Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Wednesday 31 December 2014

FNQ Yestayear Images - December 1993



B733 of Dutch airline Transavia arr on the 1st from Darwin on a World Aircruise.  PH-HVF is named 'Johan Cruyff' after the well known Dutch soccer player.  It carried a decal 'Impala Tours'. It departed on the 7th for Nandi

Infrequent though not unknown are New Zealand registered GA visitors and PA-23 Aztec ZK-ERM was noted in the lines on the 14th



Thanks to GAFLIKS for providing this Yestayear report.



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Tuesday 30 December 2014

Asia Atlantic Airlines Boeing 767-300 HS-AAC

AAQ15 HS-AAC B763 Narita-Cairns


HS-AAC B763 at Cairns.


Gulfstream G550 B-8297

B8297 GLF5 Cairns-Beijing, (was Auckland-Cairns 29/12/2014)



B-8297 GLF5 at Cairns.

Gulfstream G550 B-HVP

B-HVP GLF5 Brisbane-Coolangatta-Cairns


B-HVP GLF5 at Cairns.



Sunday 28 December 2014

Gulfstream G450 VP-CET

VP-CET GLF4 Auckland-Cairns-Hong Kong


File Picture -VP-CET GLF4, Picture Supplied.

Friday 26 December 2014

Gulfstream G650 N747SC departs

N747SC GLF6 Townsville-Maroochydore


N747SC GLF6 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.




Tuesday 23 December 2014

Pair of Gulfstreams touchdown!

A pair of Gulfstreams touched down in Townsville this morning. The Townsville Bulletin reports the MV Octopus was anchored off Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island where it is believed the passengers will board.

N747SC GLF6 Kona-Townsville
N725AF GLF5 Kona-Townsville


N747SC GLF6 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


N725AF GLF5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.



File Picture - MV Octopus

Sunday 21 December 2014

Alfa Air Cessna Caravan PK-ASC

PK-ASC C208 Cairns-Horn Is.-Jayapura, (was Emerald-Cairns 20/12/2014)


PK-ASC C208 at Cairns.

Saturday 20 December 2014

FlyJock LLC N734TJ Gulfstream 1159A

N734TJ GLF5 Hamilton Is.-Cairns-Denpasar


File Picture - N734TJ GLF3 at Cairns.

Gulfstream IV B-LCK

B-LCK GLF4 (Hong Kong)-Cairns-Queenstown


File Picture - B-LCK GLF4 at Cairns.


Thursday 18 December 2014

Townsville Airport Pictures!

Below are a collection of stunning pictures around Townsville Airport taken by Dave.

Thanks for sharing this great array of pics!



VH-XZJ B738 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Virgin ATR42 VH-FVI and Jetgo E135 VH-JGB
at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


VH-XZJ B738 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Qantas B738 and Virgin E190 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Townsville Airport view with Magnet Is. in the background,
Photo by Dave.


VH-ZPM E190 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


Townsville Airport General Aviation area, Photo by Dave.


Townsville Airport Terminal, Photo by Dave.


Townsville Airport Terminal, Photo by Dave.

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Bell 205 P2-HBY

P2-HBY B205 Cairns-Cooktown... (arrived from south 15/12/2014)


P2-HBY B205 at Cairns.

Saturday 13 December 2014

Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-XZP Retrojet Livery visits Townsville

Qantas Boeing 737-800 VH-XZP Retrojet visited Townsville today. Below are a few pictures.


VH-XZP B738 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


VH-XZP B738 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.


VH-XZP B738 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Advance Aviation Group Cessna Caravan VH-FLL

Noted in Cairns was Cessna Caravan VH-FLL.

VH-FLL C208 Cairns-Emerald


VH-FLL C208 at Cairns.

Thursday 11 December 2014

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Global Express N923SG departs

N923SG GLEX Cairns-Kahului

USAF KC-135 Stratotanker 58-0102 departs

RCH467 58-0102 K35R Cairns-Hickam, was Cairns-Learmonth-Cairns 8/12/2014


58-0102 K35R at Cairns.

Sunday 7 December 2014

China Eastern Airlines flights return to Cairns

China Eastern Airlines returned to Cairns today re-commencing services from Shanghai. Services are expected to run for the next 3 months.

CES731/732 B-6123 A332 Shanghai Pudong-Cairns-Shanghai Pudong


File Picture - B-6123 A332 at Cairns.

CONAIR Aerial Firefighting RJ-85 N355AC departs

N355AC RJ85 Cairns-Avalon


N355AC RJ85 at Cairns.

Saturday 6 December 2014

USAF KC-135 Stratotanker 58-0102 touches down!

RCH467 58-0102 K35R Hickam AFB-Cairns


58-0102 K35R at Cairns.


58-0102 K35R at Cairns.


58-0102 K35R at Cairns.


58-0102 K35R at Cairns.

CONAIR Aerial Firefighting RJ-85 N355AC

N355AC RJ85 Majuro-Honiara-Cairns



N355AC RJ85 at Cairns.


N355AC RJ85 at Cairns.


N355AC RJ85 at Cairns.


 

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Lynden Air Cargo C-130 P2-LAC

LYB5025 P2-LAC C130 Port Moresby-Cairns-Port Moresby


P2-LAC C130 at Cairns.

Global Express N923SG

N923SG GLEX Honolulu-Cairns

Monday 1 December 2014

Cobham RJ-85 G-CDYK delivery

G-CDYK RJ85 (Lombok)-Darwin-Cairns-Brisbane


G-CDYK RJ85 at Cairns.