Traffic

767-338ER VH-OGM was withdrawn from service in Sydney after operating QF434 from Melbourne. On January 7 it wasferried from Sydney to Alice Springs as QF6160 where it was placed in storage.

767-338ER VH-OGO was withdrawn from service in Brisbane after operating QF524 from Sydney. On January 10 it was ferried from Brisbane to Alice Springs as QF6126.

767-338ER VH-OGT was withdrawn from service in Sydney after operating QF422 from Melbourne. On January 2 it was ferried from Sydney to Alice Springs as QF6160.

767-338ER VH-OGU was withdrawn from service in Brisbane after operating QF530 from Sydney. On January 9 it was ferried from Brisbane to Alice Springs as QF6160.

767-338ER VH-OGI, which was withdrawn from service in Sydney on November 28 (Traffic/January), had its Qantas titles and kangaroo removed before it ferried out of Sydney on December 11 as QF6017 to Victorville where it was placed in storage.

767-338ER VH-OGJ, which has been stored at Victorville since October 24 ’14, was cancelled from the register on January 19 as ‘exported to the USA’. On January 23 the 767was registered N324BC to BCC Equipment Leasing of Seattle.

Qantas Group news

In this issue we report the delivery of a 787-8 to Jetstar while departing was a 767-300 of Qantas and an A320 of Jetstar.

747-438 VH-OJA was withdrawn from Qantas service in Sydney on January 14 after it operated QF64/13 from Johannesburg. Qantas announced on January 29 that VH‑OJA had been donated to HARS at Wollongong and that it would make its final flight from Sydney to Wollongong by March 15.

747-438 VH-OJM operated an ADF charter as ASY1 from Brisbane to Townsville, Darwin and al Minhad on January 6 with the aircraft returning to Sydney on January 8 from al Minhad, Darwin and Brisbane.

747-438ER VH-OEI, which had been in Hong Kong for maintenance since November 28 (Traffic/ December), returned to service on December 21 when it operated QF88 from Hong Kong to Sydney.

A380-842 VH-OQJ ferried from Sydney to Manila as QF6009 on January 29 for planned maintenance.

A330-303 VH-QPB ferried from Sydney to Singapore as QF6007 on January 31 for planned maintenance and a repaint.

737-838 VH-VXL ferried from Sydney to Seletar as QF6009 on January 6 and on arrival was painted in the current Qantas livery. VHVXL returned to Brisbane via Darwin as QF6008 on January 20.

737-838 VH-VXO departed Brisbane for Seletar as flight QF6009 on December 21 and on arrival was painted in the current Qantas livery.

VH-VXO returned to Brisbane from Seletar as flight QF6008 on January 5.

737-476 VH-TJS, which has been stored at Victorville since March 6 ’14, was cancelled from the register on January 30 as ‘exported to the USA’ and on February 2 it was registered N944NZ.

737-476 VH-TJX, which was cancelled from the register on December 5 (Traffic/January) has been sold to Comair as ZS-OAT.

Jetstar took delivery of 787‑8 VH‑VKI in Melbourne on January 29 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field as JQ7992.

The new 787 entered service on February 5 when it operated JQ35 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

A320-232/S VH-VFY, which was delivered to Jetstar in Melbourne on December 8 (Traffic/January), entered service on December 12 when it operated JQ444 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast.

A320-232 VH-VQY, which was cancelled from the register on November 27 (Traffic/January), was then registered EI-FGD to HKAC Leasing before being leased to Hong Kong Express Airways as B-LCE. On December 12 the all-white A320 was ferried from Seletar to Hong Kong on delivery to Hong Kong Express.

A320-232 VH-VQB was withdraw from service on November 11 after operating JQ981 from Perth to Melbourne. It then ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar on November 11 for end of lease maintenance. VH-VQB was then leased to Viva Aerobus and was test flown in their colours at Seletar on December 29. It was cancelled from the Australian register on January 20 as ‘exported to Mexico’ as XA-VAH.

VH-VQB was delivered to Jetstar in Newcastle on January 23 ’09 and entered service on January 30 when it operated JQ416 from Sydney to the Gold Coast. A320-232 VH-VQK arrived in Singapore on November 23 after operating JQ116 from Perth via Denpasar. VH-VQK then underwent planned maintenance in Singapore before departing there on ferry to Melbourne as JQ7998 on December 14.

A320-232 VH-VGV ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as JQ7993 on January 27 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VQA ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore as JQ7993 on January 29 for planned maintenance.

Jetstar Hong Kong has found a new owner for A320-232/S (B-KJG) msn 5853, which was stored at Toulouse. The aircraft was registered VH-XHI to Jetstar Australia from November 8 ’13 to December 3 ’13 but was never delivered. The A320 was sold to Tianjin Airlines and was registered B-1620 before being delivered to Tianjin on December 11 from Toulouse via Astana.

Jetstar Japan took delivery of A320-232/S JA20JJ msn 6381 in Narita on December 19 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse via Abu Dhabi and Hanoi.

Jetstar Pacific has dry leased A321-231s VN-A345 and VN‑A347 from Vietnam Airlines.

Network Aviation ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHV from Perth to Port Hedland and Seletar on January 10 for planned maintenance.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600 to Air New Zealand Link/Mount Cook.

Air New Zealand was planning to take delivery of A320-232/Ss ZK‑OXG msn 6460 and ZK-OXH msn 6471 in Christchurch in late February.

Air New Zealand Link/Mount Cook took delivery of ATR 72‑600 ZK-MVF at Christchurch in the early hours of January 21 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Toulouse. The ferry, which was contracted to Southern Cross, operated as SXI1503 via Alexandria, Al Ain, Nagpur, Penang, Koepang and Brisbane. ZK-MVF entered service on January 23 when it operated NZ5030 from Christchurch to Rotorua.

Air New Zealand Link aircraft repainted in the fern leaf colour scheme in this period were: ATR 72‑600s ZK-MVB and ZK‑MVD and Dash 8-Q311s ZK‑NEP, ZK-NER and ZK-NET.

Air Niugini ferried 767‑383ER P2-PXW from Port Moresby to Guangzhou as PX6008 on December 8 for maintenance. On completion of its maintenance P2‑PXW returned to Port Moresby from Guangzhou as PX6009 on January 21 and returned to service the same day.

Fokker 100 P2-ANQ, which had been under maintenance in Seletar since October 20, returned to Port Moresby on December 15 as PX6397 from Denpasar and Darwin.

Airnorth ferried E170-100LR VH-SWO out of Darwin for Kuala Lumpur on January 23 with the aircraft en route to Warsaw for planned maintenance.

Airwork Flight Operations ferried 737-4Q8(SF) ZK-TLF from Brisbane for Darwin and Kuala Lumpur on January 16 for planned maintenance.

737‑476 N939NZ, the former VH-TJL, departed Victorville on December 12 for Dothan, Alabama where it is being converted to a freighter.

737-476 N944NZ, which is the former VH-TJS, was placed on theUS register on February 2.

Cobham took delivery of RJ‑85 C-GDYK in Adelaide on December 1 and registered the aircraft VH-NJW on December 4 (Traffic/January).

VH-NJW was ferried from Adelaide to Perth as JTE5500 on December 17 and the following day entered service when it operated JTE950 from Perth to Granny Smith.

Cobham took delivery of E190‑100LR D-AEMG in Adelaide on November 9 and registered the aircraft VH-NJA on November 26 (Traffic/December). It was ferried from Adelaide to Perth as JTE5500 on January 17 and entered service on January 30 when it operated JTE5510 from Perth to Karratha.

Tasman Cargo ferried 757‑236(PCF) VH-TCA into Sydney from Seletar on December 29 as TMN92 on completion of a maintenance lay‑up.

Virgin Group news

Virgin Australia has started placing its 10 New Zealand registered 737‑8FE aircraft – ZK-PBA, PBB, PBD, PBF, PBG and PBI to PBM – on the Australian register.

737-8FE ZK-PBA operated its final flight on the New Zealand register on January 29 as VOZ161 from Auckland to Brisbane before reverting to its previous registration of VH-VOO on January 30. It returned to Virgin service on February 5 when it operated VOZ41 from Brisbane to Denpasar.

VH-VOO was delivered to Christchurch on September 18 ’03 in Pacific Blue colours and entered service on September 30 when it operated DJ258 from Brisbane to Sydney. VH‑VOO changed its registration to ZK-PBA on January 23 ’04.

737-8FE ZK-PBM operated its final flight on the New Zealand register on February 4 as VOZ170 from Port Vila to Brisbane. The aircraft was expected to revert to its previous registration of VH-VOU.

737-8FE VH-VUK, which was painted in Virgin Australia colours in Townsville between January 16 and January 29, has been named Seaford Beach.

737-8FE VH-VUL was the last aircraft in the Virgin fleet to change its colours from Virgin Blue to Virgin Australia with its final flight in Virgin Blue colours being VOZ381 from Brisbane to Townsville on January 28.

737-8FE VH-YIY msn 40701, which will be the next of type delivered to Virgin Australia, made its first flight on February 4 from Renton to Boeing Field.

737-7FE VH-VBZ was painted in Virgin Australia colours in Townsville between January 4 and January 17 and has been named Cronulla Beach.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPQ departed Brisbane on January 2 as VOZ9901 via Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys to Nashville for planned maintenance.

It returned to Brisbane on January 28 as VOZ9902 from Nashville via Van Nuys, Honolulu and Apia.

While in the US VH-ZPQ was named Main Beach.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) placed Fokker 100 VH-FZH into service on January 31 when it operated VOZ1723 from Perth to Karratha. The Fokker 100 was delivered to VARA in Perth as PH-CXF on October 27 (Traffic/ December).

Fokker 100 VH-FZO ferried from Perth to Port Hedland and Seletar as VOZ9990 on December 28 for planned maintenance.

Fokker 100 VH-FNN, which had been in Seletar for maintenance since October 30, returned to Perth from Seletar and Port Hedland as VOZ9950 on December 20.

ATR 72-600 VH-FVQ arrived in Seletar as VOZ553A on January 10 after a two-day ferry flight from Brisbane via Alice Springs and Port Hedland. On completion of its maintenance VH‑FVQ as VOZ1951 departed Seletar on January 24 for Port Hedland, Alice Springs and Brisbane (arriving January 25).

ATR 72-600 VH-FVR as VOZ991A arrived at Wagga Wagga on December 15 after a two-day ferry flight from Seletar via Port Hedlandand Alice Springs. VH‑FVR, which had been grounded in Albury since February 25 ’14 (Traffic/January), then entered the Douglas Aerospace hangar for paint work to the tail of the aircraft. As VOZ953A the ATR ferried from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne on December 19 and after overnighting continued to Brisbane. VH-FVR returned to VARA service on December 21 when it operated VOZ1766 from Brisbane to Port Macquarie.

ATR 72-600 VH-VPJ, which was delivered to Perth on September 4 and was then ferried to Melbourne on October 19, had still not entered service by February 5.

Tiger Airways ferried A320‑232 VH-VNG from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as TGW9002 on January 27 for planned maintenance.

Regional news

In this issue we report the deliveries of an ATR 72-600 to Fiji Link and a Cessna Caravan to MAF Australia plus the departure of a Hardy Aviation Metro 23.

Air South, which took delivery of EMB-120ER VH-NHC from Network Aviation in Adelaide on November 14 (Traffic/January), re-registered the aircraft VH-YEG on December 17.

Air South was reportedly planning to take delivery of EMB‑120ER VH-NHA from Network Aviation in February.

Air Vanuatu ferried ATR 72‑500 YJ-AV72 as flight AVN72 from Port Vila to Cairns and Darwin on February 3 before continuing to Denpasar on March 4.

Alliance Airlines has leased Fokker 50 VH-FKO to Tauck Tours for operations in New Zealand and on January 9 the Fokker 50, which was still in full Alliance colours, departed Brisbane as flight QQ991 for Norfolk Island and Auckland.

Free Spirit Airlines is planning to commence RPT services from Essendon to Burnie, Devonport and Merimbula. Its advertising material shows Beech 1900C VH‑EMK carrying Free Spirit colours.

Fiji Link took delivery of ATR 72-600 DQ-FJX msn 1221 in Nadi on December 23 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Toulouse. Operating as flight PMT1528 the ATR arrived in Nadi from Ambon, Port Moresby and Port Vila.

Fiji Link ATR 42-500 DQ‑PSA, which ferried out of Nadi on October 25 (Traffic/December), is now operating with Island Transvoyager in the Philippines as RP-C4200.

Hardy Aviation has sold Metro 23 VH-TWL to the Danish operator North Flying Air Services. The Metro 23 was registered OY‑NPG before departing Darwin for Bandar Seri Begawan on January 31.

MAF Australia took delivery of Cessna 208 5H-ZBZ msn 20800201 at Mareeba on January 27 after the aircraft ferried in from Tanzania via Koepang, Darwin and Normanton. The Cessna Caravan, which will be registered in Australia, will be used to operate RPT services from Gove.

Regional Express has added the former Vincent Aviation (Australia) Saab 340B VH-VNA to its fleet.

Skytrans ceased operations on January 2 with its fleet of Dash 8 aircraft being placed in storage at Cairns. Final flight details for the six Dash 8-100 and three Dash 8-300 are as follows:

»» Dash 8-102 VH-QQA was withdrawn from service on December 29 after operating SKP55 from Normanton to Cairns;

»» Dash 8-102 VH-QQB was withdrawn on January 2 ex SKP23 from Bamaga;

»» Dash 8-102 VH-QQC was withdrawn on October 31 ex SKP67 from Mount Isa;

»» Dash 8-102 VH-QQF was withdrawn on January 2 ex SKP61 from Mount Isa;

»» Dash 8-102 VH-QQG operated its final RPT service on December31 as SKP19 from Toowoomba to Brisbane before being ferried to Cairns on January 2 as SKP9086;

»»Dash 8-102 VH-QQI was withdrawn on January 2 ex SKP85 from Kowanyama;

»»Dash 8-311 VH-QQM was ferried from Brisbane to Cairns as SKP9086 on October 29;

»»Dash 8-311 VH-QQN operated its final RPT service on December 16 as SKP865 from Maroochydore to Brisbane before being ferried to Cairns on January 9; and

»»Dash 8-311 VH-QQP operated its final RPT service on December 19 as SKP671 from Miles to Brisbane before being ferried to Cairns on January 9.

Sounds Air has added the former RFDS/Western Operations PC-12/45 VH-KWO to their fleet. PC-12/47 VH-KWO was delivered to Fielding on January 28 after it completed a two-day ferry flight from Adelaide via Sydney, Auckland and Omaka.

Vincent Aviation, which had Beech 1900D ZK-VAB on operation in Myanmar, returned the aircraft to New Zealand in this period. ZK-VAB arrived at Ardmore on January 7 after ferrying in from Seletar, Denpasar, Darwin, Mount Isa, Gold Coast, Norfolk Island and Auckland.

Wanair, which had Beech 1900D F-OHRX in Cairns on maintenance, ferried the aircraft to Brisbane and Noumea on January 22.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the deliveries of a Gulfstream 650, a Citation M2 and a King Air B200, as well as the departure of a Citation II.

Gulfstream 650 N47TR was delivered to AVWest Aviation in Perth on December 18 after arriving from Savannah, Georgia via Long Beach, Hilo and Sydney.

Citation M2 VH-WMY was registered to Mitchell Water Australia of North Melbourne, Victoria on December 15. The Citation M2 is the first of type in the region and was delivered to Essendon on January 22 from Denpasar, Broome and Ceduna.

VH-WMY is now based at Moorabbin and was flown from Wichita to Australia via the North Atlantic, Europe, Middle East and India.

Hawker 800XP N713SC ex VH‑MEP (Traffic/January) departed Bankstown on December 12 on delivery to a new owner in the US.

The trans-Pacific crossing to Van Nuys was made via Sydney, Nadi, Pago Pago, Christmas Island and Honolulu.

Shazo Holdings Citation II VHVBK, which departed the Gold Coast for disposal in the US on November 22 (Traffic/January), was cancelled from the register on December 11.

Citation Mustang VH-SQJ has been sold in New Zealand and on January 30 it was delivered to Hastings from Maroochydore via the Gold Coast and Auckland. VH‑SQJ wascancelled from the register on January 30 and on February 3 it was registered ZK‑JAK to Air Hawkes Bay.

Citation Mustang VH-SQY changed its registered holder and operator to Cirrus (Australia) of Wagga Wagga, NSW on November 3.

Citation Mustang VH-VSQ changed its registered holder to Aeromil Pacific and its registered operator to Flight Options (Australia) on January 21.

King Air B200 VH-MHV was registered on January 28 with the holder AV8 Air Charter of Sydney and the operator Pay’s Helicopters of Scone. The King Air, which was ferried from South Africa, arrived at the Gold Coast from Broome and Alice Springs on February 1.

PC-12/47 VH-OOI arrived at Fielding, New Zealand from Kerikeri on December 27 and on January 19 it was cancelled from the register as ‘exported to the United States’.

Gulfstreams galore

650 Leasing Gulfstream 650 N515PL arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on December 27 before departing to Cairns on January 12. It departed Cairns for Honolulu on January 14.

Daisho Gulfstream 650 N712KT arrived in Brisbane from Haneda on January 19 before returning to Haneda on January 21.

Rendezvous Air Services Gulfstream 650 N747SC arrived in Townsville from Kona on December 23. It departed to Maroochydore on December 26 and after overnighting continued to Brisbane and Kona. The Gulfstream then arrived in Sydney from Kona on December 30 before returning there on January 2.

AC Executive Gulfstream 650 M-GSIX arrived in Sydney from Singapore on January 26 and after overnighting departed for Port Vila and Honolulu.

Gulfstream 550 N8JK arrived in Sydney from Sapporo on December 23 and departed to Songshan on December 30.

Dow Chemicals Gulfstream 550 N505D arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on December 13 before departing to Auckland on December 14. It returned to Sydney from Auckland on December 15 and was later noted in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8136 as DER611 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on December 22 before continuing to Essendon on December 26. After overnighting B-8136 returned to Sydney before continuing to Guangzhou on January 1.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8152 as DER511 arrived in Sydney from Qingdao on December 24 before continuing to Essendon on December 26. After overnighting B-8152 returned to Sydney before continuing to Qingdao on January 1.

China Fortune Land Development Gulfstream 550 B-8297 arrived in Cairns from Auckland on December 29 before continuing to Beijing on December 30.

LGM Property Gulfstream 550 M-ARDI arrived in Melbourne from Halim in the early hours of January 28 and after overnighting it departed for Sydney and Haneda.

Jet Aviation (Asia) Gulfstream 550 VP-CTE arrived at Maroochydore from Auckland on December 28 and departed to Brisbane on January 2.

Turkish Air Force Gulfstream 550 09-001 callsign ‘Turkish 139’ arrived in Canberra from Kuala Lumpur on December 10. It operated a return flight to Sydney on December 12 before departing to Singapore on December 13.

Gaas Labs Gulfstream V N54BS arrived at Essendon from Auckland on January 27. It then departed to Perth on January 31 before continuing the following day to Mauritius.

Executive Jet Management Gulfstream V N102DZ arrived in Sydney from Beijing on January 22 and after overnighting continued to Melbourne. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on January 23.

Exxon Mobil Gulfstream V N300A arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on January 20 and departed to Halim on January 22.

Saudi Medevac Gulfstream VHZ-MS5B arrived in Melbourne from Subang on January 7 before departing for Manila on January 9.

Gulfstream 450 VP-BTB arrived in Perth from Denpasar on January 18 and after overnighting operated a return flight to Busselton before departing for Seletar.

Gulfstream 450 VP-CET was in transit through Darwin on December 21 while en route from Hong Kong to Queenstown and on December 28 it was in transit through Cairns while en route from Auckland to Hong Kong.

Jet Aviation Gulfstream 450 VP-CLI arrived at the Gold Coast from Davao on December 30 before departing to Sydney on January 1. VP-CLI continued to Perth on January 3 and after overnighting departed to Hong Kong.

Jordanian government Gulfstream 450 VQ-BCE arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on December 22 before returning to Hong Kong on December 29.

Gulfstream IV N5RD arrived in Adelaide from Nadi on December 9 and after overnighting departed to Sydney. It departed Sydney for Nadi on December 12.

BKF Aviation Gulfstream IV N36RR was in transit through Darwin in the early hours on January 31 while en route from Singapore to Queenstown.

NBI Gulfstream IV N65CC departed Hamilton Island for Cairns and Majuro on January 2.

Gulfstream IV N168BB arrived at Melbourne in the early hours of January 24 before returning to Manila later that day.

AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream IV N716AS, which arrived at the Gold Coast on November 11 (Traffic/January), was still in the country as of January 31. During January it was noted at the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Sydney.

Sultan of Johor Gulfstream IV 9M-ISJ arrived in Perth from Johor Bahru on January 9 before returning to Johor Bahru on January 14.

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Finance Gulfstream 300 HZ-MF5 arrived at Hamilton Island from Denpasar and Cairns on January 7 and after overnighting returned to Cairns and Denpasar.

Fly Jock Gulfstream III N734TJ arrived in Brisbane from Majuro on December 15 before continuing to Hamilton Island on December 17. It departed Hamilton Island for Cairns and Denpasar on December 20.

Overseas bizjets

Caterpillar Global 6000 N797CT arrived in Brisbane on January 11 before continuing to Melbourne on January 13. N797CT departed Burnie for Melbourne and Honolulu on January 16.

Vista Jet Global 6000 9H-VJF as Vista Jet 862D arrived in Sydney from Don Muang on December 15 and departed to Taipei on December 16.

TAG Aviation Asia Global 6000 VP-CJC as TBJ62 arrived in Maroochydore from Auckland on December 28 and departed to Brisbane and Hong Kong on January 3.

Tagjet (Hong Kong) Global 5000 N103ZZ as Tagjet 29 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on December 13.

Global 5000 N3389H arrived in Darwin from Hong Kong on December 28 before continuing to Melbourne on December 31. N3389H departed Melbourne for Hong Kong on January 4.

Global 5000 VP-CGM arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on January 22 before operating a return flight to Auckland on January 26. VP-CGM departed Sydney for Hong Kong on January 27.

Avalon Capital Global Express N118WT arrived in Ballina from Honolulu and the Gold Coast on December 30 before returning to the Gold Coast and Honolulu on January 3.

Global Express N889ST arrived in Sydney from Papeete on January 2 and after overnighting continued to Seletar.

ZYB Lily Jet Global Express B-7699 arrived in Perth from Shanghai on December 23 and after overnighting departed for Guangzhou. It next arrived in Darwin from Hong Kong on December 28 before continuing to Melbourne on December 31. It then departed Melbourne for Shenzhen on January 3. B-7699 again arrived in Melbournefrom Haneda on January 23 and departed to Sanja on January 26.

Global Express VP-CCK arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on December 26 before returning to Hong Kong on January 3. VP-CCK arrived in Perth from Hong Kong on January 19 before returning to Hong Kong on January 23.

Yalian Jet Challenger 850 B-3570 arrived in Perth from Denpasar on January 3. It departed to Sydney on January 6 and after overnighting continued to Cairns. B-3570 departed Cairns for Manado on January 11.

Gulf Wings Challenger 605 A6‑AAG as Gulf Wings 201 arrived in Melbourne from Halim on January 7 and departed to General Santos City on January 11.

Eastern Heights Challenger 605 M-AMRT as Tagjet 51 arrived at the Gold Coast on December 20 before continuing to Essendon on December 27. It departed Essendon for Halim on December 30.

October Holdings Challenger 604 N604AK as Jetspeed 67 arrived in Sydney from Guam on January 10 before continuing to Melbourne on January 12. It departed Sydney for Darwin and Singapore on January 14.

FAI Challenger 604 D-AFAC as Red Angel 5189 arrived in Perth from Halim on January 3 and after overnighting returned to Halim.

Quick Air Jet Charter Learjet 35A D-CJPG as Dagobert 534 arrived in Sydney from Padang, Broome and Alice Springs on January 28 and after overnighting departed for Alice Springs, Broome and Padang.

Noevir Aviation Citation Sovereign N680NA arrived in Cairns from Guam on January 6 and later visited Brisbane and Perth before departing Darwin for Guam on January 14.

Citation XLS I-CNDG as SSR200 arrived at Ayers Rock from Denpasar and Darwin on January 27 before continuing to Melbourne on January 29. It departed for Sydney on January 31 before continuing to Auckland on February 2. The Citation then departed Auckland on February 4 for Brisbane and Hamilton Island.

Minsheng Financial Falcon 900LX B-8208 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong and Darwin on January 26 before departing to Adelaide on January 29.

Arrow Management Falcon 900B N900D arrived in Hobart from Nadi on January 27 before continuing to Essendon on January 31. It departed Essendon for Queenstown on February 1.

RLB Holdings Transportation Falcon 900 N610RL arrived at Hamilton Island from Nadi and Brisbane on December 12.

The Falcon later visited Hobart, Kingscote and Adelaide before departing Sydney for Auckland on January 2.

Skylane Falcon 900 M-ODKZ arrived in Sydney from Incheon on December 16.

Apogee Finance Falcon 50 N860BA arrived at the Gold Coast from Nadi on December 31 and departed to Apia on January 3.

Ferry flights

Pacific Air AS-350B3 P2-PPM arrived at Essendon from Albury on January 18 after ferrying south from New Guinea. P2-PPM was earlier reported arriving at Cairns from Coen on January 13 before continuing the following day to Townsville.

Aircair Aviation AT-802 VH‑WTJ arrived in Broome from Indonesia on December 20 before continuing to Moree on December 22.

T-6C Texan IIs N2763B and N2770B, which were on delivery to the RNZAF as NZ1408 and NZ1409, were planned for delivery to Ohakea in late February.

Four Beech G36s on delivery to the Indonesian Navy – N5054E N452E, N4050B and N50953 – arrived at the Gold Coast on January 13 from Santa Maria, California via Hilo and Pago Pago. They then departed the Gold Coast for Darwin on January 17 before continuing to Surabaya on January 19. Fugro Airborne Surveys Cessna 208B VH-ZKB was noted at Dublin’s Weston Airport on January 16 after changing its registration from ZS-FSA. Also noted at Weston was Fugro Cessna 208B VH-ZKG which was previously registered ZS-SSA.

Cessna 180 N6TK arrived in Darwin from Tindal on December 10 before continuing the following day to Kununurra. It departed Broome for Denpasar on December 15.

Cessna 421C VH-RKI arrived at Camden on January 31 after crossing the Tasman from Kerikeri via Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

Cirrus SR22T N941SS arrived in Darwin from Kuala Lumpur on January 14 and after overnighting continued to Cairns, Tarawa and Hilo.

Rampart Aviation/ARKex DHC‑6- 300 N162DE arrived at Cairns from Port Moresby on February 3 and departed for Groote Eylandt and Darwin on February 5. After overnighting it departed for Kupang.

Diamond DA-42 9M-MDI arrived in Auckland on December 18 after ferrying in from Lombok, Broome, Alice Springs, Charleville, Gold Coast, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

GA-8 VH-IGV ex YJ-OZ1 arrived at the Gold Coast from Port Vila on December 13.

Aero Sotravia BN-2A-9 F-GDHD Sotravia 1117 arrived at Brisbane from Noumea on January 2 and after overnighting continued to Mount Isa, Darwin, Denpasar and Penang.

International Air Services Comanche 260 N9428P arrived at Redcliffe on January 13 after completing its trans-Pacific ferry from Merced via Hilo, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast.

Bristow S-92 VH-ZUW arrived at Essendon on January 21 after a threeday ferry flight across Australia from Broome via Newman, Meekatharra, Leonora, Kalgoorlie, Forrest, Ceduna and Port Lincoln.

S-92 V8-SAR was test flown from the Helitek hangar at Brisbane on January 29 after conversion to Search and Rescue capability. The S-92, then registered V8-SHL, had been with Helitek since arriving at Brisbane on October 5 ’13. It departed Brisbane on February 7 for Toowoomba and onward stops to Darwin.

Heavy metal

Hong Kong Jet A330-202 VP-CBE arrived at the Gold Coast from Manila on December 7 and was later noted at Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland and Adelaide before departing Perth for Manila on January 12.

Al-Atheer Establishment A310-304 HZ-NSA arrived in Melbourne from Kuala Lumpur on December 26 before departing to Perth on December 28 and Male on December 29.

Tigerair Singapore A320-232/S 9V-TRO, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since August 16 ’14, was test flown on January 25 as TGW3T and the following morning departed as TGW3F for Kuala Lumpur.

Tigerair Singapore A319-132 9V-TRA, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since July 28 ’14, was test flown on January 7 as TGW3T and the following day departed as TGW3F for Kuala Lumpur.

Ukraine government A319‑115CJ UR-ABA callsign ‘UKN1135’ arrived in Melbourne from Singapore on December 10 and after overnighting departed to Canberra. On December 12 it departed Canberra for Sydney before continuing to Jakarta.

Antonov Airlines An-124 UR‑82027 as flight ADB2736 arrived in Perth from Colombo on January 22 and after overnighting continued to Cairns and Honolulu as ADB238F. Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82081 as VDA2634 arrived in Brisbane from Ujung Pandang and Darwin on December 21 before departing to Noumea on December 24.

UT Air Cargo An-74-200 RA‑74013 callsign ‘TUM9747’ arrived in Canberra from Kuala Lumpur and Broome on December 20. It departed for Alice Springs on December 22, but mechanical problems then delayed the An-74 until January 29 when it departed for Broome and Halim.

National Airlines 747-428BCF N919CA as flight NCR816 arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on December 15 and after overnighting departed as NCR817 to Hong Kong.

Kalitta Air 747-222B(SF) N793CK as flight CKS602 arrived in Melbourne from Los Angeles via Honolulu and Nadi on January 17.

After overnighting the 747, as flight CKS9601, departed direct to Los Angeles in a planned flight time of just under 14 hours.

Asia Atlantic Airlines 767‑322(ER) HS-AAC as flight AAQ15 arrived in Cairns from Narita on December 30 before departing for Singapore as AAQ40F on January 1. It returned to Cairns from Bangkok as AAQ50F on January 3 and the same day departed to Narita as AAQ16.

Deer Jet 737-7AK/BBJ B-5266 arrived in Sydney from Queenstown on January 16 before departing to Hong Kong on January 21.

Privajet 737-7BC/BBJ 9H-BBJ callsign ‘Privajet 108’ arrived at Hamilton Island from Singapore and Cairns on December 10. It departed Hamilton Island for Sydney on December 12 before continuing to Queenstown on December 14.

US Air Force 737-7BC/C-40C 02-0203 callsign ‘Boxer 40’ arrived in Canberra from Christchurch on January 29 and later visited RAAF Edinburgh and Alice Springs before departing Darwin for Guam on February 2.

US Air Force/SOC C-146A/ Dornier 328-100 11-3097 callsign ‘Magma 4’ (Traffic/January) departed Sydney on December 11 for Adelaide and Perth before continuing to Port Hedland and Darwin on December 13.

Indonesian Air Force C-130H A-1332 (ex A97-003) callsign ‘Herky 62’ departed RAAF Richmond for Darwin on December 11 before continuing the following day to Halim.