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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

First Series 400 for Nepal as 921 C-GVAT Touches Down in Kathmandu; 620 N888PV Continues to Oregon on delivery flight




  • The DHC-6 Operators page for Asia has been updated
  • The Viking Series 400 Production List page has been updated



Today N888PV continues on to the west coast to the Southern Cross Aviation base at McMinnville, OR, a 1,378 mile trip expected to run just over nine hours.

620 - DHC-6-300 N888PV Montecito New York LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (CAAMS Leasing)

15-Jul-2015


  • Salina, KS (KSLN/SLN) - McMinnville, OR (KMMV/MMV)

Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz



After a break in Al-Ain, UAE awaiting new overflight authority from India, C-GVAT has continued on to Ahmedabad, India, and is expected to land at Kathmandu, Nepal shortly. On arrival the aircraft will be handed over to Nepal's first Series 400 operator, Tara Air. A second aircraft is expected to be delivered in Sep-2015.




921 - DHC-6-400 C-GVAT Planes & Parts Ltd., Turner Valley, AB

15-Jul-2015


  • Al Ain, UAE (OMAL/AAN) - Ahmedabad, India (VAAH/AMD)
  • Ahmedabad, India (VAAH/AMD) - Kathmandu, Nepal (VNKT/KTM)

The 10,000+ mile delivery flight from Canada was undertaken by Calgary's World Wide Ferry, and was completed in 13 days.


Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz