Pionair Convairs
 

Are the Pionair Convairs still doing ADL, MEL, LST flights as i have not seen one in MEL for couple of weeks which was VH-PDX or has Toll taken over with 737,s.

Paul am not sure if they are still operating or not but can tell you they show up on webtrak when leaving Bankstown, when I last was on that site admittedly a number or months ago the CVLT left Bankstown and was headed for Melbourne shows up arriving down there too. Sorry I cant be of more help than that. Cheers Mark

Thanks Mark,one is usually into MEL around 2200 on a week night but the past week there has been no sign of it and have checked Webtrak for MEL up to about 1am.

Paul,

TOLL B733's have taken over the Adelaide flight I think it routes ADL-SYD-MEL-ADL. Last covair flight out of Adelaide was the 8th of June.

Just checked my SBS d/b which shows PDW last entry 19th April and PDX 24th June.
I did visit Bankstown on 27th May and saw one Convair in the hangar with work being done.

There was a Convair parked outside the hanger last Saturday (25th June) from memory.

Thanks Stefan,looks like they might not be doing the LST-MEL flights anymore as well

There was a Convair parked on the tarmac minus rudder and engines last week. I wonder if it has been downgraded to spare parts. The other Convair looked active.
There was a Toll Turboprop ATR-42 parked there also.
Perhaps this plane is taking over from the Convairs.

Pionair Convair 580 VH-PDX was parked outside the hanger at Bankstown on Sunday 3rd July. Paul F. had word from a reliable source
that two of the Convair 580s are now owned by Toll (I am just trying to confirm this).
See post http://yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=7105

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/...-07-03-060.jpg

VH-PDX has been operating charters from CNS to PNG and Solomons this week.