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VH-HYA. Airbus A320-211. c/n 022.
First flown as F-WWDR - June 27, 1988 Was the first series '200' production aircraft Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse, France - November 18, 1988 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYA - December 12, 1988 Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight - December 16, 1988 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 19, 1988 Delivery route: Dubai-Bangkok-Darwin-Melbourne Placed in storage in Melbourne as result of industrial dispute Operated first revenue service as AN4 Melbourne-Sydney - March 16, 1989 Due to faulty paintwork aircraft had to be completely stripped & repainted - late 1999 Sold to Ansett Worldwide and leased back - June 28, 2001 Operated its last commercial service - AN76 Melbourne-Brisbane - September 13, 2001 Aircraft parked at Brisbane following suspension of all Ansett operations - September 13, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service - under administration - AN203 Brisbane-Sydney - October 8, 2001 Operated final revenue service as AN92 Melbourne-Sydney - March 4, 2002 Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN4045 and placed in storage - March 4, 2002 Departed Melbourne on return to Ansett Worldwide - March 21, 2002 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - April 11, 2002 Total hours - 40,234 / 22,176 cycles Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N220AN - April 21, 2002 Registered to Wilmington Trust Co Ferried Mojave - Mexico City - July 5, 2002 Ferried Mexico City - Mojave - and returned to storage - February 1, 2003 Sold to M.S.A. - October 29, 2003 Ferried Mojave-Mexico City - November 3, 2003 Leased to Air Luxor, Portugal and handed over at Mexico City Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - April 14, 2004 Entered onto Portuguese Aircraft Register as CS-TQG - April 14, 2004 Arrived Lisbon, Portugal on delivery to Air Luxor - May 16, 2004 Operated first revenue service with Air Luxor - Lisbon-Gatwick - May 21, 2004 Observed at Lisbon with HiFly titles the new name for Air Luxor's charter division - October 30, 2005 Immobilised at Paris Orly Airport for unpaid debts - August 23, 2006 Returned to service following settlement with Ansett liquidators Impounded at Paris Orly Airport for non-payment of debts to Ansett Australia - September 4, 2006 Operating licences for Air Luxor and HiFly withdrawn by Portuguese authorities Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N220AN - September 15, 2006 Registered to AWS Aviation Services Inc Cancelled from Portuguese Aircraft Register Departed Paris Orly Airport on ferry flight to U.S.A. - September 19, 2006 Arrived Lake Charles, LA in full HiFly livery - September 20, 2006 Ferry route: Paris-Reykjavik-Keflavik-Lake Charles Sold to GA Telesis LLC - December 27, 2006 Parted out and scrapped by Aeroframe Services at Lake Charles - 2007 / 2008 |
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F-WWDR. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery during a test flight, August 1988. (E. D. Daw Collection via Ansett. 0320-027.) |
VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, December 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-080.) |
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VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1989. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 0320-079.) |
VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 0320-015.) |
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VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-081.) |
VH-HYA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1993. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 0320-082.) |
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VH-HYA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1995. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 0320-089.) |
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VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 0320-026.) |
VH-HYA. Ansett - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Airport, March 2002. (R. N. Smith Photograph. 0320-014.) |
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CS-TQG. HiFly - in Air Luxor livery at Paris Airport, November 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-075.) |
CS-TQG. HiFly - in Air Luxor livery at Paris Airport, November 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-076.) |
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N220AN. HiFly - in Air Luxor livery at Paris Orly Airport, October 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-108.) |
N220AN. HiFly - in Air Luxor livery at Paris Orly Airport, January 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-126.) |