Sunday, May 3, 2020

Former Jetstar Airways Airbus A320 VH-JQG Now in Perth with QantasLink / Network Aviation

I was interested to note that former Jetstar Airways Airbus A320 VH-JQG recently ferried into Perth in Western Australia and has become the fourth A320 to join the fleet of fellow Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation. The A320s look to be primarily used on Network Aviation’s Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) charter flight routes.


VH-JQG (MSN 2169) was delivered to Jetstar in June 2004 and was the first A320 type to join the airline.  Of interest, its delivery route included Rockhampton Airport!

VH-JQG at the Gold Coast Airport in 2004


VH-JQG at Brisbane Airport

VH-JQG also recently underwent a livery 'update' into the latest Jetstar Airways livery.

VH-JQG at Mackay Airport in early 2019

VH-JQG operated its last Jetstar revenue service on Tuesday 28 January and looked to make its final visit to the region operating as JST846/849 from Sydney to Hamilton Island Airport and back on Sunday 12 January.

A day after its final service, VH-JQG ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Singapore (Seletar) via Darwin for planned maintenance and re-painting into the Qantas / QantasLink 'Silver Roo' livery, becoming the fourth A320 to wear this livery, along with VH-VQS, VH-VQU and VH-JQL, all of which have taken up operations in Perth with Network Aviation since 2018.

VH-JQG was also named 'Grevillea'.

VH-JQG was subsequently ferried from Seletar to Perth (Western Australia), arriving on Sunday 1 March.  VH-JQG operated its first service with QantasLink / Network Aviation on Friday 13 March when it operated as NWK2632 from Perth to Newman.

Network Aviation operates their Airbus A320s in a 180-seat all-economy configuration on intra-Western Australia charter services. They complement the airline's fleet of 17 Fokker F-100 jets.



Network Aviation (Network) is a West Australian based company that has been providing air charter services since 1998. Over the last 20 years Network Aviation has grown significantly, and in 2011 became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group.

Network operates the Airbus A320-200 and has the largest fleet of Fokker 100’s at Perth Airport operating over 300 weekly flights to destinations throughout WA and beyond. Network caters for the resources industry Fly-in, Fly-out (FIFO), regular airline services on behalf of Qantas, corporate charter and routine or emergency freight.

Website:  https://www.networkaviation.com.au/

Photos taken by David Eyre  ©

No comments:

Post a Comment