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VH-IGF. Airbus A300B4-622R. c/n 613. Was also registered as: PK-GAL; HL-7520; TC-ABE; N613AN; A7-AFD; N742FD. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) First flown as F-WWAN at Toulouse - June 14, 1991 Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4158 engines Accepted by Ansett Worldwide Air Services at Toulouse, France - September 24, 1991 Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways - September 1991 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GAL - September 1991 Operated its first revenue service - ? Ferried Abu Dhabi - Hamburg for return to AWAS at the end of the lease - April 20, 1997 Returned to AWAS - May 15, 1997 It was observed at Hamburg an 'all white' livery and without titles undergoing maintenance - May 15, 1997 Ferried in an 'all white' livery from Hamburg (Lemwerder) - Abu Dhabi as 'PK-GAL' using Garuda Airways Indonesia flight number - June 03, 1997 Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IGF - June 04, 1997 Registered to Nordstress Australia (AWAS company) Ferried to U-Tapao, Thailand for storage - June 1997 Ferried U-Tapao - Beijing for maintenance and repainting - July 1997 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 22, 1997 Entered onto the South Korean Aircraft Register as HL-7520 - July 22, 1997 Leased to Korean Airlines as the registered operator It was observed at Seoul in service with Korean Air - August 01, 1997 Returned to AWAS at the end of the lease - October 31, 1999 Cancelled from the South Korean Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IGF - December 16, 1999 Registered to Nordstress Australia Stored at U-Tapao, Thailand - December 1999 It was observed at U-Tapao in an 'all-white' livery as HL7520 on maintenance with Thai Airways - January 11, 2000 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 24, 2000 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-ABE - January 25, 2000 Leased to Air Alfa, Turkey as the registered operator Sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines in an 'all-white fuselage' livery and the Saudi tail logo It was observed at Geneva operating a Saudi Hadj flight - February 28, 2000 It was observed at Dusseldorf in the basic Saudi livery operating an Air Alfa service - April 17, 2000 Sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines and seen at Jeddah - February 2001 Returned to Air Alfa - April 2001 It was observed at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) in an 'all white' livery operating a Sudan Airways flight - April 17, 2001 It was observed at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) in an 'all white' livery operating a Sudan Airways flight - April 24, 2001 It was observed at Manchester in an 'all white' livery operating the Sudan Airways flight SD130 - April 29, 2001 It was observed at Manchester in an 'all white' livery operating a Sudan Airways flight - May 06, 2001 The aircraft was returned to AWAS and stored at Singapore - May 15, 2002 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N613AN - May 15, 2002 Registered to AWMS1 (AWAS company) Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 10, 2003 Entered onto the Qatar Aircraft Register as A7-AFD - February 14, 2003 Leased to Qatar Airway as the registered operator It was observed at Manchester in an 'all white' livery with Qatar Airways titles - April 10, 2003 Ferried as QTR3003 (Qatar) Doha - Dresden for freighter conversion - November 10, 2007 Returned to AWMS1 - November 10, 2007 Sold to Federal Express (FedEx), U. S. A. - November 11, 2007 Entered onto United States Aircraft Register as N742FD - ? Converted to freighter at Dresden Current |
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PK-GAL. Garuda Indonesia - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-140.) |
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PK-GAL. Garuda Indonesia - in the all-white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-139.) |
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TC-ABE. Alfa - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, May 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-179.) |