Regional Aviation Group Getting an ATR42?
 

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

ATR
 

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

Have they arrived yet :E

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

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

Difference between Regional Pacific and Regional Aviation in Cairns.

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

"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 :ok:

Interesting looks like both ATRs have VH regos not the P2 :ooh:

Yes both in Cairns now.In Trans Maldivian colours .

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

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

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

So who is their lead pilot for the ATR project?

Probably a Kiwi Helicopter Pilot :p

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

Yep the ones Hawkers are working on.

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

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

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.

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 ????