According to FlightAware , it landed BNE at 0430 hrs AEST today .

First flight will be BNE-MEL on the 16th Aug as a ferry

First RPT will be MEL-HBA-MEL-ADL on the 17th

Over a year ago now REX took delivery of a SAAB, VH-ZPO, anyone know what’s happened to that? Is it a parts ship or just yet to be placed in service?

8KH is scheduled to enter service tonight (15/08) as ZL367 from BNE to SYD

ZPO doesn’t appear on Rex’s flows at all. Have a feeling she’s just been used for parts

VP-CJA ex VOQ of Virgin, due into Darwin tonight ex CGK not confirned, but possibly for REX, it's been in CGK since early June 2023

It was converted to a freighter.. so I'm not sure it would be going to REX?
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10962511

It’s for Texel I suspect who are adding two more by the end of the year.

Ahh cool, thanks.. I did wonder who they were destined for.

8JS planned to arrive in AUS on the 21st Sep pending all goes well

8JS? Is this the the next 737? Or something else for NJS? I thought I read the next B737 was -8ZL

Next 737

-8ZL (?) undertook a 2:24hr test flight today SIN-SIN under her 9V-MGB rego, I saw her parked outside the hangars at Changi last week in the same livery as -8KH.

According to planespotters.net 9V-MGB is to become VH-8JS.

8ZL is looking to be aircraft number 10 which they are aiming to have here by end of the year pending all goes well

Do you know whether 8ZL will be an ex-Silkair B738, Dylan?

I did hear REX were ‘kicking the tyres’ on some additional SQ 738’s, I have the 9V regos they looked at but won’t post until confirmed.

For anyone interested search ‘Nilsky’ on YouTube he posted a short vlog up on the inaugural HBA-MEL flight on -8KH.

NJE's new Q400 will fly in from Calgary to Wagga for painting

VH-8JS John Sharp? Added to the register 20/9.

Yes, JS for John Sharp. Following in the established tradition of Reginald Myles Ansett, RMA, Brett Godfrey, BZG and possibly others. I thought that CZA was named after one of Ansett's wives but not correct. From memory I think Catherine Zara but his two wives had very different names, according to Wikipedia.

It'll be interesting to see if any of the new QANTAS fleet is named after Alan Joyce. :) Joyce Drive at Mascot as not named after him but Alderman Frank Joyce. ;)

He will be lucky to get the wastewater truck named after him

Interesting to see if the a/c is named when it arrives ?

We await 8ZL.

Maybe he'll get a toilet service truck named after him...

Showing on Flightaware as RXA 9967 into BNE tonight from SIN.ETA 2132 hrs.

From what I’ve been told 9V-MGM will be number 10

Meanwhile they are cutting back a vast number of country services ex Sydney due to a lack of pilots:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-...m_content=link

Edit that. 9V-MGM will be number 11 technically with number 10 now coming from a company in the USA that fell through.

Rumours RQG is also due to leave at the end of the lease making them back to 10

RQC off to the Philippines on the 14th October for a C check via CNS

8JS entered service this morning with ZL367, Brisbane to Sydney

Rex is planning to lease an additional B737 before Xmas.

10th B737 in the fleet.

Next jet is due to arrive in the second week of November. Ex GOL B737. Don’t know the rego tho

REX 737s
 

They seem to be getting aircraft from far and wide.

Good for the spotters.

Was doing some research earlier and all of GOL’s 738 fleet are configured in a Y186 layout, with the exception of 40235/3053 PR-GZV which is in a C12Y156 configuration. She’s 14 years old and has a long list of operators, interestingly one of which is Jet Airways where -MFM also served.

VH-8ZL due into Brisbane Sunday afternoon at this stage. Will be all white Ex PR-GUQ

Thanks for that, Greg. Do we know if 9V-MGM is still being considered for lease by REX? Also, will RQC be returning to the leaser or to service with REX after its current maintenance in CRK and will RQG be returning to the leaser at the end of its lease period?

RQC returns from CRK on the 14th with RYU heading up the following day. RQG will be removed when the lease is up and due to be converted to a freighter to a US company

8ZL enroute to AUS. Currenlty between Goodyear and Hawaii

8ZL/39604 was added to the VH-Reg yesterday.

Transiting Hawaii via OGG (Kahului).

B738 VH-8ZL is currently flying between OGG and NAN and after refueling is continuing onto BNE with a scheduled arrival time, according to Flightaware, of 14:49 AEST this afternoon.