CS-TMT

[Mark Grima]

Hi guys,

Just a couple quick questions regarding this aircraft?

1. Is she still operating for the Australian Military?
2. I saw her depart at about 1705 on 1 Feb (thanks ACARS & 16right.com) she departed from the imternational terminal, does any body have any idea what her destination was?
3. Is she still owned by Air Luxor and who are they actually leasing her too? ADF?

Cheers

M

[Tim Bowrey]

Hey Mark,

I can tell you that it was in a few days ago(may still be in now) but was parked at the Pond as usual. As well as this, it uses the call sign "Aussie" so i can only assume it is working for possibly the Defence Force.

Tim

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by Mark Grima

Hi guys,

Just a couple quick questions regarding this aircraft?

1. Is she still operating for the Australian Military?
2. I saw her depart at about 1705 on 1 Feb (thanks ACARS & 16right.com) she departed from the imternational terminal, does any body have any idea what her destination was?
3. Is she still owned by Air Luxor and who are they actually leasing her too? ADF?

Cheers

M

1. Yes, still on lease. I think the lease expires next year by which time the RAAF will have at least one of their KC-30 tanker transports
2. She does one or two runs a week to the Middle East, usually in to Kuwait via Darwin and sometimes via Diego Garcia
3. I think IFly bought Air Luxor out in 2006

Cheers

[Grahame Hutchison]

Hi Mark,

CS-TMT appears on www.16Right.com ACARS regularly, however the log rarely contains any route information. As Andrew mentioned, Darwin has been the only route information I have seen on ACARS.

The services this year have been quite regular, see here.

[Nick W.]

I saw it doing that flying-thing yesterday

[Grant Smith]

Gents,

Air Luxor was re-branded HiFly in '06. The lease (according to the HiFly website) for the A330 looks to end around November this year.

[Nick W.]

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1879222

Saw it on Sunday.

N

[Dave Parer]

CS-TMT is also a regualar visitor to Townsville. Not a week goes by that I pick it up on my Acars and SBS radar.

My house is right under the TSV-DRW flight path and I always go outside to catch a glimpse of CS-TMT when it departs TSV for DRW.

It seems to arrive from SYD then go onto DRW and visa versa on the return trip.

[Mark Grima]

Thanks heaps for the info guys.

Cheers

M

[Bob C]

I've noted it in Perth on 19 occasions since 8 May 2005 and presume that I've also missed many visits.