VH-OAM. Boeing 737-33A. c/n 25010-2008.


Ordered new by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (A.W.A.S.)

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - February 6, 1991

First flown at Renton as PP-SOE - February 22, 1991

Accepted by A.W.A.S. at Boeing Field - March 7, 1991

Leased to VASP (Brazil) - March 7, 1991

Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PP-SOE - March 1991

Observed at Miami in full VASP livery on delivery - March 10, 1991

Repossessed by A.W.A.S. - November 11, 1992

Ferried to Goodyear for storage - November 23, 1992

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N266AW - December 19, 1992

Registered to Wilmington Trust Company

Leased to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (A.W.A.S.) as registered operator

Observed stored at Goodyear in all-white livery - January 2, 1993

Repainted in full Oman Air livery at Phoenix

Departed Phoenix on delivery flight to Australia - March 5, 1993

Arrived Melbourne as N226AW in full Oman Air livery - March 7, 1993

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OAM - March 12, 1993

Registered to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, Redfern, Sydney

Leased to Oman Air as registered operator

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Muscat - March 15, 1993

Arrived Muscat at conclusion of delivery flight - March 16, 1993

Entered service with Oman Air Muscat-Salalah-Muscat - March 20, 1993

Returned to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at end of lease - February 28, 1995

Ferried Muscat-Kuala Lumpur for preparation for next lease

Departed Kuala Lumpur on delivery flight to Belgium in full Euro Belgian livery - April 13, 1995

Arrived Brussels at conclusion of delivery flight - April 14, 1995

Delivery route: Kuala Lumpur-Bombay-Luxor-Brussels

Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-LTW - April 14, 1995

Leased to Euro Belgian Airlines as registered operator

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 14, 1995

Entered service operating Corsar flight Brussels-Paris (CDG)-Biarritz - April 16, 1995

Observed at Brussels in full Euro Belgian livery with special Christmas theme - December 29, 1995

Euro Belgian Airlines renamed Virgin Express (Belgium) - August 1, 1996

Ferried Luxembourg-Frankfurt for repainting into full Virgin Express livery - October 12, 1996

Observed in all-white livery - March 9, 2002

Ferried Rome-Brussels in all-white livery - March 12, 2002

Returned to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at end of lease - March 12, 2002

Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - March 29, 2002

Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-IEC - March 30, 2002

Leased to Karthago Airlines (Tunisia) as registered operator

Ferried Amsterdam-Tunis as KAJ8599 on delivery to Karthago Airlines - March 30, 2002

Observed at Nuremburg in service with Karthago - April 3, 2002

Observed at Toulouse with 'web address' decal on aircraft - October 22, 2004

Current with Karthago Airlines - 2009


TS-IEC. Karthago Airlines - in the full livery at an unknown airport, August 2002.