Ordered new by Ansett Airlines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - June 11, 1981

First flown as N8295V - July 1, 1981

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZN - July 7, 1981

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - July 15, 1981

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - July 17, 1981

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - July 20, 1981

Delivery route: Seattle-San Francisco-Hilo-Pago Pago-Nadi-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts B.R. Andrews, E. Stewart; Engineer B. Prescott

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as AN26 (Capt M. Wheaton) - July 30, 1981

Operated inaugural 737 service Melbourne-Hobart-Melbourne - October 27, 1981

Operated inaugural 737 service Melbourne-Newcastle-Melbourne as AN150/151 - April 11, 1983

Leased to Polynesian and Air Vanuatu occasionally in full Ansett livery - 1985 - 1986

Damaged when it struck donkeys during landing roll at Apia on Polynesian flight - July 11, 1986

Ingested part of one donkey through No 2 engine and was unserviceable for 3 days

Operated final revenue service Coolangatta-Melbourne as AN1087 (Capt A. Read) - September 28, 1986

Aircraft had flown 12,700 hours which was the highest for any Ansett 737-277

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to U.S.A. as AN552 - January 1, 1987

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Apia-Hilo-Seattle (Paine Field)

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

Sold to Wilmington Trust Co - January 4, 1987

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 2, 1987

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N179AW - October 30, 1986

Registered to Wilmington Trust Co, Wilmington, DE

Leased to America West Airlines

Converted to America West configuration by TRAMCO at Paine Field

Operated final America West revenue service as HP443 Los Angeles-Phoenix - June 30, 2003

Ferried Phoenix-Goodyear for storage - July 2, 2003

Sold to Alameda Corporation Inc c/- Jetran International

Registered to Jetran International, San Antonio, Texas - September 30, 2003

Ferried Goodyear-Mojave for long term storage - October 4, 2003

Aircraft slated for scrapping - February 2006

Ownership transferred to MAA - February 28, 2006

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - May 22, 2006

Broken up at Mojave by Alameda Corporation

N179AW. America West Airlines - in the full livery at Los Angeles Airport, September 1987.