This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California

First flown at Longbeach - April 29, 1976

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - June 06, 1976

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZS - June 07, 1976

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain I. Gemmell) - June 07, 1976

Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - June 08, 1976

Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Honolulu - Los Angeles - London (Heathrow) - June 19, 1976

Withdrawn from service and leased to Malaysian Airline System - March 1978

Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - August 1978

The aircraft returned to service with Air New Zealand - August 1978

Leased to National Airlines, Orlando, Florida as the registered operator - April 01, 1979

Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - October 29, 1979

The aircraft was withdrawn from Air New Zealand service and prepared for lease to LAN Chile - June 1982

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 29, 1982

Entered onto the Chilean Aircraft Register as CC-CJS - June 29, 1982

Leased to LAN Chile, Santiago as the registered operator

Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - July 08, 1986

Cancelled from the Chilean Aircraft Register - July 1986

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZS - July 11, 1986

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland

Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation, USA - August 01, 1986

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - August 01, 1986

Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-DFH - August 1986

Leased to Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) as the registered operator

Sub-leased to Scanair as the registered operator - October 04, 1986

Returned to SAS at the end of the sub-lease - March 30, 1987

Sold to Electra Aviation - October 1990

Ferried Copenhagen - Paris (le Bourget) for lease to Air Outre Mer - October 10, 1990

Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft Register - October 1990

Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-ODLY - October 24, 1990

Leased to Air Outre Mer (AOM) as the registered operator

Operated first AOM revenue service - December 10, 1990

Air Outre Mer (AOM) changed its name to AOM French Airlines - March 01, 1992

Registered to AOM Minerve SA - October 05, 1999

It was reregistered as F-GTLY - May 05, 2000

Registered to AOM Air Liberte (AirLib), Paris

It was observed at Tel Aviv (Israel) with most of the paint stripped from the aircraft - March 21, 2002

It was observed at Paris (Charles de Gualle) in the new AirLib livery - May 20, 2002

AirLib ceased operations due to financial difficulties - February 06, 2003

It was observed at Havana (Cuba) in the AirLib livery - March 11, 2003

It was observed at Havana (Cuba) in an intact but derelict condition - December 11, 2004

Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - ?

The aircraft was being used as a ground trainer

It was observed at Havana with 'Centro de Entrenamientos Aeronautico' titles on the fuselage - ?

Current status - ?

ZK-NZS. Malaysian Airline System - in the 'Air New Zealand' livery at Tokyo Narita Airport, April 1978.

(G. Reid Collection Copyright Image 1140-195.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-186.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-122.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-123.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-020.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-113.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-124.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-125.)

ZK-NZS. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-112.)

CC-CJS. LanChile - 'Santiago' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-114.)

SE-DFH. Scanair - 'Rurik Viking' in the standard livery at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, February 1987.

(T. Lakmaker Copyright Image 1140-116.)

SE-DFH. SAS Scandinavian - 'Rurik Viking' in the standard livery at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, August 1987.

(T. Lakmaker Copyright Image 1140-115.)

SE-DFH. SAS Scandinavian - 'Rurik Viking' in the standard livery at Goteborg Airport, September 13, 1987.

(J. Andersson Copyright Image 1140-199.)

F-ODLY. AOM Air Outre Mer - 'Turquoise' in the original livery at Paris Orly Airport, November 1990.

(C.Laugier Copyright Image 1140-088.)

F-ODLY. AOM Cubana - 'Turquoise' in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, July 1992.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 1140-194.)

F-ODLY. AOM - in the standard livery at Basle Airport, February 1994.

(P. Peyer Copyright Image 1140-193.)

F-ODLY. AOM - 'Turquoise' in the standard livery at Zurich Airport, November 27, 1999.

(P. Frei Copyright Image 1140-198.)

F-GTLY. Air Lib - in the final livery at Paris Orly Airport, November 2002.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 1140-089.)