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VH-NKQ. Fokker F28-070. c/n 11572. Was also registered as: OE-LFR. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Austrian Airlines - ? The temporary export registration 'E-1456 / PH-EZD' was applied to the aircraft - January 24, 1996 The temporary export registration 'E-1456 / PH-EZD' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - March 25, 1996 First flown as 'PH-EZD' in the 'Austrian' livery - April 22, 1996 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 620-15 engines The aircraft was cleared for export to Austria - April 24, 1996 The temporary export registration 'E-1456 / PH-EZD' was removed from the aircraft - April 25, 1996 Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-LFR - April 25, 1996 Accepted by Austrian Airlines at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - April 25, 1996 The aircraft was named 'Steyr' Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Vienna on delivery to Austrian as OS7706 - April 25, 1996 Ferried Vienna - Woensdrecht for maintenance - February 26, 2001 Ferried Woensdrecht - Vienna on completion of maintenance - March 13, 2001 Tyrolean Airways was acquired by Austrian Airlines - March 1998 In an attempt to consolidate its brand 'Tyrolean Airways' was renamed 'Austrian Arrows' - 2003 Management of 'Austrian Arrows' was carried out independently from the Tyrolean base at Innsbruck The 'Austrian Arrows' livery was chosen to closely match that of the Austrian Airlines Group It was observed at Salzburg in the Austrian Arrows livery - December 05, 2004 Flights by the Austrian Airlines Group were carried out by Tyrolean Airways - July 01, 2012 This consolidation was a major effort to save Austrian Airlines from bankruptcy Tyrolean Airways flight operations were reintegrated into Austrian Airlines - October 2014 All aircraft, flight operations and crew members were transferred back to Austrian Airlines - March 31, 2015 Tyrolean Airways was then dissolved having saved Austrian Airlines from bankruptcy It was withdrawn from service at Vienna (Schwechat) Airport - 2016 Sold to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd - ? Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NKQ - July 01, 2016 Registered to Alliance Aviation Slovakia, S.R.O. c/- Alliance Airlines Pty Limited, Eagle Farm, Brisbane Alliance Airlines Pty Limited, Eagle Farm, Brisbane is the registered operator It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight from Bratislava as SXI1726 - October 11, 2017 Ferry route: Bratislava - Trabzon - Al Ain - Hyderabad - Subang - Kupang - Darwin - ? Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Trepell as QQ880 - October 30, 2017 Current with Alliance Airlines |
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OE-LFR. Austrian Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-254.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2018. (C. Lsugier Copyright Image 1996-259.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-937.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-938.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-939.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-940.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-941.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, November 13, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-942.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, December 11, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-943.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Mackay Airport, December 11, 2018. (J. May Copyright Image 1995-944.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 17, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-021.) |
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VH-NKQ. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 28, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-067.) |