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ZK-FXJ. Boeing 737-36E(BDSF). c/n 25264-2194. Was also registered as: EC-706; EC-FLG; N316FL; TF-BBF. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Viva Air, Spain Rolled off Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - December 1991 First flown at Seattle - January 05, 1992 Powered by CFM International CFM56-3B2 engines Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-706 - ? Registered to Vuelos Internacionales de Vaccongados, Palma de Mallorca - January 1992 Accepted by VivaAir at Seattle (Boeing Field) - January 15, 1992 Operated its first revenue service - ? Reregistered as EC-FLG - April 15, 1992 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - March 01, 1999 Leased to Air Europa - May 26, 1999 Returned to VivaAir at the end of the lease - March 02, 2000 Cancelled from the Spanish Aircraft Register - March 02, 2000 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N316FL - March 02, 2000 Registered to Aviation Financial Services Leased to Frontier Airlines, Denver, Colorado as the registered operator The aircraft was operated in an 136Y configuration Returned to Aviation Financial Services at the end of the lease - March 02, 2004 Aviation Financial Services was renamed AFS Investments XLIV - March 30, 2004 It was observed at Johannesburg, South Africa being converted to freighter configuration - Seoptember 2004 The freighter conversion was carried out by Denel Aviation Services Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - November 12, 2004 Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-BBF - November 12, 2004 Leased to Bluebird Nordic Cargo, Keflavik, Iceland as the registered operator Sold to Celestial Aviation Trading Limited - March 17, 2005 The aircraft was repainted at Norwich, England into the new Bluebird Cargo livery - August 2017 The new livery had an all-white fuselage, royal blue tail and engine nacelles Ferried Norwich - Billund (Denmark) in the new livery - September 04, 2017 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - June 13, 2019 It was placed in open storage at Bacau, Romania Departed Bacau on the ferry flight to New Zealand - August 20, 2019 It arrived at Auckland on completion of the ferry flight - August 23, 2019 Cancelled from the Icelandic Aircraft Register - August ?, 2019 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-FXJ - August 28, 2019 Registered to Airwork Flight Operations Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand The aircraft is based at Melbourne (Tullamarine) for daily freight services to Launceston and Perth for Virgin Australia It was involved in an in-flight emergency involving a fire indication in the cargo hold - December 20, 2019 The pilots made an emergency landing at Perth Current with Airwork New Zealand |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 29, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4625-598.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 29, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4625-617.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Christchurch Airport, November 23, 2020. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4625-639.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Christchurch Airport, November 25, 2020. (A. Murphy Copyright Image 4625-641.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Christchurch Airport, November 25, 2020. (A. Murphy Copyright Image 4625-642.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Christchurch Airport, December 01, 2020. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4625-640.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 06, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-197.) |
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ZK-FXJ. Airwork - in the basic 'Bluebird Cargo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 06, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-198.) |