FNQ Yestayear Images - October 1994

On 23rd PBY Catalina Z-CAT visited during its delivery flight to New Zealand where it took up marks ZK-PBY.  It is still flying in NZ some 21 years on.

 

 

Thanks to GAFLIKS for providing this Yestayear report.

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Jetstar 10 years service to Townsville

Today marked 10 years service for Jetstar services into Townsville. The local airport rescue fire fighting service provided a water arch as in the below picture.



VH-XSJ A320 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



VH-XSJ A320 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Gulfstream V VP-CKC arrives

VP-CKC GLF5 Hong Kong-Cairns



VP-CKC GLF5 at Cairns.

Challenger CL-600 N360SL

N360SL CL60 Cairns-Townsville-Essendon, was Beijing-Clark-Cairns 29/10/2015



N360SL CL60 at Cairns.



N360SL CL60 at Cairns.

Jetstar Airbus A320 VH-VFV in "sunglass hut" scheme

Jetstar operated its Airbus A320 VH-VFV in its newly painted "sunglass hut" scheme to Cairns today from Sydney as JQ946.



VH-VFV A320 at Cairns.



VH-VFV A320 at Cairns.



VH-VFV A320 at Cairns.



VH-VFV A320 at Cairns.

Air Philippines Dash 8 Q300 RP-C3020 departs

GAP6002 RP-C3020 DH8C Cairns-Darwin-Ambon



RP-C3020 DH8C at Cairns.



RP-C3020 DH8C at Cairns.

Hevilift Twin Otter P2-KSB

P2-KSB DHC6 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Port Moresby-Cairns 27/10/2015

Falcon 7X N747RL arrives

N747RL FA7X Santo Pekoa-Cairns



N747RL FA7X at Cairns.

Learjet 36A N82GG

N82GG LJ36 Cairns-Townsville, arrived from south 21/10/2015 and operated from Cairns on the 23rd and 24th conducting aerial work.



N82GG LJ36 at Cairns.

Global Express N9253V departs

N9253V GLEX Cairns-Gurney, was Gurney-Cairns 19/10/2015



N9253V GLEX at Cairns.

Advanced Air Management Global XRS N4T

N4T GLEX Macau-Cairns-Subang



N4T GLEX at Cairns.

Jetstar NZ Regional Dash 8 Q300 VH-TQK departs

QLK6678 VH-TQK DH8C Townsville-Brisbane, was Brisbane-Townsville 3/10/2015



VH-TQK DH8C at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Fukuoka JQ Charters conclude

The seasonal Fukuoka Jetstar charters to/from Cairns concluded today. Below is a summary of the flights operated:

8/10/2015 -    JQ996 VH-VKB B788 Fukuoka-Cairns
11/10/2015 -  JQ997 VH-VKL B788 Cairns-Fukuoka
12/10/2015 -  JQ996 VH-VKL B788 Fukuoka-Cairns
15/10/2015 -  JQ997 VH-VKH B788 Cairns-Fukuoka
16/10/2015 -  JQ996 VH-VKH B788 Fukuoka-Cairns
19/10/2015 -  JQ997 VH-VKG B788 Cairns-Fukuoka
20/10/2015 -  JQ996 VH-VKG B788 Fukuoka-Cairns
23/10/2015 -  JQ997 VH-VKG B788 Cairns-Fukuoka



VH-VKB B788 at Cairns.

Pacific Helicopters Bell 212 P2-PAQ

P2-PAQ B212 south-Cairns-Cooktown-....



P2-PAQ B212 at Cairns.

Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin IL76TD RA-76950

VDA6493 RA76950 IL76 Cairns-Perth, was Brisbane-Nauru-Cairns 20/10/2015



RA76950 IL76 at Cairns.



RA76950 IL76 at Cairns.



RA76950 IL76 at Cairns.

Skytrans positions Dash 8 VH-QQA to Brisbane for FIFO contract

SKP9026 VH-QQA DH8A Cairns-Brisbane



VH-QQA DH8A at Cairns.

RAAF Pilatus PC-9 A23-032

RAVN31 A23-032 PC9 Cairns-Townsville, was Scherger-Cairns 20/10/2015



A23-032 PC9 at Cairns.

Canadair CL-600 Challenger HB-IKS departs

HB-IKS CL60 Cairns-Wellington



HB-IKS CL60 at Cairns.

Global Express N588LQ

N588LQ GLEX Cairns-Honolulu, was Singapore-Cairns 16/10/2015



N588LQ GLEX at Cairns.



N588LQ GLEX at Cairns.

Air Niugini Fokker F-70 P2-ANS first visit

Air Niugini Fokker F-70 P2-ANS made its first flight into Cairns last night as PX98 from Port Moresby. Today it was seen operating the PX91 service back to Port Moresby.



P2-ANS F70 at Cairns.

Canadair CL-600 Challenger HB-IKS

HB-IKS CL60 Seletar-Cairns-Wellington-air return-Cairns



HB-IKS CL60 at Cairns.



HB-IKS CL60 at Cairns.

Thomson Airways B757 G-OOBD departs

TOM981 G-OOBD B752 Cairns-Siem Reap



G-OOBD B752 at Cairns.

Boeing 737-400 N232AG in Toll Air Express Livery passes through

N232AG B734 Kalaeloa-Majuro-Cairns-Brisbane



N232AG B734 at Cairns.




Gulfstream G280 N308KB departs

N308KB G280 Cairns-Hong Kong



N308KB G280 at Cairns.

Air New Zealand "Star Alliance" livery Airbus A320 ZK-OJH

ANZ775/776 ZK-OJH A320 Auckland-Cairns-Auckland



ZK-OJH A320 at Cairns.



ZK-OJH A320 at Cairns.



ZK-OJH A320 at Cairns.

Thomson Airways B757 G-OOBD arrives

TOM981 G-OOBD B752 Apia-Cairns



File Picture - G-OOBD B752 at Cairns.

Learjet 36A N82GG

N82GG LJ35 Cairns-Essendon, Port Moresby-Cairns 9/10/2015



N82GG LJ35 at Cairns.

Jetstar NZ Regional Dash 8 Q300 VH-TQD departs

QLK713 VH-TQD DH8C Cairns-Brisbane



VH-TQD DH8C at Cairns.



VH-TQD DH8C at Cairns.

Tropicair Kingair Beech 200 P2-JON

P2-JON BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Port Moresby-Cairns 8/10/2015



P2-JON BE20 at Cairns.

First of the Fukuoka charters kicks-off

This year Jetstar are operating the Fukuoka-Cairns charters. The first flight is listed below.

JST996 VH-VKB B788 Fukuoka-Cairns, aircraft positioned Kansai-Fukuoka as JST7991 7/10/2015



VH-VKB B788 at Cairns.

Surveillance Australia Dash 8 Q300 VH-QQN

ASY1072 VH-ZZN DH8C Cairns-Honiara



VH-ZZN DH8C at Cairns.



VH-ZZN DH8C at Cairns.

Qantas Airbus A330-200 VH-EBC special flight

The return Qantas Special flight after the NRL final last night. Well done NQ Cowboys on winning the NRL Premiership final!!!

QFA1271/1272 VH-EBC A332 Sydney-Townsville-Sydney



VH-EBC A332 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



VH-EBC A332 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



VH-EBC A332 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



VH-EBC A332 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.