New Deliveries / First Flights etc August 2011
 

Please post any information/questions about new deliveries (and new aircraft movements), first flights etc in our region in this thread.

Just updating/correcting the ID's of the 2 Qlink/Sunstate DHC8's that arrived in Canberra on Sunday.

The first one (LQE) will apparently become VH-LQD (LQE is current as a TB20 Tobago).
The second one (LQG) will become VH-LQH.

This is according to Skyliner news who corrected the registrations.
Neither of them are on the CASA register yet so can't confirm at this stage.

A third DHC8-400, VH-LQF (4375), has left Downview (yesterday) so should see it arriving by the weekend. Ferry reg is C-GJKV.

As Sarah mentioned in the July thread, the routing is quite interesting.

As before, I am taking info from Skyliner reg news.

The routing for the first 2 was:

Downview - Winnipeg - Yellowknife - Fairbanks - Nome - Magadan (Russia).
Next leg quoted was Saipan to Port Moresby and assume direct to Canberra.

According to a worker on the ground in Canberra there is already three brand new dash-8s there.

Nothing (extra/unknown) picked up on my systems; can only go by what is reported Zac.
Will monitor anyway and post any new movements.

Are these the new Q400's for the up-coming Perth base?

They will enable 2 400's to go to Perth, but it won't necessarily be the new ones going there.

The new 400's tend to stay close to a maintenance base until the bugs gets ironed out.

REFER TO POST BELOW...MORE ACCURATE THAN MY ORIGINAL POST.

Can a mod please delete this post?

A Look tonight from the carpark saw only two -Q400's on the ground. I was informed about three different ones earlier in the week, but it seems to have dropped to two (All in all I was told of about 4 different regos). -LQG was moved outside the hanger this evening, while -LQD was inside getting a bit of pre service work done to her.

Just came across this photo on Wikipedia of one of the two ATRs that will soon be delivered to Virgin Australia.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-Msn_955.jpg

Note the FVI on the nosegear doors. So it seems that MSN 955 will be registered as VH-FVI.

C-GJKV just arrived into CBR

Qantas JetConnect ZK-ZQH First Flight
 

http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot....ect-first.html

VH-YIA 737-800 is halfway across to BNE from CHC on final delivery.

VH-YIA is about to land in BNE

The latest (last?) Emb 190 for Virgin, VH-ZPT (190-000451), has begun its delivery flight from Brazil. It left the factory on the 5th.
Wonder if it will be painted in the new scheme?

A quick google show yes;)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/...d79c2929c9.jpg
Virgin Australia E190 - VH-ZPT by EBake, on Flickr

Nice find Adam (why didn't I think of that:o). Taken at San Jose on the 6th.

And another;

http://http://www.planespotters.net/...show?id=205438

Oops - let's try that again.

Hi...

The new VH-YIA entered service today - 11th August, as DJ805 MEL to SYD.

Regards,

Steve S

VH-ZPT in new livery due BNE around 1430 from APW.

Arrived BNE a short time ago. Here is a link to of a picture of it on delivery.

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviatio...show?id=205854

Cheers

Michael

Both Jetconnects and Qantas' next 738s have been rolled out of the Renton production line.

ZK-ZQH and VH-VZR.

Dash 8-Q400 VH-LQD will ferry from Canberra to Sydney this afternoon departing at 1645 as QF6703

Apparently according to Skyliner news VH-FVH ATR-72 is on it's way to Brisbane.

LQD entered service as QF1491 tonight.

G'day...

It seems the registrations of a further 4 x 737-800's for Virgin Australia are to be:

VH-YFG 40999
VH-YFI 41000
VH-YIF 38710
VH-YIG 38711

Also, VH-YIB s/n 3758 is next to be delivered?

Regards,

Steve S

Virgin's first ATR72 is currently over outback Queensland as it heads to BNE for a touchdown around 1845.

Landed at 1912 local hex code 7C1C4B call sign Southern Cross 1131.
Reg VH-FVH.

Another type in Australian skies.:)

Jetconnet's latest B73H (ZK-ZQH) was deliveried yesterday, so she should be in MEL soon.

QF VH-VZR First Flight
 

http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot....st-flight.html

VA VH-YIB First Flight.
 

http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.com/

VH-YIB B737-8FE Virgin Australia First Flight
L/N 3758 C/N 37825 B737-8FE VH-YIB VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
Dep RNT 11:24 PDT Arr BFI 14:01 PDT
Call Sign BOE804 Hex Code 7C7AA1 Sel-Cal LP-AR
Aircraft was painted at Renton

Cheers

Michael

Hi...

Qantas/Jetconnect's new 737-800 ZK-ZQH Charles Upham, entered service today 24/08/11 as QF25 MEL-AKL.

Regards,

Steve S

2ND ATR72 due BNE tonight at 1900 hrs.

Second ATR VH-FVI just arrived RWY19 here in BNE.

Evening all,

New Allaince FK100 VH-XWP has begun its delivery flight. it is expected into Adelaide sometime Monday 29/8/11. Routing will be WOE(Woensdrecht-Netherlands)-TZX (Trabzon Airport- Turkey)-AAN (Al Ain International Airport-Unted Arab Emirates)-NAG(Nagpur- India)-PEN (Penang- Malaysia)-KOE (Kupang Airport- Indonesia)-ADL (Adelaide).

Alliance announcedearlier in the moth they are expanding ther operations out of Adelaide. Maintainace will be performed in Adelaide, the airline will base 2 FK100's here.

We are expecting another FK100 in the next few weeks.

VH-LQG was on PP earlier, looks like out of Canberra and climbed to FL250.

VH-ZPT repositioned from BNE to MEL this afternoon. Probably entering service tomorrow.

VH-XWP is arriving a day earlier than expected. It is due into Adelaide tonight from kupang at around 2015LT.

Too new?
 

The 738 that operated DJ526 OOL-SYD this afternoon is so new it hasn't had any ISE fitted yet, or is it not going to get any? It also had the fixed partition between premium economy and 'the rest'. Didn't catch the rego.