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.

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.