April-May 2016 New Deliveries / First Flights

[Moderator]

Please post any information/questions about new deliveries, first flights etc in our region in this thread.

[Ian Gains]

CC-BGI 787-9 LAN is operating LAN800/1 so will visit AKL and SYD for the 1st time tomorrow.

[Grahame Hutchison]

The first aircraft for the new merged LAN / TAM airline has made its first flight. Hopefully we will see it on the Santiago-Auckland-Sydney route soon.

CC-BGK B787-9 Latam Airlines First Flight

L/N 426 C/N 38474 B787-9 CC-BGK LATAM AIRLINES
Dep PAE 13:25 PDT Arr PAE 16:08 PDT via MWH
Call Sign BOE616 Hex Code E80451

View Image (http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.com.au/#uds-search-results)

Artists Livery Impression (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=image+CC-BGK&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV9oPy_qHMAhVP5mMKHQSDBnQQsAQIGw&biw=1920&bih=986#imgrc=NtN6ICwDr4rOeM%3A)

[Greg Hyde]

First Flight of first RAAF P-8

Friday, 6 May 2016

N940DS (A47-001) B737-8FV P-8A Royal Australian Air Force First Flight
L/N 5823 C/N 62288 B737-8FV P-8A N940DS (A47-001) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
Dep RNT 13:31 PDT Arr BFI 15:25 PDT
Call Sign BOE181 Hex Code AD0D84
Aircraft was painted at Renton
92nd Wing - Edinburgh AFB nr Adelaide South Australia

[lloyd fox]

For BNE spotters new Etihad 789 A6-BLF is now in service.