VH-CZO. Boeing 737-377. c/n 24304-1622.
Ordered new by Ansett Finance provided via Credit Lyonnais Australia Ltd, Nord LB and Sumitomo International Finance Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - September 17, 1988 First flown as VH-CZO - October 4, 1988 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZO - October 18, 1988 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - October 18, 1988 Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia as AN37 - October 18, 1988 Arrived Brisbane at conclusion of delivery flight - October 21, 1988 Delivery route: Seattle-Kailua/Kona (overnight)-Nadi (overnight)-Brisbane Flight crew: Capts D.C. James, R. Nichols, K. White; LAMEs S. Donald, C. Wiles Operated first revenue service Brisbane-Townsville-Cairns (Capt McMillan) - October 27, 1988 Leased to America West Airlines during pilots' dispute - October 1989 Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Phoenix, Arizona - October 19, 1989 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N114AW - November 30, 1989 Registered to Transpacific Enterprises Inc, Bellevue, WA Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 1, 1989 Operated by America West Airlines in full livery Arrived Melbourne at end of lease to America West Airlines - June 28, 1990 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZO - July 2, 1990 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Operated first Ansett revenue service Melbourne-Alice Springs - July 4, 1990 Operated inaugural Ansett 737 Perth-Argyle-Perth charter (Capt S.J. Bradbury) - January 31, 2000 Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Operated final revenue Ansett service as AN7 Darwin-Sydney - September 14, 2001 Aircraft placed in storage at Sydney's Ansett Terminal Advertised for immediate sale by Aviation Capital Group - December 20, 2001 Ferried Sydney-Melbourne as AN4041 for storage - May 17, 2002 Prepared for long term storage at Melbourne Airport Aircraft had flown 38,898 hours with 26,060 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - October 9, 2002 Entered onto the Seychelles Aircraft Register as S7-ABC - October 9, 2002 Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Singapore in full Ansett livery - October 11, 2002 Arrived Singapore (Changi) at conclusion of delivery flight - October 11, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne-Darwin-Singapore Stored at Singapore by Regionair Pte Ltd (Leasing Company) in basic Ansett livery without titles Leased to Biman Bangladesh Airlines - January 31, 2003 Entered onto the Bangladesh Aircraft Register as S2-AEA Returned to ST Aerospace Ltd - April 2004 Leased to Merpati Nusantara Airlines - May 4, 2004 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MBN Reportedly stored and awaiting scrapping - November 2008 |
VH-CZO. America West Airlines - in the full livery at San Francisco Airport, November 1989. |
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VH-CZO. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Sydney Airport, December 2000. |
S7-ABC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 2002. |
S2-AEA. Bangladesh Biman - in the full livery at an unknown airport, May 2003. |
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