VH-HYN. Airbus A320-211. c/n 726.
Ordered new by I.L.F.C. for Ansett First flown as F-WWBP - October 29, 1997 Leased from I.L.F.C. for 5 years - November 28, 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYN - November 28, 1997 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Aircraft fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but variable Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - November 28, 1997 Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne as AN4290 - November 29, 1997 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 29, 1997 Delivery route: Toulouse-Dubai-Mauritius-Perth-Melbourne Flight Crew: Capts B. Saunders, M. Rindfleish; Engineers P. Ross, A. Podesta, J. Cerazo, R. Scenna Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane as AN60 (Capt R. Duncan) - December 10, 1997 Rolled out in the special 'Sydney 2000 Olympics' livery and temporarily named 'Unity' - June 1, 2000 Ferried Sydney-Auckland on Olympic duties - June 7, 2000 Departed Auckland for Uluru as AN2000 carrying 'Olympic Flame' to Australia - June 8, 2000 Flight crew: Capts M. Rindfleish, B. Saunders; F/O J. Nixon; Flight Attendants N. Najmi, L. Miller, V. Janssen, L. Wlodarska, P. Tram, A. Kaszubski Olympic livery removed - January 2001 Operated last revenue service Perth-Sydney as AN164 - September 13, 2001 Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Aircraft temporarily stored at Sydney Re-entered Ansett service under administration Sydney-Melbourne as AN701 - October 1, 2001 Operated final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as AN91 - March 4, 2002 Returned to I.L.F.C. by Ansett Administrators Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Bentonville, AK as AN4040 - April 11, 2002 Arrived Bentonville at conclusion of ferry flight - April 13, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Honolulu-Las Vegas-Bentonville (Fayetteville) Flight crew: Capts G. Lowe, J. Swift, R. Duncan Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 22, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 14,705 hours with 8,085 cycles - April 22, 2002 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N726NS - April 22, 2002 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation, Los Angeles Leased by I.L.F.C. to Siberia Airlines for 3 years Ferried to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin for maintenance - September 22 / 23, 2002 Ferry route: Fayetteville-Bangor-Gander-Keflavik-Berlin Entered onto the Aruban Aircraft Register as P4-VNF - October 8, 2002 Painted in Armavia livery & ferried Berlin-Yerevan - October 9, 2002 Sub-leased to Armavia, Armenia - October 24, 2002 Entered onto the Armenian Aircraft Register as EK32007 - June 15, 2003 Configured to seat 12 First Class and 144 Economy Seat passengers Leased to Georgian National Airlines in an all-white livery - January 2005 Leased to LAT Charter from I.L.F.C. - October 2005 Painted at Berlin Schonefeld for LAT Charter as YL-BCB and seen as such - October 15, 2005 Entered onto the Latvian Aircraft Register as YL-BCB Ferried Berlin-Riga for LAT Charter in all-white livery and no titles - October 18, 2005 Sub-leased to Hellas Jet with small LAT Charter titles - April 2006 Observed at Brussels with large Hellas Jet titles - April 23, 2006 Returned to LAT Charter - January 14, 2007 LAT Charter renamed SmartLynx Airlines - September 25, 2008 Observed in LAT Charter livery but without titles - April 2009 Leased to Windrose Airlines in basic LAT Charter livery- November 14, 2009 Lease to Windrose terminated - October 2010 Ferried Budapest-Shannon - November 9, 2010 Ferried Shannon-Riga in new all-white livery - November 21, 2010 Ferried Riga-Shannon - January 20, 2011 Repainted into White Airways livery by Eirtech Aviation, Shannon Observed at Shannon in full White Airways livery - May 14, 2011 Entered onto the Portuguese Aircraft Register as CS-TQS Ferried Shannon-Averca (Portugal) on delivery to White Airways - June 1, 2011 Aircraft was named 'Flygrey' Wet-leased to Stellar Airways, Kinshasa Departed Alverca (Portugal) on delivery to Stellar Airways - October 28, 1011 Arrived Kinshasa N'Djili Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - October 30, 2011 Commenced operations with Stellar Airways titles and tail logo Current with Stellar Airways - 2011 |
VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with 'Olympic' titles
at Melbourne Airport, March 1999. |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - carrying the 'Olympic 2000' livery at Sydney Airport, April 2000. |
VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - carrying the 'Olympic 2000' livery
at Sydney Airport, May 2000. |
VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - carrying the 'Olympic 2000' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2000. |
VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - carrying the 'Olympic 2000' livery at Melbourne Airport, September 2000. |
P4-VNF. Armavia - in the original blue livery at Paris Airport, December 2002. |
EK-32007. Armavia - in the original blue livery at Amsterdam Airport, August 2003. |
EK-32007. Armavia - in the original blue livery at Amsterdam Airport, August 2003. |
EK-32007. Georgian National Airlines - in an all-white livery at Berlin Schonfeld Airport, March 2005. |
YL-BCB. Hellas Jet - in basic LAT Charter livery at unknown airport, July 2006. |
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