JULY 2018 101
Meanwhlile, 767-319ERs
ZK-NCG and ZK-NCI remain in
storage at Alice Springs.
ANZ Link/Mount Cook
registered ATR 72-600 ZK-MVR
msn 1487 on April 13 before
taking delivery of the aircraft
in Christchurch on April 18.
ZK-MVR’s ferry from Toulouse
was contracted to Southern
Cross, and operating as SXI1809
was routed via Trabzon, Al Ain,
Nagpur, Subang, Denpasar,
Darwin and Brisbane. ZK-MVR
entered service on April 26
when it operated NZ366 from
Christchurch to Wellington.
ATR 72-500 ZK-MCF was
withdrawn from ANZ Link service
on May 6 after it operated NZ5716
from Invercargill to Christchurch.
It departed Christchurch for
Saigon on May 21 as Southern
Cross 1820 with its airline titles
and koru removed. Ferrying
to Saigon via Brisbane, Mount
Isa, Darwin and Kota Kinabalu,
ZK-MCF was then prepared
for delivery to Novo Air in
Bangladesh.
ANZ Link/Eagle Beech 1900D
ZK-EAG later VH-OYW had been
in storage at Bankstown since
October 2016, but on April 12 it
departed for the Gold Coast. After
overnighting the Beech continued
to Apia on its ferry to Peru.
Likewise Beech 1900D ZK-EAP
later VH-OYZ had been stored at
Bankstown since October 2016
and followed VH-OYW to Peru on
May 19 ferrying via the Gold Coast,
Apia, Papeete and Easter Island
and onwards ferry to Peru.
Alliance Airlines took
delivery of Fokker 100 VH-UQA
msn 11499 ex OE-LVE at Brisbane
on June 4 after the aircraft ferried
in from Kupang and Townsville
as SXI 1802. The Fokker had
been registered to Alliance on
February 5.
Fokker 100 VH-UQB 11483 ex
OE-LVF was registered to Alliance
Aviation on March 28, while
Fokker 100 VH-UQF msn 11456
ex OE-LVH was registered to
Alliance on May 25.
Fokker 70 OE-LFQ msn 11568,
which was delivered to Alliance
in Brisbane on March 31 (Traffic/
May), was registered VH-NUZ on
April 20.
Fokker 50 VH-FKO has
returned to Australia after
operating passenger charters in
New Zealand since September 13
- On May 11 it departed
Auckland for Norfolk Island,
Brisbane and Auckland.
Fiji Airways took delivery
of A330-243 S7-ADB msn 751
at Nadi on April 29 after the
Airbus ferried in from Abu Dhabi
on April 29 as SEY9778. Later
registered DQ-FJO and named
Island of Beqa the A330, the
fourth of type in the Fiji Airways
fleet, entered service on May 12
when it operated FJ411 from Nadi
to Auckland.
737-8X2 DQ-FJG departed
Nadi on May 13 as FJI2007 for
Cairns and Seletar for planned
maintenance. As FJI2008 it
returned to Nadi on May 26 from
Seletar and Cairns.
Cobham Aviation/National Jet
Express cancelled BAe 146-300
VH-NJL from the register on
May 17, a day after its cabin and
cockpit section were removed for
transport to the South Australian
Aviation Museum where they will
be placed on displayed.VIRGIN GROUP NEWS
Virgin Australia named 737-800
VH-YWDTinamirakunaat a
ceremony held at Launceston on
June 1.
E190-100IGW VH-ZPA, which
departed Brisbane on January 9
2017 on ferry to Nashville, was
cancelled from the Australian
register on April 4. On April 5 it
was placed on the US register as
N14800.
E190-100IGW VH-ZPB,
which departed Brisbane on
November 28 2016 on ferry to
Nashville, was cancelled from the
Australian register on May 21. OnMay 24 the E190 was placed on
the US register as N216NC.
E190-100IGW VH-ZPK was
ferried from Nashville to Lake
Charles, Louisiana on May 18 for
painting.
Virgin Australia Regional
Airlines took delivery of former
Tigerair Australia A320-232
VH-VNJ in Perth on April 7 after
the aircraft ferried in from Clark
Field and Darwin as Tiger 9003.
VH-VNJ had been painted in
Virgin Australia colours while in
the Philippines and entered service
on May 2 when it operated BHP
mining charter VOZ9339 from
Perth to Coondewanna.
Tigerair A320-232 VH-VNQ
ferried from Melbourne to Darwin
and Clark Field on February 1
where the aircraft was cancelled
from the register on April 24 onTraffic
Air New Zealand is again wet-
leasing Hi Fly A340-300 9H-SUN.
EWAN BROWNEx Tigerair A320 VH-VNJ has
now joined the Virgin Australia
Regional Airlines fleet.BRENDEN SCOTT