VH-CZE. Boeing 737-377. c/n 23657-1280.
Ordered new by Ansett with finance provided by Credit Lyonnais Australia Ltd Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - August 22, 1986 First flown as VH-CZE - September 10, 1986 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZE - October 15, 1986 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - October 15, 1986 Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia as AN32 - October 15, 1986 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - October 18, 1986 Delivery route: Seattle-Hilo (overnight)-Nadi (overnight) - Melbourne Flight crew: Capts D. James, P. Lynch; LAME I. Elverton Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Canberra as AN384 (Capt R. Neate) - October 25, 1986 Operated inaugural 737 Perth-Karratha-Perth service as AN320/323 - October 27, 1997 Operated final revenue service Hobart-Sydney as AN118 - September 13, 2001 Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Aircraft placed in storage at Sydney's Ansett Terminal Advertised for immediate sale by Aviation Capital Group - December 20, 2001 Aircraft had flown 42,866 hours Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN4041 - May 7, 2002 Reconfigured to seat 144 passengers in Melbourne Test flown at Melbourne as as AN4089 - May 27, 2002 Sold to the Dart Group Plc for operation by Channel Express (Air Services) UK Departed Melbourne as AN40 on ferry flight to U.K. - June 2, 2002 Arrived Lasham at conclusion of delivery flight - June 7, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Islands-Male-Bahrain-Athens-Lasham-Bournemouth Flight crew: Capts P. Addison, J. Schmidt; Engineers M. Gambling, K. Hui Nee Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - June 13, 2002 Aircraft had flown 42,912 hours with 30,810 cycles Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CELU - June 13, 2002 Aircraft stored in full Ansett livery at Bournemouth Leased to Buzz Airlines LLC - July 2002 Entered service with small titles above passenger door Leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle - September 2002 Ferried Trondheim-Stansted on termination of lease - December 3, 2002 Repainted in full Jet 2 livery and named 'Barcelona' - 2003 Entered commercial service with Jet 2 - 2003 Current |
VH-CZE. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Sydney Airport, January 1988. |
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VH-CZE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1993. |
VH-CZE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Airport, December 2000. |
G-CELU. Jet 2 - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, May 2005. |
G-CELU. Jet 2 - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, November 2005. |