Traffic

747-438 Vh-ojk, Which Had Been in Long Term Storage at Victorville, California, Since January 18 ’10 Was Cancelled From the Register on May 20 as ‘aircraft Sold’. It Has Been Reported That Vh-ojk Will Be Operated by Max Air of Lagos, Nigeria, on Passenger Charter Work.

747-338 Vh-ebw, Which Was Retired From Qantas Service in December ’08 and Was Later Registered N176sg, Has Been Parked in the Us.

On June 13 the 747, Still in Its Qantas Colours, Ferried From Tucson to Honolulu Before Continuing to Jakarta on June 18. It Was Then Cancelled From the Us Register on June 22 as ‘exported to Indonesia’.

Sistership 747-338 Vh-ebv, Which Was Retired From Qantas Service in December ’08 Before Being Registered N175sg, Was Cancelled From the Us Register on November 3 ’10 to Become Xt-dma With Centrafrique Air Express of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.

747-338 Vh-eby, Which Retired From Qantas Service in December ’08, Was Later Registered N177sg. On November 18 ’10 It Was Sold to an Operator in Burkino Faso as Xt-sag.

Due to the Threat of Volcanic Ash A330-202 Vh-ebl, Which Was Scheduled on the Qf26 Los Angeles to Auckland, Instead Operated From Los Angeles Direct to Sydney (Arriving June 14).

767-338er Vh-ogb Was Withdrawn From Qantas Service on June 18 After Operating Qf464 From Melbourne to Sydney. It Was Later Noted at Sydney on June 24 Having Had Its Qantas Titles Removed.

737-838 Vh-vzr Msn 34193 Was Planned for Delivery in Late August.

737-476 Vh-tjm, Which Was Withdrawn From Service on May 14, Departed Melbourne for Darwin and Jakarta on June 20 as Qf6021.

737-476 Vh-tjs Departed Melbourne for Darwin and Seletar on June 15 for Planned Maintenance With St Aerospace.

Qantas/jetconnect Registered 737-838 Zk-zqg Msn 34190 on June 22, and Took Delivery of the Aircraft in Melbourne on June 24 After It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Honolulu, Nadi and Brisbane as Qf6024. The Original Routing From Nadi Was Planned via Auckland to Melbourne, but the Threat of Volcanic Ash Over New Zealand Resulted in the Aircraft Being Re-routed via Brisbane. Zk-zqg Ernest Rutherford Then Entered Service on June 28 When It Operated Qf25 From Melbourne to Auckland.

737-838 Zk-zqh Msn 39357, Which Will Be the Eighth of Type in the Jetconnect Fleet, is Planned for Delivery in August. Entry Into Service of Zk-zqg and Zk-zqh Will See 737-476s Zk-jtp and Zk-jtq, Which Are the Last of Type in the Jetconnect Fleet, Retired From Service.

737-476 Zk-jtr, Which Was Withdrawn From Service in Auckland on March 24, Has Been Sold. On June 17 It Was Test Flown at Auckland as Qf6173 Before It Departed on June 20 as Qf6029 to Brisbane and Darwin, Where It Overnighted Before Continuing to Jakarta.

Zk-jtr, Then Registered Vh-tjn Egret, Was Delivered to Australian Airlines in Melbourne on May 6 ’92 After Ferrying in From Port Angeles, Washington, via Honolulu and Nadi as Tn1396, and on May 20 Entered Service When It Operated Tn14 From Melbourne to Perth. On June 1 ’07 Vh-tjn Was Registered Zk‑jtr, With the Aircraft Entering Service With Jetconnect on June 2 When It Operated Qf4003 From Auckland to Wellington.

Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Departure of an Air New Zealand 747-400.

Air New Zealand 747-4f6 Zk-suj, Which Was Withdrawn From Service in Auckland on March 26 on Termination of Its Lease, Was Test Flown on June 21 as Nz6004. During Its Maintenance Lay-up Its Air New Zealand Titles and Part of Its Koru Were Removed. In Theearly Hours of June 30, Zk-suj, as Flight Nz6392, Departed Auckland for Los Angeles and Tel Aviv Where It Will Be Converted to a Freighter.

747-475 Zk-suh, Which Was in Short Term Storage at Christchurch, Ferried to Auckland as Nz6007 on June 20 Before Departing to Xiamen as Nz6041 on June 29 for Planned Maintenance.

Alliance Airlines Added Fokker 100 Vh-xwo Msn 11280 and Fokker 100 Vh-xwp Msn 11281 to the Register on June 7, With the Aircraft Planned for Delivery to Brisbane in August. They Were Originally Part of a Group of Eight Ex Germania Fokker 100s That Alliance Took Options on in March ’10, With These Aircraft to Be Registered Vh-xwm to Vh-xwt. In the Event, However, Only Six Were Delivered After the Options on Vh-xwo and Vh-xwp Were Cancelled, So It is Good News That We Will Now See All Eight Aircraft in Service With Alliance.

Skywest Airlines Will Add a Tenth Fokker 100 to Its Fleet With the Lease for Five Years of Fokker 100 N305mx Msn 11305, Which on June 14 Ferried Into Woensdrecht, Holland, From Fort Worth/spinks via Indianapolis, Goose Bay and Keflavik.

Solomon Airlines A320-211 H4-bus, Which Was Delivered to Melbourne as N957pg on May 11, Was Planned for Delivery to Honiara on July 7.

Strategic Airlines A320-212 Vh-yqa Ferried Out of Perth as Flight Vc9001 on June 18, With the Aircraft Destined for Manila via Darwin and Planned Maintenance.

Tiger Airways A320-232 Vh-fjr, Which Departed Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore on May 28, Was Cancelled From the Register on June 2 on Its Transfer to Operations With Tiger Singapore.

A320-232 Vh-vnb Ferried Into Melbourne From Singapore on June 22 on Completion of Planned Maintenance.

Virgin Group News

Virgin Australia Added Two More 737-800s to Its Fleet in This Period.

Virgin Australia Took Delivery of 737-8fe Vh-yff in Brisbane on June 15 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Boeing Field via Honolulu, Nadi and Christchurch as Flight Dj9080. Vh-yff, Which Was Painted in Virgin Australia Colours in Seattle, Was Routed via Christchurch Where It Arrived on June 10 to Allow Cabin Interior Work to Be Carried Out.

It Then Entered Service With Virgin Australia on June 22 When It Operated Dj356 From Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-8fe Vh-yva Msn 40995 Was Delivered to Brisbane on June 23 After It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as Dj9082.

The Original Plan Was That Vh-yva Would Be Delivered to Christchurch, but the Threat of Volcanic Ash Resulted in a Re-route to Brisbane.

737-8fe Vh-yia Msn 37824 Was Planned for Delivery to Virgin Australia in Brisbane in Early August.

Embraer E-170-100lr Vh-zhc, Which Departed Melbourne on May 24, Was Later Cancelled From the Register on May 30 When Exported to the Us.

Regional Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Dhc-6-300 to Pacific Sun and a Bn-2t to Sunbird Aviation, While Departing Was a Metro Iii of Pel-air Aviation.

Ambulance Victoria King Air B200c Vh-vah Ferried Into Essendon From Cairns on June 2, While Its Fourth and Final King Air B200c, Vh-vai, Was Delivered to Essendon on June 17.

At a Ceremony Held at Essendon Airport on June 10, King Air B200cs Vh-vad and Vh-vah Were Presented to the Media.

The Northern Territorygovernment Announced on June 16 That Careflight (Nsw) Had Been Awarded a 10 Year Contract to Provide Aeromedical Services in the Northern Territory.

King Air B200 Vh-zcx Msn Bb-1465, Which Was Delivered to Perth as Ln-mog on May 9, Was Registered to Careflight (Nsw) on June 3. It is Expected That King Air B200 Ln-mod Msn Bb‑1459, Which Was Delivered to Essendon on May 31, Will Also Join the Careflight Aeromedical Fleet.

Careflight Commenced Aeromedical Services in the Northern Territory in July ’10 With Four King Air B200 Aircraft – Vh-zmq, Vh-zmw, Vh‑zmy and Vh-zxm – Leased From Australasian Jet.

The Iap Group Registered Bae 748-2b Vh-dqy Msn 1773 on June 9, and is Planning to Ferry the Aircraft From Kenya to Bankstown Later This Year. Vh-dqy, Then Registered 5r-mjb, Was Delivered to the Iap Group at Bankstown on July 31 ’01 Before Being Registered Vh-ipb to Horizon Airlines on August 17 ’01.

Vh‑ipb Was Cancelled From the Register on November 5 ’04 and Was Then Registered S2-adl Before Departing Bankstown on December 11 ’04 on Delivery to Zoom Airlines.

Pacific Sun Took Delivery of Dhc-6-300 N974sw Msn 410 at Nadi on June 26 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Camarillo, California, via Honolulu, Christmas Island and Apia.

The Ferry Flight Was Operated by Southern Cross Aviation as Sxa835.

Pel-air Aviation Metro Iii Vh-ees Departed Sydney for Apia on July 3 and Operation With Sierra West Airlines in the United States.

Rfds/south Eastern, Which Took Delivery of King Air B200c N81459 Msn Bl-168 in Cairns on April 25, Registered the Aircraft Vh-ams on June 10.

Skippers Aviation Dash 8-q315 C-gkux Msn 587, Which Was Delivered to Perth on June 6, Was Registered Vh‑xki on June 15.

Port Moresby Based Sunbird Aviation Took Delivery of Bn-2t N121mt at Cairns on June 7 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Finmere, Uk, via Oxford, Bastia, Mykonos, Luxor, Riyadh, Muscat, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangkok, Seletar, Denpasar and Darwin. The Ferry Flight Was Carried Out by Air Center One of Auckland.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Departure of a Citation Ultra and Deliveries of a Cessna 441 and Pc-12/47e.

Airwork Flight Operations Citation Ultra Zk-awk Has Returned to the Us on Termination of Its Lease. On June 3 the Aircraft, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘airwork One’, Departed Auckland for the Gold Coast and Cairns Before Later Continuing Its Ferry via Port Moresby, Guam and Naha.

Citation Ultra N596vp Was Delivered to Aeromil Pacific at Maroochydore on September 2 ’09 Before Being Registered Zk-awk to Airwork on November 20 ’09. It Was Cancelled From the New Zealand Register on January 8 ’10 Before Taking Up the Markings N3937e.

The Ultra Was Again Registered Zk‑awk to Airwork on February 22 ’10.

Challenger 850 Vh-vmx, Which Was Registered to Fallbrook P/l of Welshpool, Western Australia, on May 2, Was Planned for Delivery in Mid July.

Learjet 35a Vh-ovb Changed Its Registered Holder to Shortstop Jet Charter of Essendon Airport on June 10.

It Was Previously Registered to Legend International Holdings of Melbourne.

Citation Cj1 Vh-daa Changed Its Registered Holder to St Air of Jandakot, Western Australia, on June 2, While the Registered Operator Became Maxem Aviation of Applecross, Western Australia. Vh‑daa Was Previously Registered to Pacific Media Corporation of Wollongong, Nsw.

Cessna 441 Vh-sux Msn 441-0267 Was Registered on May 24 With the Owner Being Multi-haulage of Goondiwindi, Queensland, and the Operator Edwards Coaches of Armidale, Nsw. It Was Delivered to Armidale on June 14 When It Ferried in From Majuro via Brisbane.

King Air 350i N8141t, Which Was Displayed at Avalon in March, Returned on a Demonstration Tour of Australia in June. On June 10 It Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar and Later Visited Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Jandakot, Where It Arrived on June 22.

King Air C90a Zk-zza Was Registered to Izard Pacific Aviation of Taupo on June 17.

As N90nz It Had Earlier Ferried Into Taupo From the Us on May 23 (Traffic/july).

Mu-2b-60 N64md Msn 1561sa, Which Arrived at Archerfield on May 16 (Traffic/ July), is Not an Import as Had Been Thought, as It Has Since Departed the Country. It Initially Moved From Archerfield to Maroochydore on May 22 Before Continuing to Cairns on May 31. N64md Was Next Reported Departing Horn Island for Tokua on June 3, and Then From Tokua to Pohnpei on June 6.

Pc-12/47e Vh-ydr, Which Was Registered to Pilatus Australia of Adelaide on June 10, Was Delivered to Jandakot From Denpasar and Port Hedland on June 20.

Gulfstreams Galore

Gulfstream 550 N345lc Registered to L & L Leasing of Valhalla, New York, Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on June 15 and Departed for Honolulu on June 17.

Gulfstream 550 N605ch Registered to Jp Morgan Chase Bank of White Plains, New York, Arrived in Sydney on June 21 and Departed to Hamilton Island on June 24.

Conoco Phillips Gulfstream 550 N661cp Arrived in Brisbane From Honolulu on June 6 and After Overnighting Returned to Honolulu.

Gulfstream 550 N712kt Arrived in Sydney From Auckland on June 1 and After Overnighting Departed for Tokyo/haneda.

Barrick Gold Gulfstream 550 C-gbgc Arrived in Perth From Doha on June 7 Before Returning There on June 9.

Gulfstream 550 I-luxo Operated by Sirio Executive of Milan Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on June 21. After Overnighting It Departed for Melbourne Before Continuing Later That Day to Singapore.

Metro Jet Gulfstream 550 Vp-cvt Arrived in Perth From Hong Kong on June 17 and Departed for Beijing on June 21.

Gulfstream V N83m Registered to 3m of St Paul Arrived in Melbourne on June 19. The Following Day It Operated a Return Flight to Sydney Before Departing Melbourne for Singapore on June 21.

Gulfstream V N697a Registered to Alcoa of West Miflin, Pennsylvania, Arrived in Perth From Dubai on June 13.

It Departed Perth for Hamilton Island on June 15 and After Overnighting Continued to Cairns and Hong Kong.

Gulfstream V N128gv Arrived in Melbourne From Hong Kong on June 24.

Gulfstream Iv N404ac Registered to Cottonwood Aviation of Houston Arrived in Perth From Singapore on June 14. It Operated a Return Flight to Karratha on June 17 Before Departing for Nadi on June 18.

Gulfstream 150 Cc-cwk Operated by Aerocardal of Santiago Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on June 21 and After Overnighting Returned to Nadi.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express G-ceyl Registered to Aravco Ltd of Farnborough, Uk, Arrived in Sydney From Port Moresby on June 8 and Departed for Male on June 9.

Global Express M-gbal Registered to Noclaf Ltd and Based at Luton, Uk, Arrived in Sydney From Male on May 31 and Later Visited Canberra, Mount Isa and Cloncurry Before Departing Sydney for Male on June 3.

Samsung Techwin Aviation Global Express Hl7749 Arrived in Sydney From Auckland on June 13 and Departed for Halim on June 14.

Air China Challenger 605 B-3076, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘air China 095’, Arrived in Sydney From Shenzhen and Darwin on June 24. After Overnighting It Departed for Darwin and Singapore.

Phenom 100 N777bf, Which is Registered to Eagle Creek Aviation Services of Indianapolis but is Resident in the Philippines, Arrived in Brisbane on June 25 From Ambon, Darwin and Mt Isa.

Beijing Capital Airlines Hawker 4000 B-3906, Which Was Operating as Cbj161, Arrived in Perth From Singapore on June 14. It Later Departed Perth for Devonport on June 17 and After Overnighting Continued to Darwin and Subic Bay.

Heavy Metal

Raaf A330-203mrtt A39-002 Was Delivered to Amberley on June 18 After Flying in From Las Vegas and Hickam Afb.

737-7bc/bbj N800ks Registered to Aej Services of Los Angeles Arrived in Sydney From Bangkok on June 13 and After Overnighting Departed to Honolulu.

Kapo Avia Il-62m(F) Ra‑86945, Which Was Operating as Flight Kao9774, Arrived at Raaf Amberley From Singapore on June 20.

It Departed in the Early Hours of June 21 Before Returning to Amberley on June 24 as ‘asy096’, and Departed Amberley Later That Day for Jakarta, Again as ‘asy096’.

Volga Dnepr Il‑76td‑90vd Ra-76951, Which Was Operating as Flight Vda4398, Arrived in Port Hedland From Jakarta and Darwin on June 24. It Departed Port Hedland for Male as Flight Vda4399 on June 26.

Omega Air Dc-10-40 N974vv, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘omega 10’, Arrived in Darwin From Guam on June 17 Before Moving to Cairns on June 22 and Williamtown on June 23. It Departed Williamtown for Cairns and Guam on June 26.

Royal Netherlands Air Force Dc-10-30 T-255, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘naf67’, Arrived in Melbourne From Male in the Early Hours of June 17. It Departed Melbourne for Auckland on June 18.

Us Navy C-130t 165348 Jw5348 of Vr-62 Was Noted at Rockhampton on June 17.

Ferry Flights

Baron G58 N298wa Arrived in Auckland on June 30 After Ferrying in From Yolo County, California, via Hilo and Pago Pago. Bell 212 Vh-jjk, Which Had Been Painted in Toll Colours at Redcliffe, Departed There on June 15 for Darwin Where It Was Later Noted on June 18 While en Route to East Timor.

Cirrus Sr22 Vh-dsb, Which Had Been in New Zealand Since December ’10, Arrived in Port Macquarie on June 6 After Crossing the Tasman From Kerikeri via Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

Cirrus Sr22t Vh-dls Completed Its Trans-pacific Ferry at Brisbane on June 3 After It Arrived From Pago Pago. Earlier on May 3 It Was Registered to Dalabam P/l of Tamworth.

Australian Aerial Surveys Pac 750xl Vh-eak Ferried From Lord Howe Island to Bankstown on June 8.

Central Aviation Pac‑750xl P2-bwf (Traffic/ July) Continued Its Delivery Flight in This Period, Departing Rockhampton for Cairns on Rotary Comings and Goings (Left) Chc Australia As332 L1 Super Puma Vh-lyi Arrived at Essendon on a Truck From the Melbourne Docks Back in February, and Flew for the First Time Since Then on June 29. (Right) Siller Brothers/heli Aust S-61v N45917 the Pres Arriving at Essendon From Bankstown on June 29 Before Being Flown to the Melbourne Docks on July 3 to Be Shipped Back to the Us After Completing Its Australian Commitments. (Gordon Reid) June 7 and After Overnighting Continuing to Horn Island and Mt Hagen.

Kendu Aviation Pa-31t P2‑kda Arrived in Maroochydore From Mount Hagen and Cairns on June 19.

Pa-31t N178sg, Which Has Been in New Zealand Since Late 2009, Departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island and Noumea on June 24.

Pa-30 Vh-wvl Departed the Gold Coast for Port Vila on June 26.

Pa-46r-350t Malibu Matrix Vh-zdj Arrived in Port Macquarie on June 15 After Ferrying in From Denpasar, Broome, Alice Springs, Charleville and Toowoomba. It Was Registered to Matilda Equipment of Toowoomba South on June 10.

Tbm700 Vh-kft Departed Darwin for Denpasar on June 3 and Was Later Noted at Pontoise, France, on June 19.

Airline Jet Departures July– December 2010 for the Six Months July to December ’10 Six Commercial Jet Aircraft Departed Our Region.

Combined With the 10 Departures in January-june ’10, This Brought the 2010 Annual Total to 16. By Comparison, Commercial Jet Aircraft Departures in the Years 2006 to 2009 Were 22, 26, 10 and 25.

The Departures in July to December 2010 Broken Down Into Types Comprised Two 747‑400s, One 727-100 and Three 737-700s.

August Saw Air New Zealand 747-441 Zk-sui Withdrawn From Service in Narita on the 17th After Operating Nz99 From Auckland. It Was Later Cancelled From the Register on October 5 on Its Sale to Air Atlanta Iceland as Tf-amx.

September Departures Were Virgin Blue 737-7bx Vh‑vbq, Which Ferried Out of Melbourne to Seattle/paine Field on the 25th on Termination of Its Lease. It Was Later Leased to Southwest Airlines as N552wn, While Heavylift Cargo 727-51f Rp-c8016 Had Been Broken Up at Cairns by the 30th.

October Saw Virgin Blue 737-7bx Vh-vbr Ferry Out of Melbourne for Seattle/paine Field on the 16th on Termination of Its Lease, With the Aircraft Then Leased to Southwest Airlines as N553wn.

November Departures Were Qantas 747-438 Vh-ojr, Which Flew Out of Avalon on the 5th Destined for Marana, Arizona, and Virgin Blue 737-7bx Vh‑vbs, Which Ferried Out of Melbourne on the 13th Destined for Seattle/paine Field Where It Was Later Leased to Southwest as N554wn.