Traffic

A330-202 VH-QPH returned to Brisbane as QF6004 on November 12 from Victorville and Honolulu after being painted in the latest Qantas colour scheme.

A330-202 VH-QPI operated QF81 from Sydney to Singapore on November 14 and on arrival the A330-202 was hangered for repainting in the latest Qantas colour scheme. VH-QPI ferried into Brisbane on December 2 as QF6012 from Singapore in its new livery.

QantasLink took delivery of Fokker 100 VH-NPU in Perth on November 7 after it ferried in from Bratislava via Surabaja. The ferry flight which was contracted to Southern Cross Aviation operated as SXI1640. Although VH-NPU was delivered in QantasLink colours at the time of its arrival in Perth it was registered to Alliance Airlines and it was December 2 before VH-NPU changed its registered owner to Qantas Airways and its registered operator to Network Aviation.

717-200 VH-YQU was damaged by ground equipment during a severe storm that hit Brisbane airport on November 13 however as of December 8 VH-YQU had yet to return to service.

Qantas Freight is to add 737-4S3(F) N43XA to its fleet and on November 16 the aircraft was ferried from Dothan, Alabama where it was converted to a freighter to Victorville.

Jetstar took delivery of A321-231/SL VH-VWQ in Melbourne on November 28 after it completed its ferry flight from Finkenwerder, Muscat and Singapore as JQ7992. VH-VWQ which is the first new production A321-200 in the Jetstar fleet entered service on December 8 when it operated JQ500 from Melbourne to Sydney.

A321-231/SL VH-VWN was delivered to Melbourne on December 9 after it completed its ferry flight from Finkenwerder, Muscat and Singapore as JQ8992.

A321-231 VH-VWX ferried as JQ8993 from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar on November 12 for planned maintenance before returning to Melbourne from Seletar and Darwin as JQ8994 on December 1.

VH-VGH which had been under maintenance in Singapore since October 11 returned to service on November 1 when it operated JQ117 from Singapore to Denpasar and Perth.

A320-232 VH-VQM which had been in Seletar for maintenance since October 30 returned to Melbourne as JQ8996 on November 27.

A320-232 VH-VQW which had been at Seletar for maintenance since October 17 returned to Melbourne as JQ8994 on November 17.

787-8 VH-VKE which had been in Singapore for maintenance since October 31 (Traffic/December) returned to Melbourne as JQ8994 on November 15.

787-8 VH-VKF ferried from Melbourne to Singapore as JQ8995 on November 15 for planned maintenance. On completion of its maintenance VH-VKF as JQ8996 ferried from Singapore to Melbourne on December 1.

Jetstar Pacific took delivery of A320-232/SL VN-A566 msn 7378 at Saigon on December 1 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse and Al Maktoum.
A320-232/SL VN-A567 msn 7423 is planned for delivery to Jetstar Pacific.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Fokker 70 to Air Niugini and a BAe 146-200QT to Pionair Australia while departing was a 767-300ER of Air New Zealand and an EMB-135KL of JetGo.

Air New Zealand who had 767-319ER ZK-NCK in storage at Alice Springs cancelled the aircraft from the New Zealand register on July 7. In October the 767-319ER was registered TF-ISP to Icelandair and on November 21 it departed Alice Springs as ‘Iceair 6767’ on ferry to Xiamen.

767-319ER ZK-NCL which was cancelled from the New Zealand register on October 7 was registered to Icelandair as TF-ISW later in the month.

ANZ Link/Eagle Airways cancelled Beech 1900D ZK-EAB; ZK-EAE; ZK-EAG; ZK-EAH; ZK-EAN and ZK-EAN from the register on November 17 as ‘exported’. All six Beech 1900D are currently in storage at Bankstown (Traffic/December).

On November 29 five were placed on the Australian register under the ownership of Air New Zealand these being Beech 1900D VH-OYU ex ZK-EAB; VH-OYV ex ZK-EAE; VH-OYW ex ZK-EAG; VH-OYY ex ZK-EAN and VH-OYZ ex ZK-EAP.

Air Niugini took delivery of Fokker 70 P2-ANV msn 11574 at Port Moresby on November 12 after it ferried in from Subang as PX6397.

Fokker 70 P2-ANY msn 11551 which will be the sixth of type in the fleet is planned for delivery in January.

Fokker 100 P2-ANC was named ‘Rabaul’ at a ceremony held at Tokua on October 28.

737-86Q/W P2-PXC which had been in Guangzhou for planned maintenance returned to Port Moresby as PX6009 on November 29.

JetGo placed ERJ-140(EMB-135KL) VH-ZJG into service on November 13 when it operated JGO51 from Essendon to Port Macquarie.

EMB-135KL VH-JTG has terminated its lease and on December 6 it departed Brisbane on ferry to the United States via Townsville, Horn Island and Davao.

Pionair Australia took delivery of BAe 146-200QT VH-SFW at Bankstown on November 24 after it ferried in initially from Brussels via Brindisi, Hurghada and Abu Dhabi and latterly via Denpasar, Darwin and Cairns. BAe 146-200QT VH-SFW is planned to enter service with Virgin Australia Cargo Services.

Convair 580 VH-PDW returned to service on December 5 on a series of flights operated for Virgin Australia Cargo Services on the Brisbane-Sydney-Brisbane route.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the departure of an EMB 190-100IGW of Virgin Australia and Fokker 50 x 3 of VARA.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA who have had Fokker 50 VH-FNA in storage at Alice Springs since April 24 have ferried the aircraft Zanzibar. VH-FNA as SYU1606 departed Alice Springs on December 8 for Darwin, Kupang and Seletar and further stops to Zanzibar.

Fokker 50 VH-FND which had been in storage at Alice Springs since April 19 departed on November 10 as SYU1605 for Darwin, Surakarta, Seletar, Colombo, Male and Zanzibar.

Fokker 50 VH-FNE which had been in storage at Alice Springs since April 21 was departed on November 5 as SYU1603 for Zanzibar via Darwin, Kupang and Seletar.

Fokker 50 VH-FNH and Fokker 50 VH-FNI were planned to ferry from Alice Springs storage to Zanzibar by late December.

Virgin Australia has terminated their lease on EMB 190-100IGW VH-ZPB and on November 20 it was withdrawn from service after operating VOZ977 from Sydney to Brisbane. On November 28 VH-ZPB as VOZ9901 departed Brisbane for Apia, Honolulu, Van Nuys and Nashville.

EMB 190-100IGW VH-ZPJ 19000162 which departed Brisbane for Nashville on July 29 was ferried from Nashville to Marana, Arizona for storage as VOZ9946 on November 28. VH-ZPJ was cancelled from the register on December 2 before being registered N777UN to the Wells Fargo Bank of Salt Lake City on December 5.

Tigerair ferried A320-232 VH-VNC as TGG9002 from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark on November 3 for planned maintenance. VH-VNC returned to Melbourne as TGG9003 from Clark and Darwin on November 16.

A320-232 VH-VNR as TGG9002 was ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark on November 17 for planned maintenance. VH-VNR returned to Melbourne as TGG9003 from Clark and Darwin on November 25

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600 for Air Caledonie and an ATR 72-600(QC) for PNG Air while departing was an ATR 42-500 of Air Caledonie and a Beech 1900D of Air Fleet Management.

Air Caledonie will have taken delivery of ATR 72-600 F-OZIP msn 1355 by the time this is read. On December 3 the ATR 72-600 departed Toulouse for Heraklion on the first leg of its delivery flight to Port Vila.

Air Caledonie has terminated their lease on ATR 42-500 F-OIPI and on November 8 it departed Noumea for Cairns, Denpasar and Seletar and onward stops to Toulouse/Francazal where it arrived on November 13.

Air Fleet Management cancelled Beech 1900D VH-BFI from the register on November 2 on the sale of the aircraft in Uganda

Air Freight (NZ) retired Convair 580F ZK-KFL at Palmerston North on September 9 after it ferried in from Wellington however on November 29 ZK-KFL returned to Wellington to operate the first of a number of services for Air Chathams. On November 29 ZK-KFL departed Wellington for the Chatham Islands; December 1 Chatham-Wellington-Auckland; December 3 Auckland to Chatham and December 7 Chatham-Wellington-Chatham.

Air Tahiti was planning to take delivery of ATR 72-600 F-ORVV msn 1376 in late December. ATR 72-500 F-OIQN and F-OIQO which have both terminated their lease (Traffic/November) have since been delivered to Solenta Aviation as ZS-XZA and ZS-XZB respectively.

Free Spirit Airlines commenced code sharing flights with Sharp Airlines effective December 1 and as a result Metro 111 VH-SEZ of Sharp Airlines changed its titles to Free Spirit Airlines.

Beech 1900C VH-EMK which was previously operated by Free Spirit Airlines (Traffic/December) changed its registered owner on November 4 to Awesome Flight Logistics of Lanseria, South Africa and its operator to Awesome Aviation of Perth, WA.

Northern Air has purchased EMB-110P1 P2-SWF from Southwest Airlines with the aircraft delivered to Taveuni from Port Moresby on November 2.
PNG Air has terminated its lease on Dash 8-103 P2-MCQ and on October 29 it departed Port Moresby on ferry to Montreal. Between November 1 and November 3 P2-MCQ was reported ferrying from Anadyr to Montreal via Anchorage, Whitehorse, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay.

ATR 72-600(QC) P2-ATD msn 1373 departed Toulouse for Alexandria on December 3 on the first leg of its delivery flight to Port Moresby.

Skytrans has sold Dash 8-311 VH-QQM in Canada and on November 8 it was cancelled from the Australian register. On November 23 the Dash 8-311 was noted parked at Cairns now carrying the registration C-GCBK and awaiting delivery to Inter-Aero of Arnprior, Ontario.

Skytrans has also sold Dash 8-311 VH-QQP in Canada and on December 2 it was cancelled from the Australian register.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the departure of a Gulfstream 650, Citation CJ3 and a Premier while arriving on delivery was a King Air 350i and a PC-12/47E.
ExecuJet New Zealand Gulfstream 650 ZK-KFB was cancelled from the register on November 17 when sold in the United States. ZK-KFB was last reported in New Zealand on September 21 when it departed Wellington for Van Nuys. The Gulfstream 650 was registered N193LS to Stone Street Enterprises of Columbus, Ohio on November 18.

Dick Smith Adventures Citation CJ3 VH-MIF was cancelled from the register on November 3 when sold in the United States. VH-MIF was last reported in Australia on July 25 when it departed Bankstown for Brisbane and Apia. The Citation CJ3 was registered N523CB on November 7 to Click Bond Inc of Carson City, Nevada.

RATE (Australia) Premier 390 VH-VHP was cancelled from the register on November 8 when sold in the United States. VH-VHP was last reported in Australia on July 25 when it departed Bankston for Townsville, Horn Island, Palau and onwards ferry to the United States. The Premier 390 was registered N59PA to Premier Air Transport of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 9.

Challenger 604 VH-XNF was registered on November 3 with the owner Cobham SAR Services of Adelaide airport and the operator Surveillance Australia of Adelaide airport. The Challenger then registered C-FOGX was delivered to Adelaide on October 3 (Traffic/November)
Learjet 35A VH-LPF was registered on November 21 with the owner Air Affairs (Australia) of North Nowra, NSW and the operator GoJet of North Nowra, NSW. The Learjet 35A then registered LX-LAR was delivered to Nowra on October 31 (Traffic/December)
Citation 11 VH-JMK was cancelled from the register on October 31 on its move to New Guinea where it was registered P2-MRM to Pacific Jets of Port Moresby.

The registered owner of Citation S/11 VH-JMM changed to Penson and Company of Pasic City, Philippines on November 14 while the same day the registered operator changed to Executive Airlines of Essendon Fields, Victoria.

The registered owner of Challenger 600 VH-JPQ changed to CL600 P/L of Melbourne, Victoria on November 14 while the same day the registered operator was changed to Australian Corporate Jet Centres of Essendon Fields, Victoria.

The registered owner of Hawker 850XP VH-MQY changed to Ladenvale WA P/L of Burnley, Victoria on November 18.

In propjet news King Air 350i N121HK msn FL-1021 was delivered to Bankstown on November 10 after the aircraft ferried in from Wichita via Halim, Broome and Alice Springs. King Air 350i VH-KQE ex N121HK was registered to Hawker Pacific on November 23.

King Air 350i VH-KQD msn FL-1008 ex N5108B (Traffic/December) was registered to Hawker Pacific on November 1.

King Air 350i N350ER operated a demonstration tour of Australia and New Zealand in this period. N350ER which carries ‘Special Missions’ titles arrived in Darwin from Surabaja/Halim on November 11 and was later seen at Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and NOA/Nowra before departing Essendon for Auckland on November 19. While in New Zealand N650ER visited Wellington and Ohakea before departing Auckland for Canberra on November 24. King Air 350i N350ER departed Canberra for Alice Springs and Broome on November 25 and after over-nighting continued to Denpasar.

Brescon King Air B200 VH-OYD was re-registered VH-WXB on November 18.

King Air C90 VH-MWF changed its registered owner to Consolidate Broken Hill Holdings P/L and its registered operator to Silver City Air Charter on November 4.

PC-12/47E VH-FXW msn 1652 was delivered to the RFDS/Central at Adelaide on November 5 after ferrying in from Lombok and Broome.

RFDS/Central PC-12/45 VH-FMP has been withdrawn from service and is now displayed at the RFDS tourist facility at Darwin.

TBM-700 VH-TBM departed Jandakot for Broome and Denpasar on November 3 before continuing to Seletar on November 4. VH-TBM was later reported flying from

Aqaba, Jordan to Castelnau-Magnoac, France on November 8.

Gulfstreams galore.

David Geffen Company Gulfstream 650 N221DG as EJM221 arrived Sydney from Bangalore on November 9 and departed to Kahului on November 11.

Gulfstream 650ER N358V arrived Sydney from Oakland/CA on November 29 and departed to Honolulu on November 30.

Gulfstream 650 N650NY arrived Cairns from Kona on November 20 before returning to Kona on November 25.

Gulfstream 650 N712KT arrived Melbourne from Narita on November 14 and departed to Haneda on November 16.

Gulfstream 650ER N2437 arrived Melbourne from Chengdu on November 23 before returning to Chengdu on November 25.

Gulfstream 550 N168NJ arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on November 4 before continuing to Sydney on November 8. N168NJ departed Sydney for Honolulu on November 10.

Alltech Gulfstream 550 N310TK transited Adelaide on November 30 while en-route from Auckland to Halim.

Gulfstream 550 N768JJ arrived Melbourne from Papeete on November 25 and departed the Gold Coast for Honolulu on December 4.

Conoco Phillips Gulfstream 550 N795CP arrived Brisbane from Honolulu on November 13. N795CP departed for Perth on November 16 before continuing to Kansai on November 17.

Nanshan Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8260 arrived Sydney from Yantai on November 23 before continuing the same day to Brisbane.

GAMA Aviation (UK) Gulfstream 550 VQ-BGN as GMA222 arrived Sydney from Changchun on November 13 before operating a return flight to Melbourne on November 24. VQ-BGN departed Sydney for Nadi on November 26.

Ebay Gulfstream V N159JA arrived Canberra from Honolulu on November 28 and departed to Sydney on November 29. N159JA departed Sydney for Honolulu on December 2.

Orfro Gulfstream V N940AJ arrived Sydney from Honolulu on November 6 before continuing to Melbourne on November 7. N940AJ departed Melbourne for Seletar on November 8.

Gulfstream V N950CM arrived Melbourne from Narita on November 8 before continuing to Sydney on November 9. N950CM departed Sydney for Incheon on November 11.

Teratorn Gulfstream V N5000X which arrived in Cairns from Papeete on October 30 was later seen at Ayers Rock, Essendon, Adelaide, Launceston and Hobart before departing Sydney for Raratonga on November 26.

US Navy Gulfstream V/C-37B 166376 as VV100 arrived Brisbane from Wellington on November 20 before continuing to Paya Lebar on November 21.
Dow Corning Gulfstream 450 N597DC as GTH597 arrived Perth from Shenzhen on November 4. N597DC was later noted at Busselton and Hamilton Island before departing Sydney for Nadi on November 10.

Owens-Illinois Gulfstream 450 N903G arrived Essendon from Auckland on November 30 and departed to Adelaide on December 2.

Gulfstream 450 VP-CQQ as SJM23 arrived Sydney from Hong Kong and Cairns on November 3 before returning to Cairns and Hong Kong on November 6.

AS Avion Holdings Gulfstream IV N716AS arrived at the Gold Coast from Padang on November 5 before continuing to Sydney on November 16 and Essendon on November 20. N716AS departed Melbourne for Noumea on November 28.

Gulfstream IV VP-CSH arrived Perth from Subang on November 26 before returning to Subang on November 30.

Overseas bizjets.

Cardinal Associates Global 6000 N9TJ arrived Brisbane from Nelson on November 13 before continuing to Sydney on November 15. N9TJ departed Sydney for Port Vila on November 18.

Netjets Global 6000 N151QS arrived Melbourne from Beijing on November 14 and after overnighting departed to Sydney. N151QS departed Sydney for Auckland on November 16.

Zetta Jet Global 6000 N588LQ arrived Sydney from Shanghai on November 21 before continuing to Launceston on November 24. N588LQ departed Launceston for Melbourne on November 25 before returning to Shanghai on November 27.

SAAB Global 6000 SE-RMT arrived Sydney from Halim on November 16 before returning to Halim later the same day.

Global 6000 VP-BJI arrived Melbourne from Halim on November 22 before departing to Seletar on November 28.

Challenger Administration Global Express N194WM arrived Sydney from Singapore on November 19 and departed to Honolulu on November 27.

Challenger Administration Global Express N887WM arrived Sydney on November 24 before later visiting Melbourne and Brisbane.

YYA Aviation Global Express M-ASRI arrived Sydney from Honolulu on November 23 before departing to Townsville on November 25. M-ASRI departed Townsville for Kununurra and Broome on November 26 before continuing to Pyongyang on November 27.

Java Jet Asia Global 5000 B-98888 arrived Perth from Kansai on November 11 and departed to Songshan on November 13.

Global 5000 VP-CES arrived Sydney from Halim on November 8 before returning there on November 9.

FAI Aviation Group Challenger 604 D-AFAB as IFA1812 arrived Brisbane from Singapore on November 6 and later the same day departed for Darwin and Don Muang.

Maritime Sales and Leasing Learjet 36A N31GJ which was operating a medevac flight arrived Melbourne from Noumea on November 14. Flight Tracker shows the Learjet 36A departing Lima, Peru on November 14 with the aircraft routed to Melbourne via Belize, Oakland, Honolulu, Apia and Noumea.

N31GL departed Melbourne for Brisbane on November 16 before continuing Pago Pago and Honolulu on November 17.

ExecuJet Europe Falcon 7X HB-JFN arrived Sydney from Seletar on November 18 and later visited Scone before departing Sydney on November 22.

Dasnair Falcon 7X HB-JSN arrived Melbourne from Seletar on November 30 before continuing later the same day to Sydney. The Falcon 7X departed Sydney for Chennai on December 1.

Falcon 900EX N993AM arrived Perth from Mauritius on November 12 and was later seen at Kangaroo Island and Melbourne before departing Sydney for Christchurch on November 19. N993AM arrived Brisbane from Auckland on November 24 before continuing the same day to Hong Kong.

Falcon 900 D-AZEM arrived Canberra from Incheon and Cairns on November 5 before departing to Port Hedland and Perth on November 9. The Falcon 900 departed Perth for Male on November 10

Embraer E-135BJ N188JT arrived Sydney from Halim and Darwin on November 26.

Integrity Aircraft Embraer E-135BJ N898JS arrived Sydney from Saigon and Darwin on November 1.

Ferry flights

AT-802 VH-ARA msn 802-0446 which was registered to Agair Logistics of Stawell, Victoria on October 31 arrived at Broome from Colombo and Cocos Island on November 11.

AT-802 VH-ZBI msn 802-0451 which was registered to Aerotech of Parap, NT on October 31 arrived at Parafield on November 23 after ferrying in from Colombo, Cocos and Port Hedland.

AW-139 VH-EXI msn 31742 which was noted under assembly at Essendon on November 2 was registered to Esso Australia on November 23.

AW-139 VH-NUB msn 31745 which was noted under assembly at Essendon on November 2 was registered to Babcock Offshore Services Australasia of Perth on November 15.

AW-139 VH-TJI msn 31747 which was noted carrying Toll titles at Essendon on December 1 was registered to Helicorp P/L of Brisbane on November 29.

Cessna 208B N250BZ msn 208B-0250 arrived at the Gold Coast on November 27 after completing its Trans-Pacific ferry from Merced/CA via Honolulu and Apia. On November 28 N250BZ continued its ferry from the Gold Coast to Wollongong.

Cessna 208B VH-PON was cancelled from the register on November 7 and on November 8 it was registered N212CP to TJ Air Holdings of Wilmington, Delaware.

Cessna 208B N212CP was noted parked at Jandakot on November 30.

Airvan 8 VH-ACZ which is registered to Hawker Pacific departed Bankstown on November 29 for Charleville and Longreach and after overnighting continued to

Mount Isa, Borroloola and Darwin. VH-ACZ departed Darwin on December 1 for Truscott and Kupang.

Kiwi Air PAC 750XL ZK-FNZ arrived at Gisborne on November 12 after ferrying in from Ujung Pandang, Darwin, Mount Isa, Gold Coast, Lord Howe Island and Auckland.

PAC 750XL ZK-KDD msn 203 (Traffic/November) was cancelled from the New Zealand register on November 18 as ‘exported’

PAC 750XL ZK-KDJ msn 207 which is fitted with a sky-diving door ferried from Hamilton to Auckland on December 1 before continuing to the Gold Coast on December 2. VH-KDJ continued its ferry to Mount Isa on December 7 and to Darwin on December 8.

PAC 750XL ZK-KDL msn 208 was registered to Pacific Aerospace on November 28.

Aries Aviation Services PA-31 C-GQVP which is fitted with survey equipment arrived Darwin from Dili on November 9 before returning to Dili on November 14.

Fire attack

Further fire attack aircraft have arrived from overseas for the 2016/17 bushfire season.

Conair RJ85 C-GVFK arrived at Avalon on December 5 from Abbotsford via Oakland, Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara. On its nose the RJ85 carried EMV/ Emergency Management Victoria titles and on its tail Fire attack number 391.

Erickson S-64E N154AC/739 Georgia Peach arrived Fremantle by ship on November 13 and was then ferried to its base at Serpentine on November 14.

Erickson S-64E N164AC/747 Incredible Hulk ferried from the Melbourne docks to Essendon on November 21. N164AC was still resident at Essendon as of early December awaiting ferry to its base at Brukunga, South Australia.

Erickson S-64E N217AC/740 Malcolm arrived Essendon from the Melbourne docks on November 6. N217AC which later carried Kestrel titles and the Helitak number 341 will be based at Essendon for the summer.

Erickson S-64E N218AC/734 Elsie arrived Essendon from the Melbourne docks on November 6 and the same day was ferried to Mangalore. N218AC remained at Mangalore until December 4 when it was ferried to Bankstown.

Erickson S-64E N957AC/748 Ichabod ferried from the Melbourne docks to Essendon on November 21. The S-64E which later carried Kestrel titles and the Helitak number 342 was still at Essendon as of December 9 awaiting ferry to its base at Moorabbin.

Coulson S-61N C-FMAY arrived at Essendon by road from the Melbourne docks on November 17.

Heavy metal

Hi Fly A340-313X CS-TQY as HFY871 arrived Sydney from Papeete on November 23 and continued to Denpasar on November 25.

Hi Fly A340-542 CS-TFX arrived in Cairns from Auckland as HFY731 on November 30 and departed to Hanoi on December 2.

Royal Air Force A-400M ZM400 as flight RRR4526 arrived in Darwin from Noumea on November 27.

Antonov Airlines An-124 UR-82007 as ADB2800 arrived Melbourne from Johor Bahru and Darwin on November 7 before departing to Rockhampton as ADB296F on November 9. Later the same day the An-124 departed for Darwin and Paya Lebar as ADB2396.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82079 as VDA2816 arrived in Perth from New Iberia/LA via Houston, Honolulu and Port Moresby on November 23. Cargo onboard the An-124 were S-92A VH-ZUJ msn 920270 ex C-GICH and S-92A N392BG msn 920105 both of which were registered to Bristow Helicopters. An-124 RA-82079 departed Perth for Johor Bahru on November 26

Ukraine Air Alliance An-12BK UR-CAH as UKL4034 arrived in Perth from Johor Bahru on November and the following day as UKL4035 departed to Surabaya.

Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 777-2AN(ER) A6-ALN call sign ‘Sultan 3’ arrived Canberra from Amman on November 22 before continuing to Sydney on November 24. The 777-2AN(ER) departed Sydney for Amman on November 25.

Thomson Airways 757-28A/W G-OOBC as TOM913 arrived Cairns from Apia on November 1 before departing to Siem Reap on November 3.

Thomson Airways 757-28A/W G-OOBF as TOM914 arrived Cairns from Apia on November 4 before departing to Siem Reap on November 6.

Titan Airways 757-236 G-ZAPX which carried High Level Travel titles arrived Hobart from Raratonga on November 18 before continuing to Sydney on November 21. G-ZAPX departed Sydney on November 24.

United States of America C-32A/757-2G4 98-0002 call sign ‘SAM 807’ transited Brisbane on November 13 while en-route from Wellington to Paya Lebar.

RAAF P-8A/737-8FV A47-001 as ASY 21 arrived at Avalon from Tinker AFB, Hickam and Auckland on November 14. The P-8A Poseidon using call sign ‘Sealion 54’ then ferried to Canberra on November 16 where it was officially handed over to the RAAF. On November 17 as ‘Sealion 55’ the P-8A departed Canberra for its base at RAAF Edinburgh.

USAF C-17A 07-7185 call sign ‘Reach 540’ arrived Adelaide from Hickam and Brisbane on November 29. The C-17A departed Adelaide for Canberra on December 2 and Sydney for Yokota AB, Japan on December 4.

Columbia Helicopters Boeing-Vertol 234 N238CH ferried from the Melbourne docks to Essendon on December 4 and after re-fueling departed for Albury, Wagga Wagga and Dubbo. N238CH later departed Emerald on December 6 for Mackay, Townsville and Cairns and after overnighting continued to Horn Island and Port Moresby.

US Air Force Dornier 328-110/C-146A 10-3026 ‘Magma 2’ arrived in Darwin from Denpasar on November 13. The C-146A was later seen in Mount Isa and Canberra before departing Darwin for Denpasar on November 16. The C-146A later arrived in Perth from Denpasar on November 21 before continuing to Newman and Darwin on November 22. After overnighting the C-146A departed to Zamboanga.

US Air Force Dornier 328-110/C-146A 11-3075 ‘Magma 3’ arrived in Perth from Manado, Darwin and Broome on November 10. The C-146A departed Perth for Darwin on November 11.

Dutch government Fokker 70 PH-KBX (Traffic/December) continued its tour of the region in this period. On November 3 the Fokker 70 departed Sydney for Brisbane and was later seen at Wellington and Auckland before departing Darwin for Singapore on November 11.

Volga Dnepr Airlines Il-76-90VD RA-76950 as VDA4983 arrived Melbourne from Manila and Darwin on November 9 and departed to Port Moresby on November 10.

The IL-76-90VD departed from Port Moresby to Brisbane as VDA4991 on November 15 this being the first of 10 flights between the two ports. Il-76-90VD RA-76952 departed Port Moresby for Johor Bahru as VDA4015 on November 27.

Volga Dnepr Airlines Il-76-90VD RA-76952 as VDA6907 arrived Brisbane from Johor Bahru in the early hours of November 16 and later that day departed to Port Moresby on what was to be the first of 17 flights between the two ports. IL-76-90VD RA-76952 departed Port Moresby for Perth as VDA4037 on December 1 and after overnighting continued to Singapore as VDA4040.

JMSDF Kawasaki P-1 5505 in company with Kawasaki P-1 5508 arrived in Townsville from Guam on November and after over-nighting both aircraft continued to Whenuapai. On November 21 5505 and 5508 departed Whenuapai for Townsville before continuing to Guam on November 22.

Republic of Korea Lockheed P-3C 950901 arrived Townsville from Guam on November 15 before continuing to Whenuapai on November 16. The Korean P-3C returned to Townsville from Whenuapai on November 30 before continuing to Guam on December 1.

Western Global Airlines MD-11F N435KD which was in an overall white scheme arrived in Brisbane from Los Angeles on November 6. On November 8, 9 and 10 the MD-11F operated return flights from Brisbane to Port Moresby as WGN3310/3311 in support of the U-20 Women’s World soccer cup. MD-11F N435KD as WGN9330 departed Brisbane on November 17 for Hong Kong.