Australian Aviation understands the four Saab 340Bs, registered VH-RXE (pictured), VH-ZLX, VH-ZJS, and VH-ZRH, were listed for sale through global firm C&L Aviation before the airline entered administration earlier this year.

Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile is the only fifth-generation missile in service that can be fitted to the F-35A aircraft and carried internally, helping the aircraft to maintain its low observable profile and enhancing its lethality.

The new-generation aircraft, which already operate Melbourne-Brisbane, Melbourne-Canberra and Melbourne-Hobart services, will begin flying Sydney-Launceston on 27 October and Sydney-Hobart on 19 November.

The Flying Kangaroo now has three weekly A330-200 P2F (passenger-to-freight) services between Australia and Hong Kong, as well as five weekly Sydney-Christchurch-Auckland services as of late August, four of which are operated by A321P2F aircraft.