Brindabella to base J41 in Sydney

[Carl H.]

Not sure if this has been covered already...

Canberra-based Brindabella Airlines has announced it will base one of its 30-seater J41s in Sydney from 19NOV12. The aircraft would be used on its existing Sydney-Cobar services. The Airline currently operates a number of weekly Cobar services and seasonal (read ski season) services to Cooma from Sydney

[Jayden Laing]

Expect to see more of them in SYD!! I have been told that they are going to replace the whole fleet with 8x J41's (all to come from USA) & the Aeropelican scheme will disappear & be replaced by the Brindabella one!

[Grahame Hutchison]

The good old Twin Otter AeroPelican days (18/11/1982) ...

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/GA/Twin Otter DHC-6 VH-KZP 19821118.jpg

[Rob R]

Heard the same about replacing Aeroduck J32's with J41's.

[James S.]

Why would they replace the Aeropelican scheme instead of vice versa when Aeropelican took over Brindabella... :confused:

[A McLaughlin]

Brindabella hads a far more relevant name from a marketing point of view, especially as the Pelican/Belmont airport no longer has commercial services.

[James S.]

Ah, makes sense then, thanks for that.

[Jim M]

Grahame,I do remember those Twin Otter days. KZO,KZP and KZQ from memory,don't know if there were more or not.

Trust you to dig one out to take us down memory lane :D

Thanks
Jim

[Greg Hyde]

AeroPel was a great service. Flew many times . The Otters were great from a short strip.

Started my PPL at Pelican, had to watch for double-decker busses on finals.

[David Heath]

Hmmm I don't think many Novocastrians would feel that way branding wise. Im not sure many have heard of Brindabella, no association with the region. But anyway, I still miss YPEC twin otters. :-)

[Rowan McKeever]

I'd agree with that David... 'Brindabella' wouldn't mean much to most of the combined airline's network

[Richard U]

Hi Jim
I think there was MMY as well

[Grahame Hutchison]

From aussieairliners.org ...


MMY DHC-6-100 C/N 80
Accepted by MMA at Downsview, Ontario - December 22, 1967
Accepted at Perth by Aeropelican - April 13, 1976

KZO DHC-6-300 C/N 753
Accepted by Aeropelican - May 29, 1981

KZP DHC-6-300 C/N 758
Accepted by Aeropelican - May 29, 1981

KZQ DHC-6-300 C/N 759
Accepted by Aeropelican - May 29, 1981

KZN DHC-6-320 C/N 652
Sold to Aeropelican By Atlantis Airlines - June 1987

TZL DHC-6-100 C/N 43

[David Heath]

It's sad isn't it. I loved watching and riding on the Twin Otters from YPEC. The feeling of the take off and the landing was just such a great flying experience. When I first got a credit card one of my first silly purchase was a return trip for a rediculous price just for the hell of it.

One of my biggest regrets is I can't find my video of a YPEC take off I took with an old smartphone in the mid 00s. Otherwise I'd put it up on my @ThisPlaneLife twitter and YouTube account.

[Stephen Brown]

The Twin Otter, the only aircraft to get a bird strike from the rear!

[Nigel C]

I thought the Caribou had that honour....?

[Chris W]

See what happens with the NSW route licenses.

[Stephen Brown]

I thought the Caribou had that honour....?

The Caribou always had the rear door open, the birds just flew straight through.

[Greg Hyde]

Brindabella has picked up three from IAP/Aeropelican.

OTD,OTE,OTF on 24/01/2013.

Does anyone know if Aeropelican are replacing these a/c ?

[Zac M]

Aeropelican and Brindabella are the same company, you will most likely fond nothing will change.

[Rob R]

Brindabella have also announced plans to replace the J32's and Metro's with more J41's.

[Zac M]

OTD and OTF are in maintenance at CBR, OTE is operating CBR-NTL rotations so I assume there is a Metro or J41 doing SYD-NTL

[Shaal L]

does anyone know if there has been more j41 put into service for brindabella

i see on the qantas site a/c type for flight on SYD-NTL BRI-COff and Tamworth all showing as j41. it is mentioned they were going to acquire more j41 . wondering what the registrations are ?

[David Knudsen]

Shaal, I believe it is still just the 2 at this stage? VH-TAI and VH-TAH

[Shaal L]

yeah thats what i thought Dave

just curious as to how come all these routes are showing as j41. the brissy one are already showing j41 and the syd-ntl from aug

but no info anywhere on the new aircrafts

[lloyd fox]

A new J41 arrived a few weeks ago .ZS- registered.Still in maintenance.

[Michael Johnson]

It was quickly re-registered as VH-XNE and was delivered in full Brindabella c/s.

[Zac M]

It should be in service next week I think.

[Michael R]

In regards to this merger with Aeropelican will any J32 aircraft receive the Brindabella livery or are they phasing all of these aircraft out?

[Zac M]

I believe both the J32 and Metro will be phased out.

[Michael R]

Thanks Zac. I know still a long way off but I guess starting to mount a bit of a challenge on Rex.

[Greg Hyde]

ZS-NRK arrived in Canberra on 23/06/2013 and yet to be reg.
ZS-NRL is reportedly due by end of July.

I think they will pick up NXE/F

[Michael R]

Greg any idea on how may J41 aircraft they are expecting only back in the country recently and still catching up on this merger.

[Greg Hyde]

Sorry Michael, can't help with anymore info other than

NRL mentioned in the Aug AA Traffic section.

Aeropelican no longer exists and has officially ceased operations.

Last Aeropelican service flown on 22/06

[Greg Hyde]

Michael,

This is a Brin media release that might answer some questions:

BRINDABELLA AIRLINES CONCLUDES AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION AND 1st DELIVERY
13 June 2013

Brindabella Airlines is pleased to announce it has concluded an agreement for the acquisition of four BAE Jetstream 41 aircraft with the option to acquire a further five to support the airlines growth over the next two years.

Chief Executive Officer of Brindabella Airlines Paul Schütz said today: “The first aircraft is being prepared for delivery and we can expect to see it in our Canberra hanger by the weekend of 16th June 2013 with it going into service some three weeks later. The three additional aircraft will be welcomed into our fleet at approximately one month intervals”.

Brindabella Airlines new arrival will complement the airlines existing Jetstream 41 and 32 fleet, assist improve customer experience, maximise on time performance, and allow the progressive standardisation of the airlines fleet, product and on-board service. The BAE Jetstream 41 aircraft, with its niche capacity for an aircraft of its class, offers timely travel to destinations within the 1,000 kilometre range.

The airlines Chief Commercial Officer James Blake said: “The delivery of this year’s first additional aircraft will result in our customers welcoming the reintroduction of the Jetstream 41 product onto our 24 flights per week Brisbane to Tamworth route, and daily service from Brisbane to Coffs Harbour allowing them to benefit from our friendly cabin crew service offering complimentary snacks, alcoholic and light refreshments, an on-board rest room, and greater capacity”.

[Max C]

Brindabella also seem to have suspended SYD-OAG flights until Oct 1.

[Michael R]

Thanks for the info guys, some interesting times ahead for regional aviation.

[Greg Hyde]

Does anyone know the fate of the Willytown maintenance facility ?

[Greg Hyde]

VH-NXE/41065 ex. ZS-NRK added to the reg on 23/07.

NXE had and first flight on 08/06/1995 and spent it's entire career in Sth Africa.

[Zac M]

For those playing along at home it's XNE not NXE, NXE is a Qlink 717.

[Rowan McKeever]

lol Zac I was gonna say NXE must've had a bit of a facelift! :P

[Greg Hyde]

ok my bad

should of read XNE

Can anyone answer my Willytown question ?

[Mark Grima]

NXE had and first flight on 08/06/1995 and spent it's entire career in Sth Africa.

That must have been some ferry flight. Does anyone know what route it took?

Flightaware only shows one leg from Mt Isa to Canberra,

Cheers

M

[Rowan McKeever]

It shows under its previous rego ZS-NRK and has last three flights of DPS-DRW-ISA-CBR. How it got to DPS I don't know!

[Greg Hyde]

From another forum:

ZK-NRL arrived in Canberra on 03/08.