Built for C. Itoh Aerospance Finance

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) - September 1992

First flown as N60659 - October 7, 1992

Accepted by C. Itoh Aerospace Finance at Seattle - October 23, 1992

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N800CZ - October 23, 1992

Leased to China Southern Airlines - October 23, 1992

Returned to C. Itoh Aerospace Finance at end of lease - March 1996

Leased to Air New Zealand - April 1, 1996

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NCM

Sub-leased to Airtours International Airways (UK) - April 29, 1998

Returned to Air New Zealand at end of sub-lease - November 4, 1998

Returned to C. Itoh Aerospace Finance at end of lease - May 21, 2000

Leased to Air Canada - May 21, 2000

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GGBJ

Sub-leased to Canadian Airlines International

Operated first Canadian International revenue service Vancouver-Toronto - June 5, 2000

Sold to CIT Leasing Corporation - September 28, 2000

Leased to Air Canada

Was intended to be sub-leased to Ansett Australia

Expected to arrive at Christchurch for conversion to Ansett configuration - September 2001

Intended sub-lease was cancelled

Aircraft had been painted in full Ansett Australia livery - September 2002

Ferried Toronto-Montreal as AC7076 in full Ansett livery with 'VH-BZN' taped over - September 5, 2001

Ansett Australia suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Aircraft was never delivered

Repainted into full Air Canada livery and returned to Air Canada service - September 25, 2001

Aircraft had flown 42,436 hours with 8,948 cycles to date

Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - May 2003

Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-DBP - May 23, 2003

Registered to CIT Ireland Leasing Ltd

Intended for lease to Alitalia following maintenance at Dublin Airport

Registered to CIT Leasing Corp, New York

Leased to Alitalia as registered operator

Ferried Dublin-Roma as AZ8921 on delivery to Alitalia - June 17, 2003

Repainted into full Alitalia livery to enter service - September 2003

Aircraft was named 'Duca Degli Abruzzi'

Repainted into 'Sky Team' livery at Tel Aviv and rolled out as such - May 26, 2009

Current with Alitalia - June 2010

 

 

EI-DBP Alitalia - in the full livery at Milan Airport, December 2008.