VH-HYD. Airbus A320-211. c/n 0025.

Was also registered as: TS-INJ.

 

This aircraft was the fourth of eight Airbus A320 aircraft ordered new by Ansett - ?

First flown with the test registration 'F-WWDU' - December 05, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYD - March 15, 1989

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

The aircraft was leased from Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau

It was fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable

Departed Toulouse on delivery flight to Australia - March 17, 1989

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - March 20, 1989

Delivery route: Toulouse - Athens - Dubai - Bangkok - Darwin - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains W. Hanrahan, K Wallace; LAMEs G. Horwood, R. Smith, D. Clarke

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as AN208 - May 10, 1989

Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Operated its last revenue service Cairns - Brisbane as AN63 - September 14, 2001

Flight crew: Captain M. Down; F/O K. Hodgson

The aircraft was parked at Brisbane following the suspension of all Ansett operations

Ferried Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for storage as AN4403 - September 28, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Sydney - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN713 - September 29, 2001

Flight crew: Captain A. Ogilvie; F/O G. Colman

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth as AN259 - March 04, 2002

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4042 - March 04, 2002

Returned to the lessors by the Ansett Administrators

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 40,435 hours with 22,285 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery - May 7, 2003

Leased to Nouvelair, Tunisia

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to France as AN320 - May 29, 2004

It arrived at Toulouse on completion of the erry flight - May 31, 2004

Ferry route: Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Exmouth - Male - Bahrain - Malta - Toulouse

Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, G. Lowe; Ansett Engineers R. Gourley, K. Weymouth;

Nouvelair Engineers K. Hedi, K. Slim

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 04, 2004

Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-INJ - June 04, 2004

Sub-leased to Libyan Arab Airlines - June 04, 2004

Advertised for sale by Pembroke Capital with the lease attached - October 12, 2004

Sold by the Ansett Administrators to Aeroturbine Inc, Miami, Florida - December 29, 2005

Ferried Monastir - Goodyear, Arizona in the Libyan Arab livery as LPF160P - September 21, 2006

Cancelled from the Tunisian Aircraft Register - ?

It was observed at Goodyear with tail removed and being parted out - November 19, 2006

Scrapped at Goodyear

 

 

F-WWDU. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Hamburg Airport, March 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-107.)

F-WWDU. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Hamburg Airport, March 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-133.)

VH-HYD. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-218.)

VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-091.)

VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 09, 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-131.)

VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1995.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-085.)

VH-HYD. Ansett - in the all-white livery at Malta Airport, May 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-047.)

TS-INJ. Libyan Arab Airlines - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, May 2005.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 0321-132.)