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.

YL-BBC. Lat Charter - in the full livery at unknown airport, March 2005.

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.