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VH-FKD. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11357. Was also registered as: N888AU. |
This aircraft ordered new by US Air - ? The temporary export registration 'E-1145 / PH-EZL' was placed on the aircraft - ? First flown as 'PH-EZL' in the US Air livery - September 20, 1991 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N888AU - October 03, 1991 Registered to Fokker Aircraft USA Inc The temporary export registration 'E-1145 / PH-EZL' was removed from the aircraft - October 08, 1991 It was cleared for export to the United States - October 08, 1991 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery to the United States via Reykjavik - October 10, 1991 Registered to US Air Inc - October 15, 1991 Registered to US Airways when US Air was renamed - February 27, 1997 Operated its final US Airways revenue service Charlotte - Pittsburgh - December 01, 2001 Ferried Pittsburgh - Mojave for storage - December 04, 2001 Sold to The Employees Retirement System of Alabama - 2004 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest / ERSA - May 23, 2004 Sold to Alliance Airlines, Australia It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight as 'Southern Cross 241' - August 09, 2005 Ferry route: Camarillo - Payne Field (Washington) - Anchorage - Nome - Magadan (Russia) - Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia) - Cheju (South Korea) - Manila - Biak - Cairns - Brisbane Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKD - August 25, 2005 Registered to Aircraft Leasing No 2 Pty Ltd Leased to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator It was configured with 8 business class and 92 economy class seats Operated its first Alliance revenue service Townsville - Phosphate Hill as QQ835 - December 13, 2006 Current Alliance Airlines |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the basic US Airways livery at Brisbane Airport, October 30, 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-567.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the basic US Airways livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-187.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-188.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-198.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-197.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-555.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, February 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-206.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, July 05, 2012. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-401.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, date unknown. (R. Brown Copyright Image 1995-931.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 16, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-124.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 30, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-125.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 30, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-126.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 30, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-127.) |
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VH-FKD. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 30, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-128.) |