ZK-MCY. Aerospatiale ATR-72-212. c/n 0463.
Was also registered as: F-WQLM; N534AS; PR-TTJ; ZS-XCA; TU-TTR.
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ? Built by Avion de Transport Regional (ATR) at Toulouse, France First flown (T1) Toulouse (Blagnac) - Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWLQ' - September 28, 1995 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCY - January 31, 1996 Registered to Mount Cook Airline Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand Accepted by Air New Zealand at Toulouse (Blagnac) - February 02, 1996 The aircraft was named 'Rotorua' Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to New Zealand as SXI? - February 02, 1996 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - February 09, 1996 Route: Toulouse - Alexandria - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Kupang - Brisbane - Christchurch Operated its first Mount Cook revenue service Christchurch - ? as NZ? - February 1996 The aircraft was withdrawn from service at Christchurch - February 2000 Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to France - March 2000 It arrived at Toulouse (Blagnac) on completion of the ferry flight - March 14, 2000 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - March 14, 2000 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-WQLM - March 14, 2000 Departed Toulouse on the ferry flight to the United States - May 2000 It arrived at Atlanta on delivery to Atlantic Southeast Airlines - May 24, 2000 Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - May 24, 2000 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N534AS - May 24, 2000 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) as the registered operator It was withdrawn from service at Atlanta, Georgia - March 14, 2005 Ferried Atlanta - Manaus (Brazil) in an all-white livery - April 2005 Leased to Total Linhas Aereas, Manaus, Brazil as the registered operator - April 13, 2005 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 26, 2005 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PR-TTJ - September 26, 2005 It was withdrawn from service by Total Linhas Aereas - May 2008 Leased to Trip Linhas Aereas, Sao Paulo as the registered operator - May 2008 It was withdrawn from service and stored at Belo Horizonte (Pampulha) - March 2013 Sold to Solenta Aviation, South Africa - December 2013 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-XCA - December 09, 2013 It was withdrawn from service by Solenta - July 15, 2016 Ferried to Abidjan for storage Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Cote d'Ivoire Aircraft Register as TU-TTR - ? Ferried to Toulouse (Franzacal) for conversion to freighter configuration - ? Returned to Abidjan for storage - May 01, 2019 Current status - ? |