Alliance Airlines Fokker F-70 VH-QQW Makes its First Flight to Emerald Airport on FIFO Wednesday

Alliance Airlines Fokker F-70 VH-QQW operated its first ever passenger-carrying flight for the airline on Wednesday 24 September when it flew into Emerald Airport on the weekly UTY1070/1071 Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) charter flight from and back to Brisbane.

File photo taken by Dave  ©

VH-QQW (ex YR-KMC of Carpatair) was delivered to Alliance early in 2013 (via Townsville as shown above) and has spent a significant amount of time in the Alliance hangar in Brisbane being prepared for service.  It emerged earlier in the week and operated a test flight from and back to Brisbane on Monday 22 September.

Meanwhile, fellow Alliance F-70 VH-JFE operated a scheduled service on behalf of Virgin Australia into Rockhampton Airport earlier on Wednesday 24 September.  It operated the early morning VOZ1231/1234 service from and back to Brisbane.