DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 69VN-A574msn 7909 in early
November while forthcoming
A320-232/W deliveries are
VN-A575 msn 7922, VN-A576 and
VN-A577.
Airline news
In this issue we report the delivery
of a Fokker 100 and a Fokker 70 to
Alliance Airlines.
Air New Zealand placed
787-9 ZK-NZLinto service on
October15 when it operated NZ101
from Auckland to Sydney.
787-9 ZK-NZMmsn 38180/624
madeits maiden flight on
November 1 when it departed
Charleston for Myrtle Beach before
returning to Charleston. ZK-NZM
is planned for delivery to Air New
Zealand in late November.
777-319ER ZK-OKPferried
from Singapore to Auckland as
NZ6012 on October 31 after
completing planned maintenance.
777-219ER ZK-OKAferried
from Auckland to Singapore as
NZ6002 on October 30 for planned
maintenance.
Air New Zealand Link/Air
Nelson Dash 8-Q311 ZK-NEC,
which had been in Townsville for a
repaint (Traffic/November), ferried
from Townsville to Brisbane,
Norfolk Island and Auckland as
SXI1733 on October 12.
Air Niuginiferried767-341ER
P2-PXVfrom Xiamen where it had
completed planned maintenance
to Port Moresby as PX6009 on
September 27.
Fokker 100 P2-ANF, having
completed its planned maintenance
at Seletar, departed on October 21
as PX4397 for Denpasar, Darwin
and Port Moresby where it arrived
on October 24.
Fokker 70 PH-KZAmsn 11567
departed Amsterdam on October 6
on ferry to Seletar via Trabzon,
Al Ain and Nagpur. At Seletar
PH-KZA will receive further
maintenance before delivery to Port
Moresby.
Fokker 70 PH-WXD
msn 11563 was cancelled from the
Dutch register on September 20
prior to delivery to Air Niugini as
P2-ANZ.
Fokker 70 PH-KZDmsn 11582
was cancelled from the Dutch
register on September 25 prior to
delivery to Air Niugini.
F28-4000s P2-ANIand
P2-ANS, which have been in
storage near the PNGDF hangar at
Port Moresby since February 2009,
were moved in early October to the
airport fire service practise area.
There the F28’s share a compound
with derelictDC-3 N55894ex
P2-ANX, which still carries Air
Niugini titles.
Alliance Airlines took delivery
of Fokker 70 VH-NKQ msn 11572
ex OE-LFR at Brisbane on
October 11 after the aircraft ferried
in from Bratislava as SXI1726.
The ferry flight was contracted to
Southern Cross and was routed
via Trabzon, Al Ain, Hyderabad,
Subang and Kupang. VH-NKQ
entered service on October 30 when
it operated QQ880 from Brisbane
to Trepell.
Fokker 100 VH-UQD 11460 ex
OE-LVO, which was registered to
Alliance on June 28, was delivered
to Brisbane on October 30 as
SXI1736. The ferry flight was
operated by Southern Cross and
departed Bratislava on October 27,routed via Trabzon, Al Ain,
Hyderabad, Subang and Kupang.
Fokker 100 VH-UQG
msn 11446 ex OE-LVC, which was
registered to Alliance on July 24
(Traffic/September), departed
Bratislava on October 8 for
Norwich where it was painted in
Alliance colours.
Fokker 100 OE-LVF
msn 11483 was registered to
AllianceAviation Slovakia on
October 17 whileFokker 70s
OE-LFImsn 11529 andOE-LFQ
msn 11568 were registered to
AllianceAviation Slovakia on
August 17.Virgin Group news
Virgin Australiaferried
777-3ZGER VH-VPE as
VOZ9949 from Sydney to
Singapore on October 18 for
planned maintenance.
737-800/W VH-YWD
msn 41020/6664 Tiramirakura
operated its maiden flight onOctober 28 when it departed Renton
for Boeing Field.
Virgin Australia Regional
Airlines (VARA) ferried
Fokker 100 VH-FNN Cape
Naturaliste into Perth from Seletar
and Port Hedland as VOZ9942
on October 26 after completing
maintenance at Seletar and painting
at Subang.Regional airline news
In this issue we report the deliveries
of a Dash 8-100 to Air Kiribati, a
Saab 340B to Regional Express and
a DHC-6-400 to Fiji Link, while a
Dash 8-100 of Skytrans was reduced
to spares.
Air Kiribati took delivery of
Dash 8-102A C-FRXH msn 388
at Tarawa on October 30 after
the aircraft ferried in from Great
Falls, Concord and Honolulu. This
aircraft was previously operated in
Australia by Skytrans as VH-QQL.
Fiji Link took delivery of
DHC-6-400 C-GUVT msn 956Qantas has transferred 737-838 ZK-ZQA
from Jetconnect to Qantas domestic,
reregistering it VH-VZF.CALEB HOTZQantas 787-9 VH-ZNA is towed at Sydney
Airport on November 11.SETH JAWORSKI