Built at the British Aerospace Hatfield plant for East West Airlines order

First flown at Hatfield as G-5-173 - August 13, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWJ - August 24, 1990

Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd

Configured to seat 94 economy class passengers

Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to Australia - August 25, 1990

Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - August 29, 1990

Delivery route: Hatfield-Italy-Egypt-Yemen-Oman-India-Thailand-Singapore-Indonesia-Darwin-Tamworth

Operated first East West revenue service Brisbane-Hamilton Island - September 5, 1990

Appeared with 'Reef Adventure' titles on rear fuselage and

'Hamilton Island' titles on forward fuselage - February 28, 1992

Transferred to Ansett Australia after Ansett purchased East West Airlines - May 27, 1993

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - March 17, 1994

Withdrawn from service at Brisbane - December 14, 1994

Overhauled and repainted in full Ansett New Zealand livery at Brisbane

Ferried Brisbane-Auckland for service with Ansett New Zealand - January 14, 1995

Leased to Ansett New Zealand - January 31, 1995

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 16, 1995

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZM - February 17, 1995

Registered to Tasman Pacific Airlines of NZ Ltd t/a Ansett New Zealand

First aircraft to be repainted into Qantas New Zealand livery - August 6, 2000

Ansett New Zealand ceased operations - September 3, 2000

Tasman Pacific Airlines of NZ began operating as Qantas New Zealand - September 4, 2000

Aircraft had flown 23,378 hours with 23,380 cycles

Qantas New Zealand ceased operations - April 21, 2001

Ferried Auckland-Christchurch for storage - May 15, 2001

Ferried Christchurch-Blenheim where Safe Air carried out C-Check - May 24, 2001

Registered to Mount Cook Airline Ltd - May 30, 2001

Repainted into Air New Zealand / Mount Cook livery whilst at Blenheim

Ferried Blenheim-Christchurch - June 11, 2001

Operated first Air New Zealand revenue service Christchurch-Rotorua as NZ5870 - June 25, 2001

Withdrawn from service - February 10, 2002

Ferried Christchurch-Hobart-Essendon - February 15, 2002

Stored at Essendon Airport

Registered to Ansett Australia (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) - June 26, 2002

Received minor damage whilst parked at Essendon due to wind storm - September 2, 2002

Ferried Melbourne (Essendon) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) - May 12, 2003

Cancelled from the N.Z. Aircraft Register - October 16, 2007

Parted out at Melbourne Airport - October 2007

VH-EWJ. East West - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, October 1990.

VH-EWJ. East West - in special 'Reef Adventure' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1992.

VH-EWJ. East West - in special 'Reef Adventure' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1992.

 

VH-EWJ. East West - in special 'Reef Adventure' livery at Melbourne Airport, February 1993.

VH-EWJ. East West - in special 'Reef Adventure' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1993.

VH-EWJ. Ansett New Zealand - in the 'Starmark' livery at Wellington Airport, February 1995.

ZK-NZM. Ansett New Zealand - in the 'Starmark' livery at Wellington Airport, January 1997.

ZK-NZM. Qantas New Zealand - in the full livery at Wellington Airport, August 2000.

ZK-NZM. Qantas New Zealand - in the full livery at Welington Airport, January 2001.