Traffic

Qantas ferried 747-438ER VH-OEG from Hong Kong to Sydney as QF6019 on June 5 after completion of planned maintenance.

A330-303 VH-QPG, which had been in Singapore for painting since June 2 (Traffic/July), ferried to Brisbane as QF6012 on June 19.

QantasLink took delivery of Fokker 100 VH-NHA at Perth on July 7. The ferry, which was operated by Southern Cross as SXI1638, was routed from Bratislava to Perth via Trabzon, Al Ain, Hyderabad, Penang and Halim.

Fokker 100 VH-NHG was ferried from Perth to Wagga Wagga as QF6682 on June 10, where the aircraft’s colour scheme was repainted from Network Aviation to QantasLink. On completion VH-NHG departed Wagga Wagga for Adelaide and Perth on June 24.

Fokker 100 VH-NHJ, which had been in Seletar for maintenance, departed on June 19 for Port Hedland and Perth.

Fokker 100 VH-NHV departed Perth on June 24 for Port Hedland and Seletar where it was hangared for planned maintenance.

Jetstar ferried 787-8 VH-VKA from Melbourne to Singapore as JQ7991 on June 8 for planned maintenance, with the aircraft returning to Melbourne as JQ8992 on June 24.

A320-232 VH-JQG, which had been in Seletar since April 24 for planned maintenance, departed for Darwin and Melbourne as JQ7998 on June 9. While in Seletar VH-JQG – which was the first of type in the Jetstar fleet delivered to Melbourne on July 20 2004 – was painted in the current Jetstar livery.

A320-232 VH-JQL, which had been in Seletar for planned maintenance, departed for Darwin and Cairns as JQ8996 on June 21. While in Seletar VH-JQL was painted in the current Jetstar livery.

A320-232 VH-VFY operated JQ116 from Perth to Denpasar and Singapore on June 13 and the following day it ferried as JQ7996 to Seletar for maintenance. VH-VFY departed Seletar as JQ8994 on June 22 for Brisbane (arriving June 23).

A320-232 VH-VGD ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as JQ7997 on June 14 for planned maintenance. It departed Seletar on June 22 as JQ8992 and arrived in Melbourne on June 23.

A320-232 VH-VQC operated JQ116 from Perth to Denpasar and Singapore on June 1 and on arrival was hangared for planned maintenance. It departed Singapore as JQ7994 on June 16 for Darwin and Melbourne.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Fokker 100 to Alliance Airlines and the departure of a Beech 1900D of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways.

Aircalin ferried A320-232 F-OZNC as flight ACI 980 from Noumea to Darwin and Kuala Lumpur for planned maintenance at Sepang Aerospace Engineering. F-OZNC ferried from Kuala Lumpur to Darwin and Noumea on June 30 on completion of its maintenance.

Air New Zealand ferried 777-319ER ZK-OKQ from Paya Lebar to Auckland as NZ6006 on June 13. While at Paya Lebar ZK-OKQ was painted in the Air New Zealand all black colour scheme.

767-319ER ZK-NCK, which was withdrawn from service on May 8 (Traffic/July), later had its Air New Zealand titles and koru removed. On July 5 as NZ6011 it ferried from Auckland to Alice Springs where it was placed in storage.

ANZ Link/Eagle Airways withdrew Beech 1900D ZK-EAN from service on June 12 after operating NZ2762 from Wanganui to Auckland.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAM, which was in storage at Hamilton, has been sold and on June 13 its registered owner was changed to Kampala Executive Aviation of British Columbia. With its ANZ Link colours and titles removed ZK-EAM ferried out of Hamilton on June 14 to Norfolk Island and the Gold Coast before continuing to Cairns on June 16.

Airwork Flight Operations was planning to take delivery of 737- 4YO(F) ZK-PAT msn 24683 ex N837TM at Auckland in July with the aircraft ferrying in from Dothan, Alabama.

Airwork has leased 737-3B7(F) ZK-FXT to Star Air Cargo in South Africa. On June 10 it departed Brisbane for Darwin, Christmas Island, Male, Seychelles and Johannesburg where it arrived on June 13. The 737 was cancelled from the New Zealand register on June 14 prior to being registered ZS-TGN to Star Air Cargo.

Alliance Airlines took delivery of Fokker 100 OE-LVN msn 11367 at Brisbane on July 6 after the aircraft, which carried the colours of Austrian Airlines, arrived from Kupang and Cairns. The ferry from Bratislava to Brisbane was contracted to Southern Cross as SXI 1637. Fokker 70 VH-NKQ msn 11572 ex OE-LFR was registered to Alliance on July 1.

Cobham Aviation ferried BAe 146-300/RJ100 VH-NJH from Adelaide to Townsville as JTE5501 on May 26 and on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar where the Cobham scheme was removed. On June 7 the all-white VH-NJH as JTE5500 returned to Adelaide from Townsville. As of early July it was still parked at Adelaide while waiting to be ferried to the UK.

Also parked at Adelaide are BAe 146-100 VH-NJC which last flew on January 10 ’16 as JTE5500 from Perth to Adelaide; BAe 146- 300/RJ100 VH-NJI which last flew on May 24 as JTE5500 from Perth to Adelaide and BAe 146-300/RJ100 VH-NJP which last flew on April 12 as JTE5500 from Perth to Adelaide.

JetGo commenced services into Essendon on July 3 when ERJ-135LR VH-JZG arrived from Brisbane and Dubbo as JGO40.

Stored at Kingman, Arizona in JetGo colours are ERJ-135KL N295SK, N297SK and N371SK.

Nauru Airlines operated a charter to Subang on June 26/27 with 737-3H6(F) VH-VLI as RON522 departing Brisbane via Alice Springs and Port Hedland. VH-VLI returned to Brisbane on June 27 as RON523 from Subang and Darwin.

Nauru Airlines chartered Ukraine Air Alliance An-12BP UR-CAK which arrived in Brisbane from Denpasar as flight UKL4066 on June 8. The following day the An-12 operated the first of a number of flights for Nauru Airlines from Brisbane to Honiara and Nauru as RON500. The Antonov also operated from Brisbane to Port Moresby on June 14 before returning to Brisbane on June 15. Last reported operation for the An-12 was on June 18 when it departed Brisbane for Honiara and Nauru as RN500.

Solomon Airlines ferried Dash 8-102A H4-SOL Megapode from Cairns to Honiara on June 9 after completing maintenance in Cairns.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the departure of a Fokker 50 of VARA and the commencement of operations by Virgin Australia Cargo Services.

Virgin Australia ferried 777-3ZGER VH-VPE as VOZ9949 from Los Angeles to Lake Charles, Louisiana on June 30 for its cabin refit.

777-3ZGER VH-VPF, which had been at Lake Charles since June 1 for its cabin refit, ferried to Los Angeles as VOZ9948 on June 29.

737-8FE VH-YIR as flight VOZ9943 ferried from Perth to Jakarta on June 12 for planned maintenance. On completion VH-YIR ferried from Jakarta to Brisbane as VOZ9944 on June 24.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPH completed its planned maintenance in Nashville and returned to Brisbane on June 28 as VOZ9902 via Van Nuys, Honolulu and Apia.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPI as VOZ9901 departed Brisbane on July 2 for Apia, Honolulu, Van Nuys and Nashville for planned maintenance.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) ferried Fokker 50 VH-FSL out of Alice Springs to Broome on July 1 before continuing the following day to Denpasar and Seletar.

VH-FSL, which carries the colours and titles of Skywest, had been in storage at Alice Springs since April 27.

Virgin Australia Cargo Services (VACS) commenced services in its own right on July 4 when Convair 580F VH-PDW, which is leased from Pionair Australia, operated Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney-Adelaide as VOZ9570/9573/9575. VH-PDW had earlier ferried from Cairns to Bankstown as VOZ9564 on June 30 and from Bankstown to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide as VOZ9568/VOZ9573 on July 3.

BAe 146-200QC VH-SIF, which has also been leased from Pionair Australia, was due to enter service on July 11 on the Cairns-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane-Townsville-Cairns route.

Planned for delivery to Pionair Australia in August and September for operation with VACS are BAe 146-200QTs VH-SFW msn E-2105 ex EC-FZE and VH-SFV msn E-2086 ex EC-GQO.

Tigerair ferried A320-232 VH-VNJ into Melbourne from Singapore and Darwin as TGW9003 on May 23 after completing planned maintenance (Traffic/June). While in Singapore VH-VNJ became the last in the fleet to be painted in Tigerair colours.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the departure of a Dash 8-300 of Air Fleet Management.

Air Melanesiae took delivery of BN-2A-21 YJ-AM1 ex VH-OBJ at Port Vila on June 23 after the aircraft ferried in from Maryborough and the Gold Coast.

Hawker Pacific ferried Dash 8-311 VH-DNU msn 571 into Cairns on August 26 ’14 but the all-white aircraft then spent most of its stay in Australia on the ground. Later registered to Air Fleet Management VH-DNU ferried out of Cairns on May 27 for Darwin and Denpasar en route to South Africa. On June 2 it was cancelled from the Australian register.

RFDS/Central registered PC-12/47E VH-FXN msn 1623 ex HB-FRT on June 17.

Seair Pacific is reported to have taken delivery of DHC-6-100 VH-BVS at the Gold Coast on June 18 after it ferried in from Bankstown. VH-BVS made its first trip from the Gold Coast to Lady Elliot Island on June 30 and from Lady Elliot Island to Bundaberg on July 1.

Sounds Air ferried PC-12/45 ZK-PLZ from Fielding to Nelson and Wellington on June 15 and the following day it continued to Norfolk Island, Gold Coast and Redcliffe. ZK-PLZ is the former VH-JMU which flew Essendon to Wellington on April 29 to commence operations with Sounds Air.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Gulfstream 650ER and a King Air C90GTi and the departure of a King Air 200.

Gulfstream 650ER N650PA was delivered to Little Aviation at Melbourne on June 19, presumably as a replacement for Gulfstream 550 VH-LAL. The Gulfstream 650ER arrived in Melbourne direct from Long Beach, California with Flight Tracker showing the aircraft taking 15. 5 hours for the 6,900nm trip.

Revesco Aviation Challenger 600 VH-ZSU reportedly has been sold in South America and on July 6 it departed Essendon for Wellington and Papeete.

Pel-Air Aviation Westwind VH-AJV had been in storage at Wagga Wagga since late 2015 before being test flown there on June 28. The following day VH-AJV departed Wagga Wagga for Darwin and Seletar.

Global Express VH-LZP was the aircraft that changed its registered holder/operator to GSA Industries of Melbourne on June 2 and not VH-LEP as was incorrectly noted in Traffic/July.

Citation Bravo VH-ZLT changed its registered holder/operator to Revesco Aviation of Perth on June 9.

Citation S/II N112BR, which has been resident in New Zealand since November 2015, arrived at Bankstown for maintenance on March 30 (Traffic/May). On completion N112BR departed Bankstown for Sydney and Auckland on July 1.

Learjet 36 N82GG arrived at Essendon on October 10 ’15 and since then has been working on an aerial survey contract in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. It appears that this contract has been completed as on June 6 N82GG departed Auckland for Nadi and has not been reported since.

In propjet news King Air 350 VH-SQR changed its registered holder/operator on June 17 to Australian Country Choice Properties of Morningside, Queensland.

King Air 200 N175JR, which is the former VH-TLX (Traffic/ July), ferried from Darwin to Longreach and Camden on June 18. It departed Camden on June 24 for Sydney, Norfolk Island, Pago Pago, Christmas Island and Honolulu.

King Air C90GTi VH-KQQ msn LJ-2123, which was registered on May 25 (Traffic/July), arrived at Archerfield on June 10 on termination of its delivery flight from Denpasar, Broome and Alice Springs.

King Air C90GTx VH-NTX msn LJ-2116 ex N504DE (Traffic/ July) was registered to the Oxford Aviation Academy (Australia) of Moorabbin, Victoria on June 16.

PC-12/47 N756VM registered to Voigt Consulting arrived at Moorabbin on July 2 from Denpasar, Broome and Adelaide. Earlier on June 21-22 N756VM was reported departing Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia for Goose Bay and Reykjavik on its crossing of the North Atlantic.

Gulfstreams galore

WRBC Aviation Gulfstream 650ER N67WB arrived in Perth from Singapore on June 8 and departed to Honolulu on June 9.

TVPX ARS Inc Gulfstream 650ER N650FJ arrived in Hobart from Auckland on June 13 before continuing to Perth on June 16. It departed Perth for Macau on June 19.

Gulfstream 650 N712KT arrived in Sydney from Narita on June 13 before continuing to Melbourne on June 14. It departed Melbourne for Brisbane on June 15 and Brisbane for Haneda on June 17.

Northrop Grumman Systems Gulfstream 550 N38NG arrived in Canberra from Honolulu on June 27 before continuing to Sydney on June 29. It departed Sydney for Honolulu on June 30.

Fortuna Jet Aviation Gulfstream 550 N550AU arrived in Perth from Macau on June 16 before returning to Macau on June 19.

Deere and Company Gulfstream 550 N550JD arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on June 7 before continuing to Melbourne on June 8. It departed Melbourne for Honolulu on June 9.

McDonald Aviation Gulfstream 550 N560DM as EJM550 arrived at the Gold Coast from Kahului on June 7 and after overnighting returned to Kahului.

Touch Lucky Investments Gulfstream 550 N588PX arrived in Sydney from Singapore on June 17 before continuing to Melbourne on June 18. It departed Melbourne for Christchurch on June 20.

JPMorgan Chase Bank Gulfstream 550 N780E arrived in Cairns from Haneda on June 23 before continuing to Sydney on June 26. It departed Sydney on June 29 for Essendon and Honolulu.

TAI Leasing Gulfstream 550 N801TM arrived in Essendon from Haneda on June 28 and after overnighting departed for Nagoya.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N5092 arrived in Perth from Don Muang on June 7 before operating a return flight to Barrow Island on June 8. It departed Perth for Honolulu on June 10.

Hong Kong Jet Gulfstream 550 B-KHJ arrived in Melbourne from Chengdu on June 18 before returning to Chengdu.

Gulfstream 550 B-8269 arrived in Melbourne from Chengdu on July 2 before returning to Chengdu on July 3.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8373 as DER591 arrived in Melbourne from Zhengzhou on June 14 before returning to Zhengzhou as DER592 on June 17.

Jet Aviation Business Jets Gulfstream 550 VP-BNE arrived in Perth from Al Maktoum on June 2.

Gulfstream V N881HS arrived at the Gold Coast from Seletar on July 2.

Gulfstream 450 B-8158 arrived in Melbourne from Seletar on June 23 before continuing to Sydney on June 27 and Port Vila on July 1.

DCI Consultants Gulfstream IV N121JJ as TWY123 arrived in Cairns from Shanghai on June 25 and departed to Christchurch on June 26.

Overseas bizjets

Global 6000 B-LRH as BWJ968 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on June 17 before departing to Queenstown on June 22.

Empire Aviation Group Global 6000 VP-CTP arrived in Sydney from Denpasar on July 4 before continuing to Melbourne on July 7.

Trinity Broadcasting of Florida Global Express N3PC arrived in Perth from Entebbe on July 5 before continuing the same day to Sydney.

Global 5000 N939AP as Tagjet 3 arrived Brisbane from Seletar on July 4.

Global 5000 VP-CGM arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on June 21.

Challenger 5445 Challenger 604 N877H arrived in Brisbane from Napier on June 27 before continuing to Melbourne on June 29. N877H departed Melbourne for Perth on June 30 before continuing to Seletar on July 1.

Premier Jets Learjet 36A N363PJ arrived in Newcastle on June 19 from Moffett Field/CA via Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara. N363PJ departed Newcastle on June 20 for Honiara, Majuro, Kona and Portland.

Phoenix Air Group Learjet 36A N545PA arrived in Brisbane on June 18 from Cartersville, Georgia via Great Falls, Montana, Anchorage, Cold Bay, Lihue, Majuro and Honiara. After overnighting in Brisbane the Learjet 36A continued to Woomera. It returned to Brisbane from Woomera on July 4 and continued to Honiara, Majuro and Honolulu on July 5.

Citation XL PK-BKS arrived in Perth from Denpasar and Port Hedland on July 4.

Taj Air Falcon 2000 VT-TBT operated a return flight from Sydney to Melbourne on June 6 before departing to Darwin and Denpasar on June 9.

Falcon 50 N959DM, which arrived at Bankstown on April 26 (Traffic/June), departed for Darwin and Johor Bahru on June 8.

Embraer Lineage 1000 N889ML arrived in Sydney from Macau on June 15 before returning to Macau on June 22.

Ferry flights

Pacific Helicopters (PNG) H145 ZK-HKR departed Bankstown for Coffs Harbour on June 16 before arriving in Cairns from Maroochydore, Rockhampton and Shute Harbour on June 17. It departed Cairns for Coen and Horn Island on June 18 and was cancelled from the New Zealand register on June 21 as ‘exported’.

AW139 VH-ZXB msn 31733, the second of four on order for SLSA Helicopter Rescue Service in NSW, arrived at Essendon by road on June 29 after having earlier been airfreighted into Melbourne airport.

Beech A36 N5831R, which is registered to a private owner in North Carolina and is reported to be on a round-the-world flight, arrived in Broome from Denpasar on June 18. Earlier on June 14 it was reported flying from Don Muang to Subang. The Beech A36 continued from Broome to Kununurra on June 23 and later arrived at Bankstown on June 28 from Ayers Rock, Alice Springs and Coober Pedy. It departed Bankstown for Hervey Bay on July 3.

Aviasindo Perkasa Cessna 208 PK-ICF arrived in Cairns from Merauke on June 23.

Cirrus SR22T N8837Z, which is registered to a company in San Diego, arrived in Darwin from Kupang on June 21 before continuing to Katherine on June 25 and Ayers Rock on June 27.

Cirrus SR22 VH-IBC departed Maroochydore for Nadi on July 4 on the first leg of a round-the-world flight. The aircraft is being flown by 19-year-old Lachie Smart.

GA-200 VH-SZV departed Merimbula for Lord Howe Island on July 1 and after overnighting continued to Kerikeri.

PAC-750XL P2-SDA msn 201, which was on delivery to Adventist Aviation, departed Hamilton for Kerikeri and Norfolk Island on July 5. It continued to Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast on July 6 and onwards to Cairns on July 7.

PAC-750XL ZK-KDC msn 202, which was registered to Pacific Aerospace on April 13, departed Hamilton on June 25 for Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast, Alice Springs, Port Hedland and Jakarta where it arrived on June 28. It was destined for Poland where it will be registered SP-PAC.

PAC-750XLs ZK-KDD msn 203 and ZK-KDG msn 205 were registered to Pacific Aerospace on July 4.

Kiwi Air PAC 750XL ZK-XLE arrived in Auckland on June 18 after ferrying in from Denpasar, Broome, Alice Springs, Gold Coast and Lord Howe Island.

Heavy metal

BH-Air A330-343E LZ-AWF, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since March 25, departed for Xiamen on June 11.

Sany Group A319-115CJ B-8319 as BJN98 arrived in Sydney from Guangzhou and Darwin on June 12 before departing to Manila on June 20.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82047 as VDA2350 arrived in Darwin from Nagoya on July 3 and departed to Chubu Centrair on July 5.

Sands Aviation 737-74U/BBJ N887LS arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on July 1 and departed to Singapore on July 3.

MyJet Asia 737-7KK/BBJ VP-CAM arrived in Sydney from Phnom Penh on July 1 before continuing to Perth on July 3 and Melbourne on July 4. It departed Melbourne for Hong Kong on July 6.

Sino Jet Management 737-7HF/ BBJ VP-CZW as ‘Sino Sky 15’ arrived in Adelaide from Hong Kong on June 9 and departed to Taipei/TSA on June 19.

Weststar 727-23/WL N800AK arrived in Perth from Subang on June 17 and departed to Kuala Lumpur on June 22.

US Air Force C-32B/757-2GS 00-9001 ‘Stun 71’ arrived in Perth from Yokota and Darwin on June 8. It departed Perth for Darwin and Yokota on June 10.

US Air Force C-32B/757-23A 02-4452 ‘Manta 72’ arrived in Cairns from Guam on June 23 before returning to Guam on June 25.

US Air Force/Utah ANG KC-135R 60-0366 ‘Reach 247’ arrived in Townsville from Hickam AFB on June 27 before returning to Hickam on June 29.

US Air Force AMC/Dover C-17A 07-7174 ‘Reach 394’ arrived in Townsville from Hickam on June 9 and departed to Yokota on June 10.

US Air Force AMC/Dover C-17A 07-7176 ‘Reach 377’ arrived in Townsville from Hickam on June 23 before returning to Hickam on June 24.

US Air Force AMC/Charleston C-17A 04-4129 ‘Reach 504’ arrived in Townsville from Hickam on June 13 and departed to Kadena on June 14. At Townsville the C-17A unloaded a Boeing CH-47F on delivery to the Australian Army.

Volga Dnepr Il-76TD-90VD RA-76951 as flight VDA4894 arrived in Darwin from Johor Bahru on June 7 before returning to Johor Bahru on June 17. As VDA6817 the Ilyushin later arrived in Darwin from Singapore on June 23 and USAF C-17 07-7174 departs Townsville for Yokota on June 10. dave parer MC-130H Compass Call 89-0280 transited Cairns on June 12/13. andrew belczacki after overnighting continued to Hobart and Melbourne. It departed Melbourne for Johor Bahru on June 25.

Volga Dnepr Il-76TD-90VD RA-76503 as flight VDA4900 arrived in Perth from Halim on July 3.

US Air Force/AFRC C-130H 96-7322 callsign ‘Reach 104’ arrived in Cairns from Majuro and Townsville on June 27 and departed to Pago Pago on June 30.

US Air Force/Wyoming ANG C-130Hs 92-1532 ‘Reach 408’ and 92-1535 ‘Reach 560’ arrived in Cairns from Majuro and Townsville on June 28 and departed to Pago Pago on July 1.

US Air Force MC-130H 88-1803 ‘Spin 11’ arrived in Cairns from Koror on June 13 and after overnighting continued to Amberley and Whenuapai. It departed Whenuapai on June 29 for Amberley and Cairns before continuing to Koror on June 30.

US Air Force MC-130H 89-0280 ‘Spin 12’ arrived in Cairns from Kadena on June 12 and after overnighting continued to Amberley and Whenuapai. It departed Whenuapai on June 29 for Amberley and Cairns before continuing to Kadena on June 30.

US Air Force MC-130H 89-0283 ‘Spin 21’ arrived in Cairns from Koror on June 20 and after overnighting continued to Amberley and Whenuapai. It departed Whenuapai on June 29 for Amberley and Cairns before continuing to Kadena on June 30.

US Marine Corps KC-130J 166763 ‘Sumo 57’ operated a return flight from Darwin to RAAF Edinburgh on June 18 before departing to Kadena on June 21.

US Air Force MC-130Ps 66-0212 ‘King 82’and 66-0219 ‘King 61’ arrived in Townsville from Pago Pago on June 28.

US Navy C-130T 165160/JW ‘CNV3324’ arrived in Townsville from Guam on June 18 and continued to RAAF Pearce on June 20.