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Traffic Key aircraft movements

from across the region
WRITER: GORDON REID

Ex Virgin E190 VH-ZPT wears
Jetgo colours as it transits
Darwin. sid mitchell

QANTAS GROUP NEWS 737-838 VH-VZH operated that effective August 26 withdrawn from service on July 15
A380-842 VH-OQA ferried from QF978 from Brisbane to VH-EFR will operate a weekly after operating NZ5187 from
Sydney to Dubai as QF6011 on Townsville on August 8 with the service Sydney-Darwin-Hong Palmerston North to Christchurch.
July 14 for maintenance and aircraft then entering the Flying Kong-Sydney rotation as Alliance Fokker 100 VH-XWR,
repainting in the new Qantas Colours hangar for repainting. QF7517/7517/7518. which had departed Brisbane
livery. On completion VH-OQA Dash 8-Q402 VH-QOK on June 7 for maintenance in
departed Dubai to Sydney on Lismore returned to service on AIRLINE NEWS Bratislava, returned to Brisbane
July 31 as QF6012, arriving on July 4 after being repainted in the This issue we report the delivery of on July 22. The ferry flight was
August 1. silver roo livery, with Dash 8-Q402 an A330-200 to Fiji Airways and a contracted to Southern Cross and
787-9 VH-ZNE Skippy, which VH-QOV taking its place in 777-300ER to Air New Zealand. operated as SXI 1804 via Nagpur,
entered domestic service July 7 the Flying Colours hangar for Air New Zealand has leased Subang, Kupang and Cairns.
on the Melbourne-Brisbane- repainting between July 4 and 777-35EER B-16717 from EVA Fokker 100 VH-UQC, which
Melbourne route (Traffic/ July 17. Dash 8-Q402 VH-QOX in Air to cover 787 engine problems, was delivered to Brisbane on
August), was scheduled on its first turn then entered the paintshop with the aircraft, still wearing EVA June 29 (Traffic/August), entered
international service on July 26 between July 16 and July 28. colours, arriving in Auckland from service with Alliance on July 10
when it operated QF9 from Dash 8-202 VH-TQX Taipei as EVA 361 on August 5. operating from Brisbane to Alice
Melbourne to Perth and London. operated QF101 from Brisbane The 777 was later registered to Air Springs.
787-9 VH-ZNF msn 36239/742 to Townsville on July 28 before New Zealand as ZK-OKT and was Fiji Airways, which took
was registered to Qantas on entering the Flying Colours hangar due to enter service in late August. delivery of A330-243 S7-VDM at
July 27 and is planned for delivery for repainting. Air New Zealand is also leasing Nadi on June 27 (Traffic/August),
in late August. Qantas Freight 737-376F 777-212ER ZK-OKJ msn 30872 has registered the aircraft DQ-FJP.
737-838 VH-VXA operated VH-XML departed Perth for ex 9V-SVG from Singapore On July 8 DQ-FJP, which is
QF978 from Brisbane to Townsville Seletar as QF7390 on July 20 for Airlines, with the aircraft planned named Island of Vatulele, entered
on July 24 before entering planned maintenance. for delivery in late August. service with Fiji Airways when
the Flying Colours hangar for 767-381F VH-EFR, which was In late September Air New it operated FJ411 from Nadi to
repainting in the silver roo livery. hangared in Brisbane for planned Zealand is planning to take Auckland.
It then returned to service on maintenance on June 18 (Traffic/ delivery of 787-9s ZK-NZN Solomon Airlines A320-211
August 9 operating QF969 to August), returned to service on msn 38182/749 and ZK-NZQ H4-BUS returned to Brisbane
Brisbane. June 30 when it ferried from msn 39296/751. from Seletar and Darwin on
737-838 VH-VXE returned to Brisbane to Sydney as QF7584 Air New Zealand is planning to July 31 as SOL623, after being
service in the silver roo livery on prior to operating QF7527 from take delivery of its first A321neo overseas for six months. On
July 10 when it operated QF969 Sydney to Auckland. aircraft A321-271NX ZK-NNA August 1 it returned to service with
from Townsville to Brisbane. On July 27 VH-EFR departed msn 8496 in September, with Solomon operating SOL701 from
737-838 VH-VZG operated Sydney for New Chitose (on A321-271NX ZK-NNB msn 8542 Brisbane to Honiara.
QF978 from Brisbane to Hokkaido, Japan) as QF7537. to follow in October.
Townsville on July 9 before Later the same day as QF7538 Air New Zealand Link/Mount VIRGIN GROUP NEWS
entering the Flying Colours it departed New Chitose for Cook was planning to take delivery In this issue we report the transfer
hangar for repainting. It returned Melbourne and Sydney where it of ATR 72-600 ZK-MVV msn 1507 of a Virgin Australia 737-800 to
to service on July 25 operating arrived on July 28. in mid-August. Tigerair and the departure of a
QF969 to Brisbane. Qantas Freight has announced ATR 72-500 ZK-MCB was Virgin Australia E190.

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