Second of eight Airbus A320 aircraft ordered new by Ansett

First flown as F-WWDS - August 8, 1988

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYB - November 18, 1988

Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse, France - November 23, 1988

Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - November 23, 1988

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 28, 1988

Delivery route: Athens-Dubai-Bangkok-Darwin-Sydney-Melbourne

Placed in storage in Melbourne on arrival as result of industrial dispute

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN12 - February 2, 1989

Selected to wear special livery and artwork for Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

This operation took 2,500 man-hours / 250 litres of paint to apply - December 1996 - January 1997

Operated first service in this livery Melbourne-Sydney as AN18 - January 28, 1997

Olympic logo and artwork removed - December 2000

Sold to Ansett Worldwide and leased back - June 28, 2001

Operated final revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane as AN924 - September 13, 2001

Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Aircraft parked at Brisbane Airport

Returned to Ansett service under administration Brisbane-Melbourne as AN277 - October 7, 2001

Operated final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as AN91 - March 1, 2002

Performed a farewell flight over Melbourne as AN4089 - March 4, 2002

Ferried Melbourne-Mojave as AN4040 on return to Ansett Worldwide for storage - March 8, 2002

Delivery route: Melbourne-Nadi-Honolulu-Mojave

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - April 11, 2002

Total hours - 39,501 with 21,889 cycles

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N230AN - April 21, 2002

Registered to Wilmington Trust Co

Ferried Mojave-Mexico City - July 7, 2002

Ferried Mexico City-Mojave and returned to storage - February 14, 2003

Sold to M.S.A. - October 29, 2003

Ferried Mojave-Mexico City - October 31, 2003

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - April 14, 2004

Entered onto Portuguese Aircraft Register as CS-TQH - April 14, 2004

Leased to Air Luxor, Portugal and was accepted in Mexico City - May 1, 2004

Arrived Lisbon, Portugal at conclusion of delivery flight - May 16, 2004

Operated its first service with Air Luxor Lisbon-Madrid - 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 N230AN - September 15, 2006

Registered to MSA / 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

VH-HYB. Ansett Australia - in the special 'Sydney 2000' Olympic livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1997.

VH-HYB. Ansett Australia - in the special 'Sydney 2000' Olympic livery at Sydney Airport, April 2000.

VH-HYB. Ansett Australia - in the special 'Sydney 2000' Olympic livery at Sydney Airport, April 2000.

VH-HYB. Ansett Australia - in the special 'Sydney 2000' Olympic livery at Melbourne Airport, January 2001.

CS-TQH. Air Luxor - in the full livery at Paris Orly Airport, August 2004.

CS-TQH. Air Luxor - in the full livery at Paris Orly Airport, May 2005.

CS-TQH. HiFly - in the full livery at Paris Orly Airport, April 2006.

N230AN. HiFly - in the full livery at Paris Orly Airport, October 2006.