Traffic

Santiago, Chile Was Added to the Qantas Route Network on March 26 With the Introduction of Qf27/28, a Thrice-weekly Service (Mon, Wed and Sat) Sydney-santiago-sydney. The Inaugural Qf27 Was Operated by 747-438er Vh-oeg.

Qantas Ceased Operations to Buenos Aires on March 24 With the Final Service Sydney- Buenos Aires-sydney Qf17/18 Also Operated by Vh-oeg.

747-438 Vh-ojt Operated the Final Qantas 747 Service From Melbourne on March 24 When It Departed as Qf29 to Hong Kong. From March 25 the Daily Melbourne-hong Kong Service Was Changed to A330-300 Equipment With A330-303 Vh-qpi Scheduled on the First Flight.

Qantas Operated Its First 747 Service From Melbourne on September 17 ’71 When 747-238b Vh-eba City of Canberra Operated the First Qantas Scheduled Service by Type as Qf739 From Sydney to Melbourne and Singapore.

Qantas Also Scheduled Its Fi-nal 747-400 Service From Lon-don/heathrow on March 24 With 747-438 Vh-ojg Operat-ing Qf30 to Hong Kong and 747-438 Vh-ojh Operating Qf2 to Bangkok and Sydney.

737-838 Vh-xza Msn 39367 Was Registered to Qantas on March 15 as Were 737-838 Vh-xzb Msn 39360 and 737-838 Vh-xzc Msn 39361.

Jetstar Took Delivery of A320-232 Vh-vff in Mel-bourne on March 11 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight Jq7992 From Toulouse via Dubai and Singapore. Vh-vff Entered Service With Jetstar on March 18 When It Operated Jq506 From Mel-bourne to Sydney.

Network Aviation Will Take Delivery of Fokker 100 Hk-4430 Msn 11465 Later This Year and Had the Aircraft Ferried From Cali, Colombia to Woensdrecht, Holland Where It Arrived on March 8 via Nassau, Halifax and Keflavik. Fokker 100 Hk-4419 Msn 11457 Followed the Same Route Into Woensdrecht on March 15 and Fokker 100 Hk-4444 Msn 11458 Arrived at Woens-drecht on March 23. The Arrival of Hk-4444 Means That All 10 Fokker 100 Aircraft Bought by Network Have Now Been Accounted for With Vh-nhg, Vh-nhq and Vh-nhv Already Delivered to Network While Hk-4419, Hk-4420, Hk-4430, Hk-4437, Hk-4443, Hk-4444, Hk-4451 Are Being Prepared for Delivery at Woensdrecht.

Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Fokker 100 to Skywest and the Departure of the Last Air Australia A320.

Adagold A340-313 Cs-tqm Ferried Out of Dar-win to Manila on March 12 for Unscheduled Maintenance Fol-lowing a Hard Landing. To Cover Downtime, A340-313 Cs-tql Began Operations With Adagold in Its Place.

Air Australia, Which Ceased Operations on February 17, Has Had Its Three A320s Removed From the Australian Register.

A320-212 Vh-yqa, Ferried to Montpellier, France (Traffic/ April) and Was Cancelled From the Register on March 13.

A320-212 Vh-yqb, Grounded in Perth, Was Can-celled on March 23 and on the Same Day Was Registered N549cl to Awas Aviation Services of New York. On April 3 It Departed Perth for Kuala Lumpur.

A320-212 Vh-yqc Ferried to Goodyear, Arizona and Was Cancelled on March 9 Before Being Registered N268at to Aeroturbine, Miami on March 13.

Air New Zealand 747-419 Zk-nbu, Withdrawn From Ser-vice on February 27, Was Noted at Auckland on March 15 With Its Air New Zealand Titles Removed From the Fuselage and the Koru Removed From the Tail. 747-419 Zk-nbt, Withdrawn From Service on February 12, Was Noted in a Similar Condition Later in the Month.

A320-232 Zk-ojk,leased to Tam Brazil as Pr-mbj in July ’06, is Planned to Return to Air New Zealand Service in May.

737-3k2 Zk-sje Was Cancelled From the Register on March 26 on Its Sale to Viva Aerobus as Xa-vit, but as of April 3 the Aircraft Was Still in Christchurch.

Air Niugini Has Wetleased 757-23n Tf-fic From Icelandair to Cover Planned Maintenance on Its 767-300 Fleet. The All-white 757 Ferried Into Singapore From Keflavik and Sharjah on March 19 and Entered Service With Air Niugini on March 21 as Px11 From Manila to Port Moresby (Arriving March 22).

Tf-fic Made Its First Visit to Australia on March 23 When It Operated Px003 From Port Mo-resby to Brisbane. 767-383er P2-pxw Operated Px10 From Port Moresby to Manila on March 21 Before Departing Manila in the Early Hours of March 22 as Px6010 to Guang-zhou for Planned Maintenance.

Air Pacific Ended Its Lease on 767-3x2er Dq-fjc on January 15 After the Aircraft Was Ferried to Guangzhou for End-of-lease Maintenance (Traffic/march). On March 29 Dq-fjc, Now in an All-white Scheme, Departed Guang-zhou for Honolulu as Fj2001 Before Continuing to Atlanta as Fj2002.

Heavylift Cargo 737-406(F) Vh-jwl, De-livered to Brisbane on Janu-ary 28 ’11 Has to Date Remained Static. On March 14 the Regis-tered Operator Was Changed to Transpacific of Queen Victoria Building, Sydney.

Skywest Took Delivery of Fokker 100 Ph-lmy at Perth on March 19 After the Air-craft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Woensdrecht, Holland via Trabzon, Al Ain, Nagpur, Penang and Halim. The Flight, Contracted to Southern Cross Aviation, Operated as Sxi 1229. The Fokker 100 Later Was Regis-tered to Skywest as Vh-fzo on March 22.

Skywest Has Wetleased 737-3yo Vh-inu From Our Airline, Operating on a Four-times Weekly Service (Mon- Thu) From Perth to Curtin. Vh-inu Entered Service With Skywest on March 13 When It Operated Xr023/024 Perth- Curtin-perth.

Vincent Aviation Bae 146-200 Zk-eco Was Rolled Out at Wellington on March 3 to Reveal a Very Attrac-tive New Livery, Applied by Vin-cent Engineers and Tag Signs. On March 9, Using the Callsign ‘vincent 810’, It Departed Wel-lington for Queenstown and Sydney to Begin a Charter for a Film Crew Who Were Taking Footage for a New Australian Tourism Advert.

On March 11 Zk-eco Departed Sydney for Hamilton Island Before It Continued to Adelaide, Hobart and Es-sendon, Where It Arrived on March 18. Due to Fod Damage It Positioned to Mel-bourne on March 22, Where the Problem Was Rectified. On March 26 It Departed for Ayers Rock, Kununurra, Broome, Tindal and Cairns Before Returning to Sydney on April 4.

Virgin Australia Fleet Update

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A330-200 and a 737-800 While Departing Was a 737-700.

Virgin Australia Took De-livery of A330-243 Vh-xfc Mooloolaba Beach in Melbourne Late on April 6 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse and Kuala Lumpur as Dj9086.

737-8fe Vh-yfi Porpoise Bay Was Delivered to Brisbane on March 21 After It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as Dj9080. Vh-yfi Entered Service With Virgin Australia on April 3 When It Operated Dj912 From Brisbane to Sydney.

737-76n Vh-vbn Has Finished Its Lease and on March 25 Was Withdrawn From Service After Operating Dj997 From Sydney-brisbane. On March 28, Still Carrying the Full Virgin Blue Colour Scheme, It Departed Brisbane for Kuala Lumpur as Dj9081.

Vh-vbn Southern Belle Was Delivered to Virgin Blue in Brisbane on July 5 ’02 After It Ferried in From Christchurch as Dj9081. The Following Day It Entered Service Operating Dj308 From Brisbane to Mel-bourne.

737-8bk Vh-vob, Which Ferried Out of Brisbane to Subang on February 4, Was Cancelled From the Register on March 15 With the Aircraft Then Delivered to Jeju Air as Hl8260.

737-76n Vh-vbm, Which Ferried Out of Brisbane on December 26 ’11, Was Cancelled From the Register on March 23 and the Same Day Was Placed on the Us Civil Register as N588sc.

737-7q8 Vh-vbh, Which Ferried Out of Brisbane on January 17, Was Cancelled From the Register on February 29 and the Same Day Was Registered N151lf to Ilfc, Los Angeles.

Virgin Australia Has Contin-ued to Rotate Its 777-300er Aircraft Through the Air New Zealand Engineering Facility in Auckland (Traffic/april).

777-3zger Vh-vpe Fer-ried From Auckland to Sydney as Va9077 on March 5 on Completion of Maintenance.

777-3zger Vh-voz Fer-ried From Sydney to Auckland as Va9078 on March 5 and From Auckland to Sydney as Va9077 on March 15.

777-3zger Vh-vpf Fer-ried From Sydney to Auckland as Va9078 on March 15 and From Auckland to Sydney as Va9077 on March 26.

777-3zger Vh-vph, the Newest Aircraft in the Fleet, Was Not Planned for Maintenance in Auckland but It Ferried Out of Sydney on March 26 as Va9079 to Singapore to Be Painted in Virgin Australia Colours.

Atr 72-500 Oy-cjv Msn 986 Kirra Beach, Which Will Be Registered Vh-fvx, Was Planned for Delivery in March but This Has Now Been Delayed. The Aircraft, Which Carries the Colours of Virgin Australia, Was Ferried From Lelystad to Maastricht on March 5, Where It Was Put in Temporary Storage.

Regional Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an Emb-135lr to Jetgo, a Dash 8-300 to Skytrans, a Dhc-6-400 to Ok Tedi, a Cessna 441 to Hardy Aviation, While Departing Was a Metro 23 of Pel-air Aviation.

Air Rarotonga Has Bought Emb-110p2 Vh-uqa, Last Registered to Aerolink Air Services of Narrabeen, Nsw. The Aircraft Was Stored at Ma-ryborough and Was Cancelled From the Register on March 22 After Being Shipped to the Cook Islands.

Hardy Aviation Took Deliv-ery of Cessna 441 Vh-jve Msn 441-0068 at Darwin on March 28 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Honolulu via Majuro. Delivery Takes the Hardy Cessna 441 Fleet to Six – Vh-azw, Vh-jvb, Vh-jve, Vh-jvl, Vh-jvn and Vh-jvy.

Heli Niugini Has Added Sikorsky S-55 N17756 Msn V55-400t to Its Fleet With the Aircraft Cancelled From the Us Civil Register on February 8.

Jetgo Australia Took Deliv-ery of Emb-135lr Vh-jtg at Brisbane on March 14 After the Aircraft Flew in From Maroochydore. On March 7 Vh-jtg Departed Gander, Newfoundland on the North Atlantic Crossing to Shannon Before It Continued to Marseille and Cairo, Where It Arrived on March 8.

The Emb-135lr Was Later Noted Departing Langkawi on March 12 for Denpasar and Darwin Where It Overnighted Before Continuing to Osborne Mine, Longreach, Rockhamp-ton and Maroochydore.

Ok Tedi Took Delivery of Dhc-6-400 C-govn at Cairns on March 13 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Merauke via Horn Island and Lizard Island.

Pel-air Aviation Metro 23 Vh-kan Departed Adelaide for Apia on March 17 on the First Leg of Its Delivery Flight to Bearskin Airlines. From Apia It Continued to Hilo, Lake Havasu City and New Braun-fells, Texas Where It Arrived on March 20.

Skytrans Took Delivery of Dash 8-311 Vh-qqp Msn 232 at Cairns on April 4 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Canada. It Was Recorded Departing St Johns, Newfoundland on March 28 for the Azores, Valencia and Brindisi. Vh-qqp, Registered to Skytrans on March 23, Was an October 1990 Production Aircraft Last Operated by Liat as V2-lga.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Cessna 441 and a King Air C90.

Gulfstream 200 N533ga, Which Ferried Out of Hamilton, New Zealand on March 4 on Its Sale in the United States (Traffic/april) Arrived at Savan-nah, Georgia From Bermuda on March 20.

Hawker 850xp Vh-ram Operated by Ramsay Air Char-ter Changed Its Registration to Vh-pnf on March 23.

Singapore Flying College Learjet 45 Vh-sqv Changed Its Registered Operator From Singapore Flying College to Execujet Australia, Mascot, Nsw on March 20, While Its Registered Owner Was Changed From Singapore Flying College to Ej Capital Ag, Mascot on March 22. On March 28 the All-white Vh-sqv Departed Maroochydore for Sydney.

Hawker 900xp Vh-nkd Changed Its Register Owner/ Operator From Tatary P/l of Belmont, Wa to Fmr Investments of South Perth on February 16.

Falcon 900ex Vh-mqk Changed Its Registered Op-erator From Flight Options to Mk Air of Newcastle on March 19.

Falcon 2000x Vh-crw Changed Its Registered Opera-tor From Sydney Jet Charter to Brenzil P/l of Toowong, Queensland on February 23.

Cessna 441 N689ae Msn 441-0281 Was Delivered to Jandakot on March 8 After Completing Its Trans-pacific Ferry From Vacaville, Califor-nia via Honolulu, Majuro and Cairns. The Cessna Was Regis-tered Vh-obe on March 20, the Holder Being Stamford Park Investments, Jandakot and the Operator Aerohire, Jandakot.

King Air C90 Xu-hbb Msn Lj-510 Arrived at Bris-bane From Denpasar, Broome, Alice Springs and Charleville on March 10 and It’s Reported the Aircraft Will Be Presented to Aviation Australia.

King Air 350 Zk-mmm Changed Its Ownership to Golden Wings, Nelson on February 29.

Legacy 650 Pt-tie Arrived in Perth From Singapore on March 6 at the Start of a Dem-onstration Tour. It Later Visited Essendon and Sydney Before Departing Perth for Halim on March 12.

Phenom 300 Pt-trt Ar-rived in Perth From Denpasar on March 29 to Begin a Dem-onstration Tour. The Aircraft Had Been Displayed at the Singapore Airshow and Was Later Noted at Sydney, Essendon and Nowra Before Departing Sydney for Auckland on April 9.

Gulfstreams Galore

Gulfstream 550 N3m Registered to the 3m Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota Ar-rived in Sydney From Haneda on March 20 and Departed to Christchurch on March 22.

Gulfstream 550 N235dx Registered to Ewa of Coraopo-lis, Pennsylvania Arrived in Perth From Bahrain on March 24 and Departed to Bora Bora on March 27.

Chevron Usa Gulfstream 550 N443m Arrived in Perth From Doha on March 10 and Departed to Halim on March 16.

Gulfstream 550 N505d Registered to Warbler 1 of Freeland, Michigan Arrived in Darwin on March 26 and After Overnighting Continued to Sydney. It Departed Sydney for Brisbane and the Gold Coast on March 29.

Net-jets Gulfstream 550 N508qs Departed Brisbane for Honolulu on March 11.

John Deere Gulfstream 550 N550jd Arrived in Brisbane From Pune, India on March 12 and Departed to Hamilton, New Zealand on March 13.

Gulfstream 550 N712kt Arrived in Sydney From Narita on March 19 Before Returning on March 21.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8100 Arrived at the Gold Coast From Queenstown on March 27 and Departed to Syd-ney on March 29. It Departed Sydney for Perth on March 30 and After Overnighting Contin-ued to Beijing.

Emperor Express Gulf-stream 550 B-8156 Arrived in Sydney From Macau on March 3 and Departed for Hong Kong on March 4.

China Eastern Gulfstream 550 B-8168 Arrived in Mel-bourne From Hong Kong on March 9 Before Continuing to Sydney on March 10. It De-parted for Cairns on March 11 and After Overnighting Contin-ued to Christchurch.

Daimler Chrysler Aviation Gulfstream 550 D-adca Operating as Dcs101 Arrived in Sydney From Papeete on March 16 and Departed to Singapore on March 20.

Gulfstream V N85v Arrived in Brisbane From Cam Ranh Bay on March 14 and Departed to Wellington on March 15.

Lockheed Martin Gulf-stream V N410lm Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on March 19 and After Overnight-ing Continued to Canberra. It Departed Canberra for Hono-lulu on March 22.

Clay Lacy Aviation Gulf-stream 450 N851cb Arrived in Melbourne From Nadi on March 25 Before Continuing to Adelaide on March 29, Perth on March 31 and Sydney on April 2.

Swiss Jet Gulfstream 450 Hb-jus Arrived in Sydney From Clark Field, Philippines on March 27.

Us Marines Gulfstream Iv/c-20g 165153, Callsign ‘ghost 53’, Transited Cairns on March 27 While en Route From Surabaja to Tonga. The Next Day It Again Transited Cairns While en Route From Tonga to Dili.

Gulfstream Iii N410uj Registered to Fm Holding Group, Boca Raton, Florida Arrived in Sydney From Darwin on March 25 Before Returning to Darwin on March 27.

Gulfstream 200 B-ksj Arrived in Sydney From Biak on March 10 and Departed to Darwin and Hong Kong on March 13.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N86tw Registered to Tallwood Global Management of Palo Alto, California Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on March 22 Before Continuing to the Gold Coast on March 29.

Global Express N528mp Registered to Cr Holdings of Crystal Lake, Illinois Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on March 17 Before Returning to Honolulu on March 19.

Global Express N915av Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on March 21 and Re-mained There Until March 25, When It Returned to Hong Kong.

Comlux Aviation Global Ex-press Hb-jgh Arrived in Mel-bourne From Nadi on March 13 and Departed to Honolulu on March 15. It Later Arrived in Brisbane From Honolulu on March 24 Before Departing to Hobart on March 28. After Overnighting It Departed Ho-bart for Tokyo.

Global Express M-mnaa Operated by Japat Ag of Basel, Switzerland Arrived in Sydney in the Early Hours of March 15 From Bangkok. It Departed Sydney for Hamilton Island on March 17 Before Continu-ing to Cairns and Beijing on March 20.

Amira Air Global Express Oe-irp Using the Callsign ‘expert 10’ Arrived at Es-sendon From Male and Perth on March 16 and Departed to Male on March 19.

Global 5000 N939ap Operating as Tagjet 3 Arrived in Sydney From Halim on March 15 and Departed to Sele-tar on March 17.

Jet Aviation Global 5000 Vp-bjn Arrived in Perth From Subang on March 20 and After Overnighting Continued to Auckland. It Returned to Perth From Auckland on March 30.

Challenger 605 N605ps Registered to Aircraft Trust & Financing Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware Arrived in Perth on March 7 Before Continuing to Melbourne on March 10. It Departed Mel-bourne for the Gold Coast on March 12 and From There Continued to Denpasar on March 14.

Challenger 605 G-urru Registered to Executive Jet Charter of Farnborough Ar-rived in Sydney From Male and Broome on March 11 and De-parted to Majuro on March 14.

Learjet 35 B-4188, Which Ar-rived in Sydney on November 5 for Planned Maintenance With Execujet, Departed Darwin for Davao on March 9.

Learjet 35 B-4187, Which Arrived in Sydney on Novem-ber 20 for Planned Maintenance With Execujet, Was Test Flown on March 28 Before Departing for Yarrawonga on April 2.

Canadian Utilities Cita-tion X C-gcul Arrived in Brisbane From Wellington on March 26. It Then Operated a Return Flight to Gladstone on March 30 Before Departing for Perth on March 31.

Eisele Flugdienst Citation Sovereign D-cbay Arrived in Darwin From Yogyakarta on March 24 Before Continuing to Ayers Rock, Kingscote and Essendon Where It Arrived on March 29. It Departed Essen-don for Auckland on March 31.

Citation Mustang N888gs, Based in Saudi Arabia, Arrived in Perth From Denpasar and Port Hedland on March 18. It Oper-ated a Return Flight to Geraldton on March 20 Before Departing to Port Hedland, Denpasar and Singapore on March 22.

Cat Aviation Falcon 7x Hb-jst Operating as Eurocat 701, Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on March 15 and the Same Day Departed for Haneda.

Shell Aircraft Falcon 7x Vq-bsn Operating as She761, Arrived in Melbourne From Bangkok/don Muang on March 16 and Departed to Canberra and Brisbane on March 19. It Departed Brisbane for Perth on March 20.

Falcon 900ex C-goag Registered to Sunwest Aviation of Calgary Arrived in Bris-bane From Nadi on March 28. Operating as Cnk900, It Made a Return Flight to Gladstone on March 30 Before Continuing to Perth on March 31.

Falcon 900 N900kj Reg-istered to Kendall Jackson Wine Estates of Santa Rosa, California Arrived in Adelaide From Nadi on March 2. It Later Visited Melbourne Before Departing Adelaide for Nadi on March 7.

Falcon 2000ex M-sner Arrived at Essendon From Halim on March 26 Before Continuing to the Gold Coast on March 27.

Lineage 1000 N227gv Arrived in Perth From Jakarta on March 8 and Remained There Until March 15 When It Departed for Halim. It Returned to Perth From Singapore on March 22 Before Departing for Geraldton and Darwin on March 24. After Overnighting It Continued to Singapore.

Ferry Flights

Air Tractor at-802as Vh-ffb and Vh-ffm Departed Ballarat for Brisbane on March 24. After Overnight-ing the Two Aircraft Continued to Norfolk Island and Pago Pago and Onwards to Canada on Their Return to Conair Avia-tion. The Two Aircraft, Registered C-gbpy and C-gybx, Were Imported Into Ballarat in October 2011 for Operations by Field-air During the 2011-12 Bushfire Season.

Toll Bell 412ep Vh-lwf Departed Redcliffe on Ferry to the Solomon Islands on March 16 With the Aircraft Later Noted at Rockhampton, Towns-ville, Cairns, Lockhart River and Horn Island. As C-gksx It Was Imported Into Brisbane on January 27 Onboard Atlas Air 747-47uf N493mc, Which Arrived From Calgary via Honolulu.

Also Onboard the 747 Was Bell 412ep C-gksy Which Was Later Registered Vh-lwi.

Hevilift Bell 412 P2-hcs, en Route to Png, Departed Cairns for Cooktown on March 24.

Heli Solutions Bell 407 P2-hsm Departed Bankstown for Port Moresby on March 19, Initially Stopping at Port Mac-quarie and Brisbane. Between March 22-24 It Was Noted at Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown, Lockhart River, Horn Island, Daru and Karema.

Cessna Aircraft Cessna 208b N341gc Msn 208b2341, a New Production Aircraft, Arrived at Kerikeri on March 28 After Crossing the Pacific From Santa Maria, California via Hilo and Pago Pago.

Cessna 208 N76ea Msn 20800334 Arrived in Cairns on March 31 After Completing Its Trans-pacific Ferry Flight From Santa Barbara via Hilo, Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara.

Cessna 402c N644ma Msn 402c-0644 Arrived at the Gold Coast on March 18 After Ferrying From Merced, Califor-nia via Hilo, Honolulu, Pago Pago and Brisbane.

Cirrus Sr22 N424ab, Ferried by Windward Avia-tion, Arrived at the Gold Coast on April 6 After Flying in From Santa Barbara, California via Hilo and Pago Pago.

Dhc-6-300 N615ar, Which Arrived at Newcastle From the Us on February 24 (Traffic/april), is Now Known to Be in the Country on an Aerial Photography Contract. The Twin Otter Later Ferried From Nowra to Albury on March 14 Before Moving to Parafield.

Pac 750xl Zk-kbt Msn 182, on Delivery to a Sky Dive Operator in Norway and Fitted With a Jump Door, Ferried From Hamilton to Denpasar via Brisbane and Darwin Between March 17 and 19.

Pac 750xl P2-oma Msn 175, on Delivery to an Operator in Png, Ferried From Ardmore to Mount Hagen Between March 26 and 29 via Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns and Horn Island.

Aerostar 601p Vh-yrd,which Carries the Title Super 700 Aerostar and is Based in South Australia, Was Noted at Essendon on March 14. It Later Crossed the Tasman, Arriving at Kerik-eri From Norfolk Island on March 22.

Aerostar 601p Vh-edo, Also Based in South Australia, Departed Norfolk Island for Kerikeri on March 22.

Hawker Beechcraft T-6b N3000b Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on March 18 and After Overnighting Continued to Alice Springs and Brisbane. The T-6b, Which Has Visited Australia Before, Then Crossed the Tasman on March 28 From Brisbane to Ohakea via Norfolk Island and Auckland Where It Participated in the Rnzaf 75th Anniversary Airshow.

Heavy Metal

Hi Fly A310-304(Et) Cs-tex, Operating as Flight Hfy 321p, Arrived in Mel-bourne From Dubai and Kuala Lumpur on March 23. The All-white Aircraft Departed Mel-bourne Later That Day for Kuala Lumpur as Hfy 341.

Silkair A320-233 9v-slo Operated the Airline’s Inaugural Service Into Australia on March 26 as Mi801/802 Singapore- Darwin-singapore.

Singapore Airlines 747-412 9v-spq Operated the Final Scheduled 747 Passenger Service for the Airline on March 25 When It Departed Melbourne for Singapore as Sq238.

Emirates 777-31her A6-ego, the 1,000th 777 Built, Arrived in Brisbane From Dubai and Singapore as Ek432 on March 23 on Its Inaugural Service for the Airline.

Comlux Aruba 767-2dxer P4-cla, Carrying the Presi-dent of Gabon, Arrived in Canberra From Incheon on March 29 as Flight Cxb015. Later That Day It Departed for Sydney, Where It Remained Until April 1 When It Continued to Perth. It Departed Perth for Hong Kong on April 3.

Monarch Airlines 757-2t7(Et) G-monj, Operating a Captain’s Choice Tour, Arrived in Sydney From Auckland as Flight Mon9930 on March 6 Before Departing for Auckland and Papeete as Mon9934 on March 7.

Thomson Airways 757-28a G-oobe, Which Carried the Title Tcs Starquest Expeditions and the Name Explorer, Arrived in Darwin From Port Moresby as Flight Tom941 on March 22.

Boeing Company 737-7bc/ Bbj N835ba Departed Bris-bane for Honolulu on March 9.

Volga-dnepr Airlines Il- 76td-90vd Ra-76592 Arrived in Brisbane From Narita as Flight Vda6507 on March 19 and After Overnighting Departed for Noumea as Vda6508.

Us Navy C-130t 165350, Operating as Convoy 7482, Ar-rived in Darwin From Guam on March 13 and After Overnight-ing Continued to Raaf Pearce. On March 15 It Departed Pearce for Brisbane.

Jasdf C-130h 75-1077 Arrived at Raaf Richmond From Guam and Darwin on March 13. The C-130h, on a Three-day Visit, Departed Richmond on March 17 for Canberra and Darwin and After Overnighting Continued to Kuching.

World Airways Md-11f N381wa, Operating a Freight Charter for Etihad Airways as Flight Etd9876, Arrived in Sydney From Kuala Lumpur on March 17. The Following Day It Departed Sydney for Kuala Lumpur as Etd9877.

Australian Grand Prix Freighters

the 2012 Australian F1 Grand Prix, Run at Albert Park, Melbourne on March 18 Brought the Following Freighters to Avalon and Melbourne: British Airways World Cargo/global Supply Systems 747-87uf G-gssd Arrived at Avalon on March 6 (Traf-fic/april). After Unloading the 747-8f Departed Avalon for Hong Kong in the Early Hours of March 7 as Baw8357.

Cargolux 747-8r7f Lx-vcb Arrived at Av-alon From East Midlands/ Uk, Baku and Singapore as Cx894 on March 11 and De-parted the Same Day for Hong Kong as Cx895.

Cargolux 747-4r7f Lx-pcv Arrived at Avalon From East Midlands and Sin-gapore as Cx730 on March 11 and Departed the Same Day to Singapore as Cx739.

Maskargo 747-4h6f 9m-mpr Arrived at Avalon From East Midlands and Kuala Lumpur as Mas6427 on March 11 and Departed the Same Day for Kuala Lumpur.

Atlas Air 747-47uf N477mc Arrived at Avalon From Singapore as Gti8569 on March 11 and Departed the Same Day for Hong Kong as Gti8568.

Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-467f B-huo Arrived at Avalon From Hong Kong as Cx8033 on March 11 and De-parted the Same Day for Hong Kong as Cx8032.

World Cargo Md-11f N279wa, Operating for Etihad Cargo as Ey9865, Arrived in Melbourne From Kuala Lumpur on March 10 and Departed the Following Day as Ey9866 for Hong Kong.

Outbound Freighter Flights Were Operated by Singapore Cargo 747-412f 9v-sfd, Which Departed Melbourne for Kuala Lumpur as Sq7285 on March 19 and Singapore Cargo 747-412f 9v-sfm, Which Departed Melbourne for Kuala Lumpur as Sq7295 the Same Day.

Atlas Air 747-47uf N409mc Departed Avalon for Kuala Lumpur as Qf7581 on March 20.

Maskargo 747-4h6f 9m-mpr Departed Avalon for Kuala Lumpur as Mas6480 on March 19 and Maskargo 747-4h6f 9m-mps Departed Avalon for Kuala Lumpur as Mas6404 on March 20.

Photo Ship Dhc-6-300 N615ar is in the Country Doing Aerial Photography. (Ryan Hothersall)