Re-Branded Hevilift Australia (Rotary Wing) Helicopters - Sikorsky S-76 VH-IQG & Bell 206 VH-IQY - Call into Charters Towers Airport

A couple of interesting helicopters were noted visiting Charters Towers Airport on Sunday 7 May while seemingly ferrying from Cairns to Western Australia.  Both helicopters look to have been recently brought to Australia and registered to Hevilift Australia (Rotary Wing).  This looks to be a 're-branding' of (what I thought was Papua New Guinea-based) Hevilift.

http://www.heviliftgroup.com/

Perhaps the nicest of the two choppers was Sikorsky S-76C helicopter VH-IQG.  It flew into Charters Towers from Cairns and Townsville.  It was then spotted arriving into Alice Springs in the Northern Territory on Monday 8 May with reports it was heading to Western Australia.

http://fnqskies.blogspot.com.au/

The Sikorsky looked to arrive into Australia via Cairns in July 2016 and was spotted (above) at Cairns Airport in August 2016 soon after it was re-registered from PK-FUL of Hevilift Indonesia.

Back at Charters Towers Airport, also on Sunday 7 May, VH-IQG looked to be joined by fellow newly-registered Hevilift Australia Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 VH-IQY.

The Long-ranger looks to have previously been registered to Hevilift Papua New Guinea (PNG) as P2-HCC.

Details are limited on the exact movements of these two helicopters but they look great and we hope to see them back in Central Queensland again soon!