Traffic

A380-842 VH-OQI ferried from Manila, where it had been in maintenance since August 19, to Sydney as QF6010 on October 10.

747-438ER VH-OEI operated QF127 from Sydney to Hong Kong on October 18 and on arrival was hangared for planned maintenance.

747-438 VH-OJT operated QF127 from Sydney to Hong Kong on September 26 and on arrival was hangared for planned maintenance. It returned to service on October 18 operating QF128 from Hong Kong to Sydney (arriving October 19).

A330-303 VH-QPA operated QF129 from Sydney to Shanghai via Wellcamp on October 23, the first international passenger flight to operate from Wellcamp. VH-QPA picked up a trade delegation to China and featured ‘Toowoomba to Shanghai’ decals on its port side.

A330-303 VH-QPH ferried from Sydney to Honolulu and Victorville as QF6003 on October 27 where on arrival it was repainted in the new Qantas livery.

A330-303 VH-QPJ ferried out of Sydney as QF6003 on October 10 to Honolulu and Victorville where it was the first in the fleet to be repainted in the new Qantas livery. As QF6004 VH-QPJ returned to Sydney on October 27 from Victorville via Kona.

767-338ER(BDSF) N380CM of Cargo Aircraft Management, the former VH-OGK, ferried from Tel Aviv to Cincinnati and Goodyear on October 7/8. It is reported that at Goodyear the aircraft will be registered N311AZ for operation by ABX Air.

QantasLink took delivery of Fokker 100 VH-NHZ in Perth on September 26 (Traffic/November). At the time the aircraft was registered to Alliance Airlines, but on October 21 its registered owner was changed to Qantas Airways and its registered operator to Network Aviation.

Jetstar ferried 787-8 VH-VKE as JQ8995 out of Sydney to Singapore on October 30 (arriving October 31) for planned maintenance.

A321-231/W VH-VWQ msn 7384, which will be leased from BOC Aviation, was rolled out at Finkenwerder on October 17.

A321-231/W VH-VWN msn 7438, which will also be leased from BOC Aviation, was registered to Jetstar on October 25.

A320-232 VH-VGH as JQ8993 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on October 11 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VGI as JQ8995 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore on October 11 for planned maintenance. On October 31 it ferried from Singapore to Melbourne as JQ8992.

A320-232 VH-VQA ferried as JQ8997 from Sydney to Darwin and Seletar on October 12 for planned maintenance. On October 30 it ferried from Seletar to Singapore as JQ8996 before returning to service as JQ117 from Singapore to Denpasar and Perth.

A320-232 VH-VQM on October 29 operated JQ116 from Perth to Denpasar and Singapore (arriving October 30) and then ferried as JQ8991 to Seletar for planned maintenance.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a 787-9 and A320 to Air New Zealand, an E170LR to Airnorth, an ERJ-140 to Jetgo and an ATR 72-600 to Air Vanuatu, and the departure of a National Jet RJ100.

Air New Zealand took delivery of 787-9 ZK-NZK in Auckland on October 14 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field as NZ6094. ZK-NZK entered service on October 17 when it operated NZ175 from Auckland to Melbourne.

A320-232/WL ZK-OXM was delivered to Air New Zealand in Auckland on November 1 after it ferried in from Toulouse via Muscat, Kuala Lumpur and Cairns as flight NZ6090.

767-319ER/W ZK-NCJ was withdrawn from service on October 29 after operating NZ134 from Brisbane to Auckland.

767-319ER/W ZK-NCL, which arrived at Alice Springs for storage on October 5 (Traffic/November), was cancelled from the New Zealand register on October 7.

ANZ Link/Eagle Airways has ferried their remaining six Beech 1900D aircraft from Hamilton to Bankstown for continued storage.

Beech 1900D ZK-EAP ferried from Auckland to Sydney and Bankstown on October 15 and was followed by Beech 1900D ZK-EAB over the same route on October 16.

Beech 1900Ds ZK-EAE and ZK-EAG ferried from Hamilton to Auckland on October 17 before continuing to Norfolk Island, Sydney and Bankstown on October 18.

Beech 1900Ds ZK-EAH and ZK-EAN ferried from Hamilton to Auckland on October 30 before continuing to Norfolk Island, Sydney and Bankstown on October 31.

All six Beech 1900D aircraft were ferried across the Tasman by Air Center One (Flight Operations).

Air Niugini Fokker 70 PH-KZR msn 11551 departed Amsterdam on October 19 bound for Belgrade, Trabzon, Al Ain, Ahmedabad, Chittagong and Seletar where it arrived on October 21. It will receive further work at Seletar and Kuala Lumpur before being delivered to Air Niugini as P2-ANY.

Airnorth E170LR VH-ANF, which arrived on delivery in Darwin on September 11 (Traffic/ November), was placed into service on October 10 when it operated ANO182 from Darwin to Townsville.

Air Vanuatu took delivery of ATR 72-600 YJ-AV73 in Port Vila on October 31 after the aircraft arrived from Cairns as AVN700. The ATR had earlier departed Toulouse on October 25 and was routed to Port Vila via Alexandria, Al Ain, Nagpur, Penang, Kupang and Cairns.

Jetgo took delivery of ERJ-140 (EMB-135KL) N297SK msn 145522 in Brisbane on October 20 after it completed its ferry flight from Kingman, Arizona via Van Nuys, Ketchikan, Anchorage, Nome, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Chitose, Palau and Townsville. The aircraft was registered to Jetgo as VH-ZJG on October 24.

National Jet Express has terminated its lease of BAe 146-300/ RJ100 VH-NJH, which on October 14 departed Adelaide as JTE5510 for Cranfield, UK via Ayers Rock, Port Hedland, Halim, Banda Aceh, Colombo, Mumbai, Muscat, Kuwait, Trabzon, Tirana and Southend.

Virgin Group news

Virgin Australia withdrew 737-8FE VH-VUD from service on October 22 after it operated VOZ319 from Melbourne to Brisbane. Later that day VH-VUD ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as VOZ9901 where on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar for repainting in Tigerair colours.

737-8FE VH-VUC, which had been in Seletar for maintenance since September 15, was ferried from Seletar to Brisbane as VOZ 9942 on October 9.

737-8FE VH-VOQ was ferried from Perth to Seletar as VOZ9943 on October 8 for planned maintenance.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPL as VOZ9901 departed Melbourne on October 5 for Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys and planned maintenance at Nashville.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA ferried A320-231 VH-FNP as VOZ9941 from Perth to Seletar on October 4 for planned maintenance.

Fokker 100 VH-FNU ferried out of Perth as VOZ9940 on October 19 for Port Hedland and Seletar and planned maintenance.

ATR 72-600 VH-FVQ ferried from Sydney to Christchurch as VOZ9948 on September 27 for planned maintenance with Air New Zealand before returning to Brisbane as VOZ9949 on October 12.

ATR 72-600 VH-FVR ferried from Brisbane to Christchurch as VOZ9948 on October 9 for planned maintenance with Air New Zealand before returning to Brisbane as VOZ9949 on October 26.

The registered owner of Fokker 50s VH-FNA, VH-FNB and VH-FNI changed to APU Investors of Delaware, USA on October 21, with their registered operator changing to JMC Investments of Hamilton, Victoria. As of early November VH-FNA and VH-FNI were stored at Alice Springs while VH-FNB was parked at Perth.

Tigerair took delivery of 737-8FE VH-VUD at Melbourne on October 30 after the aircraft ferried in from Townsville as VOZ9902 – see above under Virgin Australia.

Regional airline news

AE Charter Services is currently operating its EMB-120ER VH-YEI with Rossair titles, while EMB-120ER VH-YEG which carries Air South titles is parked at Adelaide minus engines.

Air Safaris registered Cessna 208B/EX ZK-SRX msn 208B-5285 on October 7. The Grand Caravan, then registered N9493, had been delivered to Dunedin on October 3 (Traffic/November).

Free Spirit Airlines ferried Beech 1900C VH-EMK from Essendon to Adelaide on October 14 before it continued the following day to Ceduna, Esperance and Jandakot.

GAM commenced a freight service for Toll on October 21 using Dornier 228-200 VH-VJN on the route Brisbane-Thangool-Emerald-Rockhampton-Brisbane.

Pelican Airlines was registered as the owner/operator of Jetstream 32 VH-OTQ on October 21.

PNG Air DHC-6-200 P2-MCC and DHC-6-300 P2-MCR are parked at Port Moresby while awaiting disposal.

Sounds Air ferried PC-12/45 ZK-PLS into Redcliffe on September 7 (Traffic/November), where on arrival it entered the Flinders Aviation hangar for painting. It was rolled out in its new livery on October 21 and on October 25 departed Redcliffe for the Gold Coast before continuing the following day direct to Wellington.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of two Learjet 35As and a Citation Mustang and the return of a Citation III after an extended period overseas. Departures were a Gulfstream 550 and a Hawker 900XP.

Learjet 35A ZS-IGP msn 35A-608 was delivered to Jandakot on October 30, arriving via Seletar, Port Hedland and Perth.

Learjet 35A LX-LAR msn 35A-653 was delivered to Nowra on October 31, arriving via Seletar and Broome.

Learjet 35A VH-LFA was registered on October 27 with the owner Air Affairs (Australia) of North Nowra, NSW and the operator GoJet of North Nowra, NSW. Registered N615HB the Learjet was delivered to Nowra on September 23 (Traffic/November).

The registered operator of Learjet 36A VH-JCX changed on October 21 from Jet City of Parkville, Victoria to GoJet of North Nowra, NSW.

Citation Mustang N890LG msn 510-0466 has been sold in New Zealand and on October 14 it departed Wichita for Bangor, Goose Bay and Keflavik where it arrived on October 15. N890LG then arrived in Darwin from Denpasar on October 20 before continuing to Mt Isa, Gold Coast, Norfolk Island, Auckland and Ardmore where it arrived on October 22.

Citation III N692BE, which is registered to a private owner at Cobbitty, NSW, arrived at Camden from Halim, Port Hedland and Alice Springs on October 29.

The Citation had previously spent time in Australia and was last recorded departing Wollongong for Broome on March 14 ’14 bound for operations in Europe.

The registered operator of Citation II VH-FYP changed on October 21 from Shortstop Jet Charter to Hope Estate Events of Pokolbin, NSW.

Little Aviation-operated Gulfstream 550 VH-LAL was cancelled from the register on October 28. VH-LAL was last reported in Australia on June 8 when it departed Melbourne for Honolulu and Van Nuys. The US civil register shows that N159DE has been reserved for this aircraft.

Hawker 900XP VH-EVF, which was operated by the Sundown Pastoral Company, was cancelled from the register on October 28. It was last reported in Australia on October 7 when it departed Darwin for Seletar.

The registered owner of Hawker 800XP VH-RIO changed to Principle Finance of Manly, NSW on October 28, while the same day its registered operator was changed to RFDS Western Operations of Perth.

Premier VH-VHP departed Bankstown July 25 for Townsville, Horn Island and Palau and onwards ferry to the United States.

Citation Latitude N613CL operated a demonstration tour of Australia and New Zealand in October. N613CL arrived in Perth from Halim on October 14 and was later noted at Adelaide, Essendon, Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Christchurch, Brisbane, Archerfield and Cairns, where it arrived on October 21. It departed Cairns for Manila on October 22 on completion of its tour.

In propjet news Avanti II N80TC msn 1155, which was delivered to Essendon on August 27 (Traffic/ November), was registered VH-ICK on October 4. Registered holder is ICM Australia of Melbourne and registered operator is Interair of Essendon Airport.

King Air 350i N5108B, which ferried from Bankstown to Cairns on October 4 (Traffic/November), was cancelled from the US register on October 27 as ‘exported to Australia’.

King Air B200C VH-NQA, which was operated by the RFDS/ Queensland, was cancelled from the register on October 28.

PA-31T N500, which arrived in the country on September 26 (Traffic/November), departed Moree for Cairns on October 9 and then operated a return flight to Hamilton Island on October 10. It was still in the country on October 25 when it again departed Cairns for Moree.

Gulfstreams galore

EWA West Gulfstream 650ER N650EW arrived in Melbourne from Kona on October 25 before continuing to Sydney on October 26. It departed Sydney for San Jose on October 27.

MPM Financial Gulfstream 650 N650GU arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 24 before continuing to Cairns on October 26. It departed Cairns for Honolulu on October 30.

Gulfstream 650ER VP-CCW arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen on October 26.

Gulfstream 650ER VP-CJJ arrived in Perth from Shenzhen on October 15 before continuing to Wellcamp on October 16. It departed Wellcamp late on October 17 for Darwin and Hong Kong.

Penske Jet Gulfstream 550 N1RP arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 7. On October 8 and October 9 it operated return flights from Sydney to Bathurst, then on October 10 departed Sydney for Brisbane before continuing to Auckland on October 11.

Aviation Leasing Gulfstream 550 N91LA arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 29 before continuing to Melbourne on October 31. It returned to Sydney on November 1 before departing to Auckland on November 2.

American Express Gulfstream 550 N559X arrived in Sydney from New Delhi on October 6 and departed to Honolulu on October 7.

Gulfstream 550 N757PL arrived in Sydney from Seletar on October 13 before returning to Seletar on October 16.

TAI Leasing Gulfstream 550 N801TM arrived in Essendon from Nagoya on October 9 before returning to Nagoya on October 11.

Gulfstream 550 VP-CKC arrived in Cairns from Hong Kong on October 20 before returning to Hong Kong on October 28.

Jet Aviation Gulfstream 550 VP-CNP arrived in Cairns from Hong Kong on October 1 and departed to Bora Bora on October 3.

Jet Aviation Gulfstream 550 VP-CPY arrived in Cairns from Hong Kong on October 1 and departed to Bora Bora on October 3.

GAMA Aviation (UK) Gulfstream 550 VQ-BGN arrived in Sydney from Noumea on October 16 before continuing to Melbourne on October 18. It returned to Sydney on October 19 before departing to Colombo on October 31.

US Navy Gulfstream 550/C-37B 166377 callsign ‘VM101’ arrived in Darwin from Osan on October 16 before continuing to Sydney on October 17. The C-37B departed Sydney for Kaneohe Bay on October 19.

Teratorn Gulfstream V N5000X arrived in Cairns from Papeete on October 30.

United States of America Gulfstream V/C-37A 01-0065 callsign ‘Spar 65’ arrived in Canberra from Honolulu on October 17 before returning to Honolulu on October 18.

Gulfstream 450 B-8290 arrived in Sydney from Kuala Lumpur and Darwin on October 13 before departing to Darwin and Johor Bahru on October 16.

Tempus Jets Gulfstream IV N198GS, which had arrived in Cairns on September 2, departed for Majuro on October 19 on completion of its NASA tasking to photograph the Great Barrier Reef (Traffic/November).

Living Word Christian Center Gulfstream IV N477QS arrived in Sydney from Seletar and Port Hedland on October 28 and departed to Suva on October 31.

Wren Acquisitions Gulfstream IV N605CM arrived in Maroochydore from Nadi on October 20 before continuing to Sydney on October 24. It departed Sydney for Nadi and Kahului on October 28.

Majestic Equipment Services Gulfstream 200 N889MR, which arrived in Cairns on September 19, departed for Majuro on October 8.

Overseas bizjets

Global 6000 N526GX as TBJ69 arrived in Brisbane from Hong Kong on October 5 before returning to Hong Kong on October 6.

McDonalds Global 6000 N1955M arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on October 10 before continuing to Melbourne on October 12. It departed Melbourne on October 14.

Capital Airlines Global 6000 B-8195 arrived in Brisbane from Don Muang on October 11 and departed to Hong Kong on October 14.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJE as VJT757 arrived in Perth from Kuala Lumpur on October 25.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJU as VJT974 arrived in Sydney from Beijing on October 1 before returning to Beijing on October 3.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJW as VJT868 arrived in Perth from Kuching on October 24 before returning to Kuching on October 29.

ZYB Lily Jet Global Express B-7699 arrived in Sydney from Haikou and Darwin on October 9 before continuing to Melbourne on October 12. It departed Melbourne for Hainan on October 15.

Stryker Corporation Global 5000 N625SC arrived in Cairns from Honolulu on October 10.

TAG Aviation Asia Global 5000 B-LRH as BWJ968 arrived in Melbourne from Ujung Pandang on October 8 before continuing to Sydney on October 11. It departed Sydney for the Gold Coast on October 14 before continuing to Macau on October 18.

Aircraft Operations Global 5000 M-CVGL, which arrived in Cairns on September 25 (Traffic/ November), departed Sydney for Maroochydore on October 7 before continuing to Honolulu on October 17.

Lewis Aeronautical Falcon 7X N747RL arrived in Cairns from Rabaul on October 22 and departed to Kavieng on October 30.

Ovation Falcon 7X B-8023 arrived in Darwin from Tianjin on October 12 before continuing to Adelaide on October 13 and Sydney on October 15.

Canadian Utilities Falcon 7X C-GCUL arrived in Perth from Nadi on October 18 before continuing to Sydney on October 20 and Wellington on October 22.

Top Like International Falcon 7X M-DTBP callsign ‘Tagjet 56’ arrived in Melbourne from Shenzhen on October 3. The Falcon, which carries Sanpower titles, later visited Sydney and Wagga Wagga before departing Darwin for Shanghai on October 5.

Western Wings Corporation Falcon 50 N959DM arrived in Essendon from Darwin and Kosrae on October 24. It departed Essendon for Hobart on October 29 before continuing to Queenstown on October 31.

Aerolineas del Pacific Falcon 2000LX RP-C9215 arrived in Sydney from Manila on October 19. It operated a return flight from Sydney to Mudgee on October 25 and from Sydney to the Gold Coast on October 27.

Hawker 900 A6-HWK as MJE005 arrived in Darwin from Seletar on October 8. It operated a return flight from Darwin to Tindal on October 12 before departing to Kuala Lumpur on October 14.

Airmed International BAe 125-800 N811AM arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu and Majuro on October 20.

Ferry flights

AT-802 VH-AWU, which is registered to R & M Aircraft of Port Macquarie, arrived at Broome from Halim on October 15.

AT-802A VH-NWU, which is also registered to R & M Aircraft, arrived at Broome from Halim on October 18.

Cessna 208B N859LM msn 208B-1195 arrived at Dunedin on October 17 from Merced via Honolulu, Apia, Auckland and Ardmore. It was later registered ZK-MCL to Milford Sound Flights of Queenstown on October 19.

Cessna 208B N847SV 208B-0847, which was delivered to Wanaka on October 3 (Traffic/November), arrived with the marks ROK on its fuselage so it was presumed that it would be registered ZK-ROK. However, this was not the case as on October 26 it was registered to Skydive Wanaka as ZK-RUL.

Spirit Avia Cessna 208 PK-FSO arrived in Cairns from Merauke on October 16.

Photo Survey Cessna 310Q ZK-DEM arrived at Ardmore from Noumea, Norfolk Island and Kerikeri on October 5.

Cessna T206H VH-NVC arrived at Ardmore on October 28 from Caboolture, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Auckland.

Cessna T182T ZK-TBO departed Ardmore on October 19 for Kerikeri, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast before continuing to Mareeba on October 20.

GA-8 Airvan VH-KNP departed Latrobe Valley on October 3 for Essendon and Queenstown (arriving October 4). On October 7 it was registered ZK-MLF to Southern Alps Air of Wanaka.

P-750XL ZK-KNS msn 200 was cancelled from the New Zealand register on October 11, reportedly on export to China.

P-750XL ZK-KDD msn 203 (Traffic/November) departed Archerfield for Mackay and Cairns on October 7 before continuing to Gove and Darwin on October 9 and Ambon on October 12. It was reported to be on delivery to China.

P-750XL ZK-KDE msn 204 was cancelled from the New Zealand register on October 18 on export to China. It was then registered to Hubei Toncheng General Aviation as B-10MA on October 26.

P-750XL VH-KDI msn 206 was registered to Pacific Aerospace on September 29.

P-750XL VH-KDJ msn 207 was registered to Pacific Aerospace on October 14.

Yajasi PC-12 PK-UCG arrived in Cairns from Sentani on October 25 before returning to Sentani on October 27.

Vans RV-8 EC-XLL, which is on a round-the-world flight, arrived at Port Hedland from Gan and Cocos Island on October 21 before continuing to Ayers Rock, Mildura and Hobart/Cambridge on October 27. Fitted with skis it then departed Cambridge for Terra Nova on November 1.

Heavy metal

Delta Air Lines A330-323E N817NW as DAL8820 arrived in Darwin from Singapore on October 12 and departed to Kadena as DL8958 on October 13.

Turkish government A319-115CJ TC-ANA (Traffic/November) departed Melbourne for Hobart on October 5 before continuing to Sydney and Singapore on October 8.

Ukraine Air Alliance An-12BP UR-CAK as UKL4044 arrived in Cairns from Johor Bahru on October 17. It departed to Moro as UKL4045 on October 18.

Three Nippon Cargo 747-400Fs and one 747-8F brought in equipment for the Australian Moto GP at Phillip Island.

Nippon Cargo 747-8KZF JA15KZ as NCA6177 arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 17 and departed to Narita as NCA626 on October 19.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZF JA06KZ as NCA6183 arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 19 and departed to Narita as NCA630 on October 20.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZF JA07KZ as NCA6179 arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 18 and departed the same day to Narita as NCA624.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZF JA08KZ as NCA6181 arrived at Avalon from Narita on October 18 and departed to Narita as NCA628 on October 19.

Three 747-400Fs then took Moto GP equipment out of the country.

Atlas Air 747-47F N493MC, which was operating as QF7531, arrived at Avalon from Sydney on October 24 and departed to Jakarta on October 25.

Singapore Cargo 747-412F 9V-SFF as SQC7128 arrived at Avalon from Singapore on October 25 and the same day departed to Kuala Lumpur as SQC7127.

Singapore Cargo 747-412F 9V-SFM as SQC7126 arrived at Avalon from Singapore on October 25 and the same day departed to Kuala Lumpur as SQC7125.

United 747-422 N197UA as UA2294 arrived at Darwin from Kadena on October 12 and departed to Honolulu as UA2285 on October 13.

United 747-422 N180UA as UA2298 arrived at Darwin from Kadena on October 16 and departed to Honolulu as UA2289 on October 17.

Atlas Air 767-375ER/W N649GT departed Darwin for Guam as GTI8320 on October 17.

Ethiopian Airlines 767-3BG(ER) ET-ALH transited Darwin on October 15 as ETH8803/8805 while en route from Bangkok to Nadi. ET-ALH, which wore United Nations titles, again transited Darwin on October 16 while en route from Nadi to Bangkok as ETH8802/8804.

US Air Force 757-23A/C-32B 99-6143 as ‘Reach 582’ arrived in Perth from Guam on October 5 and was later seen at Whenuapai and Richmond. It later departed Perth for Palau on October 19.

Nanshan Jet 737-7GJ/BBJ B-5286 arrived in Sydney from Yantai on October 10 before continuing to Cairns on October 15. It returned to Sydney on October 16 before returning to Yantai on October 21.

Indonesian air force 737-4U3 A-7306 arrived in Canberra from Halim and Cairns on October 25 and after overnighting departed for Sydney, Cairns and Kupang.

China United CRJ-200BLR B-4011 arrived at Essendon via Darwin and Cairns on October 14 for planned maintenance.

Dutch government Fokker 70 PH-KBX as KL9927 arrived Perth from Denpasar on October 28 carrying the Dutch king and queen on a royal visit to Australia. It continued to Canberra on November 1 and Sydney on November 2.

C-27J A34-003 callsign ‘ASY624’ arrived at Darwin from Halim on October 17 before continuing to RAAF Richmond on October 18 on the completion of its delivery flight.

Safair Lockheed 382G-30 ZS-JIV as SFR530 arrived in Adelaide from Cocos on October 18 and after overnighting continued to Christchurch. As in previous years the L-382G will be operating flights for the Italian Antarctic expedition and on October 25/26 it operated a return flight from Christchurch to Terra Nova Bay.

Indonesian air force Lockheed C-130H A-1335, which was previously operated by the RAAF as A97-004, departed Richmond for Darwin on October 21 before continuing to Halim on October 22.

US Navy Lockheed C-130T 164106/RU callsign ‘Convoy 3022’ arrived in Perth from Amberley on October 22 and departed to Pearce and Townsville on October 28.

10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10-30 N612AX has come to Australia for the 2016/17 bushfire season, arriving at RAAF Richmond on October 30 from Albuquerque, Santa Maria, Honolulu and Pago Pago.