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Qantas Has Returned 747-438 Vh-ojl to Service After It Had Been in Storage at Avalon Since February 2. The Aircraft Ferried to Sydney on July 3 as Flight Qf6196, and Later the Same Day Returned to Service When It Operated Qf1 From Sydney to Bangkok and London/heathrow.

747-48e Vh-oeb Departed Sydney for Buenos Aires as Flight Qf6034 on June 7 on the First Leg of a Captain’s Choice Tour to Central and South America. From Buenos Aires Vh-oeb Was Routed via Iguassu Falls, Rio De Janeiro, Manaus, Havana, Panama City, Lima and Easter Island Before Returning to Sydney on June 24.

747-438er Vh-oju Was Noted to Be Carrying Oneworld Titles at Sydney in Late June.

747-338s Vh-ebv, Vhebw and Vh-eby Were Cancelled From the Register on July 8 as ‘aircraft Has Been Sold’.

747-338 Vh-ebv Operated Its Final Service for Qantas Into Melbourne on December 29 ’08 After Arriving on the Qf26 From Los Angeles and Auckland. On January 20 ’09 It Ferried Out of Sydney to Honolulu and Marana, Arizona, Where It Was Placed in Storage.

747-338 Vh-ebw Operated Its Final Service for Qantas Into Melbourne on December 28 ’08 After Arriving as Qf26 From Los Angeles and Auckland. On January 4 ’09 It Ferried Out of Sydney to Honolulu and Marana Where It Was Placed in Storage.

747-338 Vh-eby Was Withdrawn From Qantas Service in Los Angeles on December 29 ’09 After Arriving From Melbourne and Auckland as Flight Qf25. It Then Ferried to Marana Where It Was Placed in Storage.

Qantas Returned the A330‑200 to North American Operations on July 5 When A330-203 Vh-ebg Operated Qf25 From Auckland to Los Angeles. From Los Angeles Vh-ebg Then Operated Qf107 to New York, Thus Replacing the 747-400 Equipment Previously Used on the Service.

Qantaslink Commenced Services From Cairns to Port Moresby on July 1 With Dash 8-q402 Vh-qor Operating the Inaugural Qf910.

On June 24 Dash 8-q402 Vh-qoy Operated a Proving Flight Qf6096/6096/6097 Cairns-port Moresby-lae- Port Moresby, and After Overnighting Then Operated Qf6099 Port Moresby to Cairns. On June 28 Dash 8-q402 Vh-qok Operated Another Proving Flight Qf6096/6097 Cairns-port Moresby-cairns.

Jetstar Took Delivery of A320-232 Vh-vgp at Melbourne on June 26 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight Jq7992 From Toulouse via Dubai and Singapore.

Vh‑vgp Entered Service With Jetstar on July 8 When It Operated Flight Jq798 From Melbourne to Maroochydore.

A320-232 Vh-vgo Was Delivered to Jetstar at Melbourne on July 4 After It Ferried in as Flight Jq7992 From Toulouse via Dubai and Singapore.

A320-232 Vh-jqw, Which Was Withdrawn From Jetstar Service on June 7, Was Cancelled From the Register on June 30 as ‘exported to Singapore’.

The Same Day the A320, Now Registered 9v-jse, Departed Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore on Delivery to Jetstar Asia as Flight Jq900.

Airline News

Air Niugini Was Planning to Add a Second 767-300er to Its Fleet in Late July With the Aircraft Reported to Be 767-341er P2-pxv Msn 30341.

Dash 8-q402 P2-pxu Msn 436 Departed Toronto/pearson on July 13 on Its Delivery Flight to Port Moresby.

Cobham Bae 146-300qc G-bpnt, Which Was Delivered to Adelaide on June 25, Was Registered Vh-njz on June 29.

Skytraders A319-115cj Vh-vhd, Which Was Reportedly Operating an Eclipse Charter, Departed Melbourne for Papeete on July 10 Before Returning to Melbourne on July 13.

Virgin Blue Took Delivery of 737-8fe Vh-bzg (Pictured in Register Update This Issue) in Brisbane on August 1.

Regional News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Dash 8-100 to Skytrans and a Cessna 208b to Broome Aviation.

Air Chathams Convair 580 Zk-cie Ferried Out of Nuku’alofa to Palmerston North on June 29 After Completing Its Tour of Duty With Chathams Pacific.

Metro Iii Zk-cic Departed Auckland for Nuku’alofa on June 29.

Broome Aviation Cessna 208b Vh-ndc Msn 208b- 2215, Which Was Placed on the Register on July 7, Completed Its Trans-pacific Ferry Flight Atthe Gold Coast on July 14 After Ferrying in From Noumea.

Caribou Cargo is the Name of the Company Which is Planning to Commence Freight Operations in Papua New Guinea With Dhc-4t N600nc, and Not Caribou Gold as We Incorrectly Reported in Traffic/july.

Chc Helicopters Sikorsky S-76a Vh-lyo, Which Was Cancelled From the Register on June 29 as ‘exported to Canada’, Was Noted at Essendon on July 3 Now Registered C-giml. The Same Day the S-76a Was Trucked From Essendon to Tullamarine Where It Was Airfreighted Out of the Country, Reportedly Destined for Tanzania.

Columbia Helicopters Bv‑234 Chinook P2-chk, Which Was Shipped Into Melbourne From Long Beach, California, Was Ferried From the Docks to Essendon on July 4.

The Following Day It Departed on a Four Day Ferry Flight to Kiunga, Papua New Guinea, Where It Will Be Based While Operating a Resource Contract.

P2-chk Was Built on Order for British Airways and Was Delivered as G-bisp on October 22 ’81. The Delivery of P2-chk to Png Takes the Columbia Helicopters Bv-234 Fleet in the Region to Three, P2-chi, P2‑chj and P2-chk.

Hardy Aviation Commenced a Twice Weekly Service (Tue/ Thu) From Darwin to Tennant Creek on July 1. Metro Iii Vh‑tfg Was Registered to Hardy Aviation on May 29.

Karratha Flying Services Placed Beech 1900c Vh‑kfn Msn Uc-173 on the Register on July 5. Earlier on May 24 as N412cm the Beech 1900c Had Ferried Into Jandakot From Halim, Port Hedland and Karratha.

Pacific Sun Dhc-6-300 Dq-fie, Which Had Completed Its Planned Maintenance at Maryborough, Departed There on June 24 for Brisbane, Port Vila and Nadi Where It Arrived on June 26.

Pionair Cargo Convair 580 Vh-pdx Arrived in Adelaide From Bankstown on June 26 and After Overnighting Departed for Ayers Rock, Paraburdoo and Learmonth.

Py Air Emb-110p1 Vh‑pya Has Been Part of the Essendon Scene Since September 23 ’06 When It Arrived From Alice Springs via Leigh Creek.

Since Then the Bandeirante Has Remained Static and Its Engines Have Been Removed. However, on May 14 Vh-pya Changed Ownership to Robert Keys of Noosa Heads, Queensland, So It Will Be Interesting to See What Becomes of It.

Regional Express Saab 340b+ Vh-rex, Which Was Delivered to Wagga Wagga on May 13, Entered Service on July 8 When the Aircraft Operated Flight Zl658 From Wagga Wagga to Sydney.

Skytrans Took Delivery of Dash 8-102 N717av Msn 117 at Cairns on June 27 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Concord/ California via Honolulu and Majuro.

Southwest Air Emb-110p1 P2-swf Arrived at Maroochydore on June 28 From Port Moresby and Cairns and After Overnighting Departed to Rockhampton, Cairns and Port Moresby.

Vee H Aviation Cessna 441 Vh-vem Was Cancelled From the Register on June 30 as ‘aircraft Removed From Service’.

Vincent Aviation Dash 8-102 Zk-vac Returned to Sydney on June 28 and Operations With Aircruising Australia After the Aircraft Ferried in From Wellington via Auckland, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. On July 1 Zk-vac Was Noted Departing Longreach as Flight Aix450 for Mount Isa, Katherine and Darwin and Was Later Noted at Kununurra, Broome, Ayers Rock and Alice Springs Before Returning to Sydney on July 10.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Deliveries of a Global Express, Gulfstream 450, Gulfstream Iv, Citation Mustang and a Citation I.

Global Express Vh-vla, Which Was Registered to Holypeak P/l of Melbourne on June 16, Was Delivered to Essendon on June 26 After It Flew in From Honolulu and Sydney.

Challenger 604 Vh-zzh Has Been Sold to Holypeak P/l of Melbourne With the Change of Ownership Taking Place on July 2. The Aircraft Was Previously Operated by Avwest and Was Replaced by Global Express Vh-zxh Which Was Delivered to Perth on May 30.

Gulfstream 450 Vh-mbp Was Registered to Marcplan Charter on June 16 and Was Delivered to Essendon on July 11, Arriving From Siem Reap.

Kefford Corporation Gulfstream Iv N127dk Was Also Delivered to Essendon on July 11 After It Arrived From Brisbane.

N127dk Had Earlier Flown Into Brisbane on July 9 From Van Nuys/california via Honolulu and Nadi, and the Following Day Operated a Return Flight to Cairns.

Citation I N528rm Arrived at Melbourne/moorabbin on July 1 After Completing Its Delivery Flight From Sacramento via Anchorage, Nome, Ugolny, Sapporo, Davao, Ambon, Darwin, Mount Isa, Gold Coast and Wagga Wagga. Citation Mustang Vh‑sqw, Which Was Registered to the Singapore Flying College of Marcoola, Queensland, on June 21 Was Delivered to Maroochydore on June 29 After Completing Its Ferry Flight From the United States via Denpasar, Broome and Alice Springs.

Citation Ultra Vh-sjp Msn 560-0332 Was Placed on the Register on July 12 With the Holder Being Aeromil Pacific of Georges Hall, Nsw, and the Operator Being Flight Options (Australia) P/l of Mudjimba, Queensland.

Dhm Aircraft Sales of Moorebank, Nsw, Changed the Registration of Its Citation Ii Vh-scd to Vh-eee on July 9.

Executive Airlines Citation Sovereign Vh-exq, Which Has Been Operating on Contract in South Africa Since November ’07, Returned to Essendon on July 12 After Flying in From Johannesburg via Lilongwe/ Malawai, Mahe, Male, Cocos Island and Port Hedland.

Cessna Aircraft Citation Xls+ N53xl Was Demonstrated in Australia Recently.

The Subject of Our Airtest This Issue, N53xl Was First Noted at Darwin on June 25 After Arriving From Davao and It Was From Darwin That the Aircraft Departed the Country for Denpasar on July 11. During Its Stay in Australia the Xls+ Was Reported at Maroochydore, Canberra, Essendon, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Inverell, Sydney, Narrandera, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Perth and Kalgoorlie.

Challenger 300 N214bl Registered to Wca Holdings of Missoula, Montana, Has Also Been Demonstrated in Australia.

It Arrived in Perth From Kuala Lumpur on June 27 and on Termination of Its Tour Departed Darwin for Hong Kong on July 6. In the Interim It Was Reported at Essendon, Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N90ew Registered to Ewa West of San Jose, California, Arrived in Melbourne From Kona on July 6 and Departed Sydney for Honolulu on July 9.

Global Express Vp-bji Arrived in Melbourne From Halim on July 11 and After Overnighting Departed to Hong Kong.

Fai Air Service Learjet 55 D-cfai, Which Was Operating a Medevac Flight, Arrived in Perth From Halim on July 10.

The Learjet 55, Which Was Operating as ‘ifa282’, Departed Perth for Halim on July 11.

Gulfstream V N128gv Arrived in Melbourne From Sydney on June 26 and Remained There Until June 29 When It Departed for Honolulu.

Shine Up Holdings Gulfstream Iv Vp-ckd Arrived in Brisbane in the Early Hours of July 15 From Singapore, Before Arriving in Sydney on July 17.

Us Army Gulfstream Iv/c‑20f 91-0108, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘pat 108’, Arrived in Wellington From Darwin on June 27 Before Departing for Canberra on June 30. It Departed Canberra for Sydney on July 2 and After Overnighting Continued to Pago Pago.

King Air Aeromedical News

Careflight King Air B200 Vh-zmw ‘careflight 24’ Was Delivered to Darwin on June 27, While King Air B200 Vh-zxm ‘careflight 23’ Was Delivered to Darwin on June 30. Careflight Commenced Aeromedical Operations in the Northern Territory With Its Four King Air B200 Aircraft – Vh‑zmq, Vh-zmw, Vh‑zmy and Vh-zxm – Effective July 1.

Pearl Aviation Australia King Air 200cs Vh-ntg, Vh-nth and Vh-nts and King Air 200s Vh-nte and Vh-tlx Were Operated for the Northern Territory Medical Service. However, the Contract Was Terminated on June 30 and by July 10 the Five King Airs Had Been Parked Together on the Ramp at Darwin.

Rfds/queensland Division Changed the Registration of Its King Air B200c Vh‑fds to Vh-nqa on June 25.

Victorian Air Ambulance King Air B200c Vh-vah Msn Bl-156 Ex N6388b, Which Was Registered to Vaa P/l of Mascot, Nsw, on June 28, Ferried Into Cairns From Majuro on July 4.

King Air B200c Vh-vai Msn Bl-157 Ex N6350v, Which Was Registered to Vaa P/l on July 1, Ferried Into Essendon on July 9 From Apia, Brisbane and Orange. King Air B200cs Vh‑zka, Vh-zkb and Vhvah Were Delivered in All-white Schemes, While Vh‑vai Arrived at Essendon Still in Its Primer.

Other King Air and Propjet Movements of Late Concern the Following Aircraft: King Air 350i N714eu Msn Fl-714, Which is Registered to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, Arrived at Essendon on July 10 to Start a Demonstration Tour of Australia. Inbound to Essendon N714eu Was Reported at Bandar Seri Begawan, Koror, Port Moresby and Cairns. On July 12 It Departed Essendon for Adelaide Before Continuing to Dubbo and Bankstown on July 14.

King Air 350 Vh-zht Msn Fl-675 Was Cancelled From the Register on July 5 on Its Transfer to the Raaf as A32-675.

King Air C90gti Zk‑mmm Msn Lj-1985 Was Registered to Woodlandsservices Ltd of Nelson, New Zealand, on July 9. On July 7 as N6385m This Aircraft Was Cancelled From the Us Civil Regitser as ‘exported to Australia’, but in Fact Was Exported to New Zealand.

Strategic Air Charter Tbm850 Vh-smz Msn 366, Which Departed Darwin for Denpasar on May 26, Was Cancelled From the Register on June 22 as ‘exported to the United States’.

Tbm700 Vh-yzz Msn 226, Which Was Registered to Eric Moxham of Berwick, Victoria on June 21, Arrived in Broome From Denpasar on July 7 and After Overnighting Continued to Alice Springs and Essendon.

Heavy Metal

Airmark Aviation an-32b Ew262tk Was an Interesting Visitor to Port Moresby on July 10 When as Flight Grx113/114 It Arrived From and Departed to Biak.

Dubai Air Wing 747-412f A6-ggp, Which Was Operating as ‘dubai 008’, Arrived in Sydney From Dubai on June 28 and Later That Day Departed for Dubai. The 747, Which Still Carried the Colours of Its Previous Operator Great Wall Airlines, Then Arrived in Brisbane in the Early Hours of June 30 From Dubai Before Departing Later That Day for Dubai.

Emirates Skycargo 747‑47uf N415mc, Which Was Operating as Flight Uae4866, Arrived in Sydney on July 6 and Later That Day Departed Sydney as Flight Asy148.

Kalitta Air 747-246f N746ck, Which Was Carrying Parts for a Desalinisation Plant, Arrived in Adelaide From Singapore on July 1 and After Unloading Departed Later the Same Day for Hong Kong.

Omega Air 707-321b N707ar and 707-368c N707mq Arrived at Raaf Amberley From Pago Pago on Jul 6. The Two Aircraft Had Been Contracted to Act as Air Refuelling Tankers for the Delivery Flight of Six F/a-18f Super Hornets to the Raaf. N707ar and N707mq Departed Amberley for Cairns on July 6 and They Remained There Until July 8 Before Continuing to Honolulu.

Royal Malaysian Air Force 737-7h6/bbj M53-01 Was Noted at Perth on July 9.

Westar Aviation Services 737-2q8 N413jg Arrived in Perth From Halim on July 9 Before Returning to Halim on July 12.

Airphil Express Dash 8-q401 Rp-c3030, Which Was Operating as Flight Gap3030, Departed Cairns for Biak on July 12 After Planned Maintenance With Hawker Pacific.

While in Cairns the Tail Colours of the Dash 8-q401 Were Changed From That of Philippine Airlines to Airphil Express.

Polet Flight Il-96-400t Ra-96102, Which Was Operating as Flight Pot9690, Arrived in Adelaide From Colombo on July 2 With a Load of Mining Equipment. After Overnighting, the Aircraft Departed for Hong Kong as Pot9691.

Ferry Flights

Air Tractor 802 N85152 Msn 372, Which Was on Delivery to Fred Fahey Aerial Services of Cowra, Nsw, Arrived at the Gold Coast on July 8 After Ferrying in From Olney in Texas via Albuquerque, Santa Maria, Hilo, Christmas Island, and Nadi. After Overnighting the Air Tractor, Which Was Being Ferried by Srd Aviation of Albury, Continued to Cowra.

Beech G36 Vh-mgs, Which Was Registered to a Private Owner in Cottesloe, Western Australia, on June 21, Completed Its Trans-pacific Crossing at the Gold Coast on July 14 After Ferrying in From Noumea/gea.

Bell Uh-1h N4306j, Which Still Carried Its Us Army Colours and Serial 65-9762, Was Noted Being Removed From a Container at Caboolture on June 24.

Cessna 421c N510db Registered to Mark Soloman of Wilmington, Delaware, Arrived in Cairns From Kona and Tarawa on June 29. The Cessna 421c, Which is Fitted Out as a Medevac Aircraft, Departed Cairns for Darwin on July 12 and After Overnighting Continued Its Ferry Flight to Kuala Lumpur.

Cessna 207 Zk-sex Departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on July 10 and After Overnighting Continued to Lord Howe Island.

Cirrus Sr22 Vh-zdl, Which Was Registered to a Private Owner in Southport, Queensland on May 26, Arrived at the Gold Coast on June 29 From Pago Pago, Nadi and Brisbane.

On Arrival at the Gold Coast the Sr22 Was Noted Still to Be Carrying Its Former Us Registration N29pc.

Pac 750 Xl Zk-jgi, Which We Mentioned in Traffic/ August, Continued Its Ferry Flight From New Zealand to Sweden via Colombo, Muscat, Hurghada/egypt, Porto/portugal and Straubing/germany to Gothenburg Where It Arrived on June 29.

Adventist Aviation Services P-750 Xstol P2-sde, Which Was Mentioned in Traffic/ August, Departed Cairns for Horn Island and Daru on June 29.

Tbm850 N850sj, Which is Registered to Hlb Holdings of Spirit Lake, Iowa, Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on June 28 and After Overnighting Returned to Denpasar.

Vulcanair P-68c Vh-oav, Which Ferried Into Darwin From Denpasar on June 22, Was Later Noted at Essendon on July 6.

The P-68c, Which is Registered to Airflite P/l of Jandakot, Carries the Colours of De Bruin Air of Mount Gambier.

Jet Airliner Deliveries Januaryjune 2010

for the Six Month Period January to June 2010 a Total of 20 Commercial Jet Aircraft Was Delivered to Operators in Our Region. This Compares With Figures of 21, 14, 30 and 14 for the First Six Months of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The January to June Deliveries Broken Down Into Types Were One A380, One A330-200, 11 A320s, Two 737-800s, Two Bae 146-300/rj100s, One Bae 146- 300qc and Two Fokker 100s.

January Deliveries Were A380- 842 Vh-oqf Charles Kingsford Smith to Qantas in Sydney on the 13th and A320-232 Vh-vnk to Tiger Airways in Melbourne on the 16th.

February Saw the Arrival of A320-232 Vh-vgt for Jetstar in Newcastle on the 1st; Bae 146-300/rj100 Vh‑njp for Cobham in Adelaide as G‑bzaw on the 2nd; A320- 232 Vh-vgy for Jetstar in Newcastle on the 7th; and A330-202 Vh-ebn Clare Valley for Qantas in Sydney on the 25th.

March Deliveries Were A320-232 Vh-vno to Tiger in Melbourne on the 5th; A320-232 Vh-vgv to Jetstar in Newcastle on the 7th; and A320-232 Vh-vgu to Jetstar in Newcastle on the 29th.

April Saw the Arrival of A320-212 Vh-yqb for Strategic Airlines in Melbourne on the 4th; A320-231 Vh-fnp for Skywest in Melbourne as G‑byth on the 10th; A320‑212 Vh-vgr for Jetstar in Newcastle on the 16th; and 737-8fe Vh-vuu Lady Bluetiful for Virgin Blue in Brisbane on the 29th.

May Deliveries Were A320‑212 Vh-yqc to Strategic in Melbourne on the 6th and 737-8fe Vh-vuv Ruby Blue for Virgin Blue in Brisbane on the 30th.

June Saw the Arrival of A320‑232 Vh-vgq for Jetstar in Melbourne on the 4th; Bae 146-300/rj100 Pk-raz of Riau Airlines for Storage With Cobham in Adelaide on the 11th; Fokker 100 Vh‑xwn to Alliance in Brisbane on the 17th; Bae 146‑300qc Vh‑njz to Cobham in Adelaide as G-bpnt on the 17th; Fokker 100 Vh‑xwq to Alliance in Brisbane on the 24th; and A320-232 Vh-vgp to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 26th.

Also Worthy of Mention Was That 737-7es/wedgetail A30‑001, Which Was Previously Registered N378bc, and 737-7es/wedgetail A30-004, Which Was Previously Registered N361bj, Were Handed Over to the Raaf at Williamtown on May 5, While A330-203/ Mrtt Ec-336, Which is the Prospective A39-004 With the Raaf, Arrived at Brisbane on June 18 for Tanker Conversion Work by Qantas Defence Services.

For the Remainder of the Year We Have in Prospect Another 22 Aircraft, and if They Are Delivered That Will Take the 2010 Annual Total to 42.