Perth Airport Touch N Go's MAY 2011

Virgin Australia Embraer 190-100 IGW VH-ZPR (1st visit to Perth 31st May 2011)

Virgin Australia A330-243 VH-XFB

Qantas 'Socceroos' B747-438 VH-OJS 30th May 2011


Air Atlanta Icelandic (National Airlines Aero) B747-428 BC/F TF-ALF

(Full upperdeck B747-428F / converted from Air France passenger aircraft)

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BIZJETS:

C-525 - N91GT
C-750X - C-GCUL,
C-680 - VH-EXQ, EXG, N3099,
CL-604 -VH-URR, ZZH re reg to VLC, ZSU, VRE,
CL-605 - N68888

EMB - Phenom 500/100 VH-PNM,

G-IV - VH-DBT

G-V - ZK-KFB, N1454H,

GLEX - N888GX, N18WF,

F-900 - VH-PPD, LUL

F-2000 - VQ-BSO, VT-VKR,

HAWKER 800XP - VH-RIO

HAWKER 900XP - VH-ACE,

L-35 - HS-EMS

L-45 - VH-PFS

L-55C - D-CFAZ

FREIGHTERS:
AN-124 - UR-82029 (VCBI-YPPH-YPKA-YPPH-OPKC) VDA2642/242F
747-428 BC/F - TF-ALF (OMDW-YMAV-YPPH-FJDG ADF CHARTER) ABD544/ASY086

LAST FLIGHTS:
QF79/JL7086 & QF80/JL7087 - Last service operated 3rd May & returned on 8th May ,ops
by B767-338 (ER) VH-OGU - coincidently the first service to operate this route was flown by
B767-238 (ER) VH-EAJ on 3rd April 1986.

PROVING FLIGHTS:
Virgin Australia A330 route certification & crew training flights operated by both aircraft VH-XFA
& VH-XFB between Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, prior to the commencement of services
operating between Sydney & Perth which commenced on 26th May 2011.

FLIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Ethiad Airways officially announced that Perth is on its radar of one of its next destinations, as the
airline expands its operations across Australia. The airline hopes to commence services between
Abu Dhabi & Perth within 2 years.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA:
After weeks of route proving & training flights, Virgin Australia commenced A330 services between Sydney & Perth today 26th May, the inaugural service was operated by A330-243 VH-XFB.

FIRE BURNING OFF / FOG DISRUPTS AIRPORT :-17th MAY:
Burning off by CALM (Conservation & Land Management) on 16th May caused a blanked of fog
to shroud the airport & its morning operations on the 17th May, up to 1000 passengers & with up
to 46 aircraft delayed caused morning chaos with inbound aircraft having to land at regional airports and or be held in holding patterns till the morning fog had burnt off.

QANTAS 747s RETURN AS THE COMPETITION HEATS UP!
With the flexability the airline has it has now decided to upgrade its Sydney - Perth - Sydney
QF 581/582 services in a show of strenghth now that the airline's competitor Virgin
Australia is now operating wide bodied A330 aircraft. (See our sensational photo of VH-OJS
in 'Soccoroos' colours soon after pushpack from Qantas domestic terminal in the Photo Gallery.

QANTASLINK 717 MISHAP:
Qantaslink 717-2KS VH-NXE suffered an engine failure on 2nd May soon after take-off
operating a mining flight as QF1820 to Newman, the aircraft returned to Perth safely landing
at 06.17hrs.

MEDICAL DIVERSION:

Emirates A380-861 A6-EDA arrived 02.42hrs & departed at 04.21hrs 2nd May 2011, diverting
to Perth whilst operating flight EK412 from Dubai to Auckland via Sydney.

AUSTRALIAN AIR HOLIDAYS:
Alliance Airlines Fokker 50 VH-FKW arrived 12th May at 14.20hrs ex: Adelaide as 'UTY885'
operating on behalf of Australian Air Holidays, and departed 09.13hrs 13/05 returning to
Adelaide via Kalgoorlie, Coober Pedy, Birdsville.