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

First flown at Hatfield as G-6-197 - June 27, 1991

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWS - June 29, 191

Registered to East West Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd

Configured to seat 94 economy class passengers

Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to Australia - June 30, 1991

Arrived Tamworth at conclusion of delivery flight - July4, 1991

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

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Coolangatta - July 11, 1991

Withdrawn from East West service - January 4, 1993

Repainted into full Ansett Australia livery at Melbourne

Entered service with Ansett Australia - January 17, 1993

Operated first Ansett BAe146-300 service to Melbourne-Hobart-Melbourne - February 1, 1993

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

Operated the final Ansett Brisbane-Norfolk Island-Brisbane service as AN845/844 - March 27, 1997

Flight crew: Capt G. Backhouse

Operated its final Ansett service Cairns-Brisbane as AN159 - July 28, 2001

Was undergoing heavy maintenance at Brisbane when Ansett ceased operations - September 13, 2001

Offered for immediate sale having flown 26,195 hours with 21,484 cycles - October 25, 2001

Stored in the Ansett hangar at Brisbane Airport

Ferried Brisbane-Melbourne as AN4040 (Capt S. Henderson; F/O B. McGhee) - August 16, 2002

Sold to Albanian Airlines

Test flown at Melbourne - January 25 & 29, 2003

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 6, 2003

Entered onto the Albanian Aircraft Register as ZA-MEV - February 6, 2003

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Albania as LBC7001 - February 9, 2003

Arrived Tirana at cobclusion of ferry delivery flight - February 12, 2003

Ferry route: Melbourne-Alice Springs-Port Headland-Christmas Island-Phuket-Chennai-Mumbai-

Sharjar-Sharm El Sheikh-Tirana

Operated and maintained for Albanian Airlines by Hemus Air, Bulgaria

Advertised for sale / lease byR & G. Associates - May 17, 2007

Current with Albanian Airlines - November 2008

VH-EWS. East West - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

 

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

VH-EWS. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1999.

VH-EWS. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1999.

ZA-MEV. Albanian Airlines - in the full livery at an unknown airport, July 2004.