VH-BZL. Boeing 767-35HER. c/n 26387-445. Was also registered as: S7-AAQ; EI-CJA; HB-IHT; C-GHLA. |
Construction of this aircraft was completed at Everett (Paine Field) - July 1992 First flown - July 21, 1992 Delivered to C. Itoh Aerospace Finance - August 14, 1992 Entered onto the Seychelles Aircraft Register as S7-AAQ - ? Leased to Air Europe S.p.A. Italy - August 14, 1992 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CJA - December 22, 1993 Sub-leased to Gulf Air - June 01 to July 29, 1998 Sub-leased to Balair CTA Leisure - October 05, 1999 Cancelled from the Seychelles Aircraft Register - October ?, 1999 Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-IHT - October ?, 1999 Returned to C. Itoh Aerospace Finance - September 2000 Leased to Air Canada and sub-leased to Canadian Airlines - October 01, 2000 Cancelled from the Swiss Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GHLA - October ?, 2000 Leased to Ansett Australia - June 23, 2001 It arrived at Christchurch in the Ansett 'Starmark' livery as 'C-GHLA' - June 24, 2001 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - June ?, 2001 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZL - June 26, 2001 Registered to Ansett Australia, Melbourne Test flown at Christchurch as AN4595 - August 05, 2001 Ferried Christchurch - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4419 - August 05, 2001 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne - Sydney (Captain A. Potts) as AN22 - August 11, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN155 - September 13, 2001 Stored at the Ansett Sydney Terminal when Ansett ceased all operations due to bankruptcy Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as AN4405 - November 14, 2001 Flight crew: Captain J. Wright; F/O J. Scholmann; Engineers A. Avent, M. Antoniou Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 15, 2001 The aircraft had flown 41,932 hours with 7,481 cycles to date Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GHLA - November 15, 2001 Departed Auckland on return to Air Canada via Honolulu - Toronto - December 07, 2001 The aircraft sustained damage to the rear fuselage at Toronto - September 27, 2004 During push-back the tug driver pushed the aircraft through an adjacent fence The aircraft was repaired and returned to service It was transferred to Air Canada Rouge - 2016 Cabin reconfiguration and repainting was carried out at Singapore (Paya Lebar) Ferried Singapore (Paya Lebar) - Vancouver - Toronto as AC7090 - April 11 - 12, 2016 Operated its final revenue service Toronto (Pearson) - Jacksonville (Cecil) - April 14, 2020 Withdrawn from service and stored at Jacksonville (Cecil) Current with Air Canada Rouge |
S7-AAQ. Air Europe - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-092.) |
S7-AAQ. Air Europe - in the standard livery at Milan Airport, October 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-093.) |
EI-CJA. Air Europe - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-076.) |
HB-IHT. Balair - in the standard livery at Zurich Airport, December 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-090.) |
HB-IHT. Balair - in the standard livery with additional 'The Blue Window' titles at Zurich Airport, August 19, 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-850.) |
C-GHLA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Toronto Pearson International Airport, June 2001. (T. Kim Copyright Image 4650-216.) |
VH-BZL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-260.) |
C-GHLA. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Auckland Airport, November 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-261.) |
C-GHLA. Air Canada - in the standard livery at Toronto Pearson International Airport, November 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-067.) |