Ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1969

First flown - November 1971

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - November 17, 1971

Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - November 17, 1971

Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Nadi-Tontouta-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts M. A. Lane, J. Withecombe, D.B. Moodie; Navigator B.S. McEwen

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZL - November 18, 1971

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - November 19, 1971

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne-Sydney - November 25, 1971

Operated its final revenue service as AN33 Sydney-Melbourne - December 22, 1981

Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 25,225 hours

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - February 8, 1982

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Seattle-Amarillo-Clearwater

Flight crew: Capts R. Neve, P. Lynch; Engineers B. King. L. Bettiol, K. Hale. M. Rance

Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U.S. standards

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc - March 21, 1982

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N935ML - May 1982

Registered to Midway Airlines Inc

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 21, 1982

Sold to Seventh HFC Leasing Corp with lease to Midway Airlines - August 1984

Sold to CL Aircraft Inc - July 28, 1988

Sold to Pegasus Capital Corp - January 18, 1989

Returned to Pegasus Capital Corp by Midway at end of lease - March 27, 1991

Placed in open storage at Orlando, Florida - April 1991

Sale to AAA Airlines (Aust) for use on proposed Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane shuttle service did not happen

Leased to Spirit Airlines - May 1992

Leased to Aeronaves de Mexico SA de CV t/a Aeromexico - July 1, 1992

Withdrawn from service - June 2001

Stored at South Padre Island, Brownsville, Texas - November 15, 2001

Ferried to Tucson, Arizona for scrapping

Observed at Tucson in parted-out condition - February 26, 2006

Fuselage remains at Hamilton Aviation Facility, Tucson - March 7, 2006