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VH-HYD. Airbus A320-211. c/n 025.
First flown as F-WWDU - December 5, 1988 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYD - March 15, 1989 Aircraft was leased from Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - March 17, 1989 Routing was - Athens-Dubai-Bangkok-Darwin-Melbourne - arriving March 20, 1989 Operated its first Ansett service - AN208 Melbourne-Adelaide - May 10, 1989 Operated its last commercial service - AN130 Brisbane-Cairns - September 13, 2001 Flown as AN63 Cairns-Brisbane - September 14, 2001 Aircraft parked at Brisbane following suspension of all Ansett operations Ferried to Sydney for storage Re-entered Ansett service - under administration - AN713 Sydney-Melbourne - September 29, 2001 Operated its final Ansett Australia service - AN259 Sydney-Perth - March 4, 2002 Ferried Perth-Melbourne as AN4042 - and stored - March 4, 2002 Advertised for immediate sale with 40,435 hours / 22,285 cycles - March 7, 2002 Test flown at Melbourne in all-white colors - May 7, 2003 Leased to Nouvelair, Tunisia - becoming TS-INJ Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - May 29, 2004 Routing was - Exmouth-Male-Bahrain-Malta- Toulouse - arriving May 31, 2004 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 4, 2004 Sub-leased to Libyan Arab Airlines - as TS-INJ - June 4, 2004 Advertised for sale by Pembroke Capital - October 12, 2004 Current |
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VH-HYD. Ansett - in the original 'Southern Cross' color scheme, March 1989. (Image 0320-107. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' color scheme at Brisbane Airport, December 1992. (Image 0320-091. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' color scheme at Melbourne Airport, May 1995. (Image 0320-085. J. Goldfinch Photograph) |
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VH-HYD. Ex Ansett Australia - in all-white colors & no markings at Malta, May 2004. (Image 0320-047. R. N. Smith Collection) |
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