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Virgin Australia 737-8FE VH-
VOR was withdrawn from service
on August 3 after it operated
VOZ150 from Auckland to
Brisbane. On August 7 VH-VOR,
which had been operating for
some months minus its Virgin
markings, ferried from Brisbane to
Wagga Wagga as VOZ9907 where
on arrival it entered the Douglas
Aerospace hangar for repainting in
Tigerair Australia colours.
When it enters service with Air Chathams Convair 580F
Tigerair in late August VH-VOR ZK-KFL now sports this unique
will be fourth of type in the Virgin
Australia-owned low-cost carrier’s albatross livery. phil craig
fleet.
Virgin Australia E190-100IGW REGIONAL AIRLINE NEWS ferried from Brisbane to Sydney on Westwind II N990S msn 322
VH-ZPT transited Darwin In this issue we report the delivery June 22. was registered to the CODA
and Cairns in mid-July after of a Saab 340B to Air Raratonga. MAF International Superannuation Fund of Panama
maintenance in the Philippines. Air Chathams has repainted Cessna 208FP N612MF City, Florida on July 3 before later
VH-ZPT, which was withdrawn Convair 580F ZK-KFL into a very msn 20800612 flew into Oshkosh, being delivered to Helipro of Fiji.
from service on December 30 attractive one-off livery featuring Wisconsin on July 21 where it On August 2 it visited Brisbane
before later ferrying to Clark Field the Chatham Islands mollymawk was placed on display for the EAA from Suva.
in the Philippines for maintenance albatross. The Convair’s nose AirVenture convention. When Learjet 35A C-GIWO msn 407
(Traffic/March), was in the process and forward fuselage features delivered to MAF the aircraft will arrived at Nowra on August 8 from
of being prepared for service with an albatross head while the tail be based in Indonesia initially. Cebu and Darwin, likely another
JetGo before the Brisbane-based features tail feathers. Airvan 8 P2-MFM ferried from delivery to Air Affairs.
airline ceased RPT operations on Air Rarotonga took delivery Horn Island to Mareeba on July 18 Challenger 605 VH-LVH,
June 1. of Saab 340B N368CL msn and was returned to the Australian which was registered to Dulcie Ltd
Wearing JetGo livery but minus 340B-368 at Rarotonga on July 17 register as VH-MAH on July 26. of Singapore, was cancelled from
titles the E190 ferried from Clark after the aircraft ferried in from Pelican Airlines Jetstream 32 the register on August 3 on its
Field to Darwin and Cairns on Bangor, Lake Havasu City and VH-OAM was noticed at sale in the US. The same day the
July 16 as VOZ9946. On July 19 it Hilo. The Saab was cancelled Bankstown in late July being Challenger was registered N777KD
then departed Cairns on ferry to from the US register on July 18 reduced to parts. It had been to Joelle Jet of Duluth, Georgia.
Nashville via Nadi, Apia, Honolulu before taking up the Cook Islands purchased to serve as a source of Citation I/SP VH-FUM, which
and Van Nuys. registration of E5-SMW. spares. was cancelled from the register on
E190-100IGW VH-ZPC was Air Vanuatu ATR 72-500 Saab 340B VH-ZXQ entered June 13 (Traffic/August), was later
cancelled from the register on YJ-AV71 was damaged at Port Vila service with Regional Express on parted out at Essendon in late July
August 1 and the following day was on July 28 when it left the runway July 13 when it operated ZL668 before being placed in containers
registered in the US to Wilmington after landing while operating flight from Wagga Wagga to Sydney. and moved from the airport.
Trust as N170NC. NF239 from Tanna. Before coming As N423XJ the Saab had been Execujet Australia registered
Virgin Australia Regional to a stop the ATR also badly delivered to Wagga Wagga on Global Express aircraft VH-ICV
Airlines Fokker 100 VH-FSW damaged Unity Airlines BN-2A-8 February 4 (Traffic/April). and VH-OCV were both noted
departed Perth as VOZ9940 for YJ-009 and Air Taxi BN-2A-27 Unity Airlines has purchased parked at Tucson in early August.
Karratha and Port Hedland on YJ-AL2. Great Barrier Airlines BN-2A-26 The US register shows the
July 10 and after overnighting Air Vanuatu completed a major ZK-FVD and on August 6 the all- registration N93GX has been
continued to Seletar for planned rebuild of DHC-6-300 YJ-AV11 white Islander departed Auckland reserved for VH-ICV while N26GX
maintenance. on July 10 and has returned the for Norfolk Island on the first stage has been reserved for VH-OCV.
ATR 72-600 VH-FVP, which aircraft to service. of its ferry flight to Port Vila. Palmer Aviation Global Express
ferried from Canberra to Nelson Fiji Link DHC-6-300 DQ-PSE, M-ATAR was cancelled from the
for storage on March 19, ferried which departed Nadi on May 25 BIZJET NEWS Isle of Man register on May 25
from Nelson to Melbourne as on ferry to the US (Traffic/July), In this issue we report the (Traffic/July) on its sale to FAI
VOZ9947 on July 13. The ATR was registered N974SW to Aircraft deliveries of a Global 6000, Rent-A-Jet as D-AUWE.
returned to service with VARA on Investments Providenciales on a Westwind 11 and a Learjet The registered owner/operator
July 18 when it operated VOZ9907 July 17. 35A and the departure of a of Learjet 60 VH-NPP changed
from Melbourne to Canberra. ATR 72-600 DQ-FJY ferried Challenger 605. from Chiron Flight Services of
ATR 72-600 VH-VPJ ferried from Nadi to Auckland and Nelson Global 6000 N880X msn 9806 Singapore to Astra Aerospace and
from Canberra to Nelson on August 7 for maintenance with was registered to TVPX Aircraft GoJet of North Nowra on June 27.
as VOZ9946 on July 11 for ANZ Regional. Solutions of North Salt Lake, VH-NPP later arrived at Nowra
maintenance before returning JetGo ERJ-135KL VH-ZJG, Utah on June 29 before being from Seletar and Port Hedland on
to Canberra as VOZ9949 on which had been parked at Brisbane delivered to Pratt Holdings at June 29.
August 2. since April 18, was towed to a Essendon on August 3, ferrying in Singapore-based Gee Bee
ATR 72-600 VH-FVN hangar for maintenance on July 18. from Teterboro via Honolulu. The Jet Learjet 60 VH-AND made
ferried from Canberra to Nelson ERJ-145LR VH-JGR ferried otherwise all-white Global 6000 a rare visit to Australia when on
as VOZ9946 on July 26 for from Townsville to Cairns on features ‘Pratt 100% recycled’ July 17 it arrived in Sydney from
maintenance with ANZ Regional. July 13 while ERJ-135LR VH-JGB logos on the tail. Johor Bahru and Port Hedland as
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