Last of twelve aircraft ordered new by Australian Airlines (T.A.A.) - May 27, 1985

Trans Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) renamed Australian Airlines - August 4, 1986

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - April 28, 1987

Powered by CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines

First flown at Renton as VH-TAZ - May 14, 1987

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAZ - June 22, 1987

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Accepted by Australian Airlines at Seattle - June 22, 1987

Departed Seattle on delivery flight to Australia as TN1396 - June 24, 1987

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - June 26, 1987

Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field)-Honolulu-Majuro-Townsville-Melbourne

Aircraft named 'Victory'

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane as TN480 - June 27, 1987

Ownership transferred to Australian Airlines following company name change - July 11, 1988

Australian Airlines sold to Qantas Airways - September 14, 1992

Australian Airlines merged with Qantas Airways - October 31, 1993

Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 8, 1993

Operated final Qantas revenue service Darwin-Melbourne as QF817 - January 24, 2004

Transferred to Qantas Jetconnect, New Zealand

Ferried Melbourne-Christchurch as QF6011 on delivery to Jetconnect - February 1, 2004

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 2, 2004

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-JNB - February 13, 2004

Registered to Jetconnect (N.Z.) Ltd

Test flown at Christchurch as QF4102 after maintenance - May 11, 2004

Operated first Jetconnect revenue service Christchurch-Auckland as QF4102 - May 12, 2004

Planned conversion to freighter configuration by Qantas did not eventuate - December 2005

Ferried Christchurch-Brisbane as QF6012 - December 27, 2006

Operated Norfolk Jet Express services Brisbane-Norfolk Island-Sydney-Norfolk Island-Brisbane

as QF243/244/245/246 - December 28, 2006

Operated final Jetconnect revenue service Queenstown-Christchurch as QF2772 - June 8, 2009

Withdrawn from use having flown 61,633 hours with 43,176 cycles

Departed Christchurch as QF6020 on ferry flight to U.S.A. for storage - June 17, 2009

Arrived Marana at conclusion of ferry flight in basic Qantas livery - June 18, 2009

Ferry route: Christchurch-Apia-Honolulu-Ontario (California)-Marana

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 30, 2009

Permanently withdrawn from use at Marana and prepared for scrapping - 2010

Observed in a derelict condition minus whole cockpit and major parts missing on trestles - April 2, 2011

Finally scrapped at Marana - 2011

VH-TAZ. Australian - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, July 1987.

ZK-JNB. Qantas - in the full livery at Christchurch Airport, January 2008.