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The July to December deliveries consisted of one A330-300, three A320-200s, three 787-9s, three 787-8s, four 737-800s, two 737-400s, two Fokker 100s and one Fokker 70.

July deliveries were 787-8 VH-VKJ to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 4th; 787-8 VH-VKK to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 18th; 787-9 ZK-NZD to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 25th; and Fokker 100 VH-NHY to QantasLink in Perth on the 30th.

August saw the arrival of A320-232/S ZK-OXJ to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 3rd; 737-8FE VH-YFS Sellicks Beach to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 14th; A320-232/S VH-XUH to Tigerair in Melbourne on the 24th; and 787-9 ZK-NZC to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 27th.

September deliveries were 737-8FE VH-YFT Admirals Arch to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 4th; 787-8 VH-VKL to Jetstar in Melbourne on the 7th; and A320-232/S ZK-OXK to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 9th.

October saw the arrivals of Fokker 70 P2-ANS to Air Niugini in Port Moresby on the 3rd; 737-8FE VH-YFU Emu Beach to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 8th; 737-476F ZK-TLJ as N232AG to Airwork in Brisbane on the 11th; and Fokker 100 VH-NHC to QantasLink in Perth on the 27th.

November deliveries were 787-9 ZK-NZH to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 1st and 737-8FE VH-YFV Princess Charlotte Bay to Virgin Australia in Brisbane on the 5th.

December saw the arrival of 737-476(F) ZK-PAK as N944NZ to Airwork in Auckland on the 7th and A330-343 DQ-FJW Island of Rotuma to Fiji Airways in Nadi on the 29th.

Jet airliner deliveries January-June 2016

For the six months to June 30 2016 seven commercial jet aircraft were delivered to operators in our region. This compares with figures of 31, 23, 26, 11 and nine for the first six months 2011-2015.

The January to June deliveries comprised one A320, one 737-800, two 737-400Fs, two 717s and one Fokker 70.

January saw the delivery of 717-2K9 VH-YQY to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 23rd and 737-476(F) ZK-TLK as N934NZ to Airwork in Brisbane on the 31st.

February deliveries were 737-8SH/ W YJ-AV8 The Spirit of Vanuatu to Air Vanuatu in Port Vila on the 1st; 717-2K9 VH-YQX to QantasLink in Adelaide on the 7th; and Fokker 70 P2-ANT to Air Niugini in Port Moresby on the 21st.

March saw the arrival of 737-476(F) ZK-PAQ as N943NZ to Airwork in Auckland on the 20th.

May saw the arrival of A320-232/S ZK-OXL to Air New Zealand in Auckland on the 10th.

A number of aircraft also arrived on short-term leases.

737-8K2/W PH-HSA was leased by Air Vanuatu from Transavia from November 15 ’15 to February 2 ’16. The lease covered the withdrawal from service by Air Vanuatu of 737-8Q8 YJ-AV1 on November 14 and the delivery of 737-8SH/W YJ-AV8 on February 1.

757-236(F) G-BMRI was leased by Tasman Cargo from DHL from January 7 ’16 to March 3 ’16 to cover maintenance on 757-236(F) VH-TCA in Singapore.

767-36N(ER) CS-TKR was leased by Air Niugini from Euro Atlantic Airways from May 11 ’16 to cover maintenance on its 767-300 fleet.

Jet airliner departures July-December 2015

For the six months to December 31 2015 five jet airliners were removed from service and disposed of, comprising three 737-800s, a 737-300 and a BAe 146-200. Combined with the nine departures from January to June ’15, departures for the 2015 calendar year stood at 14. By comparison commercial jet departures for the years 2010 to 2014 were 16, 29, 43, 33 and 31.

August saw Virgin Australia 737-8BK VH-VUM, which had terminated its lease depart Melbourne on the 2nd for Jakarta. VH-VUM was cancelled from the register on September 29 and entered service with T’Way Air as HL8047 on September 30.

Virgin Australia 737-8BK VH-VUN, which had terminated its lease, departed Melbourne on September 15 for Jakarta. It was cancelled from the register on November 9 and entered service with Sriwijaya Air as PK-CMQ in late February.

Cobham Aviation BAe 146-200 VH-YAE, which had been in storage at Adelaide for several months, was scrapped in late September.

October saw Air New Zealand 737-319 ZK-NGI, which was withdrawn from service on September 6, registered to Kelowna Flightcraft Aviation as C-GKFA before departing Christchurch for Canada on the 21st.

November’s departure was Air Vanuatu 737-8Q8 YJ-AV1, which was withdrawn from service on the 14th on termination of its lease. Later that day it departed Port Vila for Guam and Shanghai. Of note was that: Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGM, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since January 7 ’15, was cancelled from the register on July 27 ’15. The 767 was then registered N372CM to Cargo Aircraft Management of Wilmington, Delaware and on July 30 ‘15 it departed Alice Springs for Mumbai, Amman and Tel Aviv where it was converted to a freighter.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGP, which had been in storage at Victorville since January 18 ’14, was cancelled from the register on August 20 ’15. The following day it was registered N197CR to SF Airlines.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGQ, which had been in storage at Victorville since February 18 ’14, was cancelled from the register on September 17 ’15. The following day it was registered N198CR to SF Airlines and on June 4 ’16 it departed Victorville for Honolulu, Guam and Paya Lebar for freighter conversion.

Qantas A330-202 VH-EBI was withdrawn from service in Manila on September 13 ’15 after operating QF19 from Sydney. The following day it ferried to Paya Lebar for maintenance prior to conversion to an A330 MRTT (KC-30A) for the RAAF.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGU, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since January 9 ’15, departed there on October 2 ’15 on ferry to Cairns and Victorville. It was cancelled from the register on October 14 before being registered N207CR to SF Airlines on October 19. On January 17 ’16 N207CR departed Victorville for Honolulu, Guam and Paya Lebar where it was converted to a freighter.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGR, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since September 24 ’14, departed for Sydney and Victorville on November 19 ’15. VH-OGR was cancelled from the register on December 16 and was then registered N208CR to SF Airlines on December 21. On March 16 it departed Victorville for Honolulu, Guam and Paya Lebar where it was converted to a freighter.

Jet airliner departures January-June 2016

For the six months to June 30 2016 seven jet airliners were removed from service, comprising one 737-800, one 737-300(F), four E190s and one Fokker 100.

January saw Virgin Australia 737-8BK VH-VOX depart Melbourne for Jakarta on the 4th on termination of its lease. It was later registered N330XW before being delivered to Sun Country Airlines on May 13.

Virgin Australia E190-100IGW VH-ZPD was withdrawn from service on January 31 and departed Brisbane on February 2 on ferry to Nashville. It was cancelled from the register on April 15 and the same day was registered to Arkia as 4X-EMD.

Virgin Australia E190-100IGW VH-ZPG was withdrawn from service on February 26 and departed Brisbane on the 27th on ferry to Nashville.

March saw Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 VH-FKL cancelled from the register on the 23rd as ‘no longer used as an aircraft’. The Fokker 100, then registered N895US, was delivered to Brisbane on September 11 ’07 but was used as a spares source and never entered service with Alliance. It was donated to Aviation Australia in October ’13.

Virgin Australia E190-100IGW VH-ZPF was withdrawn from service on March 28 and departed Brisbane on the 30th on ferry to Nashville.

April saw Virgin Australia E190-100IGW VH-ZPE withdrawn from service on the 23rd and depart Brisbane on the 26th on ferry to Nashville.

June saw Airwork 737-3B7(F) ZK-FXT depart Brisbane on the 10th on ferry to Johannesburg via ports where it was leased to Star Air Cargo as ZS-TGN.

Of note was that: Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGV, which had been in storage at Victorville since November 22 ’13, was cancelled from the register on January 18 ’16. It was then registered N376CM to Cargo Aircraft Management before departing Victorville for Wilmington, Ohio on February 5.

Air New Zealand 737-319 ZK-NGJ was withdrawn from service in Auckland on August 10 ’15 before being sold to Nauru Airlines. On September 21 ZK-NGJ ferried to Seletar where it was registered to Nauru Airlines as VH-XNU on September 29. The 737 was then delivered to Nauru Airlines in Brisbane on January 28.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGS, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since November 10 ’14, was cancelled from the register on February 15 ’16. Now registered N374CM to Cargo Aircraft Management the 767 departed Alice Springs on February 24 for Male and Tel Aviv where it was converted to a freighter.

Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGK, which had been in storage at Victorville since August 15 ’14, was cancelled from the register on March 14 ’16. It was then registered N380CM to Cargo Aircraft Management before departing Victorville for Wilmington on March 23.

Virgin Australia 737-8FE

VH-VOR was transferred to Tigerair and as a result was painted in Tigerair colours. It entered service with Tigerair on March 23 operating TGW1 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

»»Virgin Australia 737-8FE VH-VOY was transferred to the Tigerair fleet and as a result was painted in Tigerair colours. VH-VOY entered service with Tigerair on March 23 when it operated TGW17 from Adelaide to Denpasar.

»»Virgin Australia 737-8FE VH-VUB was transferred to the Tigerair fleet and as a result was painted in Tigerair colours. It entered service with Tigerair on April 2 operating TGW1 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

»»Qantas 767-338ER VH-OGH, which had been in storage at Victorville since June 3 ’14, was cancelled from the register on April 26. It was then registered N377CM to Cargo Aircraft Management before departing Victorville for Wilmington on May 3.

Finally, we missed reporting on the following in the September ’15 orders and deliveries summary.

Qantas 747-438 VH-OJI Longreach was withdrawn from service in Sydney on June 22 ’15 before departing on June 27 for Honolulu and Marana, Arizona where it was placed in storage.

Air New Zealand 737-319 ZK-NGG was withdrawn from service in Christchurch on May 14 ’15. It was then registered N303KH before departing Christchurch on June 24 ’15 for Kelowna, British Columbia where it was converted to a freighter.

Turboprop airliner deliveries and departures July-December 2015

Eleven turboprop airliners were delivered to operators in our region in the six months to December 31 2015: three ATR 72-600s; two ATR 72-600Cs; two DHC-6-400s; three Saab 340Bs and one Saab 340A.

July saw the delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVG to ANZ Link/Mount Cook Airlines in Christchurch on the 7th.

September’s deliveries were Saab 340A ZK-KRA to Kiwi Regional in Hamilton on the 1st and DHC-6-400/FP DQ-OMO as C-FVGY to Kokomo Resorts in Nadi on the 5th.

November saw the delivery of ATR 72-600C P2-ATR to PNGAir at Port Moresby on the 3rd; Saab 340B VH-ZXF as N416XJ to Regional Express at Adelaide on the 14th; and DHC-6-400 P2-HFE as HB-LPY to Helifix at Port Moresby on the 18th.

December deliveries were ATR 72-600 F-ORVO to Air Tahiti in Papeete on the 9th; Saab 340B VH-ZXG as N302AG to Regional Express at Wagga Wagga on the 16th; ATR 72-600C P2-ATA to PNG Air at Port Moresby on the 23rd; Saab 340B VH-ZXK as N420XJ to Regional Express at Adelaide on the 23rd; and ATR 72-600 ZK-MVH to ANZ Link/Mount Cook in Christchurch on the 24th.

Ten turboprop airliners were removed from the fleets of operators in the period July to December 2015 and these comprised one ATR 72-200F; two Beech 1900Ds; one Beech 1900C; three Dash 8-400s; one DHC-6-300; one Fokker 50 and one Metro III.

July saw Beech 1900D ZK-EAQ of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways sold to Trans Guyana Airways and on the 16th it departed Hamilton for Noumea, Honiara and Wewak and the long ferry round the North Pacific rim to Guyana, where it arrived on the 23rd. The Beech was later registered to Trans Guyana Airways as 8R-GAQ.

August departures were: Dash 8-402Q P2-PXQ of Air Niugini from Port Moresby on the 10th on ferry to Norwich, UK where it arrived on the 15th. It was later registered to Air Iceland/ Flugfelag Islands as TF-FXI before being delivered to Reykjavik on February 24.

DHC-6-300 P2-MCZ of Airlines PNG from Port Moresby on the 12th on delivery to National Aerotech of Hampton, Georgia with the Pacific crossing to Murrieta, California operated via Honiara, Majuro and Honolulu.

Fokker 50 P2-TAF of Travel Air terminated its lease and on the 17th it was noted at Seletar now registered PH-LMT.

Dash 8-402Q P2-PXP of Air Niugini from Port Moresby on the 23rd on ferry to Norwich, UK where it arrived on the 26th. It was later registered to Air Iceland/ Flugfelag Islands as TF-FXA.

September departures were: Dash 8-402Q P2-PXR of Air Niugini from Port Moresby on the 4th for Norwich, UK where it arrived on the 7th. It was later registered to Air Iceland/Flugfelag Islands as TF-FXB before being delivered to Reykjavik on May 30.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAI of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was sold to Mesiglo of Lanseria, South Africa and on the 23rd it departed Hamilton for Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Broome and onwards ferry to South Africa where it was registered ZS-EAI.

October saw Beech 1900C VH-KFN of KFS Aircraft Holdings sold in South Africa and on the 16th it departed Jandakot for Broome and Denpasar. It was registered ZS-CGO to Warne Aviation on November 27.

November saw Metro III ZK-LFT of Air Chathams cancelled from the New Zealand register on the 16th after having earlier been reduced to spares at Auckland.

December saw ATR 72-201F P2-PXZ of Air Niugini Cargo re-registered HB-AFS after termination of its lease from ASL Airlines. It departed Port Moresby for Darwin and Denpasar on the 15th as FAT9721.

Jetstar commenced Dash 8-300 operations in New Zealand on December 1 and as a result QantasLink Dash 8-315s VH-TQD, VH-TQK, VH-TQL, VH-TQM and VH-SBI were painted in Jetstar colours.

Turboprop airliner deliveries and departures January to June 2016

Eleven turboprop airliners were delivered to operators in our region in the six months to June 2016. They comprised five ATR 72-600s; one ATR 72-600C; one Beech 1900D; one King Air 200; two Commander 690Bs and one Merlin IV.

January saw the delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVI to ANZ Link/ Mount Cook in Hamilton on the 3rd and ATR 72-600 ZK-MVO to ANZ Link/Mount Cook in Christchurch on the 17th. Prior to arriving in Christchurch ZK-MVO was delivered green to Townsville on December 21 and on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar where it was painted in ANZ Link colours.

February deliveries comprised Merlin IV YJ-AL4 as C-GPCL to Air Taxi at Port Vila on the 12th and Commander 690B 5W-JMJ as N690GG to Talofa Airways in Apia on the 17th.

March saw the delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVJ to ANZ Link/ Mount Cook in Christchurch on the 24th.

April deliveries were Commander 690B 5W-TAL as N121ML to Talofa Airways in Apia on the 5th; King Air 200 ZK-MDC as N595BC to Air Wanganui at Ardmore on the 11th; ATR 72-600F P2-ATB to PNG Air at Port Moresby on the 17th; and Beech 1900D VH-NYA as ZS-CHR to Awesome Flight Logistics at Jandakot on the 27th.

May saw the delivery of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVL to ANZ Link/Mount Cook at Christchurch on the 22nd and ATR 72-600 ZK-MVK to ANZ Link/Mount Cook at Christchurch on the 30th.

Twenty-two turboprop airliners were removed from the fleets of operators in our region in the period January 1 to June 30 2016. These comprised six Beech 1900Ds, one Beech 1900C, one Convair 5800, two Dash 8-400s, one Dash 8-300, two Dash 8-100s, one Jetstream 32, one DHC-6-300, one DHC-6-200, five Fokker 50s and one BN-2T.

January saw Beech 1900C VH-VOA of Ad Astral Aviation Services cancelled from the Australian register on the 6th but, as of June 30 the aircraft was reported still hangared at Jandakot.

February saw Fokker 50 P2-TAH of Travel Air depart Port Moresby for Kupang on the 27th on the first leg of its ferry to Maastricht, Holland where it arrived on March 25. It was registered PH-FZF on May 3.

March departures were: Dash 8-402Q P2-PXU of Air Niugini, which was on delivery to Congo Airways at Kinshasa, departed Port Moresby for Ambon on the 9th. It was later registered to Congo Airways as 9Q-DKV.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAD of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was sold to Mesiglo in South Africa on March 9 and on March 15 it departed Hamilton for Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Broome and onward to South Africa. It was cancelled from the NZ register on March 24.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAF of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was sold to Mesiglo in South Africa on March 9 and on March 15 it departed Hamilton for Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Broome and onward stops to South Africa. It was cancelled from the New Zealand register on March 24.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAO of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was sold to Mesiglo in South Africa on March 9 and on March 15 it departed Hamilton for Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Broome and onward stops to South Africa. It was cancelled from the New Zealand register on March 24.

Dash 8-102 P2-MCY of PNG Air departed Port Moresby on the 16th on delivery to Dynamic Aviation. After a 12-day ferry flight via the Middle East and the North Atlantic the Dash 8 arrived at Bridgewater, Virginia on the 27th. It was registered N432FE to Dynamic Aviation on May 4.

Fokker 50 P2-TAE of Travel Air departed Port Moresby for Kupang and Seletar on the 18th. The Fokker reverted to its previous registration of PH-FZG before it departed Seletar on June 23 for Maastricht.

April departures were: Fokker 50 VH-FKP of Alliance Airlines was cancelled from the register on the 7th as ‘no longer used as an aircraft’. As 9M-MGC the Fokker 50 was delivered to Alliance in Adelaide on August 2 ’09 and was initially registered VH-AHX before taking the marks VH-FKP on January 29 ’10. The aircraft, which was used as a source of spares and never entered service with Alliance, was trucked out of Adelaide airport to a local scrapyard on the 13th.

BN-2T P2-SBC of Sunbird Airlines was destroyed in a crash at Kiunga on the 13th with the tragic loss of all 12 on board.

DHC-6-200 VH-XFM of Karratha Flying Services departed Cairns on the 18th for Honiara, Majuro, Honolulu, Klamath Falls and Calgary where it arrived on April 22.

Dash 8-402Q P2-PXT of Air Niugini departed Port Moresby on the 19th for Ambon and onwards delivery to Congo Airways.

Beech 1900D VH-YOA of AE Charter Services (Air South) departed Adelaide on the 20th for Alice Springs, Darwin, Surabaya, Chennai and Karachi. On the 27th it was cancelled from the register as ‘sold in Pakistan’ where it was later registered AP-BMF.

Dash 8-102 VH-QQL of Maroomba Airlines departed Perth on the 21st for Cairns, Majuro, Honolulu and Calgary. It was cancelled from the register on May 23.

May departures were: Jetstream 32 VH-OAE of De Bruin Aviation was cancelled from the register on the 3rd as ‘no longer used as an aircraft’.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAR of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was registered to Trans Guyana Airways on the 10th before it departed Hamilton on the 11th for Norfolk Island, Honiara and Wewak and all stops to Guyana. It was cancelled from the New Zealand register on the 26th.

Beech 1900D VH-XDY of West Wing Aviation was sold in Mauritius and on the 11th it departed Darwin for Denpasar and stops to Mauritius.

Convair 5800 ZK-KFS of Air Freight NZ departed Auckland on the 13th for Pago Pago, Honolulu and Kelowna, BC. It was cancelled from the New Zealand register on the 24th.

Fokker 50 P2-TAG of Travel Air departed Port Moresby on the 16th for Kupang and onward stops to Maastricht, Holland where it arrived on the 23rd. It later reverted to its previous registration of PH-FZD.

Dash 8-311 VH-DNU of Air Fleet Management departed Cairns on the 27th for Darwin, Denpasar and stops to South Africa. It was cancelled from the register on June 2.

DHC-6-300 P2-EMO of PNG Air was sold to Gravitas Aviation of Vancouver and on May 5 it was registered C-GALU. It departed Rabaul on May 29 for Majuro, Honolulu and Klamath Falls.

June departures were: Fokker 50 VH-FNF of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines was sold to FanJet Express in Kenya and on the 6th now registered 5Y-FJE but still carrying the colours and titles of Skywest it departed Perth for Carnarvon, Christmas Island and Langkawi.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAM of ANZ Link/Eagle Airways was registered to Kampala Executive Aviation, Canada on the 13th. The following day it departed Hamilton for Norfolk Island, Gold Coast and Cairns where it arrived on the 16th. It was cancelled from the New Zealand register on July 7.

Aircraft in storage: Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ceased Fokker 50 operations on February 27 and as a result six of the eight Fokker 50s in its fleet were ferried from Perth to Alice Springs for storage; VH-FNH on April 17, VH-FND on April 19, VH-FNE on April 21, VH-FNA on April 24, VH-FSL on April 27 and VH-FNI on May 4. VH-FNB remains parked at Perth.

Of note was the number of turboprop airliners changing operators/or registrations: Beech 1900D VH-NYA, which was delivered to Awesome Aviation on April 27, changed its registered operator to Nantay P/L of Perth on May 18 and entered service with Maroomba Airlines on May 31.

Beech 1900C VH-EMI of Hawker Pacific was cancelled from the register on October 16 ’15 with the aircraft then allocated the RAAF serial A53-001. It returned to the civil register on February 22.

Jetstream 32 VH-OAM changed its registered operator from De Bruin Aviation to Pelican Airlines on March 8.

Jetstream 32 A3-SAM terminated its lease to REAL Tonga and was returned to Pelican Airlines. Now registered to Pelican as VH-NTL the Jetstream ferried back into Bankstown on May 6.

DHC-6-100 VH-ZKF terminated its lease to Karratha Flying Services and on April 24 was delivered to Seair Pacific at the Gold Coast.

DHC-6-100 VH-BVS, which is registered to Blue Wing Airline of Surinam, was delivered to Seair Pacific at the Gold Coast on June 18 and entered service on June 30 from the Gold Coast to Lady Elliot Island.

Saab 340B VH-VEF of Corporate Air was leased to REAL Tonga and on April 21 it was delivered to Tonga where it was registered A3 PUA.

Metro III VH-OZV, which had been operated by Brindabella Airlines, was registered to Sharp Airlines on January 22.

Metro III ZK-NSS was registered to Air Chathams on April 8 and on April 27 it changed the registration to ZK-CID.