VH-HYS. Airbus A320-211. c/n 632.


First flown as F-WWBI - November 12, 1996

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYS - August 7, 1996

Departed Toulouse, France on delivery flight to Melbourne - November 22, 1996

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - November 25, 1996

Delivery route: Toulouse-Dubai-Mauritius-Perth-Melbourne

Operated its first revenue service as AN101 Melbourne-Hobart - December 14, 1996

Operated its last revenue service as AN174 Perth-Sydney - September 13, 2001

Stored at Sydney when Ansett Australia suspended all operations - September 13, 2001

Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN757 for storage - November 28, 2001

Had flown 16,792 hours / 9,130 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne as AN4089 - August 13, 2002 & October 30, 2002

Departed Melbourne as AN40 on delivery to Credit Lyonnais, France - January 17, 2003

Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Island-Male-Dubai-Athens-Bordeaux

On arrival at Bordeaux it was placed in long term storage in full Ansett livery

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 24, 2003

Entered onto French Aircraft Register as F-WQSF

Leased to Armavia - becoming EK-32010 - May 7, 2004

Ferried to Maastricht for painting into new Armavia livery - October 24 - 28, 2004

Destoryed in a hangar fire at Zenventem Airport, Brussels - May 4 - 5, 2006

Was undergoing maintenance at SN Technics - no injuries

Complete write-off


EK-32010. Armavia - in the new livery at unknown airport, November 2004.

(F. Niven Collection. 0320-032.)

EK-32010. Armavia - in the new livery at Paris Orly Airport, July 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-060.)