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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Multiple Movements

New Zealand has become a popular retreat for those heading away on holiday for Chinese New Year and in addition to the myriad of scheduled airliner activity, including China Southern operating three special services through Christchurch with Boeing 787-8 equipment, there is of course the increase in Chinese based private jets migrating south.

The first arrival was on 18 February at Napier when Global Express VP-CLY arrived from Cebu/Mactan as TBJ23.

19 February Auckland farewelled the J C Penney Gulfstream G450 N1902P with the aircraft departing mid morning for Papeete. Arriving a couple of hours later from Essendon and Christchurch was another Gulfstream G450 in the shape of Marcplan's VH-MBP. Also crossing the Tasman was Execujet NZ's Gulfstream G650 ZK-KFB with it flying from Wellington to Sydney, Queenstown and back to Wellington. Meanwhile Skyline's Nextant 400XTi N111CX flew from Auckland to Dunedin and back before heading off to Napier. 




20 February saw a number of jets arrive, all of Chinese origin - I think!
First up was Wilmington Trust registered Gulfstream G450 N666ZW as SJM88 inbound from Hong Kong via a techstop at Broome and it was followed by Cloud Skipper II's Gulfstream G550 N999HZ arriving Auckland from Hangzhou. 



Next to arrive was Airbus A319CJ B-6435 operated by Evergrande Real Estate/Capital Airlines. It arrived at Auckland from Hangzhou via a techstop at Cairns.
http://fnqskies.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/evergrande-real-estate-group-airbus.html

Later in the day Embraer Legacy M-JCCA arrived at Auckland from Cairns as TBJ61, the jet having arrived in FNQ from Seletar a couple of days earlier.

Rounding out the arrivals into Auckland was Embraer Lineage N889ML. The corporate jet, based on the E190, arrived from Sydney.

Meanwhile, Gulfstream G450 N668EM departed Auckland at lunchtime for Kupang and resident Gulfstream G650 N650AB flew from Auckland to Queenstown and back. 

Global Express LX-GXX departed Auckland early afternoon for Queenstown using the callsign "Silver Arrow 53 Xra Xray".


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