Regional Aviation Group Getting an ATR42?

[Skystar320]

Suprised that this hasn't hit the rumour monger mill which is ripe on pprune.

Who has the goss that Regional Aviation Group [Hevilift PNG & Australia operator] getting the ATR42?

Regional Aviation Group vacancies

[feetonthedash]

ATR

Make that 2 x ATR'S........................this company is really powering ahead

[geeup]

Have they arrived yet

[bizzybody]

Is tthis a bit of a slap in the face, I thought this company owned Regional Pacific Airlines that went belly up last week. Can't they use that money to bail out one of their own

[geeup]

I believe they sold the Australian Braz / otter / islander part some years ago.

Difference between Regional Pacific and Regional Aviation in Cairns.

[Capt Claret]

Not ex Macair ATRs already parked at Cairns, are they?

[AxelPNG]

"Suprised that this hasn't hit the rumour monger mill which is ripe on PPRuNe"

Hang on, I posted this on the PNG Ples bilong tok tok thread on the 16th

[geeup]

Interesting looks like both ATRs have VH regos not the P2

[tourismman]

Yes both in Cairns now.In Trans Maldivian colours .

[Che cows with guns]

Are the rego's concerned VH-FLE and VH-FLH. I wonder where they are bound?

[spirax]

Hevilift have both aircraft. Rego's are just stick-on's pending P2 CofA I suggest....

[Che cows with guns]

I would suggest you are right. Both are in Hevilift PNG colours.
Interesting.

[geeup]

So who is their lead pilot for the ATR project?

[Waghi Warrior]

Probably a Kiwi Helicopter Pilot

[Jethro Gibbs]

Are these the ATRs in cairns the ones that need a large amount of work done with a poorly equipped workshop to do it.

[geeup]

Yep the ones Hawkers are working on.

[Ricky Bobby]

Heard on the grapevine that PMG will be demoted to C&T???

[Night Beetle]

A "Force" to be reckoned with in any capacity.

[Waghi Warrior]

Well I figure that Mad Dog won't be able to wear the CP's cap as I'm pritty sure he hasn't had the experience on A/C above 5700 kgs. Having said that he still deserves the respect and this shouldn't be treated as a demotion.

Are they going to keep all the existing F/W fleet ? There was talk of the company selling off both the BE20s.

There is also a rumour going around that a few PX pilots are interested in moving over to Hevilift.

[Waghi Warrior]

Most airlines with multiple fleets have fleet captains/managers who are answerable to the CP and people above. I can't see why they wouldn't make PM the DH6/BE20 fleet manager. In that role he "should" still have all the powers that he has now. The ATR operation will no doubt have to be ran as a seperate operation to some extent anyway.

How far off are the aircraft from arriving in PNG ????