Ordered new by Ansett with finance provided via Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - November 21, 1986

First flown as VH-CZK - December 12, 1986

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZK - January 8, 1987

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - January 8, 1987

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia as AN36 - January 8, 1987

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - January 11, 1987

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

Flight crew: Capts N. Day, R. Blievers; LAME R. Bishop

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Launceston as AN1085 (Capt A. King) - January 17, 1987

Operated final Ansett service Sydney-Brisbane as AN142 - September 13, 2001

Flight crew: Capt M. J. Tullemans; F/O T. Francis

Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Aircraft placed in storage at Brisbane's Ansett Terminal

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

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne as AN4041 (Capts P. Addison, D. McCutcheon) - April 15, 2002

Prepared for long term storage at Melbourne

Aircraft had flown 42,828 hours with 30,210 cycles - June 27, 2002

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

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 15, 2003

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CELA - August 15, 2003

Registered to Dart Group Plc

Departed Melbourne as SXA171 on ferry flight to U.K. in full Ansett livery - August 22, 2003

Arrived Bournemouth at conclusion of delivery flight - August 24, 2003

Ferry route: Melbourne-Broome-Denpasar-Colombo-Al Ain-Lanaca-Bournemouth

Stored outside Channel Express hangar at Bournemouth in full Ansett livery

Observed at Bournemouth outside Channel Express hangar with some parts missing - April 1, 2004

Delivered to Jet 2 in the full livery - February 1, 2005

Observed at Belfast as 'Yorkshire Dales' - May 11, 2005

Observed at Newcastle as 'Newcastle' - September 2, 2005

Current with Jet 2

VH-CZK. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1996.