First flown - June 18, 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANE - June 24, 1981

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - June 25, 1981

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 30, 1981

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts A. James, M. J. Reed, J. Dorward; F/E J. Crago, G. Lynch

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Perth as AN224 - July 11, 1981

Reconfigured to an all-economy seating and painted in EastWest livery - January 16, 1992

Aircraft was named 'Gold Coast'

Additional 'Conrad Jupiters Casino' & 'High Flyer' titles with a pair of dice also added

Entered service with EastWest Sydney-Coolangatta-Sydney - January 18, 1992

Operated final revenue service with EastWest Airlines - February 1, 1994

Returned to Ansett Australia service following repainting - April 18, 1994

Became first 727 in the world to have in-flight video entertainment system fitted - 1995

Sold to Intrepid Aviation Partners - December 13, 1996

Operated final revenue service Hobart-Melbourne as AN36 - January 5, 1997

Departed Melbourne as AN4290 on delivery flight to United States - April 29, 1997

Delivery route: Melbourne-Pago Pago-Hilo-San Diego-Miami

Flight crew: Capts L. Griffiths. I. A. Allchin; F/E W. Baker

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 6, 1997

Sold to First Security Bank - May 6, 1997

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N70415

Converted to freighter configuration by COPESA, San Jose, Costa Rica

Leased to DHL Worldwide Express for use in Europe

Sold to European Air Transport - August 1, 1997

Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-DHK

Departed Costa Rica on delivery flight to Brussels routing via Gander - September 9, 1997

Leased to Swiftair SA, Spain

Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-IFC

Cancelled from the Spanish Aircraft Register - April 24, 2002

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-DPE - February 7, 2005

Registered to DHL Aviation (Pty) Ltd, Lanseria, South Africa

Operated by Solenta Aviation for DHL

Intended registration of HZ-SNF did not proceed

Observed operating in South Africa in new DHL livery - December 2005

Observed at Johannesburg in all-white livery - October 26, 2006

Current with DHL Aviation Pty Ltd

VH-ANE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-ANE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

VH-ANE. East West - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1992.

VH-ANE. East West - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1994.

VH-ANE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-ANE. Intrepid Aviation - in the basic Ansett livery at Melbourne Airport, January 1997.

ZS-DPE. DHL - in the full livery at Lanseria Airport, February 2005.