52 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017B
izjet deliveries to the region
for our review period
totalled 16, which was four
down on the previous 12
months, while departures
totalled 11, also four down
on the previous 12 months. As a
result the total bizjet fleet increased
to 220 aircraft.
The only new type to join
our directory this year was the
Phenom 300 and we now have two
examples in Australia. First arrival
was N217CB in December ’16,
which was later registeredN227SL
to a private owner at Essendon,
whilePhenom 300 VH-NJCwas
delivered to Power Capital Holdings
of Perth.
Also delivered during the year
was the firstCitation CJ3+in
the region with the arrival of
ZK-RJZ for Tirohanga Holdings in
Wellington.
New operators on our listing
imported six aircraft comprising
SG Aviation of Melbourne which
took delivery of Global Express
XRS VH-SGA; Bluefield of
Melbourne which took delivery
of Global Express VH-UPH;Charreo of Melbourne which
importedFalcon 900C VH-OAA;
GeeBee Jet of Singapore which
took delivery ofLearjet 60
VH-AND; Add Aviation of
Melbourne which took delivery
ofHawker 800XP VH-OFJ; and
Power Capital Holdings of Perth
which importedPhenom 300
VH-NJC.
Established operators imported
seven aircraft with Falcon Group
Holdings of Brisbane adding
Falcon 50 VH-FJQ to join
Falcon 50 VH-FOL; Pacific Jets of
Auckland adding Falcon 2000LX
VH-OCB to replace CitationJet
CJ4 ZK-OCB; ST Aerospace
Engineering of Singapore taking
Gulfstream 150 VH-PFW to join
Gulfstream 150 VH-PFV; and
Careflight of Wentworthville, NSW
adding Beechjet 400A VH-EIH to
join Beechjet 400A VH-EIG.
Four US-registered aircraft
have been imported by private
operators which to date have
all retained their US markings.
Phenom 300 N227SL, which is
based at Essendon, is registered
to TVPX Aircraft Solutions ofNorth Salt Lake, Utah;Citation
Mustang N510MW,which is
basedat Essendon, is registered
to the Bank of Utah at Salt Lake
City, Utah;Citation Mustang
N1956A,which is based at Jandakot,
isregistered to TVPX Aircraft
Solutions of North Salt Lake, Utah;
andEclipse 500 N465DG,which is
basedat Tamworth and is registered
to Aircraft Guaranty Corporation of
Onalaska, Texas.
Bizjets departing overseas
without replacement were JetFlight
Air ServicesGulfstream G650ER
N650AB;Execujet New Zealand
Gulfstream G650 ZK-KFB;
WGH AviationChallenger 604
VH-VRE;RATE (Australia)
Premier 390 VH-VHP;MyJet
AviationCitation S/II VH-JMM;
Jet CityLearjet 36A VH-JCX;
Shortstop Jet CharterBAe
1 25-1000 VH-IMP;and Asia
Pacific JetsHawker 800XP
VH-OVE.
Finally, Pacific Jets Westwind I I
ZK-PJA was scrapped and Revesco
Aviation Citation II VH-INT was
sold to a spare parts company in
the US.Deliveries
The 16 aircraft deliveries for the
review period was four down on
the previous 12 months. Delivery
numbers for the five years 2012 to
2016 were 21, 13, 20, 20 and 20.
Global Express XRS VH-SGA
was registered to S G Aviation
of South Melbourne on
December 12 ’16 and was delivered
to Essendon on December 26.
Eclipse 500 N465DG was
delivered to a private owner at
Tamworth on December 13 ’16.
Phenom 300 N217CB
was delivered to Essendon on
December 15 and by January 17
its registration had changed to
N227SL.
Falcon 900C VH-OAA was
registered to Charreo of Essendon
on February 2 and was delivered to
Essendon on February 6.
Citation Mustang N1956A
was delivered to a private owner at
Jandakot on February 28.
Learjet 60 VH-AND was
registered to Gee Bee Jet of
Singapore on May 17.
Falcon 50 VH-FJQ was
registered to Falcon 50 P/L ofThe Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific bizjet fleet as of October 31 2017
GORDON REID
Falcon 2000 ZK-OCB at
Auckland Airport.ANDREW ALEY