VH-OZU. Boeing 737-229. c/n 21176-431.


Ordered new by Sabena Belgian World Airlines

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - September 1975

First flown at Renton as N8277V - September 30, 1975

Accepted by Sabena at Boeld Field - December 3, 1975

Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft register as OO-SDN - December 1975

Leased to Gulf Air as OO-SDN - October 22, 1977

Returned to Sabena at end of lease - May 15, 1978

Leased to Air Gabon as OO-SDN - November 2, 1985

Returned to Sabena at end of lease - December 6, 1985

Leased to Malaysian Airline Systems - May 21, 1989

Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - May 21, 1989

Entered onto the Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-MBP - May 21, 1989

Returned to SABENA at end of lease - March 17, 1990

Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-SDN - March 1990

Charter contract to Peugeot not taken up and aircraft prepared for lease to Sobelair

Entered service with Sobelair - January 28, 1993

Returned to SABENA at end of lease - March 15, 1993

Entered SABENA service at Brussels in SABENA livery and Sobelair titles - March 15, 1993

Leased to Sobelair - May 21, 1993

Returned to SABENA - June 15, 1994

Sold to European Airways Ltd - May 15, 1998

Leased to Sabena Belgian World Airlines - May 15, 1998

Operated final SABENA service Gothenburg-Brussels as SN732 - November 30, 2000

Withdrawn from use and parked at Brussels in basic SABENA livery without titles

Aircraft had flown 56,107 hours with 40,829 cycles

Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - December 31, 2000

Returned to European Aviation Ltd - February 27, 2001

Leased to European Air Charter - February 27, 2001

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-CEAI - March 2001

Ferried Brussels-Bournemouth in basic SABENA livery and observed as such - May 26, 2001

Ferried Bournemouth-Paris (LBG) for overhaul

Observed at Paris Le Bourget without engines undergoing maintenance - July 17, 2001

Rolled out at Bournmouth in black-blue livery without titles - August 28, 2001

Observed at Paris (CDG) in black-blue livery without titles - July 20, 2003

Observed at Bournemouth in full Ozjet livery as G-CEAI - February 20, 2005

Departed Bournemouth as EAF9716 on delivery flight to Australia - February 20, 2005

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - February 22, 2005

Ferry route: Bournemouth-Rhodes-Kuala Lumpur-Darwin-Adelaide-Melbourne

Flew promotional flights within Australia under Eurocharter designation - March 8 - 20, 2005

Displayed at Avalon Air Show as G-CEAI - March 20, 2005

Placed in storage at Melbourne awaiting granting of Ozjet Operating Certificate - March 2005

Departed Melbourne for Romania via Darwin-Kuala Lumpur for maintenance - August 16, 2005

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight to Ozjet - October 15, 2005

Aircraft arrived in a modified livery with 'Oz' on the tail and additional 'web address'

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OZU - October 26, 2005

Reregistered to Ozjet Airlines Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney as O7004 - November 29, 2005

This was the inaugural Ozjet service in Australia

Operated its final revenue service Sydney-Melbourne as O7059 - March 12, 2006

This was the final Ozjet Australian service

Ozjet ceased all scheduled operation - March 12, 2006

Airline's owner decided to concentrate only on charter services from this date

Stored at the AAES hangar at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport - March 15, 2006

Ferried Melbourne-Brisbane as O7-900 - May 19, 2006

Operated proving flight Brisbane-Norfolk Island-Brisbane - May 20, 2006

Operated inaugural Brisbane-Norfolk Island as O7-331; Norfolk Island-Sydney as O7-332;

Sydney-Norfolk Island as O7-333; Norfolk Island-Brisbane as O7-334 - May 24, 2006

Sold to Heavy Lift Cargo Airlines Pty Ltd

Ozjet acquired by Heavy Lift to gain access to an Australian AOC to fly domestic freight

Registered to Heavy Lift Cargo Airlines Pty Ltd - May 2, 2008

Ozjet continued to operate as a separate identity

Aircraft advertised for sale by Flightstar International LLC, Fort Lauderdale - May 2009

Advertised sale price was $US 695,000

Aircraft had flown 63,109 hours with 44,568 cycles

Operated final revenue service Perth-Denpasar-Perth as OZJ824/825 - May 9, 2009

Ozjet Airlines ceased all flight operations - May 20, 2009

Aircraft placed in storage at Perth Airport - May 20, 2009

Airline placed in administration due to inability to add freighter aircraft to its AOC - May 21, 2009


OO-SDN. Sabena - in the old livery with revised titles at Brussels Airport, December 1984.

9M-MBP. Sabena - in the old livery with revised titles at unknown airport, March 1990.

G-CEAI. OzJet - in the basic livery at Bournemouth Airport, April 2005.

VH-OZU. OzJet - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, December 2005.

VH-OZU. OzJet - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2006.

VH-OZU. OzJet - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2006.

VH-OZU. OzJet - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2009.