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.

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.