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 revenue service Melbourne-Coolangatta as AN88 (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Withdrawn from service and parked at Goodyear, Arizona - October 6, 2001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


VH-CZM. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery over Washington State, June 1981.

N178AW. America West Airlines - in the full livery at Tucson Airport, December 1997.

N178AW. Shaheen - in the full livery at Tucson Airport, February 2005.

AP-BHA. Shaheen - in the full livery at an unknown airport, December 2009.