Global Fleet Update for 15-Jan-2024

Individual aircraft sales, register updates and aircraft movements

As we begin 2024, the following relatively minor changes will occur within the Global Fleet Update Pages:

1) All delivery flights (defined as a delivery from one operator to another) will include a route map, as seen in the entries below.

2) Within the text entries for any aircraft movements, airports will be shown as Airport Location + Airport Code, again as seen below.

Additionally over the next several weeks, some parts of the site will disappear from the navigation bar temporarily in order to review their content and make any required changes. The first of these will be the integration of the 2023 news into the main archive page.

Air Tindi CFIT Accident Involving C-GMAS

Air Tindi DHC-6-300 C-GMAS (MSN 438) sustained serious damage when it impacted snow covered terrain on approach to Lac de Gras, NT on 27-Dec-2023. The aircraft was operating in the area in support of winter road construction activities, and is 16km from the Diavik Diamond Mine. There were injuries to eight onboard, and all occupants were rescued from the accident site the following day.

One Across the Pacific, and One Across the Atlantic in the First Two Weeks of 2024.

An early kick off to the DHC-6 Twin Otter delivery flights for 2024; first out of the gate was 715/C-GWQC being moved by World Wide Ferry on behalf of Rocky Mountain Aircraft, which departed Canada on 04-Jan-2024 bound for Papua New Guinea (details are below). Less than two weeks later, 617/N617JP departed Fort Pierce, FL on 11-Jan-2024 enroute to the Maldives for Manta Air. (again, details below)

New record as Malé-Velana Int’l Airport records 649 Seaplane Movements on 02-Jan-2024

Lulutai Airlines Struggles to Keep DHC-6-400 Flying

Lulutai Airlines A3-KLT (MSN 929) was grounded on 10-Jan-2024 awaiting arrival of parts, having only been delivered to the carrier two months ago. It had been kept extremely busy, often for up to 16 hours a day since the company Saab 340 A3-PUA suffered a landing accident at Nuku’alofa on 08-Dec-2023.

A3-KLT was originally delivered to China in Oct-2016, but had been parked since 2018 before moving to Tonga in 2023.

133 - DHC-6-200 N926MA Speed Star Express LLC, Lake Elsinore, CA

Updating previous entry, it appears that N926MA remains on the ground in San Luis Obispo SBP as of 15-Jan-2024, as a result of the incident that occurred on 13-Dec-2023.

211 - DHC-6-200 N321CY Aircraft Investments Ltd., Providenciales [TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. Trustee]

Flew West Lebanon ME64 - Accomack County MFV - Sylvania JYL - Lantana LNA - Fort Lauderdale FXE - Providenciales PLS 11/12-Jan-2024 on delivery.

286 - DHC-6-300 N969AC Berry Aviation Inc., San Marcos, TX

Updating previous entry; flew McMinnville MMV - Arcata ACV - Honolulu HNL - Majuro MAJ - Guam GUM - Cotobato/Awang CBO - Davao DVO 11/25-Dec-2023. Since arrival in the Philippines the aircraft has been using the callsign CACTS69.

371 - DHC-6-300 C-FCPV Air Borealis LLP, Goose Bay, NL

Flew Goose Bay YYR - Sept-Iles YZV - Val d’Or YVO - Thunder Bay YQT - Brandon YBR - Springbank YBW 04/05-Jan-2024.

464 - DHC-6-300 C-GPOQ Kenn Borek Air Ltd., Calgary, AB

Although still remaining in Calgary as of 15-Jan-2024, Seaborne Airlines announced on 16-Dec-2023 the forthcoming lease of C-GPOQ.

565 - DHC-6-300 HB-LWB Nordic Seaplanes, Aarhus [Zimex Aviation/DHC-6 Invest A/S]

Flew Aarhus AAR - Sonderborg SGD - Bodensee FDH - Altenrhein/Saint Gallen ACH 19-Dec-2023. Swiss Registration cancelled 14-Jan-2024.

573 - DHC-6-300 T3-AKN Air Kiribati, Tarawa

Updating previous entry; after having arrived in Kiritimati CXI on 07-Dec-2023, the aircraft entered service on 14-Dec-2023 between Kiritmati CXI and Tubuaeran TNV.

617 - DHC-6-300 N617JP AER LLC, Tokyo [TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. Trustee]

Test flights undertaken from Fort Pierce FPR 08/11-Jan-2024. Flew Fort Pierce FPR - Bangor BGR - Ponta Delgada PDL - Palma de Mallorca PMI - Ajjacio AJA - Altenrhein/Saint Gallen 11/16-Jan-2024 on delivery to Manta Air.

The aircraft has been rebuilt following an accident which occurred on 13-Feb-2021.

715 - DHC-6-300 C-GWQC Rocky Mountain Aircraft Ltd., Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]

Following installation of ferry tanks, flew Springbank YBW - Boise BOI - Santa Maria SMX - Kalaeloa JRF - Majuro MAJ - Port Moresby POM 04/11-Jan-2024 on delivery to Kobio Aviation Ltd. This is the second Twin Otter for Kobio, which is the fixed wing operation of Helifix. The aircraft was delivered by Calgary’s World Wide Ferry.

Canadian registration cancelled 15-Jan-2024 on export to Papua New Guinea.

791 - DHC-6-300 N6008E Aviation Management Sales LLC, Fort Pierce, FL

Updating previous entries; after receiving a U.S. Certificate of Registration on 13-Oct-2023, it was cancelled 21-Dec-2023 on export to Canada. Registered to Regent Aircraft Services Inc., Calgary, AB 03-Jan-2024 as C-FDYL.

855 - DHC-6-400 C-GKUT Gestion Novare Inc., Montréal, QC

Test-flown from Springbank YBW 20-Dec-2023.