VH-YMB. Airbus A300B4-605R. c/n 603.
Ordered new by Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation Intended lease to China Airlines was not taken up First flown as F-WWAV - January 30, 1991 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2A5 engines Leased to Compass Airlines by Polaris Aircraft Leasing Ferried Toulouse-Hamburg (Lemwerder) in Compass livery for fit out - February 15, 1991 Ferried Hamburg-Toulouse - March 14, 1991 Aircraft damaged at Toulouse requiring major repairs and ferried to Hamburg for such - March 1991 Ferried Hamburg-Toulouse after repair - July 24, 1991 Accepted at Toulouse, France by Polaris Leasing - August 1991 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YMB - August 19, 1991 Arrived Brisbane at conclusion of delivery flight - August 25, 1991 Operated first revenue service Brisbane-Sydney - August 26, 1991 Operared last revenue service Adelaide-Brisbane as YM654 - December 20, 1991 Grounded in Brisbane when Compass suspended operations due to bankruptcy - December 20, 1991 Retured to Polaris Leasing in Brisbane - January 1, 1992 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 31, 1992 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N166PL - January 31, 1992 Departed Brisbane on delivery flight to Singapore for maintenance - February 3, 1992 Observed stored at Hamburg (Lemwerder) as N166PL - May 19, 1992 Ferried Hambury-Paris (Orly) for storage - August 25, 1992 Repainted in China Northwest livery in preparation for lease - August 30, 1992 Leased to China Northwest Airlines Ferried Paris (Charles de Gaulle) - Hamburg - October 8, 1992 Ferried Hamburg-Paris (Charles de Gaulle) - October 10, 1992 Entered onto Chinese Aircraft Register as B2310 Returned to Polaris Leasing at end of lease - February 2000 Sold to General Electric Capital Aviation Service Ltd (GECAS) - February 2000 Observed at Singapore in an all-white livery without titles for maintenance - February 22, 2000 Leased to Olympic Airways - March 2000 Entered onto Greek Aircraft Register as SX-BEM - March 2000 Aircraft named 'Creta' Olympic Airways renamed Olympic Airlines - December 12, 2003 Current with Olympic Airlines |
VH-YMB. Compass - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1991. |
VH-YMB. Compass - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1991. |
VH-YMB. Compass - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1991. |
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N166PL. Compass - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1992. |
N166PL. China Northwest - in full livery at an unknown airport, September 1992. |
B-2310. China Northwest - in full livery at unknown airport, October 1992. |
B-2310. China Northwest - in full livery at Nagoya Airport, May 1994. |