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The July to December deliveries consisted of two A330-200s, nine A320-200s, two 787-8s, eight 737‑800s, three 717-200s, three Fokker 100s and one DC-8-70.

July deliveries were 737-838 VH‑XZH McLaren Vale to Qantas in Melbourne on the 10th; 737-8FE VH-YFR Scamander Beach to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 26th; and A320-232/S ZK-OXB to Air New Zealand in Christchurch on the 23rd.

August saw the arrival of Fokker 100 VH-NHJ to Network Aviation in Perth on the 11th; 737‑8FE VH‑YIU Middleton Beach to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 11th; and 737-8FE VH-YIV Cylinder Beach to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 23rd.

September deliveries were Fokker 100 VH-XKM as PH-KXR to Skippers Aviation in Perth on the 14th; A320-232/S VH-VFP to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 16th; A320-232/S VH-VFQ to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 22nd; A330‑243 VH-XFH Duranbah Beach to Virgin Australia in Melbourne on the 26th; 717-2BL VH-YQS as N406BC to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 27th; and 737-8BK P2-PXE to Air Niugini in Port Moresby on the 28th. October saw the arrival of 737‑838 VH-XZI Kalbarri to Qantas in Melbourne on the 5th; 787-8 VH‑VKA to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 9th; A320-232/S VH-VFT to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 13th; A320-232/S VH-VFU to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 29th; and 717-2BL VH-YQT as N917ME to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 31st.

November deliveries were A330‑243 DQ-FJV Island of Yasawa-i-Rara to Fiji Airways in Nadi on the 6th; 737-838 VH‑XZJ Mendoowoorrji to Qantas in Melbourne on the 11th; and A320‑232/S ZK-OXC to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 26th.

December saw the arrival of A320-232/S VH-VFV to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 1st; A320-232/S VH-VFX to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 2nd; 737-838 VH-XZK Cook to Qantas in Melbourne on the 7th; Fokker 100 P2-ANJ to Air Niugini in Port Moresby on the 9th; A320-232 VH-VNR to Tigerair in Melbourne on the 12th; 787-8 VH‑VKB to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 13th; DC‑8-73F OB‑2059-P to Transpacific Heavylift in Brisbane on the 20th; and 717-2BL VH‑YQU as N795BC to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 21st.

Of note was that 757-23B TF‑FIW was wet leased by Air Niugini to cover planned maintenance from May 17 to September 16.

Jetstar registered A320-232 VH‑XHI msn 5853 on November 8 ’13, but the aircraft, which was built on order for Jetstar Hong Kong, was never delivered.

It was cancelled from the register on December 3 as ‘delivery delayed’.

Jetstar registered A320-232/S VH-XHK msn 5894 on November 18 ’13, but this aircraft too had been built on order for Jetstar Hong Kong and was never delivered. It was cancelled from the register on January 2 ’14 as ‘aircraft put on the French register’.

Jet airliner deliveries January-June 2014

For the six months to June 2014 a total of 11 commercial jet aircraft were delivered to operators in our region. This compares with figures of 14, 20, 31, 23 and 26 for the first six months of 2009 to 2013.

The January to June deliveries were four A320-200s, one 777-300, two 787-8s, two 717-200s and two Fokker 70s.

January saw the arrival of 787-8 VH-VKD to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 12th.

February saw the arrival of A320- 232/S ZK-OXD to Air New Zealand in Christchurch on the 17th.

March deliveries were 717‑2BL VH-YQV as N927ME to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 4th; A320-232/S ZK-OXE to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 11th; and A320-232 VH-XUG to Tigerair in Melbourne on the 23rd.

April saw the arrival of A320-232 VH-XSJ to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 2nd; Fokker 70 VH-NKZ as OE-LFL to Alliance in Adelaide on the 7th; 717‑2BL VH-YQW as N928ME to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 15th; and 787-8 VH-VKE to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 25th.

May saw the arrival of Fokker 70 VH-NKH as OE-LFG to Alliance in Brisbane on the 4th.

June saw the arrival of 777‑319ER ZK-OKR to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 8th.

Of note was that 757-23N TF‑FIC was wet leased by Air Niugini to cover planned maintenance from January 2 ’14 to April 4 ’14.

Jet airliner departures July-December 2013

For the six months to December 2013 22 jet airliners were removed from service and disposed of.

They comprised three A320s, three 747‑400s, no fewer than six 767‑300s, one 737-800, one 737‑700, three 737-400s, three 737‑300s, one BAe 146-200 and one Fokker 100.

Combined with the 11 departures from January-June 2013 this brought the 2013 calendar year departures total to 33. By comparison commercial jet departures for the years 2008 to 2012 were 10, 25, 16, 29 and 43.

July saw: »»Qantas 767-336ER VH-ZXD depart Sydney on the 16th for Shanghai. It was cancelled from the register on July 22 on its sale to the Jet Midwest Group as N793JM.

»»Fiji Airways 747-412 DQ-FJL from Nadi on the 18th to Los Angeles and Tupelo, Mississippi where it was permanently retired.

»»Qantas 737-476 VH-TJY from Melbourne on the 29th to Sydney, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville.

VH‑TJY was cancelled from the register on November 1 and later registered N281AG to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest.

»»National Jet BAe 146‑200 VH‑YAD, which was stored in Adelaide, was cancelled from the register on July 28 but it was November 2 before the aircraft was finally scrapped.

August departures were: »»Qantas 767-336ER VH-ZXC from Sydney on the 12th to Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

»»Virgin Australia 737-8Q8 VH‑VOW from Brisbane on the 18th for Darwin and Subang on termination of its lease. The 737 was next leased to T’Way Airlines as HL8294.

»»Qantas 747-438 VH-OJE was ferried from Los Angeles to Victorville on the 26th where it was placed in storage. » Virgin Australia 737-7BK VH‑VBV from Brisbane on the 31st for Darwin and Subang on termination of its lease. The 737 was next leased to Airzena Georgian Airways as 4L-TGN.

September saw: »» Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQV depart Melbourne on the 22nd for Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. The A320 was next leased to Tianjin Airlines as B-9989.

»» Air New Zealand 737-3K2 ZK-NGK was removed from the register on the 26th as ‘withdrawn’. ZK-NGK had been parked at Christchurch since being withdrawn from service on March 20 ’13.

October departures were: »» Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQN from Melbourne on the 7th to Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. It was cancelled from the register on March 13 ’14 and placed on the Irish register as EI-FEN.

»» Air New Zealand 737-3U3 ZK‑SJC departed Christchurch on the 7th to Opa Locka, Florida via Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys. In December it was delivered to Boliviano de Aviacion as CP‑2815.

»» Alliance Fokker 100 VH‑FKL was donated to Aviation Australia as a training aid on the 8th.

»» Qantas 737-476 VH-TJZ departed Melbourne on the 21st for Sydney, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

November saw: »» Air Niugini 767-366ER P2‑ANA depart Port Moresby on the 1st to Honolulu and Crestview/Florida where it was reduced to spares.

»» Qantas 767-336ER VH-ZXG departed Sydney on the 14th for Honolulu and Kansas City where the aircraft was reduced to spares.

»» Air New Zealand 737-3K2 ZK‑NGM departed Christchurch on the 17th for Apia, Honolulu and Goodyear, Arizona where it was registered N280CL to Cara Aircraft Leasing.

»» Fiji Airways 747-412 DQ-FJK departed Nadi on the 20th for Los Angeles and Tupelo, Mississippi where the aircraft was reduced to spares.

»» Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGV departed Sydney on the 22nd for Victorville, California where it was placed in storage.

December departures were: »» Qantas 737-476 VH-TJR on the 7th from Melbourne to Sydney, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

»» Qantas 767-336ER VH-ZXE departed Sydney on the 10th for Honolulu and Kansas City. VH‑ZXE was cancelled from the register on December 17 on its sale to the Air Midwest Group as N740JM.

»» Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQO departed Melbourne on the 30th for Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. It was next leased to Air Serbia as YU‑APG.

Jet airliner departures January-June 2014

For the six months to June 2014 14 jet airliners were removed from service and they comprised three A320s, two 747-400s, three 767‑300s, three 737‑400s and three 737-300s.

January saw: »» Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQI depart Melbourne on the 1st for Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. The A320 was next leased to Hong Kong Express as B-LCA; »» Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGP depart Sydney on the 18th for Victorville where it was placed in storage.

February departures were: »» Qantas 737-476 VH-TJI from Melbourne on the 3rd for Brisbane, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage; »» Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGQ from Sydney on the 18th to Victorville where it was placed in storage.

Jetstar A320 VH-VQV was returned to its lessor in September 2013. It is now with Tianjin Airlines in China as B-9989. seth jaworskiMarch saw: »»Qantas 737-476 VH-TJS depart Melbourne on the 5th to Sydney, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

»»Qantas 737-476 VH-TJX depart Melbourne on the 5th for Sydney, Apia, Honolulu and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

»»Qantas 747-438 VH-OJC depart Los Angeles for Victorville on the 12th where it was placed in storage.

»»Air New Zealand 737-37Q ZK‑NGO depart Christchurch on the 25th for Apia, Honolulu and Goodyear, Arizona on its sale to Cara Aircraft Leasing as N285CL.

April departures were: »»Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQX from Melbourne on the 7th for Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. It was cancelled from register on June 13th as ‘exported to Ireland’.

»»Airwork 737-3B7(SF) ZK‑TLC was cancelled from the register on the 8th as a result of an accident at Honiara on January 26.

»»Air New Zealand 737-33R ZK‑SJB from Christchurch on the 10th to Apia, Honolulu and Goodyear, Arizona on its sale to Cara Aircraft Leasing as N886CL.

May saw: »»Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQD depart Melbourne on the 4th for Darwin and Seletar on termination of its lease. It was next leased to Aircalin as F-OZNC.

»»Qantas 747-438 VH-OJL ferry from Los Angeles to Victorville on the 27th where it was placed in storage.

Finally, June saw Qantas 767‑338ER VH-OGH depart Sydney on the 30th for Victorville where it was placed in storage.

Turboprop airliner deliveries and departures July-December 2013

Eleven turboprop airliners were delivered to operators in our region in the six months to December 2013, comprising two ATR 72‑600s, one ATR 42-600, one ATR 42-500, one Jetstream 41, two Dash 8-Q400, one Dash 8-100, two DHC-6-300 and one Xi’an MA-60.

July deliveries were MA-60 A3‑RTL as B-1027L to Real Tonga Airlines at Nuku’alofa on the 3rd; and ATR 42-500 P2-KSV as OY‑RUL to Hevilift PNG in Mount Hagen on the 29th.

August saw the delivery of Jetstream 41 VH-XNF as ZS‑NRL to Brindabella in Canberra on the 3rd; and DHC‑6‑300 N360CM to Air Kiribati in August.

September deliveries were Dash 8-Q402 VH-LQL as C-GVRK to QantasLink in Brisbane on the 12th; ATR 72‑600 VH-VPI Bronte Beach to Virgin Australia Regional Airlines in Perth on the 17th; and Dash 8-Q402 VH-LQM to QantasLink in Brisbane on the 28th.

October saw the delivery of DHC‑6-300 YJ-AV11 as N564DH to Air Vanuatu in Port Vila on the 18th.

November deliveries were ATR 72-600 ZK-MVD to Air New Zealand Link/Mount Cook in Christchurch on the 13th; and ATR 42-600 F-ORVB to Air Tahiti in Papeete on the 23rd.

December saw the delivery of Dash 8-102 P2-MCY as N432FE to Airlines PNG in Port Moresby on the 12th.

Five turboprop airliners were removed from the fleets of operators in our region in the period July to December 2013 and these comprised one ATR 42-300F; one CASA 212; one Dash 8-100 and two DHC-6-300s.

October saw Air Niugini ATR 42- 320F P2‑PXY written off in an accident at Madang on the 19th.

November departures were CASA 212 T3-ATJ of Air Kiribatiwhich was sold to CAAMS on the 27th as N356WJ; and Dash 8-103 P2-ANL of Air Niugini which was sold to Avmax Aviation Services in Calgary and on the 29th now registered C-GYDH depart Port Moresby for Majuro and Honolulu.

December departures were DHC‑6-300 P2-KSQ of Hevilift PNG which departed Cairns on the 1st for Honiara, Majuro, Honolulu and onwards delivery to Kenn Borek Air to whom it was later registered C-GKFQ; and DHC‑6‑300 P2-KSP of Hevilift PNG which departed Cairns on the 18th for Honiara, Majuro, Honolulu and onwards delivery to Kenn Borek Air to whom it was later registered C-FKBX.

Turboprop airliner deliveries and departures January to June 2014

Three turboprop airliners were delivered to operators in our region in the six months to June 2014, comprising one ATR 72-600, one ATR 72-500 and one Beech 1900D.

January saw the delivery of ATR 72-500 F-ONCL as F-WNCL to Air Caledonie in Noumea on the 31st.

June saw the delivery of ATR 72‑600 DQ-FJZ to Fiji Link in Suva on the 6th; and Beech 1900D VH-YBH as V5‑WAV to Awesome Aviation in Perth on the 24th.

Nine turboprop airliners were removed from the fleets of operators in our region in the period January to June 2014 and these comprised one Dash 8-100, one DHC-6-300, two Jetstream 41s, one Convair 580, two EMB‑120ERs, one Saab 340B and one Metro III.

January saw Convair 580 ZK‑CID of Air Chathams removed from the register on the 16th as ‘withdrawn’. The Convair, which had been static at Palmerston North for a number of years, was earlier scrapped on the 14th and removed from the airfield. Also in January, Dash 8-103 P2-ANP of Air Niugini was sold to Avmax Aviation Services and on the 25th, now registered C-GYDL, it departed Port Moresby for Majuro, Honolulu and Calgary.

February saw EMB-120ER VH-RPX of Regional Pacific Airlines cancelled from the register on the 11th as ‘dismantled for scrap’. The Brasilia, which had been parked at Cairns since June 28 ’10, was later scrapped at Cairns on the 22nd. Also in February, Metro III VH-EEQ of Winrye Aviation was cancelled from the register on the 28th as ‘aircraft reduced to spare parts’.

April departures were: »»Jetstream 41 VH-XNE, which had been operated by Brindabella Airlines, depart Canberra on the 8th to Alice Springs, Port Hedland and Christmas Island and stops to Humberside, UK where it was later registered G-CIHD.

»»EMB-120ER VH-EEB of Pel‑Air Express, which was registered N510KT before departing Wagga Wagga on the 18th for Brisbane, Apia and Hilo.

»»Jetstream 41 VH-XNF, which had been operated by Brindabella Airlines, ferried out of Canberra on the 23rd to Port Macquarie, Mount Isa, Darwin and Surabaya and stops to Humberside, UK where it was later registered G-CIHE.

»»DHC-6-300/FP VH‑AQU of Unknown Destination Services departed Bankstown on the 25th for Coober Pedy, Port Hedland and Cocos Island and stops to Berne, Switzerland.

The DHC‑6‑300/FP, which was cancelled from the register on May 15, was later delivered to Euro Coastal Airlines as 9A-TOA.

Finally, June saw Saab 340B VH-VNY, which was operated by Vincent Aviation (Australia), departed Townsville for Apia and Honolulu on June 5.