Second of four aircraft ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) - December 10, 1974

First flown at Toulouse as F-WZME - June 9, 1981

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAB - August 15, 1981

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Accepted by the airline at Toulouse, France - August 19, 1981

Departed Toulouse on delivery flight - August 28, 1981

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - August 31, 1981

Delivery route: Bahrain-Madras-Singapore-Darwin-Brisbane-Melbourne

Aicraft was named 'John Oxley'

Aircraft naming ceremony was carried out at Brisbane Airport, before flying to Melbourne

Entered service with T.A.A. on Melbourne-Sydney sector - September 3, 1981

Due to downturn in traffic, the airline sought an overseas lease for this aircraft

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1984

Leased to Condor Airways (Lufthansa subsidiary) - March 27, 1984

Entered onto German Aircraft Register as D-AITB - March 27, 1984

Departed Melbourne on delivery to Hamburg, Germany - March 27, 1984

Returned to Trans Australia in Melbourne at end of lease - November 7, 1984

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAB - November 12, 1984

Re-entered service with Trans Australia Airlines - November 1984

Trans Australia Airlines renamed Australian Airlines - August 4, 1986

Operated its last revenue service with Australian Airlines - March 15, 1987

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1987

Sold to TOA Domestic Airlines, Japan - March 28, 1987

Entered onto Japanese Aircraft Register as JA-8263 - March 28, 1987

Departed Melbourne for Bordeaux, France in basic Trans Australia livery - March 28, 1987

Ownership transferred to Japan Air System when T.O.A. was renamed - April 1, 1988

Sold to Fly Havayolu Tasimacilik A.S., / Fly Air (Turkey) - June 23, 2004

Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-FLK - June 23, 2004

Cancelled from Japanese Aircraft Register - June 23, 2004

Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines for Hadj season - December 25, 2004

Returned to Fly Air - early 2005

Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines for Hadj season - September 2005

Returned to Fly Air - early 2006

Current with Fly Air (Turkey)

F-WZME. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at LBG Airport, June 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-004.)

F-WZME. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at LBG Airport, June 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-036.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1981.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-102.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1981.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-107.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Perth Airport, May 1982.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 0310-015.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Perth Airport, October 1982.

(G.. Bennett Collection. 0310-105.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1984.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-103.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, January 1984.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-104.)

D-AITB. Condor - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, May 1984.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-089.)

D-AITB. Condor - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, May 1984.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-149.)

D-AITB. Condor - in full livery at Hamburg Airport, July 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-037.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Sydney Airport, September 1985.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-010.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Melbourne Airport, August 1986.

(G. Bennett Collection. 0310-106.)

VH-TAB. TAA Trans Australia - in original livery at Sydney Airport, September 1986.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 0310-135.)

VH-TAB. TOA Domestic - in basic Trans Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1987.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 0310-146.)

JA-8263. TOA Domestic - in basic Trans Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-014.)

JA-8263. TOA Domestic - in basic Trans Australia livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-038.)

JA-8263. Japan Air Systems - in the full livery at Nagoya Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-153.)

TC-FLK. Fly Air - in the basic JAS livery at unknown airport, September 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0310-021.)

TC-FLK. Fly Air - in a revised livery at Amsterdam Airport, November 2005.

(R.. N. Smith Collection. 0310-022.)