Alliance Airlines Fokker F-70 Jet VH-KBX Departs Rockhampton Airport For Good - Heading Back to the Netherlands - Plus More!

On Friday 19 July, Alliance Airlines Fokker F-70 jet VH-KBX departed Rockhampton Airport for Brisbane as 'SXI2451' / "Southern Cross 2451" on the first leg of a reported ferry flight out of Australia and back to the Netherlands.

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UPDATE!  On Saturday 20 July, VH-KBX departed Brisbane for Darwin and overseas.  It arrived into Woensdrecht Air Base in the Netherlands on Monday 22 July (local).

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UPDATE!  VH-KBX was struck off the Australian Aircraft register at the end of the July and was reportedly re-registered as 2-OKBX.

VH-KBX arrived into Rockhampton Airport as 'UTY9812' from Brisbane in August 2023 and was placed in storage.   

As we've mentioned previously, VH-KBX previously flew with the Royal Netherlands Air Force / Government of the Netherlands as a VIP transport aircraft and carried the Dutch registration marking of PH-KBX. It arrived into Brisbane in August 2017 and entered the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KBX soon after. VH-KBX looked to finally enter service in May 2019. 

Meanwhile, also on Friday 19 July, McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 bizjet VH-SUY as 'Machflight 55' visited Mackay Airport from the Sunshine Coast.

LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFC "Ambulance 634"  flew into Rockhampton Airport from Townsville and Brisbane. It then departed back to Townsville.

At the time of writing, fellow LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" is visiting Emerald Airport from Brisbane.

UPDATE!  On Saturday 20 July, VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" visited Gladstone Airport also from Brisbane.

And Air Link (Dubbo) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-SEQ visited the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site from Archerfield.  Plus late on Thursday 18 July, VH-SEQ visited Rockhampton Airport also from Archerfield.

Finally, also on Friday 19 July, Tillair Services / ACTAS P/L Cessna 208B Caravan VH-POV was noted arriving into Longreach Airport from Winton.

Brescon (Toowoomba) Beech B200 King Air VH-WXN visited Hamilton Island Airport from Toowoomba-Wellcamp.

Curley Equipment P/L Textron (Cessna) 208B Grand Caravan EX VH-CUY landed at Glen Prairie, North-East of Marlborough, from Hughenden.

Queensland Police Service (QPS) / Queensland Government (State of Queensland) Textron Aviation B300C Super King Air 350 VH-8PD arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns and Townsville and then departed back to those places. 

Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-300 VH-QQL as "Skytrans 765" arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Townsville and then flew to Labona and back as "Skytrans 777/778".  It then departed back to Townsville as "Skytrans 766".  Of interest, fellow Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-300 VH-QQM is currently parked at Rockhampton Airport.

Bayswater Road / Australian Aerial Mapping (AAM) Cessna 404 Titan VH-LAD landed at Longreach Airport from Archerfield.

And locally-based Cessna TR182 Skylane RG VH-BAE flew from Clermont Aerodrome to Mackay Airport.  It is due to return on Saturday 20 July.