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 ????

PMG/Mad Dog recently sat down with people who know about these things and ticked every single box that is needed to remain as the Chief with the ATR's. He has all the requirements. He and many others know this is not the problem. The problem lies elsewhere.

What's the latest with the ATR 42s,are they still coming or was it all a rumour/bullsh!t as it's all gone a bit quite ?

Is there a ATR with a purple tail in Cairns? :confused:

Yep..........due in Paradise this week I hear :p

I hear the PNG CASA now want to go to France for a free jaunt on Hevilift. I thought Airlink done all the ground work on this.

P2-KSJ at CNS 2Dec10
 

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Official welcome in POM around the 10th Dec.

Welcome on the 10th? Apparently it's scheduled to start work on 6th??

Has Hevilift even received its Part 121??

The things you see on pprune :ok:
Now has anyone see a schedule :E

Very nice looking paint job. I heard from a reliable insider that it's supposed to start ops on the 6th,based at Lihir Island and operating up through to the highlands MON-FRI. Although they still have to do proving flights.

I think they have had a Part 121 approval for years with the Dash 8 on it, although they have never had the need to exercise the approval up until now.

Just hope they have pilots flying the aircraft with PNG experience,or else it could turn very ugly very quick in the Highlands. Not a place for newcomers to learn the footprint of the land in such a high performance aircraft,regardless if they have trillions of hours on type.

How is that going to work, there is bugger all parking as it is!

So what is the serial number and ownership history ? Year first delivered ? First and subsequent operators, etc ? Anyone know ?

APNG's Dash 8 service is going to be replaced with the ATR 42.

PJV contract next ?

Hevilift have never had a part 121 with current owners.
They had all the paper work sorted for a Dash8 or PMG did :O
ATR different beast and PMG left out of loop :ugh:

What about APNGs 72?
Is it on the P2 register yet?
Or on their AOC?

I hear on the grapevine more ATR's for APNG/SKYTRANS.
More dash 8's. So the problem with putting the plane on p2 register must be just about done

More -8's for APNG? 100s?

Taxied behind Balus-xx this morning @ CNS, pretty sure it was P2 Reg.

Well if thats the case I guess they have their AOC all sorted.

Which begs the question "did they do any proving flights"?
And all their ATR pilots have PNG license?
If so how did they get the ATR endo on the license?
Where did their pilots do the initial endos?

I'm not starting a fight people I would just be interested to know the answers.

Thanks ZFT I am aware of the Hevilift position.
I was asking in regard to the APNG operation.