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VH-VYB. Boeing 737-838. c/n 33763-1534. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - ? It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'YJ918' Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VYB - June 04, 2004 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - June 21, 2004 First flown as VH-VYB - June 29, 2004 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B24 engines and without winglets The aircraft was named ‘Cape Otway’ Accepted by S. Skimin for Qantas Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - July 13, 2004 This was the 146th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 26th Boeing 737 delivered new to Qantas Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the ferry flight to New Zealand as QF6020 - July 16, 2004 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - July 17, 2004 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Nadi - Christchurch Winglets fitted at Christchurch by Air New Zealand Engineering during pre-service maintenance - July 18 - 22, 2004 Ferried Christchurch - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF6018 - July 23, 2004 Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as QF556 - July 23, 2004 Registered to Orix Eunomia Corporation, Tokyo - June 02, 2005 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - October 10, 2014 Current with Qantas Airways |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 31, 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-493.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the standard livery at Adelaide Airport, August 07, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4620-671.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 16, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-636.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 29, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-271.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 06, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-266.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 13, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-267.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 17, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-265.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 23, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-268.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 30, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-269.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 30, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-270.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 25, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-564.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 25, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-565.) |
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VH-VYB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Cape Otway' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 27, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-294.) |