VH-JJZ. BAe 146-200-11. c/n E2114.
Built at Hatfield for T.N.T. order Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-BOXE - August 25, 1988 Registered to British AeroSpace Systems First flown as a BAe-146-200 G-BOXE - October 28, 1988 Ferried to Dothan, Alabama for conversion to 200QT freighter configuration Ferried Hatfield-Cambridge for conversion to Ansett specifications by Marshalls Ferried Cambridge-Hatfield following conversion- May 26, 1989 Cancelled from the U.K. Aircraft Register - June 2, 1989 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JJZ - June 2, 1989 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Hatfield - June 3, 1989 Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to Australia as AWA07 - June 3, 1989 Arrived Perth at conclusion of delivery flight in full T.N.T. livery - June 7, 1989 Delivery route: Hatfield-Belgrade-Larnaca-Dubai-Mumbai-Madras-Singapore-Denpasar-Perth Flight crew: Capts B. Poole, S. Bardsley, K. Hoy; Engineers J. Cook, J. Fowke, F. Rayner Ferried Perth-Melbourne - June 28, 1989 Operated first Ansett Air Freight revenue service Melbourne-Launceston - July 3, 1989 Painted into full Ansett Air Freight livery - January 1994 First aircraft to be painted into full Ansett Australia Cargo livery during maintenance - January 2000 Re-entered service - January 20, 2000 Operated final revenue service Sydney-Brisbane - July 27, 2001 Ferried Brisbane-Blenheim, New Zealand for heavy maintenance with SAFE-Air - July 28, 2001 Aircraft needed wing-spar repairs and fuel tank contamination problems rectified It was expected to be out of service until early 2002 Was in heavy maintenance when Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Administrators - September 27, 2001 Stored at Woodbourne, New Zealand Ansett Engineering quote aircraft had flown 16,550 hours with 14,149 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown at Blenheim as AN146 - August 6, 2003 Ferried Blenheim-Melbourne as AN40 (Capts P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins) - August 7, 2003 Cabot Aviation Services Ltd appointed marketing agents for aircraft's sale Sold to Titan Airways Ltd, Stansted, U.K. for $AUD 5,000,000 - December 10, 2003 Test flown at Melbourne - December 11, 2003 Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Norwich, U.K. as AN146 - December 15, 2003 Arrived Norwich at conclusion of ferry flight - December 18, 2005 Ferry route: Melbourne-Alice Springs-Broome-Christmas Island-Kuala Lumpur-Colombo-Karachi- Dubai-Amman-Heraklion-Nice-Norwich Flight crew: Capts P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins; Enginer R. Flight & R. Judge (to Alice Springs only) Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 19, 2003 Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-ZAPR - December 19, 2003 Registered to Titan Airways Ltd Current with Titan Airways - November 2008 |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1985. |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the full livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990. |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the full livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990. |
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VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1995. |
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