Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG) (Cobham Aviation) Dash-8-100 P2-NAX Passes Through Longreach Airport - Plus More!

On Saturday 1 March, Papua New Guinea based Asia Pacific Airlines Dash-8-100 P2-NAX was noted passing through Longreach Airport. It arrived from Cairns and later departed to Adelaide (pictured) where it appears to be going for planned maintenance.

Asia Pacific Airlines is based in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea. It is a subsidiary of Cobham Aviation and the Dash-8's arrival into Adelaide is presumably to undergo maintenance.

Asia Pacific Airlines operates a fleet of three Dash-8-100 aircraft on domestic services, as well as flights to Cairns on behalf of Ok Tedi Mining Limited of which P2-NAX wears the colours and titles.

Meanwhile, also on Saturday 1 March, there was a pair of Rugby League sports charter flights into the region.  QantasLink (Alliance Airlines) Embraer E-190 jet VH-UZK flew down from Townsville to Rockhampton Airport as QFA6281 before returning to Townsville as QFA2693.  It later returned to Rockhampton Airport as QF2692 before then heading back to Townsville as QFA6282.

And Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100 jet VH-UQW flew from Cairns to Mackay Airport and back to Cairns as UTY3381/2 before later flying back to Mackay Airport and then back to Cairns as UTY3383/4.

Photo taken by Tony Haynes  ©