VH-HYL. Airbus A320-211. c/n 229.

Was also registered as: N229AN; EK-32008.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett - ?

First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as F-WWIN - June 28, 1991

Delivery was deferred and it was stored until reactivated at Toulouse - February 19, 1992

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYL - March 05, 1992

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable

Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - April 08, 1992

Departed Toulouse on delivery flight to Australia - April 08, 1992

It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - April 11, 1992

Delivery route: Toulouse - Instanbul - Dubai - Bngkok - Darwin - Brisbane

Flight crew: Captains W. Hanrahan, J. Swift; LAMEs K. Lewis, P. Dunning

Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN9 - April 30, 1992

Sold to Ansett Worldwide and leased back - June 28, 2001

Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as AN148 - September 13, 2001

Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN275 - October 07, 2001

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN757 - November 11, 2001

Returned to Ansett Worldwide by the Ansett Administrators

Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in an all-white livery after D-check as AN4089 - April 14, 2002

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 32,784 hours with 17,179 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4089 - August 8, 2002

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to Lufthansa Technik, Schonefeld, Germany as AN41 - August 09, 2002

It arrived at Berlin (Schonefeld) on completion of the ferry flight for Ansett Worldwide - August 11, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Bahrain - Athens - Berlin (Schonefeld)

Flight crew: Captains J. Swift, M. Ranson; Engineers E. Viola, D. Parry

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 13, 2002

Sold to Wilmington Trust Co, Wilmington, DE, USA - September 17, 2002

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N229AN - ?

Ferried Berlin (Schonefeld) - Fargo - Mojave for continued storage - January 10 - 11, 2003

Leased to Siberia Airlines via Ansett Worldwide - July 2003

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 31, 2003

Entered onto the Armenian Aircraft Register as EK32008 - ?

Registered to Wilmington Trust Co, Wilmington, DE

Sub-leased to Armavia, Yereva, Armenia as the registered operator

It was observed at Frankfurt in all-white livery with Armenian Airlines titles - September 27, 2003

The aircraft was named 'Aram Khachatryan' (Armenian Minister of Finance)

It arrived at Dinard for maintenance - February 20, 2011

It was observed stored at Dinard with engines and wheels covered - May 01, 2011

Ferried Dinard - Yerevan - September 10, 2011

Returned to service with Armavia - September 2011

Current with Armavia

 

 

VH-HYL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-096.)

VH-HYL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Perth Airport, December 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-074.)

VH-HYL. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 23, 1997.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-028.)

EK-32008. Armavia - in the original livery at an unknown airport, October 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-058.)

EK-32008. Armavia - in the revised livery at Paris Orly Airport, November 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-034.)

EK-32008. Armavia - in the revised livery at Paris Orly Airport, November 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-033.)

EK-32008. Armavia - in the revised livery at Paris Orly Airport, October 2005.

(C. Laugier Copyright Image 0320-151.)

EK-32008. Armavia - in the final livery at Paris Orly Airport, July 2009.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-145.)