Skytrans Dash-8-100 VH-QQG Pops into Mackay Airport - And Dash-8-300 VH-QQM Departs Australia

On Friday 16 December, Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-100 VH-QQG called into Mackay Airport from Brisbane as SKP9008.  It had earlier flown into Brisbane from its Cairns base as SKP9007.

(File photo)

After about an hour on the ground, VH-QQG continued back to Cairns, continuing as SKP9008.

Meanwhile, the Far North Queensland Skies Blog has reported that former Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-300 VH-QQM departed Cairns Airport last Friday 9 December for Majuro in the Marshall Islands.  As their photo shows, after spending some time in storage painted all white, the Dash-8-300 was re-registered with Canadian registration marking of C-GCBK of Inter-Aero Inc.

Of interest, C-GCBK has since continued to Honolulu (Hawaii), Buchanan Field (Concord, California) and Montreal (Trudeau) Airport in Canada on completion of its delivery flight (presumably) to a new operator.

Photos taken by Col and the FNQ Skies Blog  ©