Traffic

A380-842 VH-OQE operated QF127 from Sydney to Hong Kong on May 30 and the same day ferried from Hong Kong to Abu Dhabi for planned maintenance.

747-438ER VH-OEJ operated QF117 from Sydney to Hong Kong on May 21 and on arrival was hangered for planned maintenance.
It is reported that Qantas will take delivery of their first 787-9 VH-ZNA msn 39038/line number 615 in October ’17 and that it will be followed by VH-ZNB line number 641 and VH-ZNC line number 655 in December ’17 and VH-ZND line number 669 in February ’18.
QantasLink ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHC from Seletar to Port Hedland and Perth as QF6685 on June 1 after it completed planned maintenance.

Qantas Freight took delivery of 737-4S3(SF) VH-XNH in Melbourne on May 5 after it ferried in from Victorville/CA via Honolulu, Apia and Brisbane as QF7302. The previous registration of this aircraft was N43XA and not N43SA as was shown in Traffic/June.

737-376(SF) VH-XMR which had been under maintenance with ST Aero in Seletar since March 17 returned to Perth in the early hours of May 14.

Jetstar commenced flights between Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City on May 10 with 787-8 VH-VKH operating the inaugural JQ63.

Jetstar commenced flights between Sydney and Ho Chi Minh City on May 11 with 787-8 VH-VKG operating the inaugural JQ61.

787-8 VH-VKI ferried from Melbourne to Hong Kong as JQ8995 on May 8 for planned maintenance and on completion returned to Melbourne as JQ8996 on May 22.

A321-231 VH-VWY which had been in Seletar since April 27 (Traffic/June) returned to Melbourne via Darwin as JQ8994 in the early hours of May 24.

A320-232/WL VH-VFU was noted in late May to be carrying a special scheme promoting NeedaBreak.com.

A320-232 VH-VQH which had been in Seletar since April 27 (Traffic/June) returned to Melbourne as JQ8994 on May 28.

A320-232 VH-VQR was ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as JQ8993 on May 15 for planned maintenance.

A320-232 VH-VQS ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar as JQ8993 on May 22 for planned maintenance.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQD departed Auckland on May 9 on ferry to Norfolk Island, Brisbane and Tamworth for planned maintenance.

Dash -8-315 VH-TQK ferried from Brisbane to Norfolk Island and Auckland on May 7 after completing its maintenance at Tamworth.

Airline news

Air New Zealand ferried 777-319ER ZK-OKN as NZ6012 into at Auckland from Singapore on May 14 after completing planned maintenance.

777-319ER ZK-OKO as NZ6013 departed Auckland for Singapore on May 14 for planned maintenance.

Air Niugini named Fokker 70 P2-ANU Kokoda at a ceremony held at Port Moresby on April 27.

Fokker 70 P2-ANY msn 11551 which was delivered to Seletar on October 21 (Traffic/December) was still awaiting onward delivery to Port Moresby as of early June.

Fokker 70 PH-WXD msn 11563 which is the prospective P2-ANZ ferried into Seletar on May 28 from Amsterdam via Belgrade, Trabzon, Al Ain, Ahmedabad and Chittagong.

Dash 8-Q400 P2-PXS which has reportedly been sold to Air Iceland was still waiting delivery at Port Moresby as of early June.

Alliance ferried Fokker 100 VH-FKK out of Perth on April 1 (Traffic/June) with its final destination being Bratislava for maintenance. VH-FKK ferried into Brisbane on May 25 from Bratislava via Trabzon, Al Ain, Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur and Surabaya. The ferry flight which was contracted to Southern Cross operated as SXI1706.

Fokker 50 VH-JFE departed Brisbane for Darwin and Surabaya on May 17 with the aircraft en route to Bratislava for planned maintenance. The ferry flight was contracted to Southern Cross with the flight operating as SXI1721.

Fokker 50 VH-FKO has terminated its season lease to Tauck Tours in New Zealand and on May 12 as UTY991 it ferried from Auckland to Adelaide via Norfolk Island and Brisbane.

Fiji Airways ferried 737-8X2 DQ-FJH as FJI2005 from Nadi to Cairns and Seletar on May 14 for planned maintenance. DQ-FJH returned to Nadi on June 5 as FJI2006 from Seletar and Cairns.

Nauru Air cancelled 737-33A VH-NLK from the register on May 25 as ‘aircraft withdrawn from use’. VH-NLK had been in storage at Alice Springs since December 1 ’16.

737-3H6(SF) VH-VLI which has been in Seletar for planned maintenance since January 2 returned to Brisbane via Darwin on May 6 as RON801.

Virgin Group news.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA cancelled Fokker 50 VH-FNE from the register on May 25 as ‘aircraft exported to Mexico’. VH-FNE which had been in storage at Alice Springs departed overseas on November 5 ’16.

TigerAir continue to wet lease Fokker 100 equipment from Alliance Airlines for flights ex Melbourne (Traffic/June) and in the period May 1 thru May 31 they operated Fokker 100 VH-FKJ, VH-XWM, VH-XWO and VH-UQW.

737-8FE VH-VUD commenced domestic operations with TigerAir on June 6 when it operated TGG210 from Melbourne to Sydney.

A320-232 VH-XUG was ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark Field as TGG9002 on May 14 for planned maintenance. VH-XUG as TGG9003 returned to Melbourne on May 22 from Clark Field via Darwin.

A320-232 VH-VNQ as TGG9003 returned to Melbourne on May 12 from Clark Field and Darwin (Traffic/June)

A320-232 VH-VNC ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark Field on May 25 as TGG9002 for planned maintenance. VH-VNC as TGG9003 returned to Melbourne on June 3 from Clark Field and Darwin.

A320-232 VH-XUH as TGG9002 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark Field on May 20 before returning to Melbourne from Clark via Darwin as TGG9003 on May 28.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600 to Air Tahiti while departing were an ATR 72-500 of Air Tahiti and a Dash 8-300 of Air Fleet Management.

Air Chathams became the registered owner of Metro 111 ZK-POB on May 11 after acquiring the aircraft from Airwork.

Air Fleet Management ferried their Dash 8-311 VH-BBU out of Cairns on May 27 to Majuro and onwards to Toronto. The Dash 8-311 which was previously operated by Skytrans as VH-QQP still carried Skytrans colours and titles when it departed Cairns.

Air Loyaute ferried their DHC-6-300 F-OIAY into Cairns on June 1 from La Tontouta, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast and Mackay.

Air Tahiti has terminated its lease of ATR 72-500 F-OIQT and on May 25 the aircraft arrived at Cairns from Noumea before continuing the following day to Lombok and Medan. F-OIQT later arrived at Toulouse/Francazal (LFBF) on May 30 from Heraklion and Toulouse on termination of its ferry flight.

ATR 72-600 F-ORVT msn 1432 which was on delivery to Air Tahiti departed Toulouse on May 25 on the first leg of its ferry flight to Papeete via Alexandria, Al Ain, Nagpur, Kuala Lumpur, Kupang, Cairns and Noumea.

Coral Sun Aviation ferried their King Air 200 T3-JMR from Cairns to Honiara on May 6 after completing maintenance in Cairns.

IAP Group Australia registered Jetstream 32 VH-ACV msn 974 on May 11. The Jetstream 32 then registered A3-SKY returned to Bankstown on May 1 after terminating its lease to REAL Tonga (Traffic/June).

PNG Air should have taken delivery of ATR 72-600(QC) P2-ATE msn 1430 by the time this is read as on April 25 it was rolled out at Toulouse in PNG Air colours with the French test registration F-WWEB.

DHC-6-300 P2-MCR msn 219 was cancelled from the PNG register on May ’17.

Regional Express returned Saab 340B VH-NRX to service on May 22 when the aircraft operated ZL661 from Sydney to Wagga Wagga. The Saab 340B had been out of service since March 17 when it lost its R/H propeller while inbound to Sydney on flight ZL768 from Albury.

Bizjet news.

In this issue we report the delivery of a Learjet 60.

Learjet 60 VH-AND msn 60-281 was registered on May 17 with the owner Gee Bee Jet P/L of Singapore and the operator Seletar Jet Charter P/L of Cammeray, NSW. The Learjet 60 was previously registered D-CFAG to FAI Rent-a-Jet.

Challenger 601 VH-JEC ex VH-NSB had a change of registration on May 2 with the owner J Group Aviation P/L of Melbourne and the operator Business Aviation Solutions P/L of Tugun, Queensland.

Pel-Air Westwind VH-AJG which has been parked at Wagga Wagga since September ’15 was noted on April 25 with its tail removed.

In propjet news King Air 200GT VH-MRQ msn BY-167 was registered on May 23 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Easter Section) of Sydney. The King Air 200GT which was previously registered C-GTSV was cancelled from the Canadian register on May 8 however to date there has been nil report of this aircraft arriving in Australia.

Rossair Cessna 441 VH-XMJ was destroyed on May 30 when it crashed near Renmark in South Australia.

Delta Lima TBM-850 N850DL msn 354 departed Camarillo/CA on May 30 for Medford/OR and Duluth/MN on the first two stages of its delivery flight to Australia.

The TBM-850 was planned to arrive Bankstown from Broome and Alice Springs on June 15.

Gulfstreams galore

Gulfstream 650ER N2437 arrived Melbourne from Chengdu on May 16 and departed to Shenzhen on May 20.

Gulfstream 650ER B-88322 which is a recent delivery to Taiwan arrived Brisbane from Songshan on May 28 and returned there on June 1.

Sultan of Johor Gulfstream 650ER 9M-ZZZ arrived Perth from Johor Bahru on May 22 before returning to Johor Bahru on May 23.
Penske-Jet Gulfstream 550 N1RP arrived Brisbane from Christchurch on May 2 and was later seen at Newcastle, Essendon and Perth before departing Cairns for Honolulu on May 7.

Beauty Central Gulfstream 550 N33LR departed Brisbane for Maroochydore on May 9 before returning to Brisbane and Honolulu on May 12.

Gulfstream 550 N168NJ arrived Melbourne from Beijing on June 2.

5113 Incorporated Gulfstream 550 N175NH arrived Sydney on May 2 after a direct flight from Cape Town and departed on May 4 to Honolulu.

Gulfstream 550 N344RS arrived Brisbane from Kwajalein on May 9 and after overnighting continued to Adelaide. N33LR departed Adelaide for Canberra on May 11 before continuing to Honolulu on May 12.

Gulfstream 550 N757PL arrived Sydney from Seletar on May 26 before returning to Seletar on May 28.

Gulfstream 550 N793CP arrived Perth from Papeete on May 18 before continuing to Brisbane on May 20. N793CP departed Brisbane for Honolulu on May 23.

Gulfstream 550 B-LMF arrived Melbourne from Kaohsiung on May 10 before continuing to Perth on May 11. B-LMF departed Perth for Auckland on May 12.

Gulfstream 550 B-8168 transited Cairns from Nanjing on May 3 before continuing to Auckland. On May 5 B-8168 again transited Cairns while en route Auckland to Nanjing.

Gulfstream 550 B-8269 arrived Perth from Macau on May 26 and departed to Chengdu on May 28.

Jet Aviation Gulfstream 550 VP-BNE arrived Perth from Mumbai on May 16.

Taylor-Listug Gulfstream 450 N918E transited Cairns on May 8 while en route from Kota Kinabalu to Suva.

Linfan Group Gulfstream 450 B-8291 transited Cairns on May 2 while en route from Seletar to Christchurch. B-8291 arrived Melbourne from Christchurch on May 5 before continuing to Sydney on May 7. B-8291 departed Sydney for Cairns and Seletar on May 10.

Odin Aviation Gulfstream IV N808T arrived Sydney from Nadi on May 22 before continuing to Darwin and Songshan on May 23.

Overseas bizjets

Zetta Jet Global 6000 N566ZJ arrived Melbourne from Beijing on May 24 before departing to Seletar on May 25.

Citigroup Global 6000 N1812C arrived Sydney from Honolulu on May 7 before departing on May 8.

Global 6000 VQ-BCC arrived Melbourne from Hong Kong on May 15 before continuing the same day to Sydney. VQ-BCC departed Sydney for Hong Kong on May 16.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJM as VJT857 arrived Sydney from Subang on May 22 and departed to Songshan on May 23.

Outpost International Global Express N416BD transited Perth on May 10 while en route from Durban to Cairns. N416BD later visited Sydney before departing Perth on May 31 for Mauritius.

RB Aircraft Leasing Global Express N801KF arrived Essendon from Pago Pago and Brisbane on May 23. N801KF operated a return flight to Adelaide on May 24 before departing to Sydney on May 25 and Pago Pago on May 26.

Global Express N889JA arrived Sydney from Seletar on May 17 and departed to Port Hedland and Male on May 21.

Global 5000 N2QE departed Brisbane for Sydney on May 31 before continuing to Melbourne on June 3 and Hong Kong on June 4.

Global 5000 N898CC as GAJ19 arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on May 17 and departed to Kahului on May 18.

Jet Aviation Global 5000 VP-CES arrived Perth from Halim on May 27.

Tony Robbins Productions Global Express N850TR arrived Sydney from Papeete on May 15. N850TR later visited Melbourne and the Gold Coast before departing Brisbane for Honolulu on May 27.

Global Express N1868M arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on May 12 before continuing to Cairns and Subang on May 15.

Royal Malaysian Air Force Global Express M48-02 call sign RMF459 arrived in Canberra in the early hours of May 8 from Subang before continuing to Sydney and Subang on May 9.

VistaJet Challenger 605 9H-VFF VJT552 arrived Perth from Kuala Lumpur on May 4 before returning to Kuala Lumpur on May 6.

Challenger 605 VP-CLJ arrived Brisbane from Darwin on May 1 and departed to Halim on May 3.

Challenger 604 HB-JRA call sign ‘Swiss Ambulance 53’ arrived Melbourne from Halim on May 1 before departing to Perth and U-Tapao on May 3.

Premier Jets Learjet 36A N363PJ arrived Canberra from Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara on May 5 before departing over the reverse route on May 6.

Falcon 2000LX M-SNER arrived Essendon from Seletar on May 30 and was later seen at the Gold Coast and Sydney. M-SNER departed the Gold Coast for Halim on June 16.

EMB-190CJ Lineage 1000 N889ML arrived Sydney from Macau on May 21 before departing to Cairns on May 26. N889ML returned to Sydney on May 28 and departed to Macau on May 30.

EMB-190CJ Lineage 1000 N966MS as BWJ999 arrived Melbourne from Saipan on May 5 before returning to Saipan later the same day.
S R Jet EMB-190CJ Lineage 1000 B-3219 call sign QSR1002 arrived Sydney from Manado on May 7 before returning to Manado as QSR1003 on May 13.

Legacy 600 OK-SUN as ABP722 arrived Sydney from Auckland on May 4 before departing to Darwin and Seletar on May 5.
Legacy 550 N712EA arrived Sydney from Kupang on May 22.