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. |
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