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

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - November 4, 1986

First flown as VH-CZI - November 20, 1986

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZI - December 11, 1986

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - December 11, 1986

Departed Seattle on delivery flight as AN33 - December 11, 1986

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - December 14, 1986

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

Flight crew: Capts K. Wallace, R. Swan; LAME G. Davis

Operated first Ansett revenue service as AN1048 Melbourne-Brisbane (Capt P. James) - December 20, 1986

Operated its final Ansett service as AN59 Sydney-Melbourne - September 13, 2001

Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Aircraft placed in storage at Melbourne's Ansett Hangar

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

Aircraft had flown 43,023 hours with 30,263 cycles

Sold to the Dart Group Plc for operation by Channel Express (Air Services) UK

Departed Melbourne as AN40 on ferry flight to U.K. in full Ansett livery - September 14, 2002

Arrived Bournemouth at conclusion of delivery flight - September 16, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne-Perth-Cocos Islands-Male-Bahrain-Athens-Bournemouth

Flight crew: Capts D. McCutcheon, J. Hudson; Engineers P. Sliwinski, C. McDonald

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 1, 2002

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-CELV - October 1, 2002

Registered to Dart Group Plc

Painted into an all-white livery and observed as such at Lasham - February 1, 2003

Entered service with Jet 2 - February 12, 2003

Aircraft named 'Amsterdam'

Current with Jet 2