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

First flown as G-5-177at Hatfield - September 28, 1990

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWL - October 27, 1990

Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd

Configured to seat 94 economy class passengers

Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to Australia - October 28, 1990

Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - October 31, 1990

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

Operated first East West revenue service - November 6, 1990

Operated its final revenue service - June 1993

Transferred to Ansett Australia after Ansett purchased East West Airlines - June 1993

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

Leased to Ansett New Zealand as VH-EWL for six weeks - November 15, 1996

Operated final Ansett Australia service Rockhampton-Brisbane as AN271 - December 30, 1996

Prepared for lease to Ansett New Zealand in Brisbane

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 5, 1997

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZN - February 5, 1997

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

Ferried Brisbane-Christchurch-Auckland - February 6, 1997

Operated first Ansett New Zealand revenue service - February 8, 1997

Ansett New Zealand ceased operations - September 3, 2000

Aircraft had flown 23,674 hours with 22,020 cycles

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

Qantas New Zealand ceased operations - April 21, 2001

Ferried Auckland-Christchurch for storage - April 21, 2001

Leased to Mt Cook Airline Ltd

Registered to Mount Cook Airline Ltd - May 30, 2001

Operated first Air New Zealand revenue service Auckland-Dunedin as NZ5861 - June 25, 2001

Operated final Air New Zealand revenue service Wellington-Christchurch - June 16, 2002

Registered to Ansett Australia (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) - June 22, 2002

Prepared for long term storage at Melbourne Airport

Ferried Melbourne (Essendon) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) - May 7, 2005

Aircraft remained unsold with other Bae146s and to be parted out

Cancelled from the N.Z. Aircraft Register - March 23, 2007

Broken up at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport - March 23, 2007

VH-EWL. East West - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1990.

VH-EWL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1993.

VH-EWL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1995.

VH-EWL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1996.

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the full livery at Christchurch Airport, March 2002.