Traffic

747-438(ER) VH-OEF operated a charter to Antarctica from Perth as QF2906 on January 26.

QantasLink placed Fokker 100 VH-NHZ into service on December 16 when it operated NWK2650 from Perth to Newman.

Fokker 100 VH-NPU entered service on December 19 when it operated NWK1652 from Perth to Karratha.

Jetstar ferried 787-8 VH-VKH from Melbourne to Singapore as JQ8995 on January 18 for planned maintenance.

A321-231/SL VH-VWN which was delivered to Jetstar in Melbourne on December 9 (Traffic/January) was ferried to Sydney on December 15 as JQ8992. VH-VWN entered service with Jetstar on December 16 when it operated JQ517 from Sydney to Melbourne.

Jetstar Pacific took delivery of A320-232/SL VN-A567 msn 7423 at Ho Chi Minh City on December 14 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse and Al Maktoum.

Jetstar Pacific has wet leased A320-232 EC-LVT msn 5612 from Vueling Airlines with the aircraft delivered to Ho Chi Minh City on December 27 from Barcelona via Athens, Al Maktoum and Nagpur. Also leased from Vueling was A320-232 EC-MBS msn 6123 which ferried over the same route to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Fokker 100 to Alliance and an ERJ-140 to JetGo while departing was a 737-300(SF) of Airwork. Also in this period a BAe 146-100 and a BAe 146-300/RJ-100 of Cobham were scrapped.

Air New Zealand placed 787-8 ZK-NZK into service on October 17 as NZ125 from Auckland to Melbourne and not NZ175 as was published in Traffic/December.

767-319ER TF-ISW which was the former ZK-NCL departed storage at Alice Springs for Xiamen as ICE6767 on December 11.

A320-232 ZK-OXM which was delivered to Air New Zealand on November 1 (Traffic/December) entered service on November 11 when it operated NZ501 from Auckland to Christchurch.

Airwork Flight Operations ferried 737-3B7(SF) ZK-TLD from Brisbane to Darwin and Halim on November 26 and onwards to Johannesburg where it arrived on November 28. ZK-TLD was cancelled from the New Zealand register on December 5 as ‘exported’.

737-4Z9(F) N947NZ msn 25147 was test flown at Dothan, Alabama on January 6 after conversion to a freighter. On January 19 N947NZ departed Dothan for Portsmouth/NH, Keflavik and Liege, Belgium where it arrived on January 20.

Alliance Airlines took delivery of Fokker 100 OE-LVL msn 11404 in Brisbane on December 26. OE-LVL which still carried the colours of its previous operator Austrian Arrows was ferried from Bratislava to Brisbane by Southern Cross as SXI1665 via Trabzon, Al Ain, Penang, Kupang and Cairns. The Fokker 100 was registered to Alliance as VH-UQY on January 19.

Fokker 100 VH-UQW which was delivered to Brisbane as OE-LVN on July 5 ‘16 (Traffic/October) was ferried to Wagga Wagga as UTY991 on December 15 where it was painted in Alliance colours. VH-UQW returned to Brisbane from Wagga Wagga in its new livery on January 9 and entered service on January 18 when it operated UTY712 from Brisbane to Cloncurry.

Fokker 100 VH-FKG ferried from Perth to Surabaya and Penang on January 19 and onward stops to Bratislava for planned maintenance. The ferry flight was operated by Southern Cross as SXI1702.

Fokker 100 VH-XWP which had been in Bratislava for maintenance since mid- September ’16 returned to Perth from Surabaya on January 27 as SXI1701.

Fokker 70 VH-NKU was noted at Brisbane on December 21 covered in Christmas wrapping as a promotion for a Powerball draw.

Cobham scrapped BAe 146-300/RJ100 VH-NJI at Adelaide and on December 13 it was noted departing for a local scrapyard on the back of two low loaders. VH-NJI was cancelled from the register on December 15 as ‘destroyed’.

BAe 146-100 VH-NJC was also scrapped at Adelaide in this period and on December 22 it departed the airport on the back of a low loader. VH-NJC was cancelled from the register on January 11 as ‘destroyed’

JetGo took delivery of ERJ-140 (EMB-135KL) N295SK msn 145513 at Brisbane on January 18 after it completed its ferry flight JGO99 from Quebec City via ports to Tokyo/Haneda then onwards to Taipei, Davao City and Horn Island. The ERJ-140 will reportedly be registered to JetGo as VH-ZJE.

Nauru Airlines ferried 737-3H6 VH-VLI from Brisbane to Darwin and Seletar on January 2 for planned maintenance.

Tasman Cargo ferried 757-236(SF) VH-TCA from Sydney to Seletar for planned maintenance as TMN91 on December 23. VH-TCA returned to Sydney from Seletar as TMN92 on January 11.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the departure of a Virgin Australia E190-100IGW and three VARA Fokker 50s.

Virgin Australia registered 737-800/W VH-YFX msn 41013 on January 4.

737-8FE/W VH-VUE ferried from Melbourne to Seletar as VOZ9941 on January 11 for planned maintenance.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPA has terminated its lease and on January 2 it was withdrawn from service after operating VOZ374 from Townsville to Brisbane. VH-ZPA departed Brisbane for Nashville on January 9 as VOZ9901 via Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA continued the disposal of its Fokker 50 fleet in this period.

Fokker 50 VH-FNB departed Perth direct to Halim on December 21 as SYU1608. VH-FNB continued to Seletar on December 22 and will reportedly continue its ferry to East Africa in late January.

Fokker 50 VH-FNH which had been in storage at Alice Springs since April 28 ’16 departed on December 19 for Darwin, Kupang and Seletar as SYU1604.

Fokker 50 VH-FNI which had been in storage at Alice Springs since May 4 ’16 departed on December 10 for Darwin, Kupang and Seletar as SYU1609.

Fokker 50 VH-FNA which departed storage at Alice Springs on December 8 (Traffic/January) for Darwin, Kupang and Seletar remained in Seletar until January 2 when it continued to Colombo and onwards to Male, Seychelles and Zanzibar.

A320-231 VH-FNP which had been in Seletar for maintenance since October 4 (Traffic/December) returned to Perth on January 15 as VOZ9944.

Fokker 100 VH-FWH departed Perth on January 16 as VOZ9940 for Port Hedland and Seletar for planned maintenance.

Fokker 100 VH-FNR which had been in Seletar for maintenance since December 3 returned to Perth from Port Hedland as VOZ9942 on January 14.

Tigerair has had 737-8FE VH-VUD in storage at Melbourne since October 30 (Traffic/December). On January 18 it took to the air again when it operated the first of a series of training flights between Melbourne and Adelaide as TGG9122.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600 to Air Caledonie, an ATR 72-600 to Air Tahiti, an ATR 72-600(QC) to PNG Air and a DHC-6-300 to Air Tetiaroa while departing was a Dash 8-300 of Skytrans.

Air Caledonie took delivery of ATR 72-600 F-OZLI msn 1380 at Noumea on December 17 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Toulouse via Colombo, Seletar, Kupang and Cairns.

Air Chathams became the registered owner of Convair 580 ZK-KFL on November 28.

Convair 580 ZK-KFL was previously operated by Air Freight NZ (Traffic/January).

Air Tahiti took delivery of ATR 72-600 F-ORVV msn 1376 at Papeete on December 25 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Toulouse via Lombok, Cairns and Nadi.

Air Tetiaroa took delivery of DHC-6-300 HB-LRN msn 636 in this period with the aircraft ferrying from Ambon to Port Moresby and Santo Pekoa on January 12/13.

Great Barrier Airlines ferried Embraer 820C ZK-RDT from Auckland to Norfolk Island and Port Vila on December 18 with the aircraft reportedly on delivery to Unity Airlines as YJ-005.

Hevilift PNG placed ATR 42-500 P2-KSD into service on December 29 after the aircraft operated a flight from Cairns to Mt Hagen. The ATR 42-500 then registered PR-TTM and carrying the colours of Total Linhas Aereas was delivered to Cairns on September 3 (Traffic/October).

Pelican Airlines placed Jetstream 32 VH-OTQ into service on December 7 when it operated PE165 from Newcastle to Dubbo.

PNG Air took delivery of ATR 72-600(QC) P2-ATD at Port Moresby on December 6 after the aircraft arrived from Penang and Ujung Pandang. The ferry flight was contracted to Southern Cross as SXI1658.

Dash 8-102 P2-MCN which departed Port Moresby on October 16 on ferry to Canada was placed on the Canadian register on January 6 as C-FGGC to Inter Aero of Arnprior, Ontario.

Skytrans ferried Dash 8-311 C-GCBK which was previously registered VH-QQM from Cairns on December 9 to Majuro, Honolulu, Concordia/CA and Montreal/Trudeau where it arrived on December 11.

Sounds Air registered PC-12/45 ZK-PLV msn 400 ex VH-VWO on January 18.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Global Express, Phenom 300, Eclipse 500, two King Air 350i and a PC-12/47E while departing was a Global Express and a TBM-850.

Global Express XRS VH-SGA msn 9369 which was registered on December 12 to S G Aviation P/L of South Melbourne, Victoria was delivered to its Essendon base on December 26 from Seletar and Sydney.

EMB-505 Phenom 300 N217CB msn 50500305 was delivered to Essendon from Denpasar and Broome on December 15. The Phenom 300 had earlier departed Melbourne/Florida on December 8 for Bangor, Goose Bay and Keflavik. On January 17 the Phenom 300 was noted at Essendon now carrying the registration N227SL.

Eclipse 500 N465DG msn 000250 was delivered to Tamworth on December 13 from Denpasar, Broome and Coober Pedy. N456DG had earlier departed Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 2 for Chicago/Pal-Waukee, Bangor, Goose Bay and Iqaluit where it arrived on December 5.

Shortstop Jet Charter is planning to take delivery of Falcon 900C VH-OAA at its Essendon base in February.

Palmer Aviation Global Express M-ATAR which has spent most of 2016 parked at Sydney departed on December 31 for Nadi, Honolulu and Oakland County airport at Pontiac, Michigan.

Flight Options (Australia) Citation 11 VH-FOJ departed Bankstown on December 20 for Sydney, Auckland and Hamilton. VH-FOJ was cancelled from the register on December 22 as ‘exported to New Zealand’ however the aircraft reportedly will be registered in the Cook Islands.

Citation Mustang ZK-JAK changed its registration to ZK-VXM on December 12 with the owner shown as JAK Air of Rotorua.

AMSA Challenger 604 VH-XND which is the first of type to go on station arrived at Cairns from Adelaide on December 11.

In Propjet news King Air 350i N988KA msn FL-988 was delivered to Cairns on December 9 after the aircraft ferried in from Wichita via Lombok and Darwin. King Air 350i VH-KQF ex N988KA was registered to Hawker Pacific P/L of Bankstown, NSW on December 15.

King Air 350i N1003V msn FL-1003 was delivered to Bankstown on December 10 after the aircraft ferried in from Wichita via Lombok, Darwin and Longreach. King Air 350i VH-KQG ex N1003V was registered to Hawker Pacific P/L of Bankstown, NSW on December 15.

King Air B200 VH-MVL which is operated by the RFDS/South East was damaged at Moomba on December 13 after operating flight FD209 from Broken Hill, Tibooburra and Innaminka.

PC-12/47E VH-OWY msn 1663 was delivered to the RFDS/Western at Jandakot on December 17 after it completed its ferry flight from Stans via Denpasar and Broome.

TBM-850 VH-TBM was cancelled from the register on December 22 when sold in France. We reported the departure of VH-TBM in Traffic/January however incorrectly identified it as a TBM-700.

Gulfstream galore

Warbler Gulfstream 650ER N40D arrived Melbourne from Male and Brisbane on December 18.

Gulfstream 650ER N650FJ arrived Melbourne from Macau on January 29.

Gulfstream 650ER N706NR arrived Perth from Auckland on December 30

GF Air Gulfstream 650ER N912GG arrived Melbourne from Kona on December 13 before returning to Kona on December 15. N912GG returned to Melbourne from Kona on January 17 and departed to Auckland on January 19.

Gulfstream 650 VP-BLF as TBJ72 arrived Melbourne from Hong Kong on December 23. VP-BLF later visited the Gold Coast before departing Sydney for Hong Kong on January 3.

G550 Aviation Gulfstream 550 N252DV arrived Sydney from Honolulu on January 5 before returning to Honolulu on January 7.

Ford Motors Gulfstream 550 N322K arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on December 21 and departed to Rotorua on December 23.

Millrock Aviation Gulfstream 550 N456GA arrived Sydney from Singapore on December 3 and was later noted at Melbourne and Hamilton Island before departing Sydney for Honolulu on December 12.

Gulfstream 550 N510QS arrived Sydney from Honolulu and was later noted at Alice Springs before departing Melbourne for Hong Kong on December 30.

Gulfstream 550 N550JH arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on December 6 before departing to Guangzhou on December 10.

Gulfstream 550 N838KE arrived Melbourne from Halim on December 1 and departed to Manila on December 2.

Yumi Brands Gulfstream 550 N870CM arrived Sydney from Singapore on December 14 before continuing to Brisbane on December 17.

N870CM departed Brisbane for Honolulu on December 29.

Gulfstream 550 N931FL arrived Melbourne from Seletar on December 2 and departed to Sydney on December 4.

Gulfstream 550 B-LDL as BWJ998 arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on January 2 before returning to Hong Kong on January 3.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8108 arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on December 15 before returning to Honolulu on December 16.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8259 arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on December 14 before departing to Beijing on December 15.

All Points Jets Gulfstream 550 B-8269 arrived Sydney from Chengdu on December 10 before returning to Chengdu on December 13.

Czar Aviation Gulfstream 550 VP-CJM arrived Sydney from Rotorua on December 29 before continuing to Melbourne on January 2. VP-CJM departed Melbourne for Halim on January 4.

Gulfstream 550 VT-BRS arrived Sydney from Bombay and Denpasar on January 19 and departed for Denpasar on January 20.

Gulfstream V N416RJ as EDG4 arrived Canberra from Kona on January 6 and later visited Brisbane. N416RJ departed Canberra for Honolulu on January 22.

AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream V N7160S arrived Brisbane from Honolulu on January 14 and departed to Seletar on January 16. N7160S arrived at Maroochydore from Seletar on January 23 before continuing to Melbourne on January 27.

PMC Global Gulfstream IV N168PK arrived Melbourne from Kota Kinabalu on December 5 and departed to Nadi on December 7.

Overseas bizjets

Elang Lintas Indonesia Beech 400A PK-ELX arrived Perth on December 22 from Denpasar and Port Hedland for planned maintenance.

Elang Lintas Indonesia Beech 400A PK-ELI departed Perth on December 23 for Port Hedland and Lombok after completing planned maintenance.

Global 6000 N12G arrived Essendon from Auckland on January 13 before operating a return flight to Sydney on January 15.

Global 6000 N163GF arrived at the Gold Coast from Hong Kong on December 26 before returning to Hong Kong on December 31.

Fubon Group Global 6000 B-96999 arrived Sydney from Taipei on January 24.

Global 6000 VP-BJI arrived Perth from Halim on December 10 before returning to Halim on December 12.

Global 6000 VP-CCN arrived Melbourne from Hong Kong on December 13. VP-CCN

departed to Canberra and Cairns on December 16 before continuing to Hong Kong on December 17.

Global 5000 N2QE arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on December 21 and was later seen at Hamilton Island and Hobart before departing Sydney for Hong Kong on January 1.

TAG Aviation Asia Global 5000 N103ZZ as TBJ69 arrived Sydney from Shenzhen on December 2 and was later seen at Canberra and Essendon before departing Perth for Don Muang on December 13.

Executive Jet Management Global 5000 N176HS arrived Sydney from Queenstown on December 29 before continuing to Cairns on December 30 and Honolulu on January 1.

Global 5000 N588ZJ arrived at the Gold Coast from Papeete and Brisbane on December 22 and later visited Melbourne and Sydney before departing the Gold Coast for Papeete on January 1.

Global 5000 B-LRH as BWJ968 arrived Sydney from Saipan on December 22 and departed to Shenzhen on December 23.

Albinati Aeronautic Global 5000 HB-JRS transited Perth on December 17 while en-route from Male to Auckland. HB-JRS later arrived in Sydney from Rotorua on December 28 before continuing to Ayers Rock on January 1.

ExecuJet Europe Global 5000 VP-BCY arrived Sydney from Kuala Lumpur on December 19 and continued to Essendon on December 20. VP-BCY departed Essendon for Seletar on December 25.

Nucap Industries Global Express C-GNRS arrived Sydney from Queenstown on January 3 before continuing to Hamilton Island on January 4. C-GNRS departed Hamilton Island for Sydney on January 7 before continuing to Kona on January 8.

Global Express VP-CCK arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on December 21 before returning to Hong Kong on December 29.

RB Aircraft Leasing Global Express N801KF arrived Brisbane from Auckland on December 5. N801KF was later noted at Sydney and Adelaide before departed Essendon for Auckland on December 9.

JFW Leasing Global Express XRS P4-WNE arrived Adelaide from Lihue on January 6 and later visited Hobart, Essendon and Sydney before departing the Gold Coast for Honolulu on January 15.

Challenger 605 B-7768 arrived Melbourne from Davao City on December 6 before continuing to Sydney on December. B-7768 departed Sydney for Davao City on December 10.

TAG Aviation Asia Challenger 605 M-AAAA as TBJ39 arrived Essendon from Macau and Darwin on December 3 before continuing to Sydney on December 7. M-AAAA departed Sydney for Darwin and Macau on December 10.

October Holdings Challenger N604AK as EJM67 arrived Melbourne from Nadi on January 11 and was later seen at Hamilton Island and Sydney before departing Melbourne for Nadi on January 21.

Jet Pool Network Falcon 7X OE-IPW arrived Perth from Seletar on December 25. The Falcon 7X later visited Hobart and Sydney before departing Cairns for Nadi on January 8.

CTG Falcon 7X VP-CTG transited Sydney on January 6 while en-route from Auckland to Hong Kong.

B&D Aviation Falcon 900EX N904JY arrived Melbourne from Nadi on January 21 before continuing to Ayers Rock, Alice Springs and Adelaide where it arrived on January 26.

Rowl Operations Falcon 900EX M-ROWL arrived Perth from Male on December 22 and departed to Singapore on December 28.

Skylane Falcon 900 M-ODKZ arrived Sydney from Gan and Perth on December 18.

M-ODKZ departed Sydney for Cocos and Gan on January 25.

Falcon 2000LX M-SNER arrived at the Gold Coast from Denpasar on January 21 and operated a return flight to Sydney on January 24.

Embraer 550/Legacy 500 N712EA arrived Brisbane from Kupang on December 5 and departed for Melbourne, Darwin and Ujung Pandang on December 7.

Ekspres Air Embraer EMB-135BJ/Legacy 650 PK-RJX arrived Melbourne from Lombok on December 22 before departing to Queenstown on December 26. PK-RJX arrived in Sydney from Queenstown on December 30 before departing to Lombok on January 4.

Karnavati Aviation Embraer EMB-135BJ/Legacy 650 VT-AML arrived Melbourne from Halim on December 5 and the following day continued to Townsville, Proserpine and Brisbane. VT-AML departed Brisbane for Denpasar on December 8.

Ferry flights

AW139 VH-NUA msn 31744 which was noted being assembled at Essendon on December 10 was registered to Babcock Offshore Services Australasia on December 12.

Toll AW139 VH-TJI msn 31747 which was noted at Essendon on December 1 was registered to Helicorp P/L of Brisbane on November 29.

AW139 VH-EXJ msn 31748 which was noted under assembly at Essendon on December 10 was registered to Esso Australia P/L of Sale, Victoria on December 8.

Ayers S2R-H80 N5530P msn H80-189DC which was imported by Statewide Aviation arrived at Moree in a container from the United States on December 29. The Ayres S2R-H80 which was cancelled from the US register on January 3 was registered VH-NTV on January 19.

Cessna 208B/EX N288SW 208B-5288 arrived at Bankstown on December 16 after ferrying in from Wichita via Santa Maria/CA, Hilo, Majuro, Noumea and Sydney.

Gateway Air Center Cessna 208B N3296A msn 208B-2396 arrived at the Gold Coast on January 1 after completing its Trans-Pacific ferry from Merced/CA via Honolulu and Apia. On January 2 N3296A departed the Gold Coast for Goulburn before it continued to Adelaide on January 3.

Cessna 208B VH-AUQ 208B-2039 was registered to a private owner at Balmain, NSW on December 22 however the aircraft is yet to be reported in Australia.

Gateway Air Center Cessna 208B N208TL 208B-0264 arrived at the Gold Coast on January 29 after ferrying in from Merced/CA via Honolulu and Apia.

Cessna 208B N250BZ 208B-0250 which ferried into Wollongong from the US on November 28 (Traffic/January) was registered VH-SFX to Skydive the Beach on December 14.

Helifix Operations Cessna 208B P2-HFD which ferried from Cairns to Maryborough on December 1 was registered VH-IHQ to Southern Cross Aircraft Engineering Services of Sylvania Southgate, NSW on December 23.

Sander Geophysics Cessna 208B C-GSGJ arrived at Jandakot from Port Hedland on December 21.

Cessna 208B N212CP ex VH-PON departed Jandakot on January 10 for Port Hedland and after overnighting continued to Surabaya.

Cessna 180K VH-WRM departed Scone for Lord Howe Island on January 15 and the following day continued its Trans-Tasman ferry to Norfolk Island, Kerikeri and Hamilton.

Cirrus SR-22 N449AC arrived at the Gold Coast on December 22 after ferrying in from Santa Maria via Kahului and Pago Pago.

Cirrus SR-22 N301Y arrived at the Gold Coast on December 24 after completing its Trans-Pacific crossing from Santa Maria via Kahului and Pago Pago.

Cirrus SR-22 N313CD arrived Darwin from Denpasar on December 26.

Airvan 8 VH-ACZ which ferried from Truscott to Kupang on December 1 (Traffic/January) was cancelled from the register on December 22 when sold in the Philippines.

Grumman Albatross VH-NMO departed Jandakot on January 22 for Kalgoorlie and onward stops to Avalon.

Australian Aerial Surveys PAC-750XL VH-EAJ was cancelled from the register on January 9 as ‘sold in the USA’

Heavy metal

Alpha Star A340-212 HZ-SKY1 arrived at Melbourne on January 13 after a direct flight from Riyadh. The A340-212 departed Melbourne for Auckland on January 17 before continuing to Sydney on January 21.

Malaysian Government A319-115(CJ) 9M-NAA arrived at the Gold Coast from Kuala Lumpur on December 22 before continuing the same day to Brisbane. On December 26 the A319-115(CJ) departed Brisbane for the Gold Coast and Perth before continuing to Kuala Lumpur on January 3.

White Airways A319-115(CJ) CS-TFU as ‘White 4237’ arrived Sydney from Jakarta on January 29.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82044 as VDA3010 arrived in Perth from Qingdao on January 15 before returning to Qingdao on January 19.

Air Bridge Cargo 747-4HAER(F) VP-BIM as ABW9486 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on December 24 before returning to Hong Kong as ABW9587 on December 25.

JASDF 747-47C 20-1101 call sign ‘Japan Force 2’ in company with JASDF 747-47C 20-1102 call sign ‘Japan Force 1’ arrived Sydney from Davao City on January 13 and departed to Halim on January 17.

Etihad Cargo 777-FFX(F) A6-DDC as ETD9867 arrived in Sydney from Abu Dhabi on December 23 before returning to Abu Dhabi on December 24.

Singapore Airlines 777-212ER 9V-SVA which had been in storage at Alice Springs departed on December 12 for Singapore as SQ8877.

Singapore Airlines 777-212ER 9V-SVD as SQ8877 arrived at Alice Springs from Singapore on January 12 where it was placed in storage.

Jin Air 777-2B5(ER) HL7743 commenced a series of flights from Incheon to Cairns on December 15 as JNA659.

Deer Jet 787-8 2-DEER as HKJ666 arrived Melbourne from Hong Kong on December 14 before departing to Mauritius on December 17.

Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135R 57-1441 ‘Slug 30’ in company with KC-135R 61-0276 ‘Slug 29’ arrived in Perth from Guam on December 6. The two KC-135R’s operated a Perth to Perth mission on December 7 before returning to Guam on December 8.

Boeing 737-8MAX N8704Q ‘Boeing 104’ arrived Darwin on January 26 from Boeing Field via FAI/Fairbanks, New Chitose and Guam. On January 27 departed for Alice Springs where it operated a local flight before returning to Darwin from where it operated several local flights over the following days.

Deer Jet 737-73W/BBJ B-5273 arrived Melbourne from Shenzhen on January 15 before departing to Cairns on January 18. B-5273 departed Cairns for Shenzhen on January 21.

GAMA Aviation 737-8LX/BBJ2 VP-BBZ as BVR1 arrived Melbourne from Phuket on January 13.

Polywise International 737-7JB/BBJ VP-CKG arrived in Sydney from Canton on December 24 and departed for Hong Kong on January 1.

ABC Express 737-46Q(F) VQ-BVF as flight VAS9206 arrived in Sydney from Almaty/Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk/Russia, Shanghai, Manila, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Darwin and Canberra on December 29 and after overnighting departed for Darwin and Manila.

Integrity Aircraft Titles Holdings 737-33A N999FJ arrived Melbourne early on December 22 from Kuala Lumpur and Darwin and departed to Darwin and Kuala Lumpur on January 1.

China United CRJ-200BLR B-4011 having completed its planned maintenance at Essendon departed on January 20 for Cairns, Darwin and Kota Kinabalu.

PAL Express DHC-8-Q314 RP-C3016 as flight GAP5005 arrived at Cairns from Ambon and Darwin on December 14 for planned maintenance.

RAAF C-27J A34-005 call sign ‘ASY620’ which was on delivery to RAAF Richmond arrived Darwin from Cocos Island on December 6.

Safair Lockheed 382G-30 ZS-JIV having completed its work for the Italian Antarctic expedition (Traffic/December) departed Christchurch for Adelaide on December 8 and after over-nighting continued to Port Hedland and Cocos Island.

Further arrivals for the 2016/17 bushfire season were Coulson Lockheed EC-130Q N130FF/290 at Avalon from Pago Pago and Norfolk Island on December 12: Conair RJ-85 C-GVFK/391 at Avalon on December 5 from Abbotsford, Oakland, Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara and Timberline Helicopters Sikorsky UH-60A N434TH/260 which will be operated by Pay’s Helicopters at Scone from the Brisbane docks on January 12.