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A380-842 VH-OQH was rolled out at Sydney on August 26 with ‘Go Wallabies’ decals.

A380-842 VH-OQK ferried from Sydney to Manila as QF6010 on August 11 for planned maintenance. 747-438 VH-OJI, which departed Sydney on June 27 (Traffic/August) on ferry to Marana, was cancelled from the register on July 29.

747-438 VH-OJU operated QF6061 from Melbourne to Jakarta on July 24 and then continued the same day as QF6011 to Hong Kong for planned maintenance.

767-338ER VH-OGM, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since January 7, was cancelled from the register on July 27. The same day the 767 was registered N372CM to Cargo Aircraft Management ofWilmington, Delaware and on July 30 as flight ABX30 it departed Alice Springs for Mumbai, Amman and Tel Aviv where it will be converted to a freighter.

767-338 VH-OGO (Traffic/August) was registered N371CM before ferrying out of Alice Springs on June 30 to Mumbai, Amman and Tel Aviv where it is being converted to a freighter.

767-338ER VH-OGP, which was in storage at Victorville, was cancelled from the register on August 20. It is reported thatVH‑OGP will be converted to a freighter for operation by National Airlines as N197CR.

Qantas announced on July 31 that Network Aviation would be rebranded as QantasLink, with all the Network Fokker 100 fleet to be repainted in QantasLink colours.

The first Fokker 100 in QantasLink colours, however, was VH-NHY which was the first of two recently acquired from Avianca Brazil.

Fokker 100 VH-NHY msn 11467 ex PR-OAQ of Avianca Brazil was registered to QantasLink on June 23 and after work was carried out in Seletar it was ferried to Surabaya, Darwin and Townsville on July 15. In Townsville the aircraft was painted in QantasLink colours by Flying Colours before it ferried to Alice Springs and Perth on July 30. It entered service with QantasLink on September 1 when it operated a mining charter from Perth to Degrussa.

Fokker 100 VH-NHC msn 11481 was registered to QantasLink on August 18. Earlier on August 1 the aircraft, then registered PR-OAR, had arrived at Seletar after ferryingin from Sao Paulo via Natal, Sal Island, Cairo, Muscat and Chennai.

Network Aviation ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHG from Perth to Port Hedland and Seletar on August 30 for planned maintenance.

Jetstar took delivery of 787-8 VH-VKJ in Melbourne on July 4 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field, Seattle as JQ7992.

VH-VKJ entered service on July 11 when it operated JQ35 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

787-8 VH-VKK was delivered to Jetstar in Melbourne on July 18 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field as JQ7992. It entered service on July 23 when it operated JQ1035 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

787-8 VH-VKL was registered to Jetstar on July 31 with the aircraft planned for delivery in September.

Four of the five Dash 8-300s to be operated by Jetstar in New Zealand have now been transferred from QantasLink operations.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQM had been in storage at Tamworth and was ferried to Townsville on July 29 as QF6672. There it was painted in Jetstar colours by Flying Colours.

After further work was carried outon the aircraft in Cairns VH‑TQM was ferried to Brisbane as QF6713 on August 26. On August 28 as QF6713 VH‑TQM departed Brisbane for Norfolk Island and Auckland where it remained overnight before continuing to Wellington. VH-TQM was involved in the Jetstar media launch on July 30 before departing Wellington for Norfolk Island and Brisbane on September 1.

Dash 8-315 VH-SBI ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as QF6713 on August 11 where it was painted in Jetstar colours. It departed Townsville for Cairns as QF6713 on August 23.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQL as QF6713 ferried from Tamworth to Townsville on August 22 where it was painted in Jetstar colours.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQD as QF6714 was ferried from Tamworth to Townsville on September 4 where it was painted in Jetstar colours.

Qantas/Jetstar A330 fleet news

With Jetstar planning to operate its final A330-200 in late September and a number of changes ofA330‑200/300 aircraft in the Jetstar and Qantas fleets it is worthwhile consolidating fleet changes for the type under its own heading.

A330-202 VH-EBE is the last of type in the Jetstar fleet and is planned to be withdrawn from service in late September prior to entering service with Qantas.

A330-202 VH-EBF was withdrawn from Jetstar service on August 5 after operating JQ7 from Melbourne to Singapore. Later that day it ferried as JQ7991 from Singapore to Paya Lebar where it was painted in Qantas colours. As QF6010 VH-EBF King Valley arrived in Brisbane from Paya Lebar on August 26.

A330-202 VH-EBH had been at Paya Lebar since May 12 for end of lease maintenance and was test flown there on July 7 as QF6010. It then departed Paya Lebar on July 23 on ferry to Getafe, Spain where it will be converted to an A330MRTT/ KC-30A tanker transport for the RAAF. VH-EBH was cancelled from the register on July 28 as ‘exported to Ireland’.

It will be joined by A330‑202 VH‑EBI which is due to be returned off lease by November before being converted to an A330MRTT/KC‑30A for the RAAF. A330-202 VH-EBK was withdrawn from Jetstar service on July 19 after operating JQ8 from Singapore to Melbourne. On July 22 as JQ7990 it was ferried from Melbourne to Brisbane where on arrival it was hangered in preparation to enter service with Qantas. On August 22 VH-EBK as QF6011 was ferried from Brisbane to Singapore where it was painted in Qantas livery.

A330-303 VH-QPF was hangered in Singapore on July 13 for planned maintenance after operating the QF51 from Brisbane. On July 30 as QF6010 it returned to Brisbane from Singapore after being painted in the current Qantas livery.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of two 787-9s and two A320s to Air New Zealand, an ATR 72-600 to ANZ Link/Mount Cook and the departures of three Q400s of Air Niugini and a Beech 1900D of Air New Zealand Link.

Air Calin ferried A320-232 F-OJSB as ACI900 from Noumea to Darwin and Singapore on August 25 for planned maintenance and a probable repaint in the airline’s new colour scheme. Air New Zealand took delivery of 787-9 ZK-NZD at Auckland on July 25 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field as NZ6092. It entered service on July 31 when it operated NZ103 from Auckland to Sydney.

787-9 ZK-NZC was delivered to Air New Zealand in Auckland on August 27 after ferrying in from Paine Field as NZ6094. It entered service on September 1 when it operated NZ135 from Auckland to Brisbane.

787-9 ZK-NZH was planned for delivery to Air New Zealand in late October.

A320-232/S ZK-OXJ was delivered to Auckland on August 3 after ferrying in from Toulouse via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns as NZ6017. It entered service on August 6 when it operated NZ673 from Auckland to Dunedin.

A320-232/S ZK-OXK was delivered to Air New Zealand in Auckland on September 9.

737-319 ZK-NGJ was withdrawn from service on August 10 after operating NZ539 from Auckland to Christchurch.

That left 737-319 ZK-NGI as the last of type in the Air New Zealand fleet, and it operated the airline’s final 737 RPTservice on September 6 when it operated NZ557 from Auckland to Christchurch.

ANZ Link/Eagle Airways has sold Beech 1900D ZK-EAQ and this was reflected on the New Zealand register on July 10 when ownership of the Beech 1900D was changed to Trans Guyana Airways.

ZK-EAQ departed Hamilton on July 16 for Noumea-Honiara and Wewak with the aircraft reportedly arriving in Guyana on July 23.

ANZ Link/Mount Cook took delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVG in Christchurch on July 7. The ferry flight was contracted to Southern Cross as SXI1512 and operated from Toulouse to Christchurch via Alexandria-Al Ain-Nagpur-Penang- Kupang and Brisbane. The ATR entered service with ANZ Link on July 10 when it operated NZM7 from Christchurch to Invercargill.

ANZ Link/Mount Cook has repainted ATR 72-500s ZK-MCC, ZK-MCU and ZK-MCW in the fern livery.

Air Niugini has sold Dash 8-Q402s P2-PXP, P2-PXQ and P2- PXR to Flugfelag Islands in Iceland.

Dash 8-Q402 P2-PXP departedPort Moresby on August 23 for Ambon before arriving at Norwich, UK on August 26 from Abu Dhabi, Luxor and Split. At Norwich it was painted in the colours of Flugfelag Islands and registered TF-JXA.

Dash 8-Q402 P2-PXQ departed Port Moresby on August 10 with its destination being Norwich where it arrived on August 15 from Sharm el Sheikh and Athens.

At Norwich it was painted in the colours of Flugfelag Islands and registered TF-FXI.

Dash 8-Q402 P2-PXR departed Port Moresby on September 4 for Ambon and stops to Norwich.

All three Q400 ferry flights were contracted to World Wide Aircraft Ferrying of Toronto.

Alliance ferried Fokker 50 VH‑FKO from Brisbane to Auckland on August 27 as ‘Unity 991’ where on arrival it resumed its charter contract for Tauck Tours.

Cobham placed RJ85 VH‑NJU into service on July 10 when it operated JTE984 from Perth to Darlot.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the delivery of two 737-800s to Virgin Australia and an A320 to Tigerair, as well as the departure of a 737-800 of Virgin Australia.

Virgin Australia took delivery of 737-8FE VH-YFS Sellicks Beach in Brisbane on August 14 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight as VOZ9940 from Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi. VH-YFS entered service on August 4 when it operated VOZ924 from Brisbane to Sydney.

737-8FE VH-YFT Admirals Arch was delivered to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on September 4 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight as VOZ9940 from Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi.

737-8BK VH-VUM had operated its last revenue flight on March 17 and was then parked at Melbourne before departing to Jakarta on August 2 as VOZ9941 for end of lease maintenance. VH-VUM Brindabella Blue was delivered to Virgin Blue in Brisbane on October 26 ’07 and entered service on November 1 ’07 when it operated DJ306 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-8BK VH-VUN operated its last revenue flight on March 20 and was still parked at Melbourne as of early September. 737-8FE VH-VOP as flight VOZ9941 departed Perth for Seletar on August 27 and planned maintenance.

A330-243 VH-XFH ferried from Perth to Singapore as VOZ9943 on July 31 to be the first in the fleet with a new interior. It returned to Sydney from Singapore as VOZ9944 on August 15.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPN departed Brisbane on July 28 as VOZ9901 for Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys to Nashville for planned maintenance.

It returned to Brisbane as VOZ9902 on August 26 over the reverse ferry route.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPT returned to Brisbane as VOZ9902 on July 31 from Nashville via Van Nuys, Honolulu and Apia on completion of planned maintenance.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA purchased Fokker 100 VH-FWH and Fokker 100 VH-FWI from Alliance with the Australian register reflecting the change of ownership on July 20.

Fokker 100 VH-FWI was in an all-over white colour scheme when it ferried as VOZ9910 on July 28 from Adelaide to Wagga Wagga. After being repainted in Virgin Australia colours in Wagga Wagga VH-FWI returned to Perth on August 1 via Adelaide as VOZ9910.

Fokker 100 VH-FWH as VOZ9910 ferried from Perth to Wagga Wagga on August 8 and after its repaint returned to Perth on August 17 from Wagga Wagga and Adelaide. While in Wagga Wagga VH-FWH was named Swan River.

Fokker 100 VH-FNC departed Perth on July 8 for Port Hedland and Seletar for planned maintenance before returning to Perth from Seletar via Port Hedland as VOZ9906 on August 5.

Fokker 100 VH-FNR departed Perth on August 6 as VOZ9903 to Port Hedland and Seletar for planned maintenance.

ATR 72-600 VH-VPI departed Brisbane on August 8 to Alice Springs, Port Hedland and Seletar for planned maintenance.

ATR 72-500 VH-FVH arrived in Brisbane on July 3 as VOZ9906 from Seletar, Port Hedland and Alice Springs on completion of maintenance.

Tigerair took delivery of A320- 232/S VH-XUH in Melbourne on August 24 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight as TGW9005 from Hamburg/ Finkenwerder via Dubai World Central and Singapore. VH-XUH is the first of type in the Tiger fleet to be fitted with Sharklets and the second Tigerair Australia A320 to carry the VH-XUH rego.

VH-XUH entered service on September 4 when it operated TGW582 from Melbourne to Cairns.

A320-232 VH-VNQ departed Melbourne on August 19 as TGW9002 on ferry to Darwin and Seletar (arriving August 20) for planned maintenance.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Saab 340A to Kiwi Regional, a Cessna 208B to Great Barrier Airlines, a PAC 750XL to Central Aviation and a PC-12 to the RFDS.

Departing were a Fokker 50 of Travel Air, a DHC-6-300 of Airlines PNG and a PAC 750XL of Central Aviation.

Air Kaibu DHC-6-300 DQ‑KVV had been under maintenance at Archerfield since May 4 and on July 17 it departed for the Gold Coast.

After overnighting it continued its ferry flight to Nadi. Airlines PNG ferried DHC‑6‑300 P2-MCZ out of Port Moresby on August 12 with the aircraft crossing the Pacific to Murrieta, California via Honiara, Majuro and Honolulu. Final destination for P2-MCZ was Hampton, Georgia where it arrived on August 17 via St Johns, Arizona and Elk City, Oklahoma.

DHC-6-300s P2-MCF and P2-MCS were sold in March to Indonesian carrier Aviastar Mandiri as PK-BRM and PK-BRK respectively.

Central Aviation took delivery of PAC 750XL P2-OMC msn 194 at Mount Hagen on July 18 after the aircraft ferried in from Hamilton via Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns and Horn Island.

PAC 750XL P2-OMB msn 129, which had operated with Central Aviation, ferried from Horn Island to Cairns on July 7 where it was registered VH-DXQ to Queensland Steel on July 28. VH-DXQ then ferried from Cairns to Horn Island and Mopah on August 4 and on August 10 it was cancelled from the register as ‘exported to Indonesia’. Great Barrier Airlines took delivery of Cessna 208B N988BA at Auckland on July 13 after the aircraft, which still carried the titles of its previous operator Bering Air, ferried in from Merced, California via Hilo and Pago Pago. The Cessna 208B was registered ZK‑SDB to Great Barrier Airlines on July 21 and on August 11 it entered service from Auckland to Kaitatia.

Kiwi Regional took delivery of Saab 340A ZK-KRA msn 65 ex SP-KPG in Hamilton on September 1 after the aircraft ferried in from Hambantota, Sri Lanka via Port Hedland, Orange and Sydney.

Kokomo Resort in Fiji was planning to take delivery of DHC‑6-400/FP DQ-OMO msn 923 ex C-FVGY in September.

Originair commenced RPT services on August 12 when Jetstream 31 ZK-JSH operated flight OGN101 from Nelson to Palmerston North.

RFDS/Central took delivery of PC-12/47E VH-FXJ msn 1541 at Adelaide on August 19 after the aircraft ferried in from Lombok and Broome.

Sounds Air registered PC‑12/45 ZK-PLT ex VH-MWO on August 28.

Travel Air (PNG) has terminated its lease on Fokker 50 P2-TAF. On August 17 the Fokker was noted at Seletar now registered PH-LMT.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of two Global Expresses, a Gulfstream IV and a Falcon 2000 and note the pending delivery of a Global Express and a Citation II. Departing were a Gulfstream IV and a Premier.

Global Express VH-CCD, which was registered to Crown Melbourne on June 26 (Traffic/August), was delivered to Melbourne from Honolulu on July 3. At Melbourne VH-CCD joined Global Expresses VH‑CCV and VH-CCX in service with Crown.

Global Express N976CB msn 9428, which reportedly was on delivery to AVWest, arrived in Sydney from Seletar on August 1 and after overnighting continued to Perth.

Global Express VH-LEP msn 9654 was registered on August 20 with the holder LinfoxGlobal Charter of Melbourne and the operator Air National Australia of Melbourne.

Global 5000 VH-DNK, which was cancelled from the register on June 23 (Traffic/August), has been registered in the Cayman Islands as VP-CES. The Global 5000 appears to be based in South-East Asia as it has visited Australia recently on a number of occasions, the first being into Perth from Halim on July 16.

Kefford Aviation Gulfstream IV N810LP was last noted in Australia in May 2013 prior to its departure for the US. The aircraft returned to Australia on July 30 it arrvied in Essendon from Honolulu and Nadi.

Sutherland Aviation Gulfstream IV VH-WXK was cancelled from the register on August 12 when sold in the US.

The following day it was registered N370RS to RNYA LLC of New York. VH-WXK was last noted in Australia on February 27 when it departed Brisbane for Nadi.

Falcon 2000 VH-FJO, which was registered to Falcon Jet Operations of Canning Vale, WA on June 2 (Traffic/August), was delivered to Perth from Balikpapan on July 7.

Challenger 604 VH-URR isnow carrying large CareFlight titles on its roof.

Citation X VH-RCA, which was cancelled from the register on June 23 (Traffic/August), was registered N712TX to Cessna Aircraft on June 29.

Citation II VH-EYJ msn 550‑1051 was registered on August 12 with the holder Eyeon Jet of Shepparton, Victoria and the operator Executive Airlines of Essendon Fields, Victoria.

Celijet Citation CJ3 VH-ANE has been re-registered VH-NNE and on July 15 the registered owner was changed to Divair of Orange, NSW.

Citation Mustang VH-KJG has been sold in New Zealand and on July 28 it arrived in Wellington from Bankstown and Sydney. VH-KJG was later noted carrying the titles ‘Robt. Jones Holdings Limited’.

Citation S/II VH-SQM S550‑0086 was placed on the register on June 30 with the holder Machjet of Cooroy, Queensland and the operator Machjet International of Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Citation S/II D-CJJJ had earlier been delivered to Maroochydore on February 12 before continuing to Essendon.

Premier VH-TGQ, which was operated by TWC Logistics of Graceville East, Queensland was cancelled from the register on August 27 as ‘exported to the United States’.

Earlier on August 12 it departed Toowoomba for Cairns and after overnighting continued to Cebu.

Gulfstreams galore

Newscorp Gulfstream 650 N898NC arrived in Sydney from Los Angeles on August 8 and was later seen at Canberra, Essendon, Honiara and Hamilton Island before departing Cairns for Los Angeles on September 3.

Gulfstream 550 N97FT as EDG97 arrived in Melbourne from Manila on August 26 and after overnighting continued to Sydney. It departed Sydney for Kahului on August 28.

Gulfstream 550 N107VC arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on August 1 and later the same day departed for Seletar.

Millrock Aviation Financial Gulfstream 550 N128GV arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on July 31 and departed to Honolulu on August 4.

Gulfstream 550 N344RS arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu onAugust 6 before returning there on August 9.

American Express Gulfstream 550 N559X arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on August 10 and departed to Haneda on August 12.

Conoco Phillips Gulfstream 550 N795CP arrived in Perth from Kuala Lumpur on August 10 before continuing to Darwin on August 12 and Brisbane on August 14.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N816MG arrived in Perth from Kansai on August 16 before continuing to Sydney on August 17.

It departed Sydney for Shanghai on August 18.

Executive Jet Management Gulfstream 550 N918SM as EJM918 arrived in Melbourne from Male on August 4 and departed to Angkor on August 10.

Gulfstream 550 N1852B as KA156 arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on August 10 and departed to Seletar on August 11.

Me & City Gulfstream 550 B-8137 arrived in Rockhampton from Shanghai and Cairns onAugust 18 and departed to Melbourne on August 20. It departed Melbourne for Shanghai on August 21.

Business Aviation Asia Gulfstream 550 B-8292 arrived in Adelaide from Shanghai on August 7 before continuing to Perth on August 8. It departed Perth for Wuhan on August 8 and then later arrived in Sydney from Shanghai on August 14 before overnighting and departing for Hong Kong.

Gulfstream 550 VP-CTE arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on July 27 and later visited Ayers Rock and the Gold Coast before departing Cairns for Hong Kong on August 6.

Gulfstream V N881HS is the former VH-CRQ and arrived in Darwin from Seletar on August 20 and departed to Halim on August 23.

NJI Sales Gulfstream V N502QS arrived in Melbourne from Haneda on August 5 before continuing to Sydney on August 6. It departed Sydney for Honolulu on August 7.

US Navy Gulfstream V/C‑37A 166375 arrived in Canberra from Honolulu on August 5 before continuing to Melbourne on August 6 and Wellington on August 8.

Gulfstream 450 B-LCK departed Adelaide for Albury on July 29 before continuing to Darwin and Hong Kong on August 2.

Gulfstream IV RP-C8346 arrived in Melbourne from Manila on August 2 before returning to Manila on August 4.

Mandarin Air Gulfstream 280 B-8280 arrived in Cairns from Manada on August 20 before continuing to Auckland the following day. It departed Auckland for Cairns and Manado on August 29.

Gulfstream 200 N636CN arrived in Sydney from Davao and Darwin on August 14.

Overseas bizjets

McDonalds Global Express N1955M arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on August 11. It departed for Brisbane on August 13 and after overnighting continued to Honolulu.

Gestair Global Express EC‑LJParrived in Sydney on August 7 from Heho in Myanmar and Darwin. It departed Sydney on August 9 for Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.

TAG Aviation (Asia) Global Express B-KEZ arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on August 9 and after overnighting departed for Cairns and Shanghai.

TAG Aviation (Asia) Global Express VP-CYA arrived in Sydney from Beijing on August 23 and departed for Hong Kong on August 26.

China United CRJ-200BLR B-4006, which arrived at Essendon for planned maintenance on July 27, departed on September 2 for Cairns, Darwin and Kota Kinabalu.

FAI Air Ambulance Challenger 604 D-AFAI arrived in Brisbane from Denpasar on August 23 and after overnighting returned to Denpasar.

L-3 Communications Flight Learjet 36A N16FN and Learjet36 N26FN arrived in Darwin from Guam on July 7 and departed to Cairns and Guam on July 20.

Lowes Companies Falcon 7X N55LC arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on August 12 and after overnighting continued to Essendon.

It departed Essendon for Honolulu on August 14.

Falcon 7X N889AB arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on July 31 before continuing the same day to Sydney. It departed Sydney for Hong Kong on August 1.

Ovation Travel Group Falcon 7X B-8023 arrived in Brisbane from Beijing on August 2.

Blue Chip Jet 11 Falcon 7X SE-DJC arrived in Melbourne from Manila on August 10 before continuing to Sydney. It departed Sydney for Incheon on August 11.

Bechtel Corporation Falcon 900 N980SF arrived in Brisbane from Nadi on August 12 and was later noted at Essendon, Perth and Gladstone.

King Air fleet update King Air 350 N350KA, which carried ‘Special Missions’ titles, was demonstrated in Australia during the period under review. N350KA arrived in Brisbane from Denpasar and Darwin on August 5 and over the next two weeks was reported at Sydney, Richmond, Bankstown, Canberra and Essendon. On August 18 it departed Adelaide for Broken Hill and Darwin before continuing to Kuching on August 22.

King 300 F-GICA departed Noumea/Magenta on July 29 on ferry to Honolulu via Wallis Island, Pago Pago and Christmas Island. On arrival at Honolulu it was cancelled from the French register and placed on the US register as N127QR. It departed Honolulu on August 11 for Merced, California.

RFDS/Queensland King Air B200 VH-FDF changed its registration to VH-NQF on July 27 to allow a new production King Air 350 to takeup the registration VH‑FDF when delivered to the RFDS.

King Air C90GTi VH-RIA, which is based in Seletar with ST Aerospace Engineering, arrived at Ballarat on August 30 from Denpasar via Darwin and Alice Springs.

King Air C90GTi N298KA arrived at Archerfield on August 3 after the aircraft ferried in from Surabaya, Broome and Alice Springs. On August 11 it continued to Bankstown via Wellcamp.

King Air A90 N96Y, which is registered to Dynamic Avlease, arrived in Adelaide on July 31 from Noumea, Brisbane and Broken Hill.

Ferry flights

Beech G-36 N467BB msn E-4067 was delivered to Bankstown on July 18 after ferrying in from Hilo, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast. The Beech G36 was later registered VH‑WVT on August 17.

Beech F-33A VH-XPJ departedPort Macquarie on August 10 for Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island before continuing to Kaitatia on August 11.

Cessna 208B VH-IOV msn 208B1174 was on delivery to local operator Vortex Air when it arrived at Moorabbin on July 10 from Hambantota, Christmas Island and Broome.

Cessna 208B PK-RSC was noted at Bankstown on June 30 with the aircraft being trucked in for repairs after damage was sustained overseas.

Cessna T240 N362CS, which had been in the region since February 16, departed Darwin for Kupang on August 23.

Cirrus SR22 N7YT arrived at the Gold Coast on August 18 from Tracy, California via Kahului and Pago Pago.

Cirrus SR22 N22FJ arrived at the Gold Coast on July 13 after its trans- Pacific ferry from Santa Maria, Hilo and Pago Pago. Cirrus SR22 N121RH arrived at the Gold Coast on July 10 from Pago Pago and was later registered VH-IXB.

Cirrus SR22 ZK-LDV departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on July 20 before continuing through Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands to Papua New Guinea. It later arrived in Cairns from Port Moresby on July 27.

Kodiak N110KQ msn 100‑0110 was delivered to New Tribes Mission at Port Moresby on July 23 after it ferried in from Santa Maria, Hilo and Majuro.

PAC 750XL ZK-KNQ msn 198 was on delivery to the Beijing General Aviation Company when it crossed the Tasman on August 22 from Hamilton to the Gold Coast.

The ferry flight then continued to Longreach and Darwin from where it departed on August 26 for Minado.

PAC 750XL ZK-KCP (Traffic/ August) continued its ferry flight from Cairns to Darwin on June 30and from Darwin to Denpasar on July 1.

PA-31-325 VH-OOI ex ZK‑NOW departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on August 29.

PA46-350P Malibu Mirage N997MA Spirit of San Diego arrived in Darwin from Halim on July 25 before continuing to Mackay on July 29. N997MA was on a round-the-world flight and departed Brisbane for Noumea on August 4 before continuing to Pago Pago, Christmas Island and Honolulu.

Heavy metal

Hi-Fly A340-500 CS-TFX was carrying members of Liverpool FC when it arrived in Brisbane from Bangkok as HFY731 on July 15.

The A340 continued to Adelaide on July 18 before departing for Kuala Lumpur as HFY721 on July 21.

Evergrande A319-133(CJ) B-6435 arrived in Sydney from Denpasar on July 21 before continuing to Melbourne on July 23. It departed Melbourne for Singapore on July 27.

Omni Aviation 777-222 N927AX as OAE337 arrived in Brisbane from Dallas/Fort Worth on July 22 and departed to Honolulu on July 23.

Omni Aviation 767-328 N342AX arrived in Darwin from Honolulu on August 1 and the same day departed for Kadena before returning againto Darwin. It departed Darwin for Kaneohe Bay on August 2.

National Airlines 757-28A N176CA as NCR316 arrived in Townsville from Guam on August 15. It operated a return flight to Jakarta on August 16 and 17 before again departing to Jakarta on August 18.

US Air Force 757-23A/C-32B 00- 9001 callsign ‘Pinup 79’ arrived at Richmond from Pago Pago on July 23 before returning to Pago Pago on July 25.

Swiflite Aircraft Corporation 737-7EL/BBJ N90R as ‘STM11’ arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on July 9 before departing to Sydney and Manila on July 11.

Boeing Co 737-7BC/BBJ N836BA arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on August 4 and departed to Sydney and Melbourne on August 5. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on August 7.

Deer Jet 737-73W/BBJ B-5273 arrived in Melbourne from Shanghai on July 19 before departing to Perth on July 23. It departed Perth for Shanghai on July 26.

United States of America 737-7DM/C-40C 09-0540 callsign ‘Spar 17’ arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on August 10 before continuing to Canberra on August 12. It departed Canberra for Darwin and Halim on August 13.

Air Philippines 737-2B7(A) RP‑C8006, which was delivered to Kangan Batman TAFE at Melbourne on November 6 ’08, was scrapped at Melbourne on August 17. The 737’s nose section was retained and was later trucked to Moorabbin for the Australian National Aviation Museum.

Coulson Flying Tankers L-382G N405LC Thor, which carries the tanker number 132, arrived in Brisbane from Anchorage via Kahului and Majuro on August 30.

The following day the aircraft, which is registered to Lynden Air Cargo and carries NSW Rural Fire Service titles, departed for RAAF Richmond where it will be based during the start of the 2015/16 bushfire season.

Royal Air Force C-17A ZZ173 as ‘Ascot 6640’ arrived in Perth from Diego Garcia on July 11 before continuing to Woomera and Brisbane as ‘Ascot 6641’ on July 13.

It departed Brisbane for Hickam on July 15. As ‘Ascot 6642’ it arrived in Sydney from Nadi on July 28 before departing to Woomera and Brisbane on July 30. As ‘Ascot 6643’ ZZ173 then departed Brisbane for Hickam AFB on July 31.