Originally ordered by Wardair, Canada but order cancelled

Export registration E-1039 / PH-EZW applied for - March 13, 1990

First flown as PH-EZW in Air Europe livery - November 24, 1990

Delivery to Air Europe delayed and aircraft stored at Amsterdam

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-FIDO - February 15, 1991

Delivered to Air Europe as AOE001T Amsterdam-Gatwick - February 15, 1991

Operated first Air Europe revenue service AOE660/601 Gatwick-Vienna-Gatwick - February 16, 1991

Operated final Air Europe revenue service as AOE063 Copenhagen-Gatwick - March 8, 1991

Air Europe ceased operations - March 8, 1991

Ferried London Gatwick-Woensdrecht for storage - March 22, 1991

Cancelled from the U.K. Aircraft Register - June 10, 1991

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-RRG - July 24, 1991

Registered to Fokker Aircraft BV, Amsterdam

Test flown at Woensdrecht in all-white livery - July 25, 1991

Ferried Woensdrecht-Basle for cabin installation for Air Ivoire - August 9, 1991

Ferried Basle-Woensdrecht at conclusion of fit-out - August 27, 1991

Entered onto Ivory Coast Aircraft Register as TU-TIV - August 29, 1991

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - October 3, 1991

Export registration E-1117 applied for and granted for export to Ivory Coast

Handed over to Air Ivoire at Woensdrecht - October 3, 1991

Aircraft named 'Bandama'

Ferried Amsterdam-Marocco - October 4, 1991

Aircraft advertised for sale with 10,433 hours & 8,311 cycles - July 14, 1997

Withdrawn from use and stored at Norwich, England - August 25, 1997

Entered onto U.K. Aircraft Register as G-BXNF - October 15, 1997

Registered to Airlines Facilities Pty, Ltd - September 18, 1998

Cancelled from U.K. Aircraft Register - May 14, 1999

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FWH - May 27, 1999

Registered to Flight West Airlines Pty Ltd

Arrived at Brisbane at conclusion of delivery flight with Southern Cross Aviation - July 29, 1999

Flight West ceased operations - June 19, 2001

Sold to Queensland Airlines Holding Pty Ltd - April 5, 2002

Rolled out in new Alliance livery at Brisbane - August 25, 2002

Operated inaugural Alliance Brisbane-Rockhampton service - August 26, 2002

Operated inaugural Alliance Brisbane-Norfolk Island service as QQ735 - September 7, 2002

Aircraft named 'City of Townsville' at ceremony at Townsville Airport - October 2, 2002

Leased to Air Niugini

Ferried Brisbane-Port Moresby as QQ555 - June 28, 2004

Operated first revenue service with Air Niugini as PX090 Port Moresby-Cairns - June 30, 2004

Operated final revenue service with Air Niugini as PX-098 Port Moresby-Cairns - September 26, 2004

Ferried Cairns-Townsville as QQ999 - September 26, 2004

Returned to Alliance service as QQ931 Townsville-Phosphate Hill - September 27, 2004

Leased to Air Niugini and ferried Brisbane-Port Moresby as QQ555 - December 5, 2004

Operated first revenue service with Air Niugini as PX090 Port Moresby-Cairns - December 6, 2004

Lease to Air Niugini terminated - January 14, 2005

Leased to Air Niugini - January 23, 2005 to February 16, 2005

Ferried Brisbane-Richmond for repainting in Alliance livery - March 9, 2006

Ferried Brisbane-Townsville as QQ999 - March 28, 2006

Entered service with Alliance as QQ831/832 Townsville-The Monument-Townsville - March 29, 2006

Ferried Brisbane-Adelaide-Perth as QQ992 - October 30, 2006

Utilised on BHP Billiton charter fly-in / fly-out contract based in Perth

Commenced operations as QQ792 Perth-Mount Keith - November 1, 2006

Current

VH-FWH. Flight West - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1999.

(Image 1995-169. P. J. Gates Photograph)