First flown as F-WWDG - November 6, 1990

Ferried Toulouse-Finkenwerder and stored - November 8, 1990

Accepted by Ansett - January 16, 1991

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYI - January 16, 1991

Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - January 22, 1991

Routing was - Santa Maria (Azores) - Bermuda-Phoenix-Kona- Nadi-Melbourne - arriving January 26, 1991

Arrived in original 'Southern Cross' colors but was repainted in 'Starmark' colors early February 1991

Operated its first Ansett service Melbourne-Brisbane - February 24, 1991

Operated its last commercial service as AN187 Adelaide-Perth - September 13, 2001

Aircraft parked at Perth following suspension of all Ansett operations

Ferried Perth-Melbourne as AN4406 - November 12, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration as AN702 Melbourne-Sydney - November 15, 2001

Operated its final Ansett Australia service as AN152 Perth-Sydney - March 4, 2002

Had honour of operating final Ansett commercial service when it arrived Sydney at 0653 - March 5, 2002

Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN4051 and placed in storage - March 5, 2002

Prior to landing it complete a circuit over Melbourne's Central Business District

Had flown 36,245 hours with 19,025 cycles - June 27, 2002

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin, Germany - July 12, 2002

Arrived Berlin at conclusion of ferry flight - July 14, 2002

Ferry route: Perth-Cocos Island-Male-Bahrain-Athens-Berlin (Schonefeld)

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 29, 2002

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AKFW - February 26, 2003

Planned lease to Air Canada did not eventaute - remained in storage

Ferried Berlin-Hamburg as LH8965Y - July 1, 2003

Leased to Nouvelair Tunisie via Pembroke Capital Ltd - July 2003

Entered onto Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-ING - July 29, 2003

Wet-leased to Afriqiyah Airlines, Tripoli, Libya - July 30, 2003

Delivered to Novelair - August 25, 2003

Advertised sale / dry-lease by Pembroke Capital with availability from August 2006 - September 29, 2005

Returned to Nouvelair Tunisie at end of sub-lease - August 2006

Sub-leased to Ural Airlines - August 2006

Seen at Monastir, Tunisia as VP-BQY in full Ural Airlines revised livery - October 21, 2006

Ferried Monastir-Yekaterinburg, Russia on delivery to Ural Airlines - November 18, 2006

Current

VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, February 1998.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-088.)

D-AKFW. Ansett Australia - in the basic 'Starmark' livery without titles at Berlin, July 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-006.)

TS-ING. Afriqiyah - in the full livery with no web titles at Paris CDG Airport, October 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-040.)

VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the new livery at Salzburg Airport, January 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-117.)