VH-YQA. Airbus A320-212. c/n 190.
Ordered new by GATX Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd Powered by CFMI CFM56-5A3 engines First flown at Toulouse as F-WWDD - March 15, 1991 Accepted by GATX at Toulouse - June 14, 1991 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N484GX - June 14, 1991 Registered to GATX Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd Leased to LACSA (Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A.) as registered operator Sub-leased to LADECO in basic LACSA livery - December 1, 1994 LADECO merged with Lan Chile when it was bought out - 1994 Repossessed by LACSA - January 3, 1995 Returned to LACSA in Costa Rica - February 1, 1995 Observed at San Jose in full LACSA livery - March 9, 1995 Observed at Hamburg in all-white livery with Onur Air titles - May 7, 1995 Returned to GATX Leasing at Lemwerder in all-white livery with Onur Air titles - November 2, 1995 Leased to Excalibur Airlines (U.K.) - December 27, 1995 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BWKN - January 17, 1996 Returned to GATX Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd at end of lease - March 17, 1996 Leased to Leisure International Airways (U.K.) - March 25, 1996 Aircraft was reregistered as G-UKLJ Rolled out at Southend in all-white livery without titles - November 13, 1997 Aircraft placed in storage at Southend Rolled out at Southend in full Novair (Sweden) livery - January 30, 1998 Ferried Southend-Manchester on delivery to Novair - February 11, 1998 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 16, 1998 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-DVR - February 16, 1998 Leased to Novair, Sweden - February 16, 1998 Ferried Manchester-Stockholm on delivery to Novair - February 16, 1998 Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-DVH - March 27, 1998 Operated first Novair revenue service - March 27, 1998 Withdrawn from use and stored at Copenhagen - February 21, 1999 Returned to GATX Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd - February 27, 1999 Arrived Zurich in full Volare Airlines (Italy) livery for cabin modifications - March 24, 1999 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-OHFU - March 31, 1999 Registered to GATX Aircraft Leasing Pty Ltd Leased to Volare Airlines as registered operator Sold to GATX / CL Ireland - August 2, 2002 Volare Airlines ceased operations - November 19, 2004 Aircraft was ferried to Bordeaux for storage Returned to GATX / CL Ireland - November 22, 2004 Leased to Volare Airlines when it resumed operations - December 16, 2004 Observed at Paris (Orly) with 'Radio Italia' titles and logo - May 22, 2005 Returned to GATX / CL Ireland - November 13, 2006 Ferried to Chatearoux for storage - December 11, 2008 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YQA - October 30, 2009 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest National Association Leased to Strategic Airlines Pty Ltd as registered operator Ferried Chateauroux-Laval-Larnaca in all-white livery - November 8, 2009 Ferried Colombo-Singapore - November 17, 2009 Ferried Singapore-Denpasar-Melbourne in all-white livery - November 18, 2009 Observed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport with Strategic titles - December 9, 2009 Rolled out at Melbourne Airport with full Strategic titles and logo - December 15, 2009 Current with Strategic Airlines - 2010 |
G-UKLJ. Leisure - in the full livery at Amsterdam Airport, June 1996. |
F-OHFU. Volare - in the original livery at an unknown airport, November 1999. |
F-OHFU. Volare
- in the revised livery at an unknown airport, November 2006. |
F-OHFU. Volare - in the revised livery at Milan Airport, January 2007. |
VH-YQA. Strategic - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, January 2010. |
VH-YQA. Strategic - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2010. |
VH-YQA. Strategic - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, May 2010. |
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