Traffic

Qantas took delivery of 737-838 VH-XZB Mudgee in Melbourne on October 24 after the aircraft ferried in from Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as QF6024. VH-XZB entered service on October 28 when it operated QF614 from Melbourne to Brisbane.

737-838 VH-XZC Walwa, which was delivered to Mel-bourne on October 5 (Traffic/No-vember), entered service on Oc-tober 14 when it operated QF444 from Melbourne to Sydney.

Qantas has commenced repainting its initial batch of 737-800 aircraft with the work contracted to ST Engineer-ing at Seletar. On October 10 737-838 VH-VXC ferried out of Melbourne as QF6021 to Darwin and Seletar and on completion of its repaint VH-VXC ferried from Seletar to Darwin on October 23 as QF6020. VH-VXC then returned to Qantas service when it operated QF839 from Darwin to Melbourne.

737-838 VH-VXE operated QF838 from Melbourne to Darwin on October 23 before ferrying the same day to Seletar as QF6021. On completion of its repaint VH-VXE departed Seletar for Darwin as QF6020 on November 4 and returned to Qantas service in the early hours of November 5 as QF829 from Darwin to Sydney.

737-838 VH-VXF oper-ated QF846 from Sydney to Darwin on November 4 and the following day ferried from Darwin to Seletar as QF6021.

737-838 VH-VZO was rolled out at Sydney on October 31 resplendent with a moustache to promote ‘Movember’ and public awareness of prostate cancer.

Qantas returned services to the Gold Coast on October 28 with 737-838 VH-XZA operating QF860/861 Sydney- Gold Coast-Sydney.

737-476 VH-TJE was with-drawn from service on Octo-ber 8 after operating QF483 from Canberra to Melbourne. The Qantas titles and kangaroo were removed from VH-TJE before it departed Melbourne on October 15 as QF6027 for Victorville, California via Sydney, Apia and Honolulu.

VH-TJE Kookaburra was delivered to Australian Airlines in Melbourne on March 17 ’90 after completing its ferry flight TN1398 from Boeing Field via Honolulu, Pago Pago, Nadi and Sydney. VH-TJE, which was the first of its type in the Australian fleet, entered service on March 26 ’90 when it operated TN534 from Melbourne to Sydney.

747-438 VH-OJQ was with-drawn from Qantas service in Los Angeles on October 31 after operating QF11 from Sydney. After overnighting VH-OJQ ferried from Los Angeles to Vic-torville, California as QF6021 where it was placed in storage.

747-438 VH-OJQ City of Mandurah was delivered to Qantas in Sydney on Sep-tember 20 ’92 after operating QF531/19 from Los Angeles.

A330-202 VH-EBV msn 1365 was planned for deliv-ery to Qantas in late November.

767-338ER VH-OGQ was the first of type in the Qantas fleet to go through the cabin refurbishment program and officially returned to service on November 1 as QF513 from Brisbane to Sydney.

Qantas has been cycling its A380 fleet through Frankfurt for maintenance with Luf-thansa and through Manila for cabin reconfiguration with Lufthansa Technik.

A380-842 VH-OQC, which ferried from London/Heathrow to Frankfurt on September 8 as QF6002, returned to London on October 14 as QF6001. Later that day VH-OQC returned to service as QF10 to Singapore and Melbourne.

A380-842 VH-OQG took the place of VH-OQC when it ferried from London to Frank-furt as QF6002 on October 15.

A380-842 VH-OQK oper-ated QF127 from Sydney to Hong Kong on September 14 before ferrying to Manila the same day as QF6015. On October 13 VH-OQK ferried from Manila to Singapore as QF6006 and the same day re-entered service as QF2 from Singapore to Sydney. VH-OQK was noted at Sydney on October 15 now carrying ‘Spirit of Australians’ titles.

A380-842 VH-OQL arrived in Singapore on October 13 from London as QF2/12 and the following day ferried to Manila as QF6005 to com-mence its reconfiguration.

Jetstar took delivery of A320-232 VH-VFJ in Mel-bourne on October 12 after the aircraft ferried in from Tou-louse via Dubai and Singapore as JQ7992. VH-VFJ which is the 50th of type in fleet, entered service on October 27 when it operated JQ464 from Melbourne to Ballina.

A321-231 VH-VWT oper-ated JQ61 from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on Oc-tober 17 with the aircraft then ferrying to Seletar for planned maintenance with ST Engi-neering. VH-VWT as JQ7981 ferried out of Seletar on Octo-ber 30 direct to Melbourne.

A321-231 VH-VWY fer-ried out of Sydney as JQ7990 to Darwin and Seletar on October 7 for planned main-tenance with ST Engineering. On completion of the work VH-VWY ferried from Seletar to Singapore as JQ7998 on October 12 and later that day operated JQ62 from Singapore to Darwin and Melbourne.

Jetstar Asia took delivery of A320-232 9V-JSP in Singapore on October 20 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse and Abu Dhabi as JSA900.

Jetstar Pacific took delivery of A320-232 VN-A555 in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10 after the former Tiger Airways 9V-TAC ferried in from Singapore.

Network Aviation Fok-ker 100 VH-NQE was damaged while landing at Nifty, Western Australia on October 19.

Airline News

Air Niugini was planning to take delivery of 737-86Q P2-PXC at Port Moresby in late December with the ex Air Europa aircraft being the first of type in the Air Niugini fleet.

Air Niugini has wet leased ATR 42-320F HB-AFC and ATR 72-201F HB-AFR from Farnair Switzerland for 18 months with both aircraft delivered in early October.

Dash 8-103 P2-ANL, which was used as a freighter by Air Niugini, ferried from Port Moresby to Cairns on Octo-ber 28 as flight PX6094. While under maintenance in Cairns the Dash 8 will be converted back to a passenger configuration.

Fokker 100 P2-ANQ, which had been in Seletar for planned maintenance, returned to Port Moresby on October 28 as PX6393 via Denpasar and Darwin.

Alliance placed Fok-ker 100 VH-XWS into service on October 12 when the aircraft operated QQ712 from Brisbane to Cloncurry. Fokker 100 VH-XWS, which carried the full colours of its previous operator Germania, was delivered to Alliance in Brisbane on October 4 ’10.

JetGo will have taken delivery of its second EMB-135LR VH-JGB by the time this is read with the aircraft noted in the United States in late October.

Tiger Airways resumed flights between Melbourne and Adelaide on November 1 with a twice daily service. A320-232 VH-VNQ operated the inaugu-ral TGW484/485 Melbourne- Adelaide-Melbourne.

Tiger also resumed flights between Melbourne and Hobart on November 1 with a twice daily service. A320-232 VH-VNK operated the inaugu-ral TGW422/423 Melbourne- Hobart-Melbourne.

Virgin Australia Fleet Update

737-8FE VH-YIS Casuarina Beach, which was delivered to Brisbane on October 6 (Traffic/November), entered service on October 28 when it operated DJ334 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-8FE VH-YIT Lammer-moor Beach, which was deliv-ered to Brisbane on October 3 (Traffic/November), entered service on October 19 when it operated DJ326 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-82R VH-VOV was withdrawn from service on October 11 after operating DJ351 from Melbourne to Brisbane. VH-VOV ferried out of Brisbane direct to Subang as DJ9883 on October 14 for end of lease maintenance.

VH-VOV Alluring Alice was delivered to Virgin Blue in Brisbane on June 5 ’03 after the aircraft ferried in from Christchurch as DJ9083. VH-VOV entered service with Virgin Blue on June 8 ’03 when it operated DJ236 from Bris-bane to Sydney.

E-190-100IGW VH-ZPK is the first in the Virgin Australia fleet to be fitted with a business class section. The work was carried out at Santa Maria, California and on October 9 VH-ZPK departed Brisbane for Apia, Honolulu and Santa Maria. On completion of the work VH-ZPK returned to Brisbane on November 5 via Lihue and Apia.

E-190-100IGW VH-ZPM was also ferried to the United States in this period with the aircraft reportedly headed for planned maintenance in Nashville. VH-ZPM departed Brisbane on October 22 for Apia and Honolulu and on-wards to Nashville.

Virgin Australia placed the ATR 72-600 into service in this period with ATR 72-600 VH-FVN entering service on Octo-ber 22 when it operated DJ1717 from Brisbane to Gladstone, while ATR 72-600 VH-FVP entered service on October 23 when it operated DJ1225 from Brisbane to Emerald.

Regional Airline News

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600 to ANZ Link/Mount Cook, a Dash 8-100 to Skytrans, a Saab 340B to Corporate Air and a Cessna 208B to Tropicair.

Air New Zealand Link/ Mount Cook took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 ZK-MVA at Christchurch on November 6 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Toulouse via Luxor, Muscat, Colombo, Seletar, Darwin and Brisbane. ZK-MVA is painted in the ‘All Black’ colour scheme.

ATR 72-600 ZK-MVB was planned for delivery in late December.

Corporate Air took delivery of Saab 340B VH-VEM at Goulburn on October 31 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Rome, New York via Majuro, Honiara and the Gold Coast.

Saab 340B VH-VEO msn 340B-366, which was registered to Corporate Air on October 17, was planned for delivery by mid-November.

Hardy Aviation has added Cessna 404 VH-SZP to its fleet with the aircraft first noted on line at its Darwin base in mid-October. The delivery of VH-SZP to Hardy takes its Cessna 404 fleet to 7.

Skytrans took delivery of Dash 8-102A S2-AAA at Cairns on October 15 after the former GMG Airlines aircraft ferried in from Den-pasar and Darwin. The Dash 8 will reportedly be registered VH-QQD with Skytrans.

Solomon Airlines was planning to take delivery of Dash 8-102 H4-SOL msn 289 during November. The Dash 8, which was previously operated by Olympic Air as SX-BIW, ferried from Athens to Bourne-mouth, UK via Rome/Fiumici-no and Toulouse on October 12. At Bournemouth SX-BIW was painted in the colours of Solo-mon Airlines before it returned to Athens on October 22.

Tropicair took delivery of Cessna 208B N830CE at Port Moresby on November 3 after the aircraft completed its trans-Pacific crossing from Camarillo, California via Honolulu and Majuro.

Vincent Aviation fer-ried Saab 340B ZK-VAA as VIN340 from Cairns to Townsville on October 27 where the all-white aircraft was planned for a repaint and maintenance. On October 29 ZK-VAA was cancelled from the New Zealand register be-fore being registered VH-VNA on October 30.

Bizjet News

In this issue we report the delivery of a Global Express and a Gulfstream IV.

Global Express VH-LEP was registered on October 9 with the owner Linfox Global Charter of Melbourne and the operator Air National Aus-tralia of Essendon.

Global Express VH-LEP arrived at the Linfox hangar at Essendon on October 20 after flying in from Honolulu.

Gulfstream IV N141CP, which has been in Australia since August 11, is report-edly being flown by a local operator out of Brisbane. On October 20 N141CP de-parted Brisbane for Lockhart River and Cairns and while in Cairns the registration of the aircraft was changed to N450TL. The Gulfstream then departed Cairns on October 27 for Lockhart River and Brisbane. The registered owner of N450TL on the US register is Sutherland Aviation USA of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Ramsay Air Charter Falcon 2000LX VH-RAM, which was registered on June 5, was deliv-ered to Sydney on October 24 with the aircraft arriving from Male and Cocos Island.

Citation Jet CJ4 ZK-PGA msn 525C0112 was planned for delivery to Pacific Jets in Auckland in mid-November.

Careflight (Qld) Learjet 36A VH-CMS, which departed the country on September 29 (Traf-fic/November), was cancelled from the register on October 8 as ‘sold in Canada’.

Citation Ultra VH-MXJ changed its registered holder to Aspen Medical of Deakin, ACT and its registered operator to Corporate Aircraft Charter of Adelaide on October 11.

Learjet 45 VH-SQR, which has been in long-term storage at Maroochydore, departed for Sydney on October 30.

Citation II P2-SOS was noted at Cairns on October 20 now carrying Airlines PNG titles on its fin.

Gulfstreams Galore

GC Air Gulfstream 550 N1BN, which arrived in Syd-ney on September 28 (Traf-fic/November), departed for Papeete on October 20.

Gulfstream 550 N550AU ar-rived in Melbourne from Macau on October 18 and departed to Perth on October 21. It departed Perth for Macau on October 23.

Daisho Company Gulf-stream 550 N712KT arrived in Brisbane from Narita on October 22 and later returned to Narita on October 25.

GC Air Gulfstream 550 N3050 arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on October 24 and after overnighting continued to Sydney and Melbourne. It departed Melbourne for Hono-lulu on October 24.

NetJets Europe Gulf-stream 550 CS-DKD arrived in Sydney from Singapore as flight NJE488 on October 17. CS-DKD continued to Melbourne on October 22 and to Perth on October 23 before departing for Hong Kong on October 24.

Gulfstream V N371JC ar-rived in Sydney from Seletar on October 5 and departed to Seletar on October 8.

Warbler Gulfstream V N505D arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on October 13 before continuing to Mel-bourne on October 15. On October 17 N505D operated a return flight from Melbourne to Canberra before departing later that day for Honolulu.

Metrojet Gulfstream V B-KVE departed Sydney for Macau on October 7.

Las Vegas Sands Corpora-tion Gulfstream IV N588LS arrived at Proserpine from Halim and Cairns on Octo-ber 3 and remained there until October 9 when it returned to Halim via Cairns.

Hutchings Automotive Products Gulfstream IV N669BJ, which arrived in Cairns on September 17 (Traf-fic/November), departed to Brisbane on October 26 before continuing to Honiara and Ka-hului on October 29.

Stockwood V Gulf-stream IV N1086 arrived in Sydney on October 31.

Swiss Jet Gulfstream IV HB-JUS, which was operating as SJT251, arrived in Sydney from Singapore on October 19 and operated a return flight to Melbourne via Wagga Wagga on October 28.

Phoenix Air Gulf-stream III N173PA arrived at RAAF Richmond on October 25 from its base at Carters-ville, Georgia via Oakland, Honolulu and Majuro. After overnighting the Gulfstream III returned to Cartersville over the inbound route.

US Air Force Gulfstream IV/ C-20F 91-0108 callsign ‘Pat 108’ arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on October 27 and after overnighting continued south to Melbourne. The C-20F departed Melbourne for Pago Pago on October 31.

Asian Corporate Aviation Gulfstream 200 VP-BPH arrived in Melbourne from Halim on October 27. The Gulfstream 200 departed Mel-bourne for Darwin on October 30 and after overnighting continued to Manado.

Overseas Bizjets

American International Group Global Express N70PS arrived in Brisbane from Auck-land and the Gold Coast on October 13 and later that day departed to Honolulu.

GEX Leasing Corpora-tion Global Express N421SZ arrived in Sydney from Abu Dhabi and Perth on October 30 and after overnighting departed to Honolulu.

PFM Holdings Global Express N802CB callsign ‘Twilight 802’ arrived at the Gold Coast from Honolulu on October 21 and after over-nighting returned to Honolulu.

Jet Asia Global Express N889JA arrived in Syd-ney from the Seychelles on October 24 and departed the following day to Singapore.

Avion Global Express N905T arrived in Brisbane from Auckland on October 30 and after overnighting contin-ued to Melbourne. N905T de-parted Melbourne for Manila on November 1.

Citigroup Global Express N2012C arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 21 and after overnighting contin-ued to Halim.

FAI Air Service Global Express D-AXTM, which was operating as IFA6100, arrived in Sydney from Singapore on October 25. D-AXTM departed Sydney for Cairns on October 27 before continuing to Narita on November 1.

Vista Jet Global Express OE-LXR, which was oper-ating as VJS700, arrived in Brisbane from Ahmedabad on October 7 and departed to Singapore on October 11.

Vistajet Global Express 9H-VJA departed Perth for Port Hedland on October 4 before continuing to Hong Kong on October 6.

Harbert Global Aviation Global 5000 N700HM arrived in Melbourne from Kona on October 15 before continuing to Brisbane on October 17. N700HM departed Brisbane for Singapore on October 18.

Asia Aviation Global 5000 N755RA Red Knight arrived in Brisbane from Seletar on Oc-tober 17 and the following day continued to Sydney. N755RA departed Sydney for Auckland on October 23 and after over-nighting continued to Adelaide. It then visited Essendon and Sydney before departing for Perth and Seletar on October 28.

Metrojet Challenger 605 B-LOL arrived in Perth from Kota Kinabalu on October 22 and departed to Melbourne and Sydney on October 24. B-LOL departed Sydney for Hamilton Island on October 26 before returning to Sydney on October 28. After overnighting it departed to Auckland.

Challenger 604 I-WISH arrived in Sydney from Denpasar on October 29 and continued to Melbourne on October 31. I-WISH departed Melbourne on November 3 for Alice Springs and Ayers Rock before continuing to Adelaide on November 5.

Learjet 60 N50LK arrived in Adelaide from Seletar and Broome on October 9 and after overnighting departed for Broome and Halim.

FAI Air Service Learjet 35A D-CFAX, which was operat-ing as IFA2579, arrived in Brisbane from Surabaja and Darwin on October 10. After overnighting it departed to Darwin and Singapore. D-CFAX operating as IFA2612 returned to Australia on October 24 when it arrived in Melbourne from Singapore and Broome. D-CFAX de-parted Melbourne on October 26 for Alice Springs, Broome and Singapore.

WRBC Transportation Falcon 7X N671WB arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 24 before returning to Honolulu on October 26.

Executive Jet Charter Fal-con 7X G-SVNX arrived in Sydney from Male on October 11 and departed to Auckland on October 14.

Global Jet Luxembourg Falcon 7X LX-MES arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on November 3 and departed for Perth on November 4. The Falcon 7X departed Perth for Dubai on November 5.

Air Alsie Falcon 7X OY-EKC, which was operating as MMD11, arrived in Sydney from Don Muang on Octo-ber 23 and departed for Johor Bahru on October 25.

Waterloo Aviation Falcon 900EX C-GBBX arrived in Sydney from Manila on October 13 before continuing to Melbourne on October 15. It departed Melbourne for Nadi on October 16.

Rich Aviation Falcon 900 N82RP arrived in Melbourne from Queenstown on Octo- ber 19 and after overnight-ing operated a return flight to Cairns. N82RP departed Melbourne for Cairns on Oc-tober 23 before continuing to Majuro on October 28.

Speedero Falcon 50 N51FE arrived in Sydney from Guam on October 30.

Airmed International Hawker 800 N838JL arrived in Perth in the early hours of October 17 from Seletar and Port Hedland and later that day departed for Port Hedland and Denpasar. It returned to Perth from Denpasar on Octo-ber 18 and after overnighting continued to Singapore.

King Air Fleet Update

In this issue we report the delivery of a King Air B200 and a King Air 100.

King Air B200 N215ML msn BB-1955, which carried the colours of Careflight NT, was delivered to Essendon on October 27. The ferry flight from the United States took the King Air B200 across the At-lantic from Bangor to St Johns and Santa Maria before arriving at Essendon from Surabaya, Darwin and Alice Springs.

Other news concerning the Careflight NT King Air fleet is that King Air B200 VH-ZCI arrived at Albion Park from Longreach on September 9 while King Air B200 VH-ZCJ was delivered to Darwin from Cairns via Gove on October 22.

King Air B200 VH-ZCN, which was delivered to Care-flight at Essendon as N987KA on August 17 (Traffic/Octo-ber), departed for Albion Park on October 19.

King Air 100 N802GC msn BE-96, which was regis-tered to PJ Rowen of Schertz, Texas, arrived at Warrnambool on October 13 after completing its trans-Pacific ferry flight from Merced/California via Hono-lulu, Majuro and Brisbane.

King Air B200C N50600, which was delivered to Cairns on October 2 (Traffic/Novem-ber), was registered VH-LTQ to the RFDS/South Eastern Section on October 22.

King Air B200 VH-LKR changed its registered operator from Formula Aircraft to Star Aviation of West Perth on September 1.

King Air C90 VH-KFG, which was cancelled from the register on September 11 as ‘sold for parts’ made its final flight on February 17 from Karratha to Jandakot.

Australasian Jet PA-42 Cheyenne 111 VH-WCE, which was trucked out of Essendon in mid-July, was cancelled from the register on October 12 as ‘sold and wrecked for spare parts’.

Ferry Flights

Conair AT-802A C-GBPY in company with Conair AT-802A C-GYBX arrived at the Field Air hangar at Ballarat on October 17 after completing their ferry flight from Ab-botsford, British Columbia via Bellingham, Santa Maria, Hilo, Majuro, Honiara and Brisbane. Both aircraft were in Australia for the 2011/12 bushfire season with C-GBPY operating as VH-FFB and C-GYBX as VH-FFM, and it is planned that these registrations will again be used by the AT-802As this year.

Cessna 208 VH-ICL msn 20800541, which was registered to Boab Technical Services of O’Connor, WA on October 2, arrived at Darwin on October 13 after ferrying in from Wichita, Merced, Hono-lulu, Majuro and Horn Island. The ferry flight of VH-ICL was contracted to DBF Avia-tion Services of Sydney and on October 17/18 VH-ICL continued its ferry to Jandakot via Broome and Carnarvon.

Cessna 208B C-GZTB, which was delivered to Jandakot ex Halim on September 9 (Traf-fic/November), was registered VH-UTJ to UTS Aviation of Perth Airport on October 18.

Cessna 208B PK-JBC, which is operated by Jhonlin Air Transport of Jakarta, ar-rived at Cairns from Merauke on October 12.

Milford Sound Flights Cessna 207 ZK-DEW was cancelled from the New Zealand register on October 25 on its sale in Vanuatu. The Cessna, which was then registered YJ-TAN, departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on the first stage of its delivery flight to Port Vila.

Cirrus SR22 N298SR, which is registered to Interna-tional Air Services of Redbank, NSW, arrived at Brisbane on October 27 after completing its trans-Pacific ferry flight from Davis/Woodlands via Hono-lulu, Tarawa and Port Vila.

Cirrus SR22 N387JJ, which was registered to Sernavia Inc of Wilmington, Delaware, arrived at the Gold Coast on October 24 after ferrying in from Tracy/ California via Hilo and Pago Pago. N387JJ was cancelled from the US register on October 29 as ‘exported to Australia’.

Erickson Air-Crane S-64E N217AC/743 Malcolm was the first of six to be imported into Australia for the 2012/13 bushfire season. N217AC was shipped into Melbourne before being flown across to Essen-don on October 27. Malcolm departed Essendon on Octo-ber 29 for Albury, Canberra and Bankstown where the aircraft will be based.

VIH Helicopters S-61N C-GHTN ferried from the Port of Fremantle to Perth on October 24 and later com-menced its lease to the Western Australian government for the 2012/13 bushfire season.

Heavy Metal

Philippine Airlines A330-301 RP-C3333, which was carrying the President of the Philippines, arrived in Can-berra from Wellington on Oc-tober 2. The A330-301, which was operating as PAL001, departed Canberra for Sydney on October 25 before returning to Manila on October 28.

Bangkok Air A319-132 HS-PGY Angkor Wat, which was operating a passenger char-ter as flight BKP62, arrived in Perth from Singapore on Oc-tober 14. The A319 later visited Hobart, Melbourne and Ayers Rock before departing Darwin for Bangkok on October 19.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82078, which was operat-ing as VDA2265, arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on October 16. The following day the An-124 departed Brisbane for Darwin on an ADF charter as ASY103 and after overnight-ing continued to Jakarta.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82043, which was operat-ing as VDA2203, arrived in Brisbane from Manila on Octo-ber 30. The following day the An-124 departed for Brisbane for Darwin on an ADF charter as ASY104 and after overnight-ing continued to Jakarta.

Transaero 747-412 EI-XLK operated four return pas-senger charters into Cairns from Fukuoka between October 20 and October 31 as TSO8873/8874.

Thomson Airways 757-28A G-OOBF as flight TOM982 arrived in Cairns from Apia on October 15 and departed to Siem Reap on October 17.

Jordan International Air Cargo Il-76MF JY-JID, which was operating as RJZ361, arrived in Melbourne from Colombo and Perth on Oc-tober 25. The Il-76MF, which also carried Royal Jordanian Air Force titles and the serial 361, departed Melbourne for Perth and Colombo on October 27.

Lynden Cargo Lock-heed 382G N405LC arrived in Brisbane in the early hours of October 14 from Denpasar. The L-382G then operated a number of charters from Bris-bane to New Guinea before departing Brisbane for Majuro on October 24.

Safair Lockheed 382G ZS-RSC callsign ‘Safair 520’ arrived in Adelaide from Cocos Island on October 16 and after overnighting departed for Christchurch. ZS-RSC is in Christchurch to operate in sup-port of the Italian expedition to the Antarctic.