VH-HYJ. Airbus A320-211. c/n 142.
First flown as F-WWDI - November 9, 1990 Origianally constructed for All Nippon Airways but order not taken up Ferried Toulouse-Finkenwerder and stored - November 13, 1990 Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - January 29, 1991 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYJ - January 30, 1991 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Aircraft fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but variable Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Australia - February 2, 1991 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - February 8, 1991 Was delivered in all-white livery with 'Southern Cross' tail markings Delivery route: Toulouse-Gatwick-Santa Maria-Bermuda-Orlando-Long Beach-Hilo-Apia-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, F. Jones; LAMEs W. Bird, S. Giuliano, P. Donohue, P. Runting Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN4 - March 7, 1991 Operated inaugural Perth-Denpasar-Perth service as AN211/159 (Capt F. Boomsma) - September 11, 1993 First domestic aircraft to be flown in the new Ansett Australia 'Starmark' livery when it operated AN16 Melbourne-Sydney - September 17, 1993 Operated last revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane as AN78 - September 13, 2001 Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Aircraft parked at Brisbane following suspension of all Ansett operations Re-entered Ansett service under administration as Brisbane-Sydney as AN205 - October 8, 2001 Operated final revenue service Melbourne-Adelaide as AN355 - March 4, 2002 Ferried Adelaide-Melbourne as AN4044 for storage - 4 March 4, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 37,025 hours with 19,632 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown at Melbourne as AN4089 - July 2, 2002 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin, Germany - August 9, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Island-Male-Bahrain-Athens-Schonefeld Flight crew: Capts G. Lowe, G. Nicol; Engineers S. Driver, Wong Khing Choon Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 2, 2002 Entered onto German Aircraft Register as D-AKFX - February 26, 2003 Planned lease to Air Canada did not eventaute - remained in storage Planned lease by Ansett Worldwide to ArmAvia did not eventuate Flown Schonefeld-Hamburg for painting in LAT Charter livery - November 10, 2003 Leased to LAT Charter - November 2003 Entered onto the Latvian Aircraft Register as YL-BBC Ferried Riga-Abu Dabi - October 31, 2006 Wet-leased to HellasJet - March 2007 Entered onto Greek Aircraft Register as SX-BVD - March 24, 2007 Operated training flight Athens-Volos-Athens in basic LAT Charter livery with Hellasjet titles - March 2007 LAT Charter renamed SmartLynx Airlines - September 25, 2008 Current with SmartLynx - November 2008 |
VH-HYJ. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery, departing Sydney Airport, January 1998. |
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YL-BBC. Lat Charter - in the full livery at unknown airport, March 2005. |
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SX-BVD. Hellasjet - in basic LAT Charter livery at Rome Airport, April 2007. |
YL-BBC. SmartLynx - in the LAT Charter livery at an unknown airport, September 2009. |