The identity of Pacific Jets new aircraft can now be revealed following its addition to the NZ civil aircraft register on the 1st day of August. Falcon 2000LX EASy
N157AL MSN 110 has taken up the registration
ZK-OCB as previously worn by the Citationjet CJ4 which became N109CA in early July.
https://www.aso.com/listings/spec/ViewAd.aspx?id=170103The Falcon arrived at Hawaii's Kailua-Kona airport 04 August (local date) from Grand Junction/CO via a techstop at Oakland/CA and continued to Apia, Western Samoa arriving 06 August. From there it made the journey to its new home of Auckland arriving just before 1300 07 August.
This airframe was produced in 2007 and started out life as F-WWBG before becoming VP-BAK with STC Corp in May 2007. It remained with the same operator but adopted a new registration of convenience becoming M-STCO on 23 July 2008. It was cancelled on 28 November 2012 to make way for a new Falcon 2000 and was registered the same day as N157AL with AML Leasing of Van Nuys, California.
If my memory serves me correctly, the last Dassault Falcon to be on the NZ register was a 200 series ZK-MAY MSN 505, operated by Moana Airlines on behalf of owners Goodman Fielder Watties based out of Nelson (and later Australia) from April 1987 until September 1990 when, while still with the owners, became VH-NGF. Goodman's also operated a Falcon 10 ZK-MAZ MSN 213 from April 1988 until July 1990.
Other Falcons to have operated in NZ include Falcon 900 examples by Brierley Investments, namely N42FJ MSN 42 and later N104FJ MSN 104. Auckland is home to Business Jets Falcon 900EX N146EX and this aircraft once shared hangar space with Falcon 2000 N185G flown by Network Jets from May 2007 until October 2007 when the owner was between aircraft deliveries and then another Falcon 2000 N818BH from September 2012 until 01 October 2014 when it was effectively replaced by Gulfstream G650 N650AB.
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Post from 25 June 2017:
Auckland-based Pacific Jets, operating since 2003, has farewelled Citationjet CJ4
ZK-OCB with the Cessna departing Auckland for Honiara and Guam 15 June 2017 and then to Sapporo, Japan 16 June 2017. On 18 June 2017 the CJ4 was heard via Live ATC arriving at Anchorage and appears to have crossed the northern Pacific from Petropavlovsk, Russia. It continued to Grand Junction, Colorado arriving 19 June local date.
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| Arriving in Auckland 27 October 2015. |
The CJ4 was re-registered from ZK-PGA/3 back in October 2015 having been delivered, brand new, in November 2012.
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| Arriving in Auckland 02 February 2015. |
Looking at the operator's website,
http://www.pacificjets.co.nz/, they have a Falcon 2000LX replacing the CJ4 so we will look forward to welcoming the new comer to our region in the not to distant future.
