Australia - Freighter routes

[Bruce Bramwell]

Hi Guys,

Bit of an 'odd' question but I am chasing down a couple of things and was wondering If I could tap into the vast resources here.

AAE 727-200F Flights? [I know they did 5 x weekly PER - MEL]
AAE 727-100F Flights?

AAE 737-300F

Though isnt their an operation between the east coast of Australia to Auckland>?

[Brenden S]

AaE 722F flight is PER-MEL-PER and on occasion PER-MEL-LST-MEL-PER
737 CNS-BNE-TSV-SYD-MEL-HBA-LST
146 ADL-MEL-SYD-BNE-TSV

[Torin Wilson]

Though isnt their an operation between the east coast of Australia to Auckland>?

I think you are thinking are thinking of Asian Air Express for that. 727-200 VH-DHE operating on behalf of DHL

[Mark M]

I think you are thinking are thinking of Asian Air Express for that. 727-200 VH-DHE operating on behalf of DHL

Sounds very much that way, uses the callsign Express 1/2. Does its still overnight in SYD on Fridays and then leave around 2pm on Saturdays ? About the only time its spotted in daylight hours, and not living where I used to never get to see it anymore.

While we are discussing freighter aircraft, I have a question about the Cessna Caravan painted in the Toll Livery that seems to be based at Bankstown, although im not sure if its currently operational. When it does fly where does it generally go to, and does it use a callsign or the rego.

Thanks
Mark

[Rhys Xanthis]

I vaguely recall Toll aquiring a small aircraft for MEL-LST...but im not sure if its this one.

[Chris B.]

Mark,

As far as I'm aware the Toll Caravans are not in use anymore...however the metros are still in operation and operate under the 'Jetcraft' callsign...so for example Jetcraft 123. They fly into all sorts of regional places up and down the eastern seaboard.

[Jason Carruthers]

XM no longer operate the 727-100F. IIRC they only have one -200LRF remaining (VH-VLI) I doubt it will stick around much longer.

[Brenden S]

VLI is still hanging around until late 2009

[Bruce Bramwell]

VLI is still hanging around until late 2009

I have heard different

[Marty H]

VLI is still hanging around until late 2009

She's 'hanging' around outside the JHH in MEL currently.

[Bruce Bramwell]

She's 'hanging' around outside the JHH in MEL currently.

(..)

[Steve Jones]

I need to find out the Qantas freighter schedules (Atlas) to/from Australia but can't seem to find them anywhere online. Does anyone know where to look (or can provide them)?

[Justin L]

On the Sydney Airport website, if you use the International Departures and International Arrivals function and filter for Qantas flights, you can find the freighter flight numbers (QF7***) amongst the regular passenger flights.

I hope this helps.

[James Smith]

QANTAS freight also has its own web site at:

[URL="http://www.qantas.com.au/freight/dyn/FreightSchedulesServlet"URL]

Just enter the origin and destinations. All Pacific flights come from Honolulu with one per week from Hahn, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Most depart to Shanghai with one per week to Hong Kong.

In the current schedule there have been eight flights per week through Sydney using 744Fs.

[Bruce Bramwell]

VLI is still hanging around until late 2009

Its currently for sale at US$1.5million. Its a beauty of an aircraft looking at the specs