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, 1989Arrived 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 |
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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. |
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