VH-CZW. Boeing 737-277A. c/n 22655-872.


Ordered new by Ansett Airlines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - April 19, 1982

First flown as VH-CZW - May 11, 1982

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZW - May 14, 1982

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Seattle - May 17, 1982

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia - May 21, 1982

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - May 24, 1982

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

Flight crew: Capts M. Wheaton, E. Stewart; LAME V. Alborn

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Coolangatta as AN88 (Capt A. Learmonth) - June 3, 1982

Painted in Polynesian / Air Vanuatu livery - 1985

Operated final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as AN77 (Capt J. Tillotson) - November 24, 1986

Aircraft had flown 10,600 hours

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to U.S.A. as AN561 - November 28, 1986

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

Flight crew: Capts E. Walters, G. Davis; LAME H. Owczarek

Sold to Wilmington Trust Co, DE - December 1986

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 1, 1986

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N188AW - December 2, 1986

Registered to Wilmington Trust Co

Leased to America West Airlines

Converted to America West configuration by Tramco at Paine Field

Operated final America West revenue service El Paso-Phoenix as HP424 - July 7, 2004

Ferried Phoenix-Goodyear as HP7812 for storage - July 12, 2004

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City - September 22, 2004

Sold to Shaheen Air International, Karachi, Pakistan

Departed Salt Lake City on delivery flight to Pakistan in full Shaheen livery - November 25, 2004

Ferry route: Salt Lake City-Tucson-Edmonton-St Johns-Oostende-Athens-Dubai- Karachi

Flight crew: Capts B. MacNeal, J. Faulkner (Vision Airline, Romsey, U.K.)

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - December 7, 2004

Entered onto the Pakistan Aircraft Register as AP-BHB - December 7, 2004

Current with Shaheen - November 2008


N188AW. America West Airlines - in the all-white livery at Phoenix Airport, March 1987.