VH-CZM. Boeing 737-277A. c/n 22645-768.
Ordered new by Ansett Airlines Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - May 6, 1981 First flown as VH-CZM - May 27, 1981 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZM - June 2, 1981 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - June 15, 1981 Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - June 17, 1981 Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 20, 1981 Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts M. Wheaton, E. Walters Utilised for pilot training and demonstration flights Operated first Ansett revenue service as AN88 Melbourne-Coolangatta (Capt E. Walters) - July 1, 1981 Operated inaugural 737 service into northwest Tasmania (Capt E. Walters) - February 10, 1982 Route: Melbourne-Burnie-Devonport-Melbourne Operated inaugural Air Vanuatu Sydney-Brisbane-Vila 737 service as AN182 - October 9, 1984 Leased to Polynesian in full Ansett livery - December 19, 1984 to January 23, 1985 Leased to Air Vanuatu to replace 737 5W-PAL - November 15, 1985 to March 1986 Operated final revenue service Coolangatta-Melbourne (Capt G. Harley) - September 28, 1986 Aircraft had flown 12,300 hours Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to U.S.A. as AN551 - October 3, 1986 Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Apia-Hilo-Seattle (Paine Field) Flight crew: Capts N. Day, I. McKenzie; LAME E. Gross; Boeing Engineer M. Pulaski Sold to Wilmington Trust Co - October 5, 1986 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 28, 1986 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N178AW - October 30, 1986 Registered to Wilmington Trust Co, Wilmington, DE Leased to America West Airlines - October 30, 1986 Converted to America West configuration by TRAMCO at Paine Field Sold to IBM Credit and leased to America West Airlines Withdrawn from service and parked at Goodyear, Arizona - October 6, 2001 Ferried Goodyear to Phoenix Arizona - January 24, 2002 Returned to IBM Credit - February 2, 2002 Returned to service with America West Airlines - March 30, 2002 Operated final America West revenue service as HP707 Los Angeles-Phoenix - March 3, 2008 Ferried Phoenix-Goodyear as HP7809 - August 6. 2004 Reportedly being prepared for scrapping - August 2004 Ferried Goodyear-Tucson - August 25, 2004 Sold to Alameda Corporation Inc c/- Jetran International Registered to Jetran International, San Antonio, Texas - August 26, 2004 Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustees - September 17, 2004 Sold to Shaheen Air International, Karachi, Pakistan Test flown at Tucson, Arizona - February 2, 2005 Departed Tucson in full Shaheen International livery on delivery flight to Pakistan - February 4, 2005 Ferry route: Tucson-Thunder Bay-Goose Bay-Oostende-Athens-Dubai-Karachi Flight crew: Capts B. MacNeal, J. Faulker Entered onto the Pakistan Aircraft Register as AP-BHA - February 2005 Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - February 9, 2005 Aircraft named 'Chun' Current with Shaheen International - November 2008 |