First flown as F-WWII - May 5, 1992

Built for GATX Capital Corp

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

Cancelled from Turkish Aircraft Register - June 1996

Departed Greensboro, USA on delivery flight to Melbourne - June 24, 1996

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 26, 1996

Delivery route: Greensboro-San Diego-Hilo-Nadi-Melbourne

Operated first revenue service as AN16 Melbourne-Sydney - July 1, 1996

Operated its last commercial service as AN220 Perth-Brisbane - September 13, 2001

Was stored at Brisbane when Ansett Australia suspended all operations - September 13, 2001

Adverised for sale by GATX with delivery January 2002 - October 2001

Flew one Ansett service under administration as AN2001 Brisbane-Melbourne - October 17, 2001

Underwent service check & had Ansett titles removed at Melbourne - November 2001

The Dutch registration PH-DOE was reserved for it - February 20, 2002

Departed Melbourne as AN4040 on delivery to GATX, France - February 24, 2002

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

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 15, 2002

Had flown 30,104 hours / 15,433 cycles to date

Leased to Air Malta - March 29, 2002 to October 2004

Entered onto Maltese Aircraft Register as 9H-ADZ

Ferried Luqa, Malta to Shannon, Ireland as KM997 on return to lessor - October 10, 2004

Leased to Azerbaijan Airlines - October 2004

Entered onto Azerbaijani Aircraft Register as 4K-AZ54

Ferried Shannon-Baku on delivery - November 16, 2004

Current

9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the full livery at Lisbon Airport, March 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-003.)

4K-AZ54. Azerbaijan - in the full livery at unknown airport, April 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 0320-120.)