ZK-NZF. BAe 146-300. c/n E3134.


Built at Woodford for Ansett New Zealand

First flown as G-11-134 - July 5, 1989

Ferried Woodford-Cambridge for conversion to Ansett specifications and painting - July 11, 1989

Reregistered as G-5-134 - November 30, 1989

Ferried Cambridge-Hatfield on completion of work - November 30, 1989

Accepted by Ansett New Zealand at Hatfield - December 1, 1989

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZF - December 1, 1989

Registered to Tasman Pacific Airlines of N.Z. Ltd

Aircraft was named 'City of Wellington'

Configured to seat 90 passengers

Departed Hatfield on delivery flight to New Zealand - December 5, 1989

Arrived Christchurch at conclusion of delivery flight - December 10, 1989

Delivery route: Hatfield-Belgrade-Larnaca-Dubai-Mumbai-Chennai-Phuket-Singapore-Denpasar-

Port Headland-Alice Springs-Melbourne-Christchurch

Flight crew: Capts D. Palmer, W. Mills, P. Stevenson; Engineer D. Ewers;

Liasison Officer D. Hastilow & 3 BAe Technical Support crew

Operated first Ansett New Zealand service - December 13, 1989

Operated its final Ansett New Zealand service - December 1999

All Ansett New Zealand titling & logos were removed and tail painted blue at Christchurch

Ferried Christchurch-Melbourne - Decmber 22, 1999

Transferred to Billmans Management

Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Woodford, U.K. - January 4, 2000

Arrived at Woodford at conclusion of ferry flight - January 7, 2000

Ferried Woodford-Koln-Bonn Airport on delivery to WDL - January 7, 2000

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - January 11, 2000

Sold by Ansett Aviation Trading to WDL Aviation GmbH, Koln, Germany - January 23, 2000

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AWBA - March 28, 2000

Entered service with WDL - April 2, 2000

Leased to Air Nostrum (Lineas Aereas del Mediterraneo SA), Valencia, Spain - May 2000

Returned to WDL at end of lease - September 30, 2000

Operated services for Air Berlin GmbH & Co - December 12, 2002

Ferried Koln-Amsterdam for painting in Air Berlin livery - December 12, 2002

Returned to WDL at end of lease - April 30, 2004

Leased to Austrian Arrows, Innsbruck, Austria - May 2004

Returned to WDL at end of lease - October 31, 2004

Leased to Discovery Aviation, Praha - December 6, 2004

Returned to WDL when Discovery suspended operations - January 4, 2005

Observed in an all-white livery at Munchen Airport - February 2005

Leased to Air France - March 26, 2005

Returned to WDL at end of lease - April 7, 2005

Leased to Air Nostrum to provide additional summer capacity - May 2005

Ferried Koln-Dusseldorf in all-white livery for lease to LTU - November 1, 2006

LTU titles applied to the aircraft

Returned to WDL at end of lease - July 2007

Returned to service with WDL in all-white livery and without titles

Observed at Koln in all-white/grey livery with SAS tail logo - January 25, 2008

Leased to SAS

Current with SAS - November 2008


 

D-AWBA. WDL Air Nostrum - in the full livery at an unknown airport, October 2000.

D-AWBA. WDL Air Nostrum - in the full livery at an unknown airport, October 2000.

D-AWBA. Air Berlin - in the full livery at an unknown airport, October 2003.

D-AWBA. Austrian Arrows - in the full livery at an unknown airport, July 2004.

D-AWBA. Austrian Arrows - in the full livery at Zurich Airport, July 2004.

D-AWBA. LTU - in the full livery at an unknown airport, November 2006.