Traffic

767-238ER N2767 which previously operated with Qantas as VH-EAQ is currently being advertised for sale by Wentworth Aero of San Jose, California. N2767 which is registered to Blue City Holdings of Oklahoma City is now fitted out in a VIP configuration which allows the carriage of 42 passengers.

737-838/W VH-VXM operated QF77 from Perth to Singapore on June 30 and on arrival was hangered for planned maintenance.

The first eight 787-9 aircraft delivered to Qantas will be allocated the following names which are listed in alphabetical order: Boomerang, Dreamtime, Great Barrier Reef, Great Southern Land, Quokka, Skippy, Uluru and Waltzing Matilda.

QantasLink ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHG from Perth to Port Hedland and Seletar on June 24 for planned maintenance.

Jetstar ferried A320-232 VH-VQR which had been in Seletar for planned maintenance since May 15 (Traffic/July) to Darwin and Melbourne as JQ8994 on June 10.

A320-232 VH-VQS which had been in Seletar for planned maintenance since May 22 (Traffic/July) returned to Melbourne on June 21 as JQ8994.

Airline news

In this issue we report the departure of an Air Niugini Dash 8-400.

Air New Zealand ferried 767-319ER/W ZK-NCI from Auckland to Alice Springs for storage on June 24 as NZ6011. ZK-NCI which had been parked at Auckland since March 31 (Traffic/May) had had its Air New Zealand titles and logo removed from the aircraft.

767-319ER/E ZK-NCG was ferried from Auckland to Alice Springs on June 28 as NZ6011 where on arrival it was placed in storage. ZK-NCG which had been parked at Auckland since March 25 (Traffic/May) had its Air New Zealand titles and logo removed from the aircraft.

Air Niugini has terminated their lease on Dash 8-402Q P2-PXS with the aircraft departing Port Moresby for Maastricht on June 20 as PX6392. Ferry routing was via Ambon, Medan, Coimbatore, Al Bateen, Luxor and Corfu to Maastricht where it arrived on June 23. It is reported that the Dash 8-402Q which was the last of type in the Air Niugini fleet will next be operated by Air Iceland.

Nauru Air commenced operations to Norfolk Island on June 17 with 737-319 VH-XNU operating RON345/346 Brisbane-Norfolk Island-Auckland-Norfolk Island-Brisbane.

Virgin Group news

Virgin Australia ferried 737-7FE VH-VBZ from Brisbane to Seletar as VOZ9941 on June 12 for planned maintenance.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPF which was ferried to the USA in March ‘16 was later registered N193NC before being delivered to SA Airlink as ZS-YAA in June ‘17.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPG which was ferried to the USA in February ‘16 was then registered N195EM before being delivered to SA Airlink in Johannesburg on June 11.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPL which departed Melbourne on October 5 ’16 on ferry to the USA was cancelled from the Australian register on June 2 as ‘export to Ireland’.

The registered operator of 737-8FE VH-VOY and 737-8FE VH-VUB was changed from Virgin Australia International Airlines to Tiger Airways Australia on June 2 (see Tigerair below).

737-800/W VH-YFY msn 41016 was planned for delivery to Virgin Australia in late July.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA withdrew ATR 72-500 VH-FVH from service on June 15 after it operated VOZ1252 from Rockhampton to Brisbane. VH-FVH was then ferried from Brisbane to Nelson as VOZ9948 on June 16 for end of lease maintenance with Air New Zealand Regional Maintenance.

Fokker 100 VH-FSQ which was ferried to Seletar on April 28 for maintenance returned to Perth via Port Hedland as VOZ9942 on June 14.

Tigerair changed the registered operator of 737-8FE VH-VOY from Virgin Australia International Airlines to Tiger Airways Australia P/L of Gladstone Park, Victoria on June 2. VH-VOY which last flew on February 26 remains in storage at Melbourne Airport as of June 30.

737-8FE VH-VUB changed its registered operator from Virgin Australia International Airlines to Tiger Airways Australia P/L of Gladstone Park on June 2. VH-VUB which last flew on February 26 commenced domestic services with TigerAir on June 16 when it operated TGG206 from Melbourne to Sydney.

737-8FE VH-VUD commenced domestic services with TigerAir on June 6 when it operated TGG206 from Melbourne to Sydney.

A320-232 VH-VNP ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark Field as TGG9002 on June 4 for planned maintenance.

s TGG9003 VH-VNP returned to Melbourne from Clark Field and Darwin on June 15.

A320-232 VH-VNO ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark Field as TGG9002 on June 17 for planned maintenance.

s TGG9003 VH-VNO returned to Melbourne from Clark Field and Darwin on June 29.

Tigerair terminated their wet lease of Alliance Airlines equipment from Melbourne in early June with Fokker 100 VH-FKJ returning to Alliance on June 4 and Fokker 100 VH-XWO returning to Alliance on June 7.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 72-600(QC) to PNG Air while departing was a Dash 8-300 of Air Fleet Management.

Air Fleet Management cancelled Dash 8-311 VH-BBU from the register on May 30 on its sale to Canada (Traffic/May).

Air National cancelled Jetstream 32EP ZK-ECP from the register on June 22 as ‘withdrawn’. The Jetstream which was last operated by Inflite is currently parked at Auckland.

Air Vanuatu ferried DHC-6-300 YJ-RV10 from Cairns to Port Moresby on June 14 on completion of maintenance in Cairns.

PNG Air took delivery of ATR 72-600(QC) P2-ATE msn 1430 at Port Moresby on June 17 after it completed its ferry flight from Toulouse via Alexandria, Al Ain, Nagpur, Subang and Ujung Pandang.

Inter-Aero Dash 8-103 C-GFKE which was operated by PNG Air as P2-MCO was ferried from Montreal/Trudeau to Luxor between June 9 and 11 via Goose Bay, Keflavik, Rotterdam and Corfu. The Dash 8-103 which is in an all over white colour scheme will reportedly enter service with the United Nations.

South West Air ferried DHC-6-300 P2-SWE from Port Moresby to Cairns on June 11 for planned maintenance and on completion it ferried from Cairns to Port Moresby on June 20.

Vee H Aviation added Metro 23 VH-OYI to their fleet on June 9. The Metro 23 was previously operated by Pearl Aviation.

Dornier 328-100 VH-PPG was displayed at the 2017 Paris Airshow at Le Bourget. The aircraft which still carried its AMSA colour scheme and Rescue titles was ferried to Le Bourget from Braunschweig-Wolfsburg on June 15.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Falcon 50 and a Phenom 300 while departing was a CitationJet CJ-4. Propjets delivered were a King Air B200GT and a TBM-850 while departing was a King Air 300LW.

Falcon 50 VH-FJQ which was registered to Falcon 50 P/L of Camden, NSW on May 29 was delivered to Bankstown on June 19 from Camarillo/California via Hilo, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast. The Falcon 50 which was previously registered N959DM was a visitor to Australia in October ’16 (Traffic/December).

Phenom 300 VH-NJC was registered on June 15 with the holder Power Capital Holdings P/L of Henly Brook, WA and the operator Revesco Aviation P/L of Perth Airport, WA. VH-NJC which was previously registered PK-RJD was delivered to Perth from Halim on June 16.

Global Express VH-SGA changed its registered operator on June 7 from SG Aviation Australia P/L of South Melbourne to Business Aviation Solutions P/L of Tugun, Queensland.

Learjet 36A VH-JCX changed its registered operator on May 31 from Jet City P/L to Turbojet Holdings P/L of Tullamarine, Victoria.

Pacific Jets CitationJet CJ-4 ZK-OCB has reportedly been sold in the United States and on June 15 it departed Auckland for Honiara. ZK-OCB was later reported at Guam, Sapporo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Anchorage before arriving at Grand Junction, Colorado on June 19.

Textron Aviation CitationJet CJ-3+ N485CZ msn 525B-0485 visited Australia and New Zealand in this period while on a demonstration tour. N485CZ arrived at Archerfield on June 21 from Halim and Darwin and was later noted at Wellcamp, Camden, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch, Sydney, Bankstown, Forbes, Warnambool, Moorabbin and Alice Springs before departing Darwin for Manado on June 30.

In Propjet news King Air B200GT VH-MRQ msn BY-167 was delivered to the RFDS (South Eastern section) at Bankstown on June 16 after it ferried in from Canada via Biak and Cairns.

RFDS (Queensland) King Air B200 VH-FDD changed its registration to VH-EEL on June 16.

King Air 300LW ZK-SMC changed its ownership on June 3 to the Airplane Connection Corporation of Wyoming, Delaware and on June 3 it departed Hamilton for Auckland and Raratonga and en route stops to the United States.

King Air 350i VH-KQF departed Cairns for East Sale on June 29 on delivery to the RAAF. VH-KQF had been in Cairns since December 9 ’16 when it arrived from the US as N988KA.

King Air 350i VH-KQD departed Cairns for East Sale on June 30 on delivery to the RAAF. The King Air 350i then registered N5108B was delivered to Bankstown on March 17 ’16 before being moved to Cairns on October 4 ’16.

Cessna 441 VH-OCS msn 441-0030 was cancelled from the register on June 16 as ‘aircraft withdrawn from use’. The registered owner of VH-OCS was Skyport of Winnellie, NT and registered operator Chartair of Casuarina, NT.

Delta Lima TBM-850 N850DL msn 354 (Traffic/July) was delivered to Bankstown on June 19 after it completed its ferry from the US. Inbound to Bankstown the TBM-850 ferried via Colombo, Madras, Hat Yai, Kuala Lumpur, Broome and Alice Springs.

Gulfstreams galore

Gulfstream 650 N155AN arrived Sydney from Incheon on June 3 before returning to Incheon on June 8.

TAG Aviation Asia Gulfstream 650ER N318LS call sign ‘TAG 90’ arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on June 10 before returning to Hong Kong on June 11.

TAG Aviation Asia Gulfstream 650 VP-BLF call sign ‘TAG 72’ arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on June 9 and departed to Ayers Rock and Perth on June 12. VP-BLF departed Perth for Hong Kong on June 14.

DC Aviation Gulfstream 650ER D-AWWW call sign ‘Twin Star 103’ arrived Melbourne from Don Muang on June 25 and departed to Adelaide and Don Muang on June 27.

Gulfstream 550 N168NJ departed Melbourne for Sydney on June 6 before continuing to Honolulu on June 8.

Pegasus Leasing Gulfstream 550 N523AC arrived Hamilton Island from Honolulu and Townsville on June 27.

Gulfstream 550 N550PL arrived in Sydney on June 17 from Honolulu. N550PL which was registered in the US on May 2 is the former VQ-BGN an aircraft which has visited Australia on a number of occasions.

Gulfstream 550 N2480H arrived Hamilton Island from Haneda and Townsville on June 8 before continuing to Cairns on June 10. N2480H departed Cairns for Haneda on June 13.

Gulfstream 550 B-8157 arrived Melbourne from Beijing in the early hours of June 8 and later that day continued to Sydney. B-8157 departed Sydney for Beijing on June 11.

Allpoints Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8269 arrived at the Gold Coast from Beijing on June 9 before continuing to Melbourne on June 12. B-8269 departed Melbourne for Sydney and Beijing on June 13.

Gulfstream 550 B-8297 arrived Melbourne from Beijing on June 5 and after over-nighting returned to Beijing.

Jet Aviation Gulfstream 550 VP-BNE which arrived in Perth from Mumbai on May 16 (Traffic/July) operated a return flight to Esperance on June 24. VP-BNE departed Perth for Macau on June 26.

Sky Castle Developments Gulfstream 550 VP-CEM as BWJ988 arrived Sydney from Hong Kong on June 24. VP-CEM operated a return flight to Dubbo on June 28 before departing to Queenstown on June 30.

AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream V N716AS arrived at the Gold Coast from Honolulu on June 21.

Las Vegas Sands Gulfstream IV N688LS arrived Darwin from Don Muang on June 8 and departed to Nadi on June 9.

US Marines Gulfstream IV/C-20G 165153 call sign ‘Ghost 53’ arrived Townsville on June 26 before continuing to Canberra on June 27 and Darwin on June 29.

Gulfstream 200 N888NS arrived Brisbane from Phnom Penh and Darwin on June 11 before continuing to the Gold Coast on June 13, Maroochydore on June 14 and Cairns on June 15. The Gulfstream 200 departed Cairns for Darwin and Phnom Penh on June 16.

Overseas bizjets

Lily Jet Global 6000 B-8196 arrived Adelaide from Shenzhen on June 16 before returning to Shenzhen on June 19.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJM as VJT857 arrived Sydney from Colombo on June 3 before departing to Hong Kong on June 6.

VistaJet Global 6000 9H-VJS as VJT929 arrived Perth from Subang on June 24 before returning to Subang on June 29.

Zetta Jet Global 5000 N588ZJ arrived Melbourne from Auckland on June 15. The aircraft was later noted at Adelaide and Brisbane before departing Sydney on June 24.

Global 5000 N970NX arrived Sydney from Seletar on June 6 before departing for Halim on June 8.

KKCO Ltd Global 5000 M-TYRA arrived Melbourne from Seletar on June 22 before continuing to Sydney on June 24. M-TYRA departed Sydney for Brisbane on June 26 before continuing to Seletar on June 27.

Jet Asia Macau Global Express N889JA arrived Sydney from Male on May 31 before continuing to Cairns on June 7.

N889JA was later noted at Wollongong and Adelaide before departing Sydney for Port Hedland and Male on June 25.

Challenger 604 N604LP departed the Gold Coast for Suva on June 19.

PT Metropolis Propertindo Utama Challenger 604 N787LG arrived Perth from Subang on June 23.

Maritime Sales and Leasing Learjet 36A N41GJ arrived Sydney from Honolulu, Pago Pago and Nadi on June 30 before departing to Pago Pago on July 1.

Nevada Restaurant Services Cessna 680 N777DY arrived Cairns from Majuro on June 3 and later visited Darwin, Ayers Rock, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane before departing Cairns for Majuro on June 14.

Thrive Star Global Falcon 7X M-ZJBT arrived Sydney from Guangzhou on June 3 and departed to Manado on June 6.

Falcon 2000 RP-C9215 transited Darwin on June 28 while en route from Manila to Mudgee.

Legacy 550 N712EA which arrived in Sydney from Kupang on May 22 returned to Kupang on June 18.

Ferry flights

Ayres S2R-H80 N5539C msn H80-199 which was imported by Statewide Aviation was noted being uncrated in their hangar at Moree on June 20. The Ayres S2R-H80 which was cancelled from the US register on May 26 was registered VH-NFW to Statewide Aviation on June 22.

Pegasus Air Services Cessna 208B PK-ICK arrived at Cairns from Merauke on June 20 before returning to Merauke on June 27.

Cirrus SR-22 N75VK arrived at the Gold Coast on June 28 after its Pacific crossing from Merced/CA via Honolulu, Pago Pago and Noumea/Magenta.

Cirrus SR-22 N1052 which is registered to International Air Services of Carson City/Nevada was noted being removed from a container at Moorabbin on June 2.

Cirrus SR-22 N238JG which was noted at Maroochydore on June 18 later visited Gladstone, Hamilton Island, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Tennent Creek, Kununurra and Darwin where it arrived on June 26. N238JG departed Darwin for Kupang on June 28.

Airfast Indonesia DHC-6-400 PK-OCH which is fitted with a MAD boom arrived at Horn Island from Merauke on June 20 before continuing to Weipa and Cairns on June 22.

Diamond DA-42NG Twin Star OE-UDK in company with DA-42NG OE-UDL and DA-42NG OE-UDM arrived at Bankstown on June 5 from Denpasar via Broome and Alice Springs. The three DA-42NG were registered VH-TJU, VH-TJY and VH-TJZ respectively on June 23 to the Oxford Aviation Academy (Australia) at Moorabbin, Victoria.

Airvan 8 VH-TNQ msn GA8-16-237 was registered to Gippsaero P/L of Morwell, Victoria on June 6.

Cessna 207 ZK-MDZ was cancelled from the New Zealand register on May 26 on its sale in Australia and on June 5 it was registered VH-EVB. On June 9 Cessna 207 VH-EVB departed Ardmore for Kerikeri and later crossed the Tasman via Lord Howe Island to the Gold Coast and Ballina where it arrived on June 12.

Mooney M-20K N916BL which was on a Round the World flight as ‘Amelia Earhart project 80th anniversary flight’ arrived at Darwin from Bandung on June 30 before continuing to Ayers Rock, Coober Pedy and Longreach on July 1.

P-750XL ZK-JIM msn 175 (Traffic/July) has been registered DQ-FFF to Island Hoppers.

P-750XL ZK-KAR msn 164 was cancelled from the register on June 22 as ‘exported’ Pilatus PC-21 HB-HWE (A54-005) and Pilatus HB-HWF (A54-006) (Traffic/July) completed their ferry flight from Stans, Switzerland at RAAF East Sale on June 12 after arriving from Denpasar via Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide.

Pilatus PC-21 HB-HWG (A54-007) callsign ‘Pilatus Wings 40 Romeo and Pilatus PC-21 HB-HWH (A54-008) ‘Pilatus Wings 41 November’ should have been delivered to the RAAF at East Sale by the time this is read.

PA-34-200T VH-DIG departed Broome for Halim on June 20 before returning to Broome from Seletar on June 24.

PA-32-300 ZK-OMT departed Christchurch for Lord Howe Island on June 3 before continuing to the Gold Coast and Archerfield on June 4. ZK-OMT was noted at Cairns on June 17 with the aircraft later departing Archerfield on June 24 for Lord Howe Island and Christchurch.

PA-24 ZK-BAZ departed Kerikeri for Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast on June 28 before continuing to Caboolture on June 29.

Reims FA337F VH-FCO which was on delivery to new owner in New Zealand departed the Gold Coast on June 6 for Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Kerikeri where it arrived on June 10. VH-FCO was cancelled from the Australian register on June 13.

SOCATA TB-21 VH-MLJ departed Bankstown on June 18 for Mount Isa, Darwin and Denpasar where it arrived on June 20.

Heavy metal

Spanish Air Force A310-304 T.22-1 call sign ‘AirMil 4575’ arrived Sydney from Colombo on June 4 and departed to Kuala Lumpar on June 6.

French Air Force A400M 0014/F-BRAF call sign ‘Cotam 2005’ transited Darwin on June 16 while en route from Noumea to Halim.

RMAF A319CJ 9M-NAA arrived Perth from Denpasar on June 30.

RAAF Alenia C-27J A34-007 call sign ‘ASY 535’ was delivered to RAAF Richmond on June 25 from Cocos and RAAF Pearce.

Antonov Airlines An-124 UR-82008 as ‘ADB293F’ arrived RAAF Amberley from Kuala Lumpur on June 4. The An-124 as ‘ASY053’ departed Amberley for Darwin on June 4 before continuing to Singapore on June 5.

Antonov Airlines An-124 UR-82027 as ‘ADB2099’ arrived Perth in the early hours of June 6 from Ontario/CA via Honolulu and Darwin. The An-124 departed Darwin later the same day for Tianjin as ADB330F.

Volga-Dnepr An-124 RA-82043 as ‘VDA3050’ arrived Cairns from Nanjing on June 18.

RA-82043 departed to Darwin on June 30 as VDA3064 before continuing to Incheon on July 1.

USAF Beech 1900C-1/C-12J 86-0082 as ‘CATS 40’ arrived Darwin from Manado on June 17 before returning to Manado on June 20.

US Marines Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey 168031 EP-08 of VMM-265 in company with MV-22B 168218 EP-11 of VMM-265, MV-22B 168220 EP-00 of VMM-265 and MV-22B 168634 EP-13 of VMM-265 made two return visits to Sydney on June 29 flying from and to the carrier USS Bonhomme Richard.

Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-368ER HZ-AK30 as flight SVA7432 arrived Adelaide from Jeddah on June 8. The 777-368ER departed Adelaide on June 9 for Riyadh with the Saudi Arabian world cup soccer team on board.

USAF KC-135R 63-7987 ‘Ronin 87’ arrived Brisbane from Kadena on June 10 before returning to Kadena on June 11.

USAF KC-135R 62-3561/ZZ ‘Ronin 81’ (Traffic/July) departed Brisbane for Kadena on June 7.

USAF/AMC KC-135R 59-1492 ‘Ronin 83’ in company with USAF/AMC KC-135R 62-3552 ‘Ronin 82’ (Traffic/July) departed Brisbane for Kadena on June 13.

Polywise International 737-7JB/BBJ VP-CKG arrived Sydney from Guangzhou on June 21.

United States of America 737-7DM/C-40B 01-0015 ‘Spar 55’ arrived Brisbane from Kwajalein on June 27 before continuing to Sydney on June and returning to Kwajalein on June 29.

US Navy 737-7AFC/C-40A 166693 ‘Convoy 7500’ arrived Townsville from Guam on June 30 before returning to Guam later the same day.

USAF C-146A/Dornier 328-100 97-3091 ‘Magma 2’ arrived Darwin from Ambon on June 5 and departed to Denpasar on June 7. The Dornier returned to Darwin from Ambon on June 12 and departed to Denpasar on June 14.

PAL Express Dash 8-Q402 RP-C3031 ‘GAP5007’ arrived Cairns for planned maintenance from Ambon on June 4.

USAF MC-130J 13-5775 ‘Spock 41’ arrived Cairns from Guam on June 28.

USAF MC-130J 12-5761 ‘Spock 42’ arrived Rockhampton from Cairns on July 1.

USAF C-130H 74-1692/YJ ‘Trek 91’ transited Darwin on June 16 while en route from Palau to RAAF Richmond. The C-130H returned to Darwin from Richmond on June 17 before departing to Kadena on June 18.

Western Global Airlines MD-11F N546JN ‘Camber 560’ arrived Townsville from Kadena on June 29 and after over-nighting returned to Kadena.