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A380-842 VH-OQA, which had been under maintenance with Lufthansa Technik in Manila since February 16, ferried out on April 12 as QF6010 to Sydney (arriving April 13). It returned to service the same day when it operated QF1 to Dubai and London.

A380-842 VH-OQB ferried from Sydney to Manila as QF6009 on April 12 for planned maintenance with Lufthansa Technik.

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767-338ER VH-OGH, which was ferried from Sydney to Victorville on June 3 ’14, was cancelled from the register on April 26. The following day the 767 was registered to Cargo Aircraft Management of Wilmington, Ohio as N377CM. Cargo Aircraft Management then ferried N377CM from Victorville to Wilmington on May 3 prior to freight conversion.

767-338ER VH-OGI, which was ferried from Sydney to Victorville on December 11 ’14, was later sold to the Canadian operator WestJet as N304BC. After maintenance was carried out at Lake Charles N304BC ferried to Calgary on April 12 where it was registered C-FOGT.

737-838 VH-VYC was ferried from Singapore to Brisbane as QF6018 on April 14 after being repainted in the current Qantas livery (Traffic/May).

QantasLink ferried 717-2K9 VH-YQX from Adelaide to Brisbane as QF6202 on April 21 and the following day it entered service as QF1553 from Brisbane to Canberra.

Fokker 100 VH-NHI, which arrived at Seletar on March 20, was later ferried to Port Hedland and Perth on April 29 on completion of its maintenance.

Jetstar ferried A320-232 VH-VGP from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as JQ7997 on April 26 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VGQ departed Melbourne for Darwin and Seletar as JQ7995 on April 25 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VGR departed Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore as JQ7991 on April 10 for planned maintenance before returning to Melbourne on April 30 via Darwin as JQ7994.

A320-232 VH-JQG departed Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore as JQ7993 on April 25 for planned maintenance.

A320-232/S VH-VFU had special decals applied in Melbourne in early May advertising ‘Uniqlo – from Tokyo to the Gold Coast’. It returned to service on May 4 when it operated JQ990 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast.

Airline news

This issue we report the delivery of an A320 to Air New Zealand, the departures of two Air Niugini Dash 8-Q400s and the scrapping of an Alliance Fokker 50.

Air New Zealand took delivery of A320-232/S ZK-OXL at Auckland on May 10 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns as NZ6090.

A320-232 ZK-OJO as NZ6009 ferried from Auckland to Townsville on May 6 where on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar for repainting in the current Air New Zealand livery.

777-319ER ZK-OKQ as NZ6003 ferried from Auckland to Paya Lebar on May 3 where it was repainted in the current Air New Zealand livery.

777-319ER ZK-OKM as NZ6004 ferried from Paya Lebar to Auckland on May 3 after it was repainted in the current Air New Zealand livery.

777-219ER ZK-OKE as NZ6001 ferried from Auckland to Fort Worth/Meacham Field on May 3 where it was hangared for repainting in the current Air New Zealand livery.

Air New Zealand Link withdrew Beech 1900D ZK-EAB from service on April 27 after the aircraft operated NZ2106 from Palmerston North to Hamilton.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAC, which we reported as being withdrawn from service on March 30 (Traffic/May), has returned to service.

Air New Zealand Link/Mount Cook was planning to take delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVL at Christchurch on May 19 and ATR 72-600 ZK-MVK at Christchurch on May 26.

Air Niugini ferried 737-7L9 P2-PXD as PX6008 from Port Moresby to Guangzhou on April 3 for planned maintenance.

Fokker 70 PH-WXC is the prospective P2-ANV and departed Amsterdam on April 20 for Seletar via en route ports. At Seletar the Fokker 70 will receive further maintenance before being delivered to Port Moresby.

Fokker 100 P2-ANJ as PX6397 transited Darwin on April 13 as PX6397 while en route from Seletar to Port Moresby.

Dash 8-Q402 P2-PXU departed Port Moresby on March 9 for Ambon and onwards delivery to Congo Airways at the completion of its lease.

Dash 8-Q402 P2-PXT departed Port Moresby as PX6396 on April 19 for Ambon and onwards delivery to Congo Airways at the completion of its lease.

Dash 8-202Q P2-PXI as PX6098 ferried from Port Moresby to Cairns for maintenance before returning to Port Moresby on April 15.

Airwork ferried Toll-painted 737-3SI(F) ZK-TLE from Brisbane to Darwin and Seletar on April 10 for planned maintenance.

737-476(F) ZK-TLK, which now carries the colours and titles of Toll, was ferried as AWK28 from Auckland to Brisbane on April 24. It returned to service with Toll on April 27 when it operated TFR42 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

Alliance Airlines ferried Fokker 100 VH-FKD as UTY991 from Perth to Wagga Wagga on April 19 for repainting. On May 6 VH-FKD as UTY992 returned to Perth via Adelaide.

Fokker 50 VH-FKP was cancelled from the register on April 7 as ‘no longer used as an aircraft’. The Fokker 50, which was delivered to Adelaide as 9M-MGC on August 2 ’09, was initially registered VH-AHX before taking up the marks VH-FKP on January 29 ’10. Alliance used the Fokker as a source of spares before it was trucked from Adelaide airport on a low loader on April 13 for a local scrapyard.

Virgin group news

Virgin Australia ferried 777-3ZGER VH-VPD as VOZ9948 from Lake Charles, Louisiana to Los Angeles on April 30 on completion of its cabin refit. It returned to service the same day when it operated VOZ2 from Los Angeles to Sydney.

777-3ZGER VH-VPH ferried from Los Angeles to Lake Charles as VOZ9949 on April 30 for its cabin refit.

737-8FE VH-YFG as VOZ9943 ferried from Perth to Jakarta on March 30 for planned maintenance. As VOZ9944 it returned to Perth from Jakarta on April 10.

737-8FE VH-YFH as VOZ9943 ferried from Perth to Jakarta on April 29 for planned maintenance.

737-8FE VH-YFI as VOZ9943 ferried from Perth to Jakarta on April 9 for planned maintenance. As VOZ9944 it returned to Perth from Jakarta on April 20.

737-8FE VH-YFL as VOZ9943 ferried from Perth to Jakarta on April 19 for planned maintenance. As VOZ9944 it returned to Perth from Jakarta on April 30.

737-8FE VH-VUP as VOZ9941 ferried from Brisbane to Darwin and Seletar on April 26 for planned maintenance.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPD (Traffic/ May) was cancelled from the register on April 15 and the same day, now registered to Arkia as 4X-EMD, it departed Nashville for Goose Bay, Edinburgh and Tel Aviv.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPE was withdrawn from service on April 23 after operating VOZ981 from Sydney to Brisbane. On April 26 as VOZ9901 it departed Brisbane for Apia, Honolulu, Van Nuys and Nashville on termination of its lease.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPG (Traffic/ April) ferried from Nashville to Roswell as VOZ9904 on April 2 before returning to Nashville asVOZ9903 on April 15.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines has ferried six Fokker 50 aircraft from Perth to Alice Springs for storage: VH-FNA on April 24; VH-FND on April 19; VH-FNE on April 21; VH-FNH on April 17; VH-FNI on May 4; and VH-FSL on April 27.

The departure of these aircraft leaves Fokker 50s VH-FNB and VH-FNF at Perth.

Fokker 100 VH-FNT departed Perth on April 2 for planned maintenance at Bratislava. Ferried by Southern Cross as SXI1618 it routed via Penang-Hyderabad- Al Ain and Trabzon.

Fokker 100 VH-FSW, which had been in Seletar for maintenance since February 2, returned to Perth via Port Hedland as VOZ9942 on April 2.

Tigerair ferried A320-232 VH-VNJ from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore as TGW9002 on April 30 for planned maintenance. VH-VNJ is the last aircraft in the Tigerair fleet to carry the old Tiger Airways colours and is expected to be repainted while in Singapore.

Regional news

Saab 340B VH-ZXK has entered service with Rex still wearing the
colours and titles of its previous operator Silver Airways. gordon reid

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600(F) to PNG Air, a Beech 1900D to Awesome Flight Logistics, a King Air B200 to Air Wanganui and a Kodiak to New Tribes Mission. We also report the departures of a Dash 8-100 of Maroomba, a DHC-6-200 of Karratha Flying Services and a Beech 1900D of AE Charter Services. Finally, a Sunbird BN-2T was destroyed in an accident.

AE Charter Services (Air South) ferried Beech 1900D VH-YOA from Adelaide to Alice Springs and Darwin on April 20. After overnighting VH-YOA continued to Surabaya, Chennai and Karachi. On April 27 it was cancelled from the register as ‘sold in Pakistan’.

Air Chathams added Metro III ZK-NSS to its fleet on April 8 and on April 27 changed the registration to ZK-CID.

Air Freight NZ ferried Convair 5800 ZK-KFS from Palmerston North to Auckland on May 6 prior to the aircraft departing to Canada.

Air Freight NZ operates Convair 580s ZK-FTA, ZK-KFH, ZK-KFJ and ZK-KFL.

Air Wanganui took delivery of King Air 200 N595BC BB-1195 at Ardmore on April 11 after it ferried in from Honolulu, Pago Pago and Auckland. The King Air was registered to Air Wanganui Commuter as ZK-MDC on April 21.

Awesome Flight Logistics took delivery of Beech 1900D ZS-CHR msn UE-4 at Jandakot on April 27 after the aircraft ferried in from Subang and Broome.

Corporate Air commenced a six times weekly return service from Coffs Harbour to Brisbane on April 11 with Saab 340B VH-VEM operating the inaugural flight.

Saab 340B VH-VEF has been leased to REAL Tonga and on April 19 it departed Goulburn for Canberra, Norfolk Island and Tonga (arriving on April 21). It was then cancelled from the Australian register on April 21 (see REAL Tonga below).

Karratha Flying Services has terminated its lease on DHC-6-100 VH-ZKF (see Seair Pacific below) and DHC-6-200 VH-XFM (Traffic/May). VH-XFM departed Cairns on April 18 for Honiara, Majuro, Honolulu, Klamath Falls and Calgary where it arrived on April 22.

Maroomba Airlines ferried Dash 8-102 VH-QQL from Perth to Cairns on April 21 and after overnighting continued to Majuro and Honolulu.

New Tribes Mission took delivery of Quest Kodiak N118KQ msn 100-118 at Port Moresby on May 4 after the aircraft completed its trans- Pacific crossing from Santa Maria, California via Hilo and Majuro.

Pelican Airlines ferried Jetstream 32 VH-NTL ex A3-SAM into Bankstown on May 6 from Tonga, Norfolk Island and Sydney after the aircraft terminated its lease to REAL Tonga (see below).

PNG Air took delivery of ATR 72-600F P2-ATB at Port Moresby in the early hours of April 17 after it completed its ferry flight from Toulouse via Kupang.

REAL Tonga took delivery of Saab 340B VH-VEF at Tonga on April 21 (see Corporate Air above). The Saab, which was registered A3-PUA, entered service on May 3, allowing REAL Tonga to terminate its lease on Pelican Airlines Jetstream 32 A3-SAM (see above).

Regional Express placed Saab 340B VH-ZXF into service on April 12 when the aircraft operated ZL4536 from Adelaide to Whyalla.

Seair Pacific took delivery of DHC-6-100 VH-ZKF at the Gold Coast on April 24 after it ferried in from Jandakot via Kalgoorlie, Forrest, William Creek, Maree, Charleville and Lady Elliot Island.

Sounds Air registered PC-12/45 ZK-PLX ex VH-NWO on April 29 (Traffic/May).

Sunbird Aviation BN-2T P2-SBC was destroyed in an accident at Kiunga on April 13 with the loss of all 12 on board.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the deliveries of a Gulfstream 350, Challenger 601 and Challenger 300 and the departures of a King Air 350 to the US, a King Air 300 to New Zealand and a King Air B200 to Canada.

Gulfstream 350 VH-NKD msn 4086 was registered to CML Aviation of Brisbane on April 15 and arrived at Sydney from Singapore on April 26. The Gulfstream replaces Hawker 900XP VH-NKD which was cancelled from the register on February 19 (Traffic/ April).

Challenger 601/3A VH-NSB msn 5074 ex N23SB was registered to GSA Industries of Melbourne on April 28. As N23SB the aircraft was a regular visitor to Australia and was cancelled from the US civil aircraft register on April 27.

TVPX ARS Challenger 300 N300NZ msn 20397 was delivered to Wanaka on April 17 after flying in from Las Vegas, Kahului, Apia and Queenstown. The Challenger will reportedly be operated from Wanaka by Southern Flight.

N300NZ made its first visit to Australia on April 22 when it arrived at the Gold Coast from Queenstown.

Gulfstream 550 N360WF msn 5534 was registered to Westfield Aviation of Los Angeles on May 2 and it is reported that the aircraft was planned for delivery to Sydney in early May.

The US civil aircraft register shows that Gulfstream 550 N535GA msn 5535 will change its registration to N613WF, which suggests it is also planned for delivery to Westfield Aviation.

Challenger 604 C-FOGX msn 5656 was reported test flying from Toronto on April 23 so by the time this is read the aircraft should have been delivered to Cobham SAR Services in Adelaide.

Hawker 850XP VH-MQY changed its registered holder on March 30 from GE Finance Australia to GE Commercial WA of Burnley, Victoria.

Falcon 2000 VH-FJO changed its registered operator on April 12 from Sydney Jet Charter to Falcon Jet Operations of Canning Vale, WA.

Citation II VH-FYP changed its registered operator on April 13 from Hope Estate Events to Shortstop Jet Charter of Essendon.

Citation Encore VH-YUL, which arrived at Bankstown on February 2 (Traffic/March), was delivered to the Yulgibar Pastoral Company of Montmorency, Victoria at Essendon on April 6.

Citation II VH-PSM, which was cancelled from the register on February 26 (Traffic/April), has been purchased by Dynamic Crew Training and will be utilised in its facility at Airport West in Melbourne.

Eclipse 500 N570RG, which arrived at Wellington on March 22, stayed in New Zealand for just over a month before departing Auckland on April 28 for Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast, Longreach, Mount Isa, Darwin and Ambon where it arrived on May 2.

In propjet news a number of King Air aircraft have left the country.

Silver Linings Aviation King Air 350 VH-ZEI msn FL-389 was cancelled from the register on April 24 when sold in the US. The following day it was registered N389DD to Rangeflyers of Wichita, Kansas, but to date there has been no report of the aircraft departing Australia.

Avcair King Air 300 VH-WCN msn FA-46 departed Essendon for Lord Howe Island on April 27 and after overnighting continued to Auckland.

KJM Contractors King Air B200 VH-KMS msn BB-1677 departed Toowoomba for Brisbane on April 27 and after overnighting continued to Apia and onwards to a new owner in Canada.

Gulfstreams galore

Air Kaitar Gulfstream 650 N13MS arrives in Cairns
on April 15. andrew belczacki

Air Kaitar Gulfstream 650 N13MS arrived in Perth from Honolulu and Cairns on April 11 before continuing to Essendon on April 14. It departed Essendon for Cairns on April 15 before continuing direct to Los Angeles on April 19.

Poplar Glen Gulfstream 650 N271DV as ‘Jet Speed 4’ arrived in Sydney from Singapore on April 15. It was later noted at Hobart, Adelaide and Ayers Rock before departing Cairns for Boeing Field on April 24.

Gulfstream 650 N650GL arrived Perth from Singapore on April 11 before continuing to Learmonth on April 13. After overnighting it departed for Port Hedland before continuing direct to Moscow/ Vnukovo.

G650 Management Gulfstream 650 M-PLUS arrived in Darwin from Denpasar on April 20 and departed to Surakarta on April 22.

Chevron Gulfstream 550 N443M arrived in Perth from Kuwait City on April 10 before continuing to Pekanbaru, Indonesia on April 13.

Gulfstream 550 N561SK as EJM561 arrived in Hobart from Male on April 26 before continuing the same day to Launceston. It departed Launceston for Hobart and Honolulu on April 28.

Gulfstream N757PL arrived in Sydney from Seletar on April 15 before returning to Seletar on April 17.

Poplar Glen Gulfstream 650 N271DV visited Sydney,
Hobart, Adelaide (pictured) Ayers Rock and Cairns in April.
ryan hothersall
ExecuJet Europe Gulfstream 550 HB-JKI arrives in Perth from Subang on April 10.
keith anderson

Conoco Phillips Gulfstream 550 N795CP arrived Perth from Papeete on April 11 before returning to Papeete on April 13.

TAG Aviation Asia Gulfstream 550 N818HK arrived in Sydney on April 16 before continuing to Melbourne on April 17.

Beauty Central Gulfstream 550 N999LR arrived in Melbourne from Taipei/Songshan on April 27 before continuing to Sydney on April 30. It departed Sydney for Honolulu on May 3.

ExecuJet Europe Gulfstream 550 HB-JKI arrived in Perth from Subang on April 10 before returning to Subang on April 14.

Tiburon Equipment Gulfstream V N1GN arrived in Essendon from Kahului on April 6. It departed Essendon for Sydney and Ayers Rock on April 8 before continuing to Darwin on April 9.

Henn Leasing Gulfstream V N626JE arrived at the Gold Coast from Honolulu on April 17 before returning to Honolulu on April 19.

Gulfstream N881HS, which is the former VH-CRQ, arrived at the Gold Coast from Seletar on April 15 and departed to Queenstown on April 19.

G200 Aircraft Leasing Gulfstream 450 N483CM arrived Sydney from Papeete on April 20 and departed to Singapore on April 21.

Overseas bizjets

Global Express N850TR operated by Tony Robbins Productions
arrives at Essendon from the Gold Coast on April 28. gordon reid
Airfix Aviation Falcon 900LX OO-GPE arrives in
Perth from Colombo on April 10. keith anderson

NetJets Global 6000 N146QS arrived in Sydney from Mumbai and Adelaide on April 21 and departed to Kona on April 24.

Global 6000 N68889 arrived in Brisbane from Guangzhou on April 29 before departing to Seletar on April 30.

Artemis Global 6000 F-HFIP arrived in Sydney from Colombo on April 3 before continuing to Melbourne on April 5. It departed Melbourne for Kahului on April 7.

Jet Aviation Business Jets Global 6000 VQ-BCC arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on April 11 before continuing to Melbourne on April 12. It departed Melbourne for Hong Kong on April 13.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJY as ‘VistaJet 830’ arrived in Sydney from Haneda on April 26 before continuing to Melbourne and Auckland on April 27.

Zetta Jet Global 5000 N588ZJ arrived at the Gold Coast from Seletar on April 21. It was later noted in Sydney before departing the Gold Coast for Seletar on April 25.

Tony Robbins Productions Global Express N850TR arrived at the Gold Coast from Honolulu on April 26. It was later noted at Essendon, Melbourne and Sydney before departing Brisbane for Honolulu on May 7.

Global Express N3877 arrived Melbourne from Haneda on April 7.

Challenger 300 RP-C8215 arrived in Mudgee from Manila and Darwin on April 30 before returning to Manila via Darwin on May 1.

Aerowest Citation Sovereign D-CAWS arrived in Cairns from Don Muang and Darwin on April 26 and departed Darwin for Don Muang on April 27.

United States of America Citation Ultra UC-35A 96-0109 callsign ‘Ninja 73’ arrived in Sydney on May 1 from Manado, Darwin and Cairns. It departed Sydney for Cairns and Darwin on May 3 and after overnighting continued to Manado.

Dasnair Falcon 7X HB-JSN arrived in Sydney from Denpasar on April 28 before continuing to Hamilton Island on April 29. It departed Hamilton Island for Darwin and Muscat on May 1.

TAG Aviation Falcon 7X SE-DJK arrived in Melbourne from Seletar on April 26 before continuing the same day to Canberra. It departed Canberra for Seletar on April 27.

Shell Falcon 7X VQ-BSF ‘Shell 963’ arrived in Perth from Al Maktoum on April 10 before returning to Al Maktoum on April 14.

Shell Falcon 7X VQ-BSN ‘Shell 961’ arrived in Perth from Don Muang on April 11 before continuing to Brisbane and Gladstone on April 12. It departed Gladstone for Darwin and Don Muang on April 14.

Airfix Aviation Falcon 900LX OO-GPE arrived in Perth from Colombo on April 10 before returning to Colombo on April 14.

Perimeter Road Services Falcon 900 N88ND as ‘Jet Speed 88’ arrived at the Gold Coast from Nadi on April 22 and after overnighting departed to Kahului.

Bechtel Falcon 900 N980SF arrived in Gladstone from Seletar and Darwin on April 8 and later visited Brisbane, Perth and Onslow before departing Perth for Nadi on April 14.

Falcon 50 N959DM arrived in Bankstown from Johor Bahru and Darwin on April 26.

Ferry flights

BN-2A YJ-TK2 was noted at Cairns on April 9
and May 5. andrew belczacki
MyJet Asia BBJ VP-CAM arrives in Melbourne
from Phnom Penh on April 30. gordon reid

AT-802A VH-WXH departed Broome for Halim on April 4 and the following day was cancelled from the register as exported to Indonesia.

AT-802A VH-FED was registered to Dunn Aviation on April 4 and arrived at Jandakot on April 24 from Colombo, Cocos and Perth.

All-white BN-2A YJ-TK2 was noted at Cairns on April 9 and May 5.

CGG Aviation Cessna F406 VH-ZKY arrived at Broome from Denpasar on April 9 before continuing to Jandakot on April 10.

Cessna 208 V5-AGS arrived at Broome from Lombok on April 24.

Cessna 337 H4-DAL ferried from Redcliffe to Townsville on March 24.

Cessna 172B N7706X, which arrived Darwin on March 14 (Traffic/May), departed for Port Hedland and Broome on April 17 before continuing to Jandakot on April 18.

Cirrus SR22 N102CH arrived at the Gold Coast on May 3 after completing its trans-Pacific ferry from Santa Maria, California, Honolulu and Pago Pago.

Cirrus SR22 N441CG arrived at the Gold Coast from Bankstown on April 7.

Mooney M-20 N34FM arrived in Cairns from Noumea/Magenta on April 3 before continuing to Darwin on April 4 and Halim on April 5.

PA-31-325 VH-OOI departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on April 26 before continuing to Lord Howe Island and Bankstown on April 27.

Aerostar 600 N154DD, which is registered to a private owner in NSW, departed Broome for Halim on May 4.

Aerostar 601 N41HA arrived at the Gold Coast on April 14 after completing its trans-Pacific ferry via Honolulu and Pago Pago. It departed the Gold Coast for Bankstown on April 15.

CGG Aviation Skyvan VH-WGT was cancelled from the register on March 29 and on April 5 was registered N72LH to Skydive Arizona.

Columbia Helicopters Vertol 107 P2-CHE arrived at Cairns from Cooktown on May 2 and after overnighting continued to Townsville and Mackay. It arrived at Brisbane from Bundaberg on May 4.

Heavy metal

Deer Jet BBJ B-5266 arrived in Brisbane from
Haneda on April 27. lance broad
‘Ed Force One’, the Air Atlanta 747-400 chartered by heavy metal band Iron Maiden,
touches down in Brisbane. lance broad

Qatar Airways A350-941 A7-ALH as QTR914 operated the inaugural commercial Airbus A350 flight into Australia on May 3 when it arrived in Adelaide from Doha.

K5 Aviation A319-115CJ D-APGS ‘Kay 51’ arrived in Sydney from Guangzhou on April 20 before returning to Guangzhou on May 3.

Ukraine Air Alliance An-12BP UR-CAK as UKL4085 arrived in Perth on April 21 from Jakarta and departed the same day as UKL4086 to Johor Bahru.

Atlas Air 747-446 N464MC as GTI8257 arrived in Darwin from Hickam AFB on April 18 and departed the same day as GTI8258 to Anchorage.

United Airlines 747-422 N122UA as UA2281 arrived in Darwin from Honolulu on April 13 before returning to Honolulu the following day as UA2292.

Air Atlanta 747-428 TF-AAK callsign ‘Atlanta 666’ arrived in Brisbane from Auckland on May 2. The 747, dubbed Ed Force One, has been chartered by the heavy metal rock group Iron Maiden and carries the band’s name as well as ‘The Book of Souls World Tour’ titles. It departed for Sydney on May 5 before continuing to Melbourne on May 8.

RAF C-17A ZZ172 as RR6391 arrived in Perth from Christchurch on April 7 and departed to Diego Garcia on April 13.

Omni Air 767-328ER N342AX as OAE444 arrived in Darwin from Guam on April 18 and the same day departed to Kadena AB.

Omni Air 767-33AER N351AX as OAE333 arrived in Darwin from Guam on April 16 and the same day departed to Kadena.

Atlas Air 767-324ER N645GT as GTI8253 arrived in Darwin from Guam on April 14 and departed to Kadena as GTI8254 on April 15.

US Air Force 757-23A/C-32B 98-6006 callsign ‘Tipsy 7’ arrived at RAAF Pearce from Canberra on April 12 and the following day departed to Canberra and Pago Pago. 98-6006 as ‘Comer 84’ later arrived at Pearce from Guam on April 24 and departed on April 26 to Canberra.

Smart Wings 737-86Q OK-TVW as TVS4837 arrived in Sydney from Apia on April 5 and departed as TVS4838 to Darwin and Cebu on April 8.

SAS Institute 737-7BC/BBJ N7600K arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on April 3 before returning to Honolulu on April 8.

Deer Jet 737-7AK/BBJ B-5266 arrived in Melbourne from Macau on April 1 before returning to Macau on April 9. It later arrived at Brisbane from Haneda on April 27.

MyJet Asia 737-7KK/BBJ VP-CAM arrived in Melbourne from Phnom Penh on April 30 and departed to Hong Kong on May 2.

US Air Force/Air National Guard 737-7CP/C-40C 02-0202 ‘Boxer 44’ arrived in Sydney from Manila on April 2 and departed on April 5.

US Navy 737-7AF/C-40A 165829 as CNV7222 arrived in Townsville from Atsugi NAS on April 13 before departing to Guam on April 15. The C-40A returned to Townsville from Atsugi on April 16 before departing to Guam on April 17.

US Navy Lockheed C-130T 165348/JW as CNV7905 arrived in Townsville from Andersen AFB on April 16 before returning to Andersen on April 17. The C-130T repeated the trip on April 21/22 as CNV7584.

An-12BP UR-CAK visited Perth on April 21. keith anderson

 

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