This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett - ?

Finance provided by Credit Lyonnais Australia Ltd

First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWBR' - July 09, 1996

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYQ - August 07, 1996

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable

Accepted by Ansett Australia at Toulouse - September 10, 1996

Departed Toulouse (Blagnac) on the delivery flight to Australia as AN4294 - September 10, 1996

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - September 14, 1996

Delivery route: Toulouse - Dubai - Mauritius - Perth - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, I. Johnson; Engineers M. Benato, S. McLachlan

Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane (Captain M. Randall) as AN76 - September 27, 1996

Underwent heavy maintenance with Air Canada - August 01, 2001 to September 02, 2001

Test flown at Winnipeg as AN4595 - August 29, 2001

Departed Winnipeg on the ferry flight to Australia as AN4801 - August 31, 2001

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight - September 02, 2001

Ferry route: Winnipeg - Vancouver - Honolulu - Nadi - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains G. Lowe, M. Hocking; F/O R. Dinning; Engineers M. Thornton, H. Gasior, L. Robinson,

G. Maiolo, Y. Moses

Operated its last revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN117 - September 13, 2001

Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) following the suspension of all Ansett operations

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart as AN709 - November 03, 2001

Operated its final revenue service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN170 with 33 passengers - March 04, 2002

Flight crew: Captain M. Littlely; F/O M. McCaull; Cabin Manager N. Simonow

Cabin crew wore a variety of Ansett uniforms spanning the many years of Ansett operations

Stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 18,591 hours with 10,032 cyles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne (Captain B. Saunders) - August 26 and November 21, 2002

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to France as AN40 - December 18, 2002

It arrived at Bordeaux on cpmpletion of the ferry flight - December 20, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne - Learmonth - Male - Dubai - Larnaca - Bordeaux

Flight crew: Captains M. Rindfleish, B. Saunders; Engineers M. Preston, J. Hennessy

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 24, 2002

Placed in long term storage in the Ansett 'Starmark' livery

Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-WQSD - ?

It was observed at Bordeaux in the Menajet livery - July 26, 2004

Leased to Menajet, Lebanon SRL as the registered operator - August 11, 2004

Reregistered as F-OKRM - August 12, 2004

Registered to HFS Leasing Funds GmbH & Co Deutschland Sechs

Ferried Bordeaux - Beirut on delivery to Menajet - August 13, 2004

Entered service with Menajet Beirut - Barcelona - August 14, 2004

Wet-leased to Helios Airways and observed at London (Heathrow) - July 21, 2005

Sub-leased to Corendon Airlines, Turkey - October / November, 2005

Leased to National Air Services (NAS), Saudi Arabia - February 2007

Ferried Beirut - Jeddah in the NAS livery - February 02, 2007

Returned to Menajet - March 21, 2008

Leased to Almasria Universal Airlines, Egypt - April 2008

It was observed at Amsterdam (Schiphol) in the Almasria Universal livery - April 26, 2008

Wet-leased to Kabo Air, Nigeria and ferried Beirut - Kano, Nigeria - August 22, 2008

It was operated by Menajet for Kabo Air - November 2008

It was observed at Dusseldorf in the Menajet livery - April 20, 2009

Ferried Beirut - Khartoum for sub-lease to Sun-Air, Sudan - July 29. 2009

It was observed flying with Sun Air at Khartoum - April 13, 2010

Ferried Brindisi - Lourdes at the end of the lease - July 10, 2010

Lourdes Airport has become an overflow airport for Airbus airframes awaiting lease or resale

Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - September 17, 2010

It was observed stored at Lourdes - March 21, 2011

It was observed at Lourdes resting on the ground - December 28, 2011

Scrapped at Lourdes