70 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017
Traffic Aviation arrivals and departures across the region
at Nadi on October 30 after the
aircraft ferried in from Calgary via
Spokane, Santa Rosa, Honolulu and
Majuro.
GAM Aircancelled
Dornier 228-202 VH-VJDfrom
the register on October 24 with the
aircraft reported to be planned for
delivery to an operator in Kenya.
Hevilift positionedATR 42 -320
P2-KSRfrom Mount Hagen to
Cairns on October 4. On October 19
the ATR 42 was then registered
VH-YWHto Hevilift Australia.
Regional Expresstook
delivery ofSaab 340B N422XJ
msn 340B-422 at Adelaide on
October15 after the all-white
aircraft completed its ferry
flight from Springfield/MO via
Lexington, Renton, Hilo, Apia,
Brisbane and Orange. It was
registeed to Regional Express on
October 18 asVH-ZXU.
Skytrans Dash 8-102
VH-QQCwas scrapped in
Cairns in early October and was
de-registered on October 16.
The Dash 8 had been stored at
Cairns since late October ’14 and
reportedly last flew with Skytrans
on October 31 ’14 as SKP67 from
Mount Isa to Cairns.
Bizjet news
In this issue we report the addition
of a Global Express to the
Australian register, the delivery
of a Citation CJ3+, the departures
of a Gulfstream 650ER and a
Challenger 604, plus the scrapping
of a New Zealand-registered
Westwind II.
Global Express VH-UPH
msn 9281 ex N981TS was
registered to Bluefield of
Abbotsford, Victoria on October 9
and was planned for delivery to
Essendon in November.
Citation CJ3+ N297AA
msn 525B-0524 was delivered to
Wellington on October 12. It had
departed Wichita on October 5 and
ferried via Lincoln, Bellingham,
Anchorage, Nome, Yelizovo,
Sendai, Yap, Honiara and Norfolk
Island. The CJ-3+ was regisrered
ZK-RJZ to Tirohanga Holdings of
Wellington on October 25.
Jetflight Air Services
Gulfstream 650ER N650AB
departed its Auckland base on
September 6 for Seletar whereit was re-registeredN999DFon
October10 to the Bank of Utah.
N650AB was first delivered to
Auckland in early December ’14.
Linfox Express Charter
Challenger 604 VH-LEFwas
cancelledfrom the register on
October 27. Earlier the Challenger
had departed Essendon on
October 16 for Apia, Honolulu
and Tucson where it arrived on
October 18.
Pacific JetsWestwind I I
ZK-PJA had been scrapped at
Auckland by mid-October having
been cancelled from the New
Zealand register on June 28.
The registered operator of
Learjet 60 VH-AND changed from
Seletar Jet Charter to Pacific Flight
Services of Condell Park, NSW on
October 3.
Citation Ultra VH-MMC
changed its registered operator
from Flight Options (Australia)to Mackeller Mining Equipment
of Maroochydore, Queensland on
October 12.
On October 4 the registered
owner of Hawker 800XP VH-RIU
changed from Bezza Holdings to
Taverners Aviation of Melbourne
and the registered operator changed
from Australian Corporate Jet
Centres to Execujet Australia of
Mascot, NSW.
Textron Aviation Sovereign
N578AB has made another
demonstration visit to Australia,
arriving in Brisbane from Seletar
and Darwin on October 17. It
continued to Sydney on October 18
and after overnighting departed to
Darwin and Seletar.
In propjet news King Air 350
N841KA, which is registered
to Ballard Aviation of Newton,
Kansas, departed Brisbane for
Port Moresby on October 8 before
continuing to Guam on October 9
and Kansai on October 10.
Sutherland Aviation
King Air 300 VH-WXC
msn FL-506 was cancelled from
the register on October 26 after
being sold in the United States
as N506KB. On November 6 it
departed Bankstown for Cairns,
Biak, Saipan and Narita where it
arrived on November 7.
Air Alize King Air B200
F-OIAA departed its Noumea base
for the Gold Coast and Ceduna on
October 17 before continuing to
Perth on October 18.
Coral Sun Aviation
King Air 200 T3-JMR departed
Cairns for Honiara on October 20
before continuing to its Tarawa base
on October 21.Gulfstreams galore
Lockheed Martin Gulfstream
G650ER N650VC arrived in
Sydney from Honolulu on October
2 before continuing to Melbourne
on October 4 via Nowra and EastQantasLink Q400 VH-QOA now
repainted in the new Qantas
colours.ANDREW BELCZACKIGulfstream G650ER A7-CGA at Cairns on
October 21.ANDREW BELCZACKIHevilift ATR 42 VH-YWH at Cairns.
ANDREW BELCZACKI