe.
Citation Ii Vh-vlz, Which Was Registered to Mcqueen Services of Sydney, Was Cancelled From the Register on July 10. Later Registered M-aggy to Muadib Gmbh Deutschland of Gindorf, Germany, It Departed Maroochydore for Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, on August 18.
Citation Vii Vh-vrc of Christie Aviation Departed Sydney on August 24 for Wichita, Kansas, Where It Was Later Registered to Cessna Aircraft as N789vp.
Changes by Registered Holder
Citation Bravo Vh-xbp From Buildev Aviation of Newcastle, Nsw, to Fmr Investments P/l of East Perth, Wa, on November 7 ’08.
Citation Vii Vh-dhn From Private Air P/l of Wangi Wangi, Nsw, to Orkdale P/l of Oxenford, Qld, on November 13 ’08.
Falcon 10 Vh-wjw From Airco Aviation Services Australia P/l of Roma to Westpac Banking Corporation of Concord West, Nsw, on November 13 ‘08.
Citation I/sp Vh-mmc From Redbank Engineering P/l of Milton, Qld, to National Australia Bank, Melbourne, on June 1.
Citation Excel Vh-xcu From Mount Craigie Holdings P/l of Rosebud West, Vic, to Homada P/l of Greenvale, Vic, on June 11.
Changes by Registered Operator
Beechjet 400a Vh-ipg From Business Aviation Solutions to Private Air November 3 ‘08.
Citation Iii Vh-spj From Flight Options Australia to Business Aviation Solutions on November 14 ’08.
Citation I/sp Vh-fum From General Flying Services to Australasian Jet on November 29 ’08.
Citation S/ii Vh-jmm From Sydney Jet Charter to Australasian Jet on March 10.
Citation Bravo Vh-xbp From Professional Jet Aviation to Maxem Aviation on April 7.
Learjet 45 Vh-cxj From Execujet Australia to Careflight Qld on July 20.
Citation I Vh-sou From Sydney Jet Charter to Australian Air Services July 20.
Re-registrations
Hawker 800xp Vh-kef Tovh-ejl for Rhcb P/l of Millsons Point, Nsw, on November 3 ’08.
Citation Mustang N2243w to Zk-lca for Graeme Lowe Aviation of Hastings, Nz, on June 9.
Citation Mustang Vh-sjp to Zk-pga for Nz Jet Charters, North Short City, Nz, on July 20. The Aircraft Had Earlier Flown From Sydney/bankstown to Wellington on July 14.
Cessna 560 Vh-vpl to Vh-vrl for Twentieth Super Pace Nominees of Southport, Qld, on August 25.
Learjet 35a N49be to Vh‑lrx for Air Affairs Australia of Nowra, Nsw, in Late October.
Updates
Citation Iii Vh-sbu, Which is Registered to Shazo Holdings of Brisbane, is Still Included on Our List of Current Aircraft. However, the Aircraft Departed Sydney/bankstown on July 5 ‘08 on Ferry to the United States Where It Currently Awaits Sale.
Demonstration Flights
holder and a registered operator. In our listing below we show
the registration holder, but if the aircraft has a different registered
operator then that is also shown (in brackets).
Gulfstream 150 N150gv by Gulfstream Aerospace in Australia and Nz in March.
Gulfstream 200 N200ga by Gulfstream Aerospace in Australia in March.
Gulfstream 550 N550ga by Gulfstream Aerospace in Australia in March.
Learjet 60xr N60xr by Execujet Australia in Australia in March.
Hawker 4000 N455bp by Hawker Pacific in Australia in April/may.
Legacy 600 Pt-tkd by Embraer in Australia and Nz in August.
Citation Ultra N596vp by Aeromil Pacific in Australia in October.
Boeing Business Jets
Bbj
A36-001 34 Squadron Raaf, Canberra, Act
A36-002 34 Squadron Raaf, Canberra, Act
Bombardier
Learjet 24d
N174rd Dodson Aviation, Camden, Nsw
Learjet 35a
Vh-esm Raytheon Australia, Yerriyong, Nsw
Vh-esw Raytheon Australia, Yerriyong, Nsw
Vh-jcr Jet City, Tullamarine, Vic
Vh-ljj Turbojet Holdings, Essendon, Vic (Jet City, Tullamarine, Vic)
Vh-lpj Linfox Aircraft Charter, Essendon, Vic (Air National Australia, Essendon, Vic)
Vh-lrx Air Affairs Australia, Nowra, Nsw
Vh-ovb Legend International Holdings, Melbourne, Vic (Shortstop Jet Charter,
Essendon, Vic)
Vh-pfa St Aerospace Engineering, Singapore (Pacific Flight Services, Condell Park, Nsw)
Vh-sld Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-sle Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-vlj Jv Aviation Management Services, Melbourne, Vic (Australasian Jet,
Essendon, Vic)
Zk-xvl Auckland Air Charter, Auckland, Nz
Learjet 36
Vh-slj Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Learjet 36a
Vh-cms Careflight (Qld), Robina Town Centre, Qld
Vh-jcx Jet City, Tullamarine, Vic
Vh-slf Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Learjet 45
Vh-cxj Dramatic Investments, Beverly Hills, Nsw (Careflight Qld)
Vh-pfs St Aerospace Engineering, Singapore (Pacific Flight Services)
Vh-sqd Singapore Flying College, Maroochydore, Qld
Vh-sqm Singapore Flying College, Maroochydore Qld
Vh-sqr Singapore Flying College, Maroochydore, Qld
Vh-sqv Singapore Flying College, Maroochydore, Qld
N45au Agg Learjet, Helensvale, Qld
Learjet 60xr
Vh-thg Jet Explorer International, Coorparoo, Qld (Execujet Australia, Mascot, Nsw)
Challenger 600
Vh-zsu Revesco Aviation, Perth, Wa
Challenger 601-1a
Vh-mxk Fallbrook, West Perth, Wa (Maxem Aviation, Applecross, Wa)
Challenger 601-3a
N360sl Luft Aviation Charter, Essendon, Vic
Challenger 604
Vh-vre Wellard Aviation, Fremantle, Wa (Avwest, Redcliffe, Wa)
Vh-zzh Avwest, Redcliffe, Wa
N360pl Luft Aviation Charter, Essendon, Vic
A37-001 34 Squadron Raaf, Canberra, Act
A37-002 34 Squadron Raaf, Canberra, Act
A37-003 34 Squadron Raaf, Canberra, Act
Challenger 850
Vh-lef Linfox Aircraft Charter, Essendon, Vic (Air National Australia)
Global Express
Vh-tgg Gandel Investments, Essendon, Vic
Vh-vgx Pratt Holdings, Melbourne, Vic (Pratt Aviation, Essendon, Vic)
N18wf Westfield Aviation, Sydney, Nsw
N360la Luft Aviation Charter, Essendon, Vic
N889cp Consolidated Press, Sydney, Nsw
Global Xrs
N36lg Westfield Aviation, Sydney, Nsw
N57le Rank Services Ltd, Auckland, Nz
N888gx Remorex, West Perth, Wa
Global 5000
Vh-dnk Tartary P/l, Belmont, Wa
Vh-ktg Jet Explorer International, Coorparoo, Qld (Execujet Australia)
Cessna
Citation Mustang
Vh-ejt Ivan Erceg, Osborne Park, Wa (Maxem Aviation)
Vh-neq Getjets, Palm Beach, Qld (Skypac Aviation, Mascot, Nsw)
Zk-lca Graeme Lowe Aviation, Hastings, Nz
Zk-mus Acernus Aero Ltd, Wellington, Nz
Zk-pga Nz Jet Charters, North Shore City, Nz
Citation Cj1
Vh-apj Southern Air Services, Warrnambool, Vic
Vh-cdg Shazo Holdings, Brisbane, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation, Georges Hall, Nsw)
Vh-daa Pacific Media Corp, Wollongong, Nsw (Gojet, Port Kembla, Nsw)
Vh-kxl Edwards Coaches, Armidale, Nsw
Vh-yne Celijet Aviation Solutions, Leeton, Nsw
N54bp Sge Engineering, Melbourne, Vic
Citation Cj1+
Vh-ldh Hardie Holdings, Sydney, Nsw (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-mye Andrew Norbury Aircraft, Richmond, Vic (Australasian Jet)
Citation Cj2
Vh-mor Edair Australia, Brisbane, Qld
Vh-rjb Airlux, Crows Nest, Nsw (Edwards Coaches)
Citation Cj2+
F-onyy Noumea Jet Services, Noumea, New Caledonia
Citationjet Cj3
Vh-mif Dick Smith Adventure, Terrey Hills, Nsw
Zk-tbm Pacific Jets, Christchurch, Nz
Citation Cj3+
Vh-ane Celijet Aviation Solutions, Leeton, Nsw
Citation I
Vh-egk Grant Kenny Aviation, Maroochydore, Qld
Vh-fcs Fox Aviation, Brighton, Vic
Vh-hkx Metropolis City Promotions, Elsternwick, Vic
Vh-sou D Thornton, Wahroonga, Nsw (Australian Air Services, Georges Hall, Nsw)
Vh-zmd Australasian Jet Charter, Essendon, Vic
Citation I/sp
Vh-fum Netjets, Melbourne, Vic (Australasian Jet)
Vh-mmc National Australia Bank, Melbourne, Vic
N800dt National Business Review, Auckland, Nz
Citation Ii
Vh-cfo Shazo Holdings, Brisbane, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-ejy Executive Jet Charter, Yarrawonga, Qld (Maxem Aviation)
Vh-hvm Quasar Resources, Adelaide, Sa
Vh-int Revesco Aviation, Perth, Wa
Vh-jmk J M Kelly (Project Builders), Rockhampton, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-nsb Shazo Holdings, Brisbane, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-psm Melbourne Jets, South Melbourne, Vic (Shortstop Jet Charter)
Vh-qqz D Lomas, Paradise Point, Qld
Vh-scd Dhm Aircraft Sales, Moorebank, Nsw
Vh-wnz Kentdell, Paradise Point, Qld (Tasman Australia Airlines, Paradise Point, Qld)
Vh-zle China Southern West Australian Flying College, Willetton, Wa
P2-taa Transair, Port Moresby, Png
Citation S/ii
Vh-emo Adams (Uk) Corporation, Greenvale, Vic
Vh-jmm Marloss Aviation, Toorak, Vic (Australasian Jet)
Citation Bravo
Vh-ccj Ccj, Ascot, Qld
Vh-fgk Melbourne Air Holdings, Lilydale, Vic (Executive Airlines)
Vh-scc Falcon 50, Camden, Nsw (Macarthur Jet Charter, Camden, Nsw)
Vh-xbp Fmr Investments, South Perth, Wa (Maxem Aviation)
Vh-zlt China Southern West Australian Flying College, Willetton, Wa
Citation Ultra
Vh-mxj Maxem Aviation, Applecross, Wa
Vh-psu Qld Police Service, Brisbane, Qld
N596vp Aeromil Pacific, Maroochydore, Qld
N860cr Pratt Aviation, Essendon, Vic
Citation Encore
Vh-vrl Twentieth Super Pace Nominees, Southport, Qld
Citation Iii
Vh-sbu Shazo Holdings, Brisbane, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-spj Aeromil Pacific, Mudjimba, Qld (Business Aviation Solutions, Wangi Wangi, Nsw)
Vh-ssz Flightpath Aviation, West End, Qld
Citation Vii
Vh-dhn Orkdale, Oxenford, Qld (Business Aviation Solutions)
Vh-ing Inghams Enterprises, Liverpool, Nsw
Vh-lym Lynden Aviation, Winnellie, Nt
Citation Excel/xls
Vh-xcu Homada, Greenvale, Vic (Jet City)
Citation Sovereign
Vh-exg Melbourne Air Holdings, Lilydale, Vic (Executive Airlines)
Vh-exq Executive Airlines, Essendon, Vic
Vh-vpl Twentieth Super Pace Nominees, Southport, Qld
N121tl Pacific Jets, Auckland, Nz.
Citation X
Vh-rca Christie Aviation, Wangi Wangi, Nsw (Business Aviation Solutions)
Vh-ten Balmoral Air, Artarmon, Nsw
Vh-xcj Mount Craigie Holdings, Rosebud West, Vic (Jet City)
Dassault
Falcon 10
Vh-wjw Westpac Banking Corporation, Concord West, Nsw
Falcon 2000ex
Vh-crw Brenzil, Milton, Qld (Sydney Jet Charter)
Falcon 900c
Vh-lal Pal Aviation, Melbourne, Vic (Walker Air, Mascot, Nsw)
Vh-ppd Paspaley Pearling Company, Darwin, Nt (Lloyd Aviation Jet Charter, Darwin, Nt)
Falcon 900ex
N146ex Business Jets, Auckland, Nz
Eclipse
Eclipse 500
N580wc Wanless Environmental Services, Coopers Plains, Qld
Gulfstream
Gulfstream 200
Zk-rgb Air National Corporate, Auckland, Nz
Gulfstream Iv
Vh-cgf Crown Melbourne Ltd, Southbank, Vic
Vh-dbt Mahaya Aviation, Melbourne, Vic (Execujet Australia)
Vh-osw Garuda Aviation, Perth, Wa (Avwest)
N472mm Global Jet, Gold Coast, Qld
Zk-kfb Air National Corporate, Auckland, Nz
Gulfstream V
Vh-ccc Crown Melbourne Ltd, Southbank, Vic
N36gv Westfield Aviation, Sydney
Hawker Beechcraft
Premier
Vh-vhp Sydney Jet Charter, Milperra, Nsw
N34gn Connected Solutions Group, Darwin, Nt
Vh-tma Cleary Bros (Bombo), Port Kembla, Nsw (Gojet)
Beechjet 400a
Vh-bzl Business Aviation Solutions, Wangi Wangi, Nsw
Vh-exb Executive Airlines, Essendon, Vic
Vh-ipg International Publishing Group (Australia), Sydney, Nsw (Business Aviation
Solutions)
Vh-mgc Arton #001, Sydney, Nsw (Business Aviation Solutions)
Hawker 400xp
Vh-ntx Tinkler Group Aviation, Hendra, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Hawker 800xp
Vh-ejl Rhcb, Port Kembla, Nsw (Professional Jet Aviation)
Vh-mbp Marcplan, Melbourne, Vic (Marcplan Charter, Essendon, Vic)
Vh-zuh Avwest P/l, Redcliffe, Wa
Hawker 800xp2
Vh-rio Rfds Western Operations, Jandakot, Wa (Nantay, Perth, Wa)
Hawker 850xp
Vh-mqy Nantay, Perth, Wa
Vh-ram Ramsay Aircharter, Greenwich, Nsw
Vh-sgy State of Qld, Eagle Farm, Qld
Vh-tnx Tinkler Group Aviation, Hendra, Qld (Professional Jet Aviation)
Hawker 900xp
Vh-ace Remorex, West Perth, Wa (Ramsay Aircharter)
Vh-evf Marcplan Charter, Essendon, Vic
Vh-nkd Tatary, Belmont, Wa
Bae 125-1000
Vh-lmp Boston Lhf, Adelaide, Sa
Iai
Westwind I
Vh-ajg Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-ajj Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-ajk Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-ajp Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-ajv Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-kns Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-knu Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Westwind Ii
Vh-knr Regional Express Holdings, Forest Hill, Nsw (Pel-air Aviation)
Vh-nga Pel-air Aviation, Mascot, Nsw
Vh-zyh Westwind 11, Burnie, Tas (Kestrel Aviation College, Mangalore, Vic
Zk-rml Air National Corporate, Auckland, Nz
Mcdonnell Douglas
Md-82
Vp-cbh Mineralogy, Brisbane, Qld
Vp-cbi Mineralogy, Brisbane, Qld
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