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VH-OGJ Port Macquarie was delivered to Qantas in Sydney on October 18 ’91 as QF531 from Vancouver via San Diego and Honolulu.

767-338ER VH-OGS waswithdrawn from service on October 31 after operating QF494 from Melbourne to Sydney.

747-48E VH-OEB departed Sydney as QF6034 on October 16 on a Captain’s Choice round-the-world tour. VH-OEB’s routing was Sydney-Colombo-Samarkand-Baku-Tel Aviv-Larnaca-Marrakech-Guatemala City-San Francisco-Sydney (arriving November 5).

747-438ER VH-OEH operated QF87 from Sydney to Hong Kong on September 19 and then entered the HAECO hangar for planned maintenance. VH-OEH returned to service with Qantas on October 12 when it operated QF88 from Hong Kong to Sydney (arriving October 13).

737-838 VH-XZO Leichhardt, which was delivered to Brisbane on October 8 (Traffic/November), entered service on October 11 when it operated QF611 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-838 VH-VXK ferried from Seletar to Melbourne on October 7 as QF6014, after being repainted in the current Qantas livery.

737-476 VH-TJJ, which had been stored at Victorville (Traffic/November), was cancelled from the register on October 7 as ‘exported to the USA’. On October 13, now registered N938NZ, the 737 departed Victorville on ferry to Dallas Love Field and Dothan, Alabama, arriving October 14. At Dothan the 737 will be convertedto a freighter for New Zealand’s Airwork Flight Operations.

737-476 VH-TJK, now registered N937NZ (Traffic/November), will be delivered to Airwork after conversion to a freighter by Aeronautical Engineers at Dothan.

737-476 VH-TJY entered storage at Victorville in July 30 ’13 and was later placed on the US register as N281AG. In January it was ferried to San Jose, Costa Rica where it was reregistered N16AQ to undergo conversion to a freighter with planned delivery to Emirates International Air Cargo.

737-476 VH-TJZ, now registered ZS-OAR to South Africa’s Comair (Traffic/November), departed Victorville on October 7 on ferry to Johannesburg, where it arrived from Cape Verde and Libreville.

A380-842 VH-OQI, which had been in maintenance in Manila since September 22 (Traffic/November), ferried from Manila to Sydney as QF6010 on October 31.

A380-842 VH-OQH departed Sydney on October 31 on ferry to Manila as QF6009 for planned maintenance with Lufthansa Technik.

A330-202 VH-EBD, which has been under maintenance in Brisbane since September 4 (Traffic/October), was ferried from Brisbane to Singapore as QF6007 on October 30 where it was repainted from Jetstar to Qantas colours.

Qantas Freight 737-376(SF) VH‑XMR has been undermaintenance at Seletar since August 8 (Traffic/October). While in Seletar VH-XMR was also repainted from Australian air Express to Qantas Freight colours. It departed Seletar for Perth and Melbourne as QF7302 on October 16.

Jetstar ferried A320-232 VH‑VQC as flight JQ7997 from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on October 25 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VQQ as flight JQ7991 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on October 7 for planned maintenance before returning to Melbourne from Singapore as JQ7996 on October 26.

A320-232 VH-VGY as flight JQ7995 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on October 24 for planned maintenance.

A320-232/S VH-VFL returned to service on October 21 after having a Little Athletics Logo ‘Helping Little Aths reach for the stars’ decals applied on the aircraft.

Jetstar Japan has taken delivery of A320-232/S JA19JJ msn 6296 with the aircraft departing Toulouse on October 16 for Abu Dhabi on the first leg of its delivery flight to Narita.

A320-232/S JA20JJ msn 6362 has been allocated to Jetstar Japan.

Jetstar Pacific has taken delivery of A320-232/S VN-A561 msn 6136 with the aircraft departing Toulouse on October 21 for Al Maktoum on the first leg of its delivery flight to Hanoi. VN-A561 was originally built on order for Tigerair Australia, allocated the registration VH-XUH, but was never handed over.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-300 to Nauru Airlines.

AirCalin terminated its lease of Air Tahiti Nui A340-313 F-OLOV on October 31 (Traffic/November) after the aircraft operated ACI141 from Sydney to Noumea.

A330-202 F-OJSE returned to Noumea from Paya Lebar as ACI981 on October 31 after completing planned maintenance and a repaint in the new AirCalin livery.

Airwork Flight Operations is reported to have purchased five ex Qantas 737-400s which will be converted to freighters by Aeronautical Engineers. The first two aircraft are 737-476s N937NZ ex VH-TJK and N938NZ ex VH‑TJJ, while Airwork has reserved the registration N939NZ for a third 737-476. Further details on N937NZ and N938NZ can be found under Qantas Group section in this issue of Traffic.

Air New Zealand 777-319ER ZK-OKS entered service on October 10 when it operated NZ135 from Auckland to Brisbane.

ZK‑OKS was delivered to Auckland on September 27 (Traffic/ November).

787-9 ZK-NZG msn 37963 was planned for delivery to Air New Zealand in late November. 747-419ER ZK-NBV, which ferried to Los Angeles and Roswell, New Mexico on October 13 (Traffic/ November), was cancelled from the register on October 17. It was then placed on the US register on October 23 as N342AS to Aersale Inc of Miami.

737-319 ZK-NGH was withdrawn from service on November 5 with its final revenue flight being NZ548 from Christchurch to Auckland.

ZK-NGH then ferried as NZ6601 from Auckland to Christchurch where it was parked.

Air New Zealand Link/Mount Cook took delivery of ATR 72‑600 ZK-MVE on October 6 (Traffic/ November) and placed the aircraft into service on October 14 when it operated NZM351 from Christchurch to Dunedin. Air Niugini is planning to add Fokker 70 P2-ANR msn 11578 to its fleet.

Fokker 100 P2-ANF ferried from Seletar to Port Moresby via Denpasar and Darwin as PX6397 on October 22 after completing planned maintenance.

Fokker 100 P2-ANQ as flight PX6392 departed Port Moresby on October 20 for Denpasar and Seletar and planned maintenance.

767-383ER P2-PXW as flight PX6008 departed Port Moresby for Guangzhou on October 19 for planned maintenance. As PX6009 the 767 departed Guangzhou on October 29 for Port Moresby, arriving October 30.

Fiji Airways ferried 737‑7X2 DQFJF as FJI2001 from Nadi to Guam and Hong Kong on October 19 for planned maintenance.

Nauru Airlines took delivery of 737-3U3 VH-ONU ex ZK-NGD at Brisbane on November 2 after the aircraft ferried in from Subang via Darwin as RON801.

Skippers took delivery of Fokker 100 VH-XKN in Perth on June 19 ’13 but since arrival, it and sister ship VH‑XKM have remained firmly on the ground. On October 17 VH-XKN departed Perth for Kalgoorlie, but the aircraft had to return to Perth due to a fuel problem.

Vincent Aviation (New Zealand) was placed in receivership on October 24 and as a result its aircraft were grounded, as follows: BAe 146-200 ZK-ECO ferried from Wellington to Auckland on October 5 where its Vincent titles were removed. Jetstream 32s ZK-VAH and ZK‑VAI have been parked at Wellington.

Jetstream 32 ZK-LFW, which operated for Lifeflight Wellington, operated its final flight for Lifeflight on October 17 as VAL1 from Auckland to Wellington.

Jetstream 31 ZK-JSH has been parked at Wellington.

Beech 1900D ZK-VAB remains on contract to Hevilift (PNG) in Myanmar.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Fokker 100 to Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Virgin Australia ferried A330‑243 VH-XFH as VOZ9943 from Perth to Singapore on October 22 for planned maintenance.

737-8FE VH-VOM, which carried the colours of Virgin Blue, was ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as VOZ9937 on October 28 and on arrival entered the Flying Colours hangar where it was painted in Virgin Australia colours.

737-8FE ZK-PBL was painted in Virgin Australia colours at Christchurch between October 6 and October 20 and while there it was named Merewether Beach.

737-8FE ZK-PBM, which was painted in Virgin Australia colours at Christchurch between September 21 and October 6, has been named Eighty Mile Beach.

The repainting of the above aircraft now leaves just five aircraft in Virgin Blue colours: 737-800s VH-VON, VOT, VUK, VUL and VUX and 737-700 VH-VBZ.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPL as VOZ9902 returned to Brisbane on October 12 from Subang and Darwin after completing its planned maintenance in Alverca, Portugal. While in Alverca VH-ZPL was painted in Virgin Australia colours and named Clifton Beach. E190-100IGW VH-ZPM as VOZ9901 departed Brisbane on October 13 for Darwin and Subang, and stops to Alverca for planned maintenance.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA took delivery of Fokker 100 PH-CXF at Perth on October 27 after the aircraft ferried in from Woensdrecht via Trabzon-Al Ain-Penang and Halim. The ferry flight, callsign ‘SXI1422’ was operated by Southern Cross. The Fokker 100 was later registered to VARA as VH-FZH.

A320-232 VH-YUD ferried from Perth to Seletar for planned maintenance as VOZ9950 on October 9 before returning to Perth as VOZ9951 on October 12.

ATR 72-600 VH-VPJ, which was delivered to Perth on September 4 (Traffic/October), was ferried to Melbourne on October 19 as VOZ991A.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a BN-2T to Air Tetiaroa and a King Air B200 to South West Air, while departing was an Acena Nominees EMB-120ER.

Acena Nominees EMB‑120ER VH-TWZ departed Adelaide on ferry to South Africa on November 1, overnighting in Ayers Rock before continuing to Broome and Christmas Island. VH-TWZ was previously operated by Network Aviation and had been parked at Adelaide since June 11.

Air Tahiti was planning to take delivery of ATR 72-600 F-ORVS msn 1192 in late November.

Air Tetiaroa based in French Polynesia has taken delivery of BN-2T G-ORED with the aircraft ferrying out of Darwin on October 8 to Port Moresby, Honiara and Port Vila, arriving October 9.

CJ Aerospace of Miranda, NSW has rebuilt DHC-6-100 VH-BVS and on October 25 it was rolled out at Wagga Wagga after being painted. The Twin Otter carries the titles of CJ Aerospace, but the registered holder is Blue Wing Airlines of Paramaribo, Surinam.

Desert-Air Safaris has added former Brindabella Airlines Metro III VH-TAM to its fleet with the aircraft delivered to Adelaide from Portland on October 20.

Fiji Link ferried ATR 42‑500 DQ-PSA as flight FJI2005 from Nadi to Port Vila and Port Moresby on October 25, and after overnighting it continued to Ujung Pandang.

Hevilift (PNG) took delivery of ATR 42-512 OY-RUJ at Cairns on September 27 (Traffic/November) and on October 10 it was test flown as P2-KSL.

DHC-6-300 P2-KSW, which waspreviously operated by Airlines PNG as P2-MCX, was registered to Hevilift (PNG) on October 8.

LinkPNG, which is a subsidiary of Air Niugini, commenced operations on November 1 with a fleet seven aircraft – Dash 8-300s P2‑ANM, ANN, ANO and PXL and Dash 8-200s P2-ANK, ANX and PXI – inherited from its parent company.

Polynesian Airlines, which took delivery of DHC-6-300 C-FHKB at Apia on October 4 (Traffic/November) later registered the aircraft 5W-STF Savaii.

South West Air took delivery of King Air B200 N38VV msn BB‑1412 on September 13 after the aircraft arrived at Wewak from Kansai and Guam. The ferry flight from the United States was operated by Southern Cross as callsign ‘SXI1165’. The King Air was later registered to South West Air as P2-SWZ. Bizjet news In this issue we report the delivery of a Global Express and a Commander 695A and the departure of a Gulfstream 650 and a Falcon 2000EX.

Global Express VH-FGJ msn 9163 was registered on October 22 with the holder GH Aviation of South Yarra, Victoria and the operator Pratt Aviation of Essendon Airport, Victoria. VH‑FGJ was delivered to Essendon from Honolulu on November 5.

Global Express VH-ZXH was registered to AVWest from October 19 ’10 to June 25 ’14, but the aircraft was never delivered to Australia. On October 21 ’14 the Global Express was registered N744SD to Red Aviation of Georgetown, Texas.

Falcon 2000EX VH-KRW, which was operated by Brenzil, was cancelled from the register on October 23 as ‘exported to the USA’ and on October 28 it was registered N37EA to Bel Air of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Falcon, which was replaced in Brenzil service by Falcon 7X VH-CRW, was last reported in Australia on October 28 ’13 when it departed Cairns for Hong Kong.

Shazo Holdings Citation II VH-NSB departed the Gold Coast on October 15 for Mt Isa, Darwin and Davao City with the aircraft reported to be en route to the US.

Gulfstream 650 VH-LUY, which was registered to Marcplan Charter of Essendon Fields from September 12 to September 22, will unfortunately not be delivered to Australia with the aircraft instead sold and placed on the Bermudan register as VP-BLF.

Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream 650ER N650ER arrived in Brisbane from Kahului on October 27 and after overnighting continued to Perth. After operating a demonstration flight in Perth on October 29 it continued to Canberra, before departing for Kona on October 31.

Cessna Aircraft Citation CJ4 N159CJ arrived at Maroochydore from Denpasar and Darwin on October 19 at the start a demonstration tour of Australia.

N159CJ was later noted at Archerfield, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Jandakot before departing Perth for Denpasar on October 28.

In propjet news Machjet King Air B200C VH-LNJ, which was cancelled from the register on August 25 as ‘exported to PNG’, has taken up the marks P2-LNJ.

Commander 695A ZS-KZY msn 96051 arrived at Jandakot from Cocos Island, Port Hedland and Perth on October 22, with the aircraft reported to be a candidate for the Australian register as VH‑HPY.

Gulfstreams galore

3M Company Gulfstream 550 N3M arrived in Sydney from Kona on October 6 before continuing to Perth on October 8. N3M departed Perth for Sharjah on October 9.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N443M arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on October 23.

TAI Leasing Gulfstream 550 N801TM arrived at Essendon from Nagoya on October 29 before continuing to Sydney on October 31.

Gulfstream 550 N917GA arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on October 27 and after overnighting returned to Honolulu.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N816MG arrived in Perth from Halim on November 1 and after overnighting departed for Honolulu.

Gulfstream 550 VP-CKC arrived in Cairns from Hong Kong on October 4 before returning there on October 11.

Pegasus Leasing Gulfstream 500 N523AC arrived in Sydney fromSubang on October 14 and after overnighting continued to Brisbane.

It departed Brisbane for Don Muang on October 16.

Trans-Exec Air Service Gulfstream V N222LX arrived in Sydney from Kahului on October 8 and later visited the Gold Coast, Proserpine and Hamilton Island before departing Brisbane for Rotorua on October 19.

ExecuJet Europe Gulfstream V HB-JKI arrived in Sydney from Subang on October 9. HB-JKI later visited Scone and Avalon before departing Sydney for Subang on October 13.

TAG Aviation Gulfstream 450 B-LIS callsign ‘Tagjet 32’ arrived in Melbourne from Macau on October 15 and departed for Darwin and Macau on October 20. Later in the month B-LIS arrived at Cairns from Singapore on October 29 before departing for Shanghai on November 1.

Swiss Jet Gulfstream 450 HB‑JUS arrived in Sydney from Angeles City on October 22.

Gulfstream 450 VP-BMV arrived at Sydney from Seletar on October 30 before visiting the Gold Coast on October 31 and Hobart on November 2. It departed Hobart for Auckland on November 3.

Studio City Aviation Gulfstream IV N104AD arrived in Perth from Don Muang on October 31 before continuing to Adelaide on November 3.

AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream IV N716AS arrived at the Gold Coast from Narita on October 23.

Overseas bizjets Beechjet 400A N333EA, which is registered to Executive Investment Properties of Miami, arrived in Darwin from Denpasar on October 17. N333EA remained in Darwin until October 27 when it departed for Biak and Palau.

Williams-Sonoma Stores Global5000 N878HL arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 7 before continuing to Melbourne on October 9. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on October 10.

General Electric Global Express N375G arrived in Sydney from Subang on October 22 and departed to Honolulu on October 24.

Evolution Asset Management Challenger 604 N429WG, which arrived in Australia on September 21 (Traffic/November), left the country on October 8 when it departed Kununurra for Darwin and Da Nang.

Luxaviation Group Challenger 604 LX-MDA callsign ‘Red Lion 4D’ arrived in Sydney from Subang on October 26 and departed to Halim on October 28.

Premier Jets Learjet 36A N363PJ arrived in Sydney from Honiara on October 4 and departed Sydney for Honiara and Majuro on October 11.

Globaljet Luxembourg Falcon 7X N889AB arrived in Sydney from Don Muang on October 26 before continuing to Canberra and Queenstown on October 30. The following day it transited Brisbane while en route from Auckland to Singapore.

Canadian Utilities Falcon 7X C-GCUL arrived in Perth from Kansai on October 21 before continuing to Sydney on October 23 and Brisbane on October 24.

Malaysian Jet Services Falcon 7X HB-JFN arrived in Perth from Subang on October 21 before returning to Subang on October 23. Bromma Business Jets Falcon 7X SE-DJK arrived in Perth from Hong Kong on October 6 before continuing to Sydney on October 9. After overnighting it departed for Hong Kong.

EHC Holdings Falcon 900 N311JA arrived at the Gold Coast from Honiara on October 22.

Apogee Finance Falcon 50 N860BA arrived in Brisbane from Pago Pago on October 11 and departed for Apia on October 15.

Aerolineas Del Pacifico Falcon 2000LX RP-C9215 arrived in Sydney from Manila on October 23 and the same day continued to Mudgee. On October 25 it operated a return flight from Mudgee to Sydney.

Ferry flights

AT-802 VH-WTJ, which is registered to Aircare Aviation of Moree, departed Broome for Halim on October 20.

Conair Aviation AT-802A C-GYBX, which is in the country for the 2014/15 fire season, arrived at Ballarat on October 17 from Santa Maria, California via Hilo, Majuro, Honiara and Brisbane.

Conair Aviation AT-802As C-GBPY and C-GSYK arrived at Ballarat on November 4 from Hilo, Majuro, Honiara and Brisbane.

T-6C Texan IIs N2842B and N2845B, which were on delivery to the RNZAF (Traffic/November), terminated their ferry flight at Ohakea on October 8 after crossing the Tasman from Brisbane via Norfolk Island.

Baron C55 VH-RLS, which was being exported to the Philippines, departed Darwin for Cebu on October 22 but en route was forced to land at Manado by Indonesian air force Sukhoi fighters.

Helifix Operations Bell 206L P2-HFZ departed Cairns for Cooktown, Lockhart River and Horn Island on October 8.

Cessna 208B/EX N3098T, which was on delivery to an Australian operator, arrived at Maroochydore on October 15 after crossing the Pacific from Merced, California via Honolulu, Majuro and Townsville.

Skydive Tandem Cessna 208 ZK-PMT arrived at Toowoomba on October 11 from Auckland, Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast.

Alfa Air Cessna 208 PK-ASC arrived at Bankstown on October 21 from Jayapura, Horn Island, Cairns and Roma.

Cessna 180K N6TK, which is on a round-the-world flight, arrived at Brisbane from Noumea on October 21.

Cirrus SR22 N663LF arrived at Archerfield from Darwin and Mount Isa on October 13.

ARKeX DHC-6-300 N162DE, which has been working in PNG, arrived in Cairns from Port Moresby on October 31 and the following day returned to Port Moresby.

Pacific Aerospace PAC 750XL ZK-KNK arrived at Brisbane direct from Hamilton, New Zealand on October 31. It then continued its ferry to Darwin (November 1) and Palembang, South Sumatra (November 2).

Kiwi Air PAC 750XL ZK-FNZ arrived at Darwin from Ujung Pandang on October 26 before continuing to Mt Isa on October 27 and Toowoomba on October 28. It departed Toowoomba on October 31 for Lord Howe Island and Auckland.

Dromader VH-FOS operated by Retsof of Leongatha, departed Port Hedland for Christmas Island and Subang on October 21.

Heavy metal

Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82044 as flight VDA6857 arrived at RAAF Amberley from Mombasa and Johor Bahru on October 10, and after overnighting departed as flight VDA2442 to Darwin and Kuala Lumpur.

Delta A330-323 N802NW as flight DAL8820 arrived in Darwin from Osan on October 16 and after overnighting departed for Guam as DAL8959. The A330 returned to Darwin from Kadena as DAL8820 on October 19 before departing for Guam as DAL8959 on October 20.

Evergrande A319-115(CJ) B-6435 (Traffic/November) departed Sydney for the Gold Coast on October 7 and after overnighting continued to Cairns and Hong Kong.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZ(F) JA04KZ arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 14 as flight NCA6179. The 747F, which was carrying bikes for the Australian Moto GP at Phillip Island, departed for Hong Kong on October 15 as NCA636.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZ(F) JA05KZ arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 14 as flight NCA6177 and departed later the same day for Narita as NCA624.

Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-268ER HZ-AKB as flight SVA7364 arrived in Sydney from Riyadh on October 19 before returning there asSVA7364 on October 21.

Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-268ER HZ-AKF as flight SVA7366 arrived in Sydney from Jeddah on October 24 before departing as SVA7366 to Riyadh on October 26.

Orenair 777-28QER VQ‑BNU as flight ORB9072 arrived in Cairns from Fukuoka on October 8 before returning to Fukuoka as ORB9071 on October 11. The 777 repeated the rotation again as ORB9072/9071 on another four occasions in October.

United 787-9 N38950 as flight UA098 arrived in Melbourne on October 28 direct from Los Angeles on what was United Airlines’ first inaugural international flight by type.

United 787-8 N28912 operated the UA098 into Melbourne from Los Angeles on October 29.

Atlas Air 767-3YO N642GT,which was operating flight GTI8167, arrived in Darwin from Kadena on October 18 and after overnighting departed as GTI8168 for Guam.

Thomson Airways 757-28A/W G-OOBC as flight TOM978 arrived in Sydney from Kahului and Nadi on October 13 and then departed for Denpasar on October 15.

Thomson 757-28A/W G-OOBE as flight TOM970 arrived in Cairns from Papeete and Apia on October 7 and departed to Siem Reap on October 10.

Thomson 757-28A/W G-OOBF as flight TOM971 arrived in Cairns from Apia on October 14 and departed to Siem Reap on October 16.

757-23A/W VQ-BTF arrived at Alice Springs from Brisbane on October 6 and remained there until October 27 when it returned to Brisbane.

Weststar 727-23 N800AK arrived in Perth from Subang on October 13 before returning to Subang on October 17.

Indonesian air force C-130H A-1332 ex A97-003 ferried from Richmond to Townsville on October 14 and on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar for painting in Indonesian colours. On completion of the work it returned to Richmond on October 29.

Safair L-382G ZS-JIV as flight SFR518 arrived in Christchurch from Cocos Island and Adelaide on October 16. The L-382G, which is operating for the Italian Antarctic expedition, made its first flight of the 2014/15 season on October 27 to their new base at Terra Nova Bay.