Ordered new by Ansett with finance provided by Credit Lyonnais Australia Ltd

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - August 2, 1986

First flown as N55738 - August 25, 1986

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZB - September 16, 1986

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - September 16, 1986

Departed Seattle on delivery flight - September 16, 1986

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - September 19, 1986

Delivery route: Seattle-Hilo (overnight)-Nadi (overnight) - Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts D. C. James, K. Patton; Engineers P. Evans, P. Mitchell

Operated first Ansett revenue service as AN1 Melbourne-Hobart - September 27, 1986

Flight crew: Capts J. Snowball, G.A. Davis

Operated final Ansett Sydney-Norfolk Island-Sydney service as AN873/872 - September 29, 1997

Flight crew: Capt G. Lamm

Operated its final Ansett service as AN140 Sydney-Brisbane (Capt G.A. Davis) - September 13, 2001

Aircraft parked at Brisbane following suspension of all Ansett operations - September 13, 2001

Advertised for immediate sale by Aviation Capital Group - December 20, 2001

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne as AN4041 - May 2, 2002

Aircraft had flown 43,438 hours with 30,708 landings as of June 27, 2002

Examined by Channel Express with view to purchase - December 2002

Aircraft had flown 43,006 hours and 30,550 cycles as of June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne - February 14, 2003

Sold to Channel Express

Departed Melbourne as AN40 on delivery flight to U.K. - February 20, 2003

Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Islands-Male-Dubai-Athens-Lasham

Arrived Lasham at conclusion of ferry flight - February 22, 2003

Flight crew: Capts D. McCutcheon, R. Laidlaw; Engineers E. Smith, S. Abougelis

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - February 28, 2003

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-CELX - March 3, 2003

Registered to Dart Group Plc

Ferried Lasham-Bournemouth - March 27, 2003

Repainted at Bournemouth in full Jet 2 livery and named 'Malaga'

Operated first revenue service with Jet 2 Luton-Glasgow - May 12, 2003

Current

VH-CZB. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Airport, November 1986.

VH-CZB. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1993.

G-CELX. Jet 2 - in the full livery at Bournemouth Airport, May 2003.

G-CELX. Jet 2 - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, March 2005.