A Trio of Aussie Based Corporate Bizjets Call into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Thursday 3 December, three Australian-based corporate bizjets were noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport.

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Divair Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 bizjet VH-NNE had a busy day of flying, arriving into Hamo from the Gold Coast and later departing to Canberra, Sydney and Orange.

Mackellar Mining Equipment / Flight Options (Australia) Cessna 560 Citation Ultra bizjet VH-MMC arrived into Hamilton Island Airport from its Sunshine Coast base.  At the time of writing, it appears to be staying for at least the night.

UPDATE!  On Tuesday 8 December, VH-MMC finally departed Hamilton Island Airport and returned to he Sunshine Coast.

And new Brenzil Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X bizjet VH-CRW made an after-dark visit from its Brisbane base.

While McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Beech B200 King Air VH-MWZ  looked to arrive into Hamilton Island Airport from the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday 2 December.

UPDATE!  It appears that VH-MWZ departed Hamilton Island Airport and returned to the Sunshine Coast on Sunday 6 December.

Meanwhile, also on Thursday 3 December, Australian Country Choice Properties (Brisbane) Cessna 560 Citation V Encore bizjet VH-ACC was spotted at Mackay Airport.

It's movements are not fully known but it did appear to depart its Archerfield base on Wednesday 2 December and was later noted flying out of St Lawrence for the West.

While also on Thursday 3 December, UP Aviation (Victoria) Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express 6000 bizjet VH-UBH was back in the region, passing through Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport.  It arrived from Townsville and later departed to the Gold Coast.

Finally, also on Thursday 3 December, Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-PIU of Melbourne VIP Charter / Pegasus Air arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Gympie before later departing back there and continuing to Archerfield, Swan Hill and Melbourne (Moorabbin) in Victoria.  It had arrived into the South-East corner of the state a couple of days earlier.

While Brescon (Toowoomba) Beech B200 King Air VH-WXN departed my local Clermont Aerodrome for Toowoomba-Wellcamp.  It had arrived the previous afternoon.

All photos taken by 'JM'  ©