VH-RMM. Boeing 767-216ER. c/n 24973-347. Was also registered as: CC-CEF; N502GX; EI-CXZ. |
This aircraft was ordered new by GATX Capital Corporation - ? Construction completed at Seattle - December 1990 First flown - December 21, 1990 Powered by General Electric CF6-80A2 engines Delivered to GATX Capital Corporation - January 21, 1991 Entered onto the Chilean Aircraft Register as CC-CEF - January ?, 1991 Leased to Lineas Aerea Nacional de Chile SA t/a LAN-Chile as the registered operator Delivered to LAN-Chile - January 25, 1991 Operated its first revenue service - January 1991 Returned to GATX Capital Corporation at end of lease - ? Cancelled from the Chilean Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N483GX - ? It was prepared for lease to Ansett Australia Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RMM - March 15, 1996 Registered tp GATX Capital Corp / GL Air Leasing Leased to Ansett Australia Ltd as the registered operator It was configured to seat 12 Business Class and 195 Economy Class passengers Departed Dothan on the delivery flight to Australia as AN4294 - April 05, 1996 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - April 06, 1996 Ferry route: Dothan - Hilo - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains G. S. Stewart, J. W. Phillips; F/O A. Porter; Engineers C. Almond, Y. Moses, M. Antoniou, R. Hutton; Technical Officer L. Kennedy; Quality Assurance Officer C. Waterman Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Captain T. Otway) as AN20 - April 08, 1996 Operated a Royal Tonga Airlines charter Sydney - Tonga - Sydney - January 17, 1997 Grounded by CASA at Melbourne (Tullamarine) for non-compliance with airworthy directives - April 12, 2001 Entered heavy maintenance at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 17 - August 10, 2001 Returned to service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Coolangatta as AN168 - August 11, 2001 Operated its inal revenue service Melbourne - Sydney (Captain G. O'Dea) as AN56 - September 13, 2001 It was stored at the airline's Sydney terminal when Ansett ceased all operations - September 13, 2001 Offered for immediate sale by GATX - October 2001 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4405 - October 20, 2001 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to United States as AN4405 - January 10, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Honolulu - Goodyear Flight crew: Captain I. Robbins; F/O D. Secker, P. Collinson; Engineer T. Noronha; R. Windlow (GATX) Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 24, 2002 The aircraft had flown 42,816 hours with 17,148 cycles Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N502GX - January 25, 2002 Registered to East Trust Sub 12, Wilmington Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CXZ - July 25, 2002 Registered to Embarcadero Aircraft Securitization Trust Ireland Ltd, Dublin Leased to Transaero, Russia as the egistered operator Ferried Phoenix - Shannon - Domodedovo on delivery to Transaero - July 26 - 27, 2002 Sold to VEBL-767-300 Ltd - April 2010 Registered to East I VEBL-767-300 - April 23, 2010 Leased to Transaero Airlines as the registered operator Current status - ? |
CC-CEF. Lan Chile - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, April 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-147.) |
CC-CEF. Lan Chile - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-560.) |
VH-RMM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1996. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-677.) |
VH-RMM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1996. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-678.) |
VH-RMM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-127.) |
VH-RMM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1998. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-679.) |
VH-RMM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Carrier' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1999. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4650-563.) |
EI-CXZ. Transaero - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-561.) |
EI-CXZ. Transaero - in the revised livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, July 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4650-171.) |