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VH-IWD. Airbus A300B4-622R. c/n 611. Was also registered as: PK-GAK; HL-7519; TC-ABD; N611AN; A7-AFC; N741FD. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) - ?) First flown as 'F-WWAG' at Toulouse - May 24, 1991 Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4158 engines Accepted by Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) at Toulouse - August 22, 1991 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GAK - August 1991 Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways as the registered operator - August 28, 1991 Operated its final revenue service - ? Ferried Abu Dhabi - Hamburg for end of lease maintenance - March 19, 1997 It was observed at Hamburg inan 'all-white' livery undergoing maintenance - April 21, 1997 Returned to AWAS - April 24, 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IWD - April 30, 1997 Registered to Nordstress Australia (AWAS company) Ferried in an 'all white' livery Hamburg (Lemwerder ) - Abu Dhabi as VH-IWD using a Garuda Airways Indonesia flight number - April 28, 1997 Ferried to U-Tapao, Thailand for storage - May 1997 Ferried U-Tapao - Beijing for maintenance - June 1997 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 14, 1997 Entered onto the Korean Aircraft Register as HL-7519 - July 14, 1997 Leased to Korean Airlines as the registered operator It was observed at Seoul in service with Korean Air - August 02, 1997 Operated its final Korean Air revenue service - ? Cancelled from the Korean Aircraft Register - December 12, 1999 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IWD - December 12, 1999 Registered to Nordstress Australia Returned to AWAS - December 16, 1999 The aircraft was stored at U-Tapao, Thailand - December 1999 Observed at U-Tapao in an 'all white' livery as HL-7519 undergoing maintenance with Thai Airways - January 11, 2000 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 25, 2000 Leased to Air Alfa, Turkey - January 25, 2000 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-ABD - February 11, 2000 Leased to Onur Air, Turkey as registered operator - May 06, 2001 It was observed at Dusseldorf in an 'all white' livery operating Onur Air flight - May 06, 2001 Returned to Air Alfa - June 22, 2001 Air Alfa, Turkey ceased operations - 2001 Cancelled from the Turkish Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N611AN - 2001 Registered to AWMS1 (AWAS company) It was observed at Abu Dhabi as 'A7-AFC' in an 'all-white' livery with Qatar Airways titles - September 21, 2002 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 25, 2002 Entered onto the Qatar Aircraft Register as A7-AFC - September 26. 2002 Leased to Qatar Airways as the registered operator Ferried Qatar (Doha) - Dresden as QTR3003 for freighter conversion - November 01, 2007 Returned to AWMS1 - November 01, 2007 Sold to Federal Express (Fedex), U.S.A. - November 05, 2007 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N741FD - ? Test flown at Dresden as FDX9010 after conversion to freighter configuration - April 10, 2008 Ferried Dresden - Bangor as FXD9011 on delivery to FedEx - April 13, 2008 Current status - ? |
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PK-GAK. Garuda Indonesia - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, December 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-163.) |
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TC-ABD. Saudi Arabian Airlines - in the white livery at an unknown airport, March 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-164.) |
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A7-AFC. Qatar Airways - in the 'white' livery at an unknown airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-161.) |