New QantasLink Dash-Q400 Next Gen VH-84O (ex C-GVWE) First Revenue Flight into CQ at Bundaberg Airport

On Wednesday 5 November, recently delivered QantasLink Dash-8-Q400 VH-84O completed its first ever revenue flight, and it happened to be into CQ, with it touching down at Bundaberg Airport as QLK2970/1 from and back to Brisbane.

VH-84O departs Brisbane for Bundaberg Airport.

It then completed a run to Miles Airport and the Gladstone Airport, both also from and back to Brisbane, before then finishing the day back at Bundaberg Airport. VH-84O looks to be due to complete flights out of and then back into Bundaberg Airport, as well as Moranbah Airport, all on Thursday 6 November.

The second-hand Dash-8-Q400 is the eighth of 12 (or 14) aircraft that the Qantas Group has purchased from Canadian operator WestJet Encore. VH-84O previously operated as C-GVWE and operated with the airline from January 2015 until March 2024.

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The Dash-8 arrived into Australia via Brisbane on Saturday 25 October, still wearing its Canadian registration marking of C-GVWE, completing a delivery flight from Canada across the Pacific.

It was promptly placed on the Australian Aircraft Register and also given the name 'Birdsville'.

Photos taken by Daniel Gorza and Wally H  ©