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Saturday, 10 October 2015

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

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

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.

Friday, 9 October 2015

Jetstar NZ Regional Dash 8 Q300 VH-TQD departs

QLK713 VH-TQD DH8C Cairns-Brisbane

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.

Thursday, 8 October 2015

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.

Monday, 5 October 2015

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 Leroy.

Air Nauru Boeing 737-300 VH-ONU charter flights

Air Nauru also operated several flights for the NRL finals over the weekend. Below is a list of the movements operated through Townsville.

Operated by VH-ONU B733:

3/10/2015

RON905 Brisbane-Townsville

4/10/2015

RON906 Townsville-Sydney
RON907 Sydney-Townsville
RON908 Townsville-Sydney

5/10/2015

RON909 Sydney-Townsville
RON910 Townsville-Sydney
RON912 Sydney-Townsville
RON914 Townsville-Brisbane

VH-ONU B733 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

VH-ONU B733 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.

Avcair Learjet 60 VH-XPN

VH-XPN LJ60 Koror-Cairns-Brisbane

Sunday, 4 October 2015

Beijing Airlines Boeing 737-700 B-3999 departs

B3999 B737-700 Cairns-Beijing

B3999 B737-700 at Cairns.

USAF C-37 01-0065 passes through

SPAR65 01-0065 C37 Honolulu-Cairns-Darwin

File Picture - 01-0065 C37 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Qantas Boeing 767-300 VH-OGU ferry flight

QFA6027 VH-OGU B763 Cairns-Victorville, was Alice Springs-Cairns 2/10/2015

VH-OGU B763 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.

Qantas Airbus A330-200 VH-EBO special flight

With the NRL finals in Sydney this weekend Qantas, Virgin and Alliance have added additional flights to carry the NQ Cowboys fans to the game.

QF1271/1272 VH-EBO A332 Sydney-Townsville-Sydney

VH-EBO A332 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.

Friday, 2 October 2015

Nantay Hawker 800 VH-RIU

Noted in Cairns this week was a Hawker 800 VH-RIU.

VH-RIU H25B Cairns-Essendon, was Perth-Cairns 27/9/2015.

VH-RIU H25B at Cairns, Photo Supplied.

Vista Jet Global Express 9H-VJN

9H-VJN GLEX Cairns-Hamilton Is., was Honolulu-Cairns-Hamilton Is.-Cairns 1/10/2015

In addition N142QS GLEX was Hamilton Is.-Cairns-Honolulu 2/10/2015

9H-VJN GLEX at Cairns.

Thursday, 1 October 2015

"Go Captain Thurston and the NQ Cowboys"

Skytrans Dash 8's VH-QQA and VH-QQI at Cairns and C208 at Townsville displaying "Go Captain Thurston and the NQ Cowboys" for the upcoming NRL Final.