VH-HYF. Airbus A320-211. c/n 027.
First flown as F-WWDD - November 29, 1988 Accepted by Ansett - February 18, 1989 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYF - February 20, 1989 Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - February 21, 1989 Routing was - Athens-Dubai-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Darwin-Melbourne - arriving February 25, 1989 Operated its first Ansett service - AN12 Melbourne-Sydney - April 21, 1989 Sold to Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) and leased back - July 2001 Operated its last commercial service - AN151 Sydney-Adelaide - September 13, 2001 Aircraft parked at Adelaide following suspension of all Ansett operations Ferried Adelaide-Melbourne - September 28, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service - under administration - AN718 Melbourne-Sydney - September 29, 2001 Operated its final Ansett Australia service - AN35 Sydney-Melbourne - March 4, 2002 Stored at the Ansett Terminal, Melbourne Had flown 39,929 hours / 22,441 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown Melbourne as AN4089 - June 27, 2002 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, USA - becoming N270SE - August 7, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 7, 2002 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, UK - August 10, 2002 Routing was - Denpasar-Male-Cario Advertised for immediate sale / lease by SALE - December 2002 Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - April 24, 2003 Leased to UM Air - becoming UR-UFB - April 2003 Due to delays in acquiring type approval aircraft was reregistered N270SE - June 6, 2003 Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - July 28, 2003 Currently in service with UM Air Aircraft named 'Mary-Lyn 1' |
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VH-HYF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' colors at Brisbane Airport. (Image 0320-092. P. J. Gates Photograph) |
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VH-HYF. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' colors at Sydney Airport, February 2001. (Image 0320-021. R. N. Smith Photograph) |
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UR-UFB. Um Air- in their full color scheme, February 2004. (Image 0320-041. R. N. Smith Collection) |
UR-UFB. Um Air- in their full color scheme, April 2004. (Image 0320-072. R. N. Smith Collection) |