Maroomba Airlines' C-GEWQ

Maroomba Airlines [Australia] is taking delivery of their next Dash8-311, C-GEWQ (msn 202). It's making its delivery flight from YYB [Jack Garland Airport, North Bay, ON, Canada] to PER, via YQS, MKE, CCR, HNL, MAJ, ___). It will be re-registered as VH-QQN in Australia.

202's History:

Mar 1991: Delivered to Time Air as C-GEWQ (f/n 192)

Apr 1993: Acquired by Canadian Regional Airlines, and named "Spirit of Comeux Valley".

Nov 2001: Integrated to Air Canada Regional (f/n 325).

Mar 2002: Became part of the Air Canada Jazz fleet.

Feb 2006: Airline rebrands as Jazz.

Apr 2011: Airline rebrands as Air Canada Express.

Jan 2022: Withdrawn from service, and stored at YYB.

Aug 2022: Acquired by Voyageur Airways, remained in storage at YYB.

Oct 2022: Sold to Maroomba Airlines.

VH-QQL

VH-QQL (msn 388), a former Maroomba Airlines Dash8-102A, is making a ferry flight from PER to YYC (via CNS, MAJ, and HNL).

388 was originally delivered to Allegheny Commuter Airlines [ALO] (operated for US Airways Express) in October 1994 as N825EX (f/n EST), under lease from FSBU. It was acquired by Piedmont Airlines [EN/PDT], after the airline merged with Allegheny in July 2004, and purchased the lease. In August 2010, it sold to Skytrains Airlines [NP/SKP] (Australia) as VH-QQL. In August 2014, it was sold to Maroomba Airlines [KN] (Australia), and kept the same registration. It is being acquired by the Avmax Group.