First flown as F-WWIB - January 3, 1991

Ferried Toulouse-Finkenwerder and stored - February 1, 1990

Accepted by Ansett - March 6, 1991

Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - March 8, 1991

Routing was - Gatwick-Santa Maria-Bermuda-Phoenix-Hilo-Nadi-Melbourne - arriving March 14, 1991

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYK - March 14, 1991

Arrived in an all-white color scheme but painted in Melbourne before entering service

Ferried as AN9200 Melbourne-Sydney - March 29, 1991

Operated its first Ansett service - AN2010 Sydney-Hamilton Island - March 29, 1991

Operated first Ansett Australia service Brisbane-Darwin-Denpasar as AN112 - September 11, 1993

Operated its last commercial service - AN59 Sydney-Melbourne - June 30, 2001

Aircraft was in heavy maintenance at Sydney when Ansett ceased operations - September 13, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service - under administration - AN234 Sydney-Brisbane - November 29, 2001

Operated its final Ansett Australia service - AN276 Sydney-Brisbane - March 4, 2002

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne as AN4043 and placed in storage - March 4, 2002

Had flown 36,141 hours / 19,126 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne as AN4089 - September 11, 2002

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to ASL Aircraft Services, Lemwerder, Germany - November 8, 2002

Routing was - Perth-Cocos Island-Male-Cario-Bremen-Lemwerder - arriving November 10, 2002

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 20, 2002

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

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

Reregistered TS-INH - August 2003

Leased by Aibus to Nouvelair Tunisie - September 13, 2003

Sub-leased to Afriqiyah Airways, Tripoli

Current

TS-INH. Afriqiyah - in the full livery with English & web titles, October 2003.

(Image 0320-046. R. N. Smith Collection)

TS-INH. Afriqiyah - in the full livery with Arabic & web titles, August 2005.

(Image 0320-071. R. N. Smith Collection)