102 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION
Traffic
its sale in India. On April 28 and
now registered to Indigo Airlines
as VT-IHR the A320 ferried
from Clark Field to Bangkok and
New Delhi.
A320-232 VH-VNG departed
Melbourne on May 2 as TGG9002
on ferry to Darwin and Clark
Field for planned maintenance
before returning to Melbourne via
Darwin as TGG9003 on May 15.
REGIONAL AIRLINE NEWS
In this issue we report the delivery
of an EMB-145LR to JetGo while
departing were two DHC-6-300
operated by Fiji Link.
Air Rarotonga planned to take
delivery of Saab 340B+ N368CL
msn 340B-368 in late May.
Fiji Link ferried ATR 72-600
DQ-FJX as FJA2003 from Nadi
to Nelson on May 29 for planned
maintenance with Air New
Zealand Regional.
Fiji Link has terminated its
lease on DHC-6-300 DQ-PSD and
on March 23 it departed Nadi on
ferry to the United States.
DHC-6-300 DQ-PSE has
also terminated its lease and on
May 25 it departed Nadi on ferry
to Majuro, Honolulu and Santa
Maria/California where it arrived
on May 29.
Hevilift Australia (Fixed
Wing) Pty Ltd of Brisbane
became the registered operator of
ATR 72-600 VH-FVM effective
April 23.
Hevilift (PNG) ferried
DHC-6-300 P2-KSM from Cairns
to Honiara on May 7 and after
overnighting it continued to
Tarawa. where it commenced a
three-month lease to Air Kiribati.
JetGo took delivery of
ERJ-145LR N14923 msn 145318
at Brisbane on April 13 after the
aircraft ferried in from the US via
Nome, Petropavlovsk, Sapporo
and Davao City. However, since its
arrival the aircraft has remained
static.
On June 1 JetGo was placed in
voluntary administration. At the
time ERJ-135LR VH-JZG was
parked at Sydney, where it had
been since March 25; ERJ-135KL
VH-ZJE was parked at Townsville,
where it had been since March26;
while ERJ-135KL VH-ZJG was
at Brisbane, where it had been
parked since April 14.
ERJ-135LR VH-JGB and
ERJ-145LR VH-JGR are still
operational and are available for
charter.BIZJET NEWS
In this issue we report the delivery
of a Global Express, a Falcon 7X
and a Learjet 31 and the departure
of a Global Express.
Global Express VH-OFX
msn 9104 was registered on
April 3 with the holder Mitchell
Air of South Melbourne, Victoria
and the operator Australian
Corporate Jet Centres of Essendon
Fields, Victoria. It was delivered to
Essendon from Halim on April 17.
Falcon 7X N818TL msn 15
was delivered to Network Jets
at Auckland on April 29 after
arriving from Springfield, Illinois
and Hilo.
Learjet 31 VH-LPX
msn 31A-144 ex JA01CP was
placed on the register on April 5
with the holder Astra Aerospace
of North Nowra, NSW and the
operator GoJet of North Nowra.
VH-LPX was delivered to Nowra
on April 22 after arriving from
Ambon and Darwin.
Sovereign VH-VPL, which
was operated by Twentieth Super
Pace Nominees of Southport,
Queensland, has been sold toSkyline Aviation of Napier, New
Zealand. On May 19 VH-VPL
departed Essendon for Napier. It
was registered ZK-RXD to Skyline
Aviation on May 22.
New production Global 6000
C-FWVU msn 9817 was noted at
Montreal/Trudeau on May 10 with
the registration VH-YAI.
Palmer Aviation Global Express
M-ATAR reportedly has been
sold. Ownership of the Global
was transferred to FAI Asset
Management on April 19 and on
May 14 it was flown from Norwich,
UK to Nuremberg, Germany.
M-ATAR was then cancelled from
the Isle of Man register on May 25.
Global 6000 N796GL has
operated a demonstration tour
of Australia, arriving in Sydney
from Xiamen on May 4. It later
visited Perth and Essendon before
departing Brisbane for Shanghai
on May 11
Citation M2 N902MZ has
also operated a demonstration
tour with the aircraft first noted
arriving in Darwin from Denpasar
on May 5. It later visited Ceduna,
Archerfield, Sydney, Essendon,
Maroochydore and Cairns before
departing Darwin for Denpasar on
May 13.
The first two Pilatus PC-24s for
the RFDS/Western Operations
have been noted at Stans,
Switzerland on May 3 – HB-VSF
msn 105 which is the prospective
VH-VWO and HB-VSG msn 106
which is the prospective VH-KWO.
Falcon Air Falcon 20-F5
VH-PNY arrived back in Sydney
on May 16, resplendent in an
attractive new colour scheme, after
maintenance in the US. It had
ferried via Guam and Cairns.
In turboprop news the RNZAF
has taken delivery of two King
Air 350i aircraft. VH-ZPG msnFL-962 departed Cairns for
Brisbane on May 25 and after
overnighting continued to Lord
Howe Island and Ohakea where it
became NZ2351.
King Air 350i VH-ZPE,
meanwhile, had been delivered
to the RNZAF at Ohakea on
March 23 (Traffic/May), and was
cancelled from the register on
May 8 prior to it being allocated
the RNZAF serial NZ2353.FERRY FLIGHTS
Baron G58 VH-KJV departed Port
Macquarie for Lord Howe Island
and Norfolk Island on April 19
before continuing to Kerikeri and
Ardmore on April 20.
After completing its
demonstration tour of Australia
(Traffic/May) Cessna 208B/EX
N5420C departed Jandakot for
Newman, Kununurra and Darwin
on April 6 and after overnighting
continued to Kupang.
Cessna 208 VH-NUQ
msn 208-00550 was registered to
West Coast Seaplanes of Broome
on May 10 and arrived there from
Denpasar on May 23.
Travira Air Cessna 208/FP
PK-TVN arrived in Broome from
Kupang on May 20.
On May 31 Cessna 172S
VH-ZEJ departed Toowoomba
for Longreach and Darwin before
continuing to Balikpapan on
June 2.
Diamond DA-40 N360TX
msn 40-723 arrived at Archerfield
on May 28 from Denpasar, Darwin
and Mount Isa.
Found FBA-2C3/FP N883MX
was noted at Ardmore on May 5.
Helio U-10 C-GZZL was noted
at Jandakot on April 13.
PAC 750XL ZK-KDI msn 206
(Traffic/May) departed Hamilton
on May 24 on the first leg of its
ferry flight on delivery to the
Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
Routing via Ardmore, Kerikeri,
Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island,
Gold Coast, Rockhampton, Cairns
and Horn Island, it arrived at Port
Moresby on May 29.
PAC 750XL ZK-KEJ msn 220
departed Hamilton for the Gold
Coast and Toowoomba on April 7
on delivery to Poland (Traffic/
May).
RAAF Pilatus PC-21s
HB-HWM callsign PCH46P and
PC-21 HB-HWN callsign PCH47C
arrived at RAAF Base East Sale
on April 23 after ferrying in fromFalxon 7X N818TL flies into Sydney
in late May, a month after being
delivered to Network Jets of
Auckland.BRENDEN SCOTT