Arriving on another Government flight is one of Skytraders, Airbus A319 ACJ.

WinFly22 Weather permitting at McMurdo the mid winter flight should happen on the 16th. Photographer Aaron Murphy.

Became F-GYAS, VH-VHD

In January 2004 Air France launched "Air France Dedicate" which provided dedicated services to Kuwait, Doha, Tashkent, Pointe-Noire and Malabo with A319LR (Long Range) aircraft. To help out until all of Air France's LR aircraft were delivered Aero Services leased one of there own A319LRs, F-GYAS, to Air France and painted it in full Air France colours.

The DEWR Australian Antarctic Division's personnel transport was built in 2003 and made its first flight on 10 July using the Airbus flight-test reg D-AVYQ. It was delivered to CIT Leasing to be operated by Air France on 22 January 2004. In 2007 it was acquired by the Australian Government for operation to the new blue ice runway at Casey Station. It was registered VH-VHD on 16 February and delivered two days later, to be operated by Skytraders.