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.

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.