VH-HYY. Airbus A320-211. c/n 331.
Ordered new by GATX Capital Corporation First flown as F-WWII - May 5, 1992 Delivered to GATX Capital Corp at Toulouse, France - July 1992 Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-ONB Leased to Onur Air, Turkey - July 1992 Aircraft was named 'Ertug' and later 'Nazar' Returned to lessor - April 1996 Leased to Ansett Australia - May 1996 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYY - May 30, 1996 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Aircraft fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but variable Cancelled from Turkish Aircraft Register - June 1996 Departed Greensboro, USA on delivery flight to Melbourne as AN4293 - June 24, 1996 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 26, 1996 Delivery route: Greensboro-San Diego-Hilo-Nadi-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts J. Swift, G. Lowe; Engineers J. Vermeulen, J. anderson, J. Natoli Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN16 (Capt P. Johnson) - July 1, 1996 Operated last revenue service Perth-Brisbane as AN220 - September 13, 2001 Ansett Australia ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Adverised for sale by GATX with delivery January 2002 - October 2001 Flew one Ansett service under administration Brisbane-Melbourne as AN2001 - October 17, 2001 Underwent service check & had Ansett titles removed at Melbourne - November 2001 Test flown at Melbourne - February 10, 2002 The Dutch registration PH-DOE was reserved for it - February 20, 2002 Departed Melbourne as AN4040 on return to GATX, France - February 24, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Island-Male-Dubai-Athens-Toulouse Flight crew: Capt D. Pudney; F/O M. Lenffer; Engineers M. Catterall, P. Cruickshank & R. Green (GATX) Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 15, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 30,104 hours with 15,433 cycles - March 15, 2002 Entered onto Maltese Aircraft Register as 9H-ADZ - March 28, 2002 Leased to Air Malta - March 29, 2002 to October 2004 Entered service with Air Malta in full livery Ferried Luqa, Malta to Shannon, Ireland as KM997 on return to lessor - October 10, 2004 Leased to Azal Azerbaijan Airlines, Baku-Bina, Azerbaijan - October 2004 Entered onto Azerbaijani Aircraft Register as 4K-AZ54 Ferried Shannon-Baku on delivery to Azerbaijan Airlines - November 16, 2004 Current with Azerbaijan Airlines - November 2008 |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the full livery at Lisbon Airport, March 2003. |
4K-AZ54. Azerbaijan - in the full livery at unknown airport, April 2007. |
4K-AZ54. Azerbaijan - in the full livery at unknown airport, September 2008. |
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