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.

VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1995.