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VH-HYN. Airbus A320-211. c/n 0726. Was also registered as: N726NS; P4-VNF; EK-32007; YL-BCB; CS-TQS; EI-FAI; N281LF; UR-YAD; EK-32002. |
This aircraft was ordered new by I.L.F.C. for lease to Ansett - ? First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWBP' - October 29, 1997 Leased by Ansett from I.L.F.C. for 5 years - November 28, 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYN - November 28, 1997 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - November 28, 1997 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia as AN4290 - November 28, 1997 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - November 29, 1997 Delivery route: Toulouse - Dubai - Mauritius - Perth - Melbourne Flight Crew: Captains B. Saunders, M. Rindfleish; Engineers P. Ross, A. Podesta, J. Cerazo, R. Scenna Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane (Captain R. Duncan) as AN60 - December 10, 1997 Rolled out in the special 'Sydney 2000 Olympics' livery and temporarily named 'Unity' - June 01, 2000 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland on Olympic duties - June 07, 2000 Departed Auckland for Uluru carrying the 'Olympic Flame' to Australia as AN2000 - June 08, 2000 Flight crew: Captains M. Rindfleish, B. Saunders; F/O J. Nixon; Flight Attendants N. Najmi, L. Miller, V. Janssen, L. Wlodarska, P. Tram, A. Kaszubski The Olympic livery was removed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - January 2001 Operated its last revenue service Perth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN164 - September 13, 2001 Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 The aircraft was temporarily stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Re-entered Ansett service under administration Sydney - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN701 - October 01, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN91 - March 04, 2002 Returned to I.L.F.C. by the Ansett Administrators Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Bentonville, AK as AN4040 - April 11, 2002 It arrived at Bentonville on completion of the ferry flight - April 13, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Nadi - Honolulu - Las Vegas - Bentonville (Fayetteville) Flight crew: Captains G. Lowe, J. Swift, R. Duncan Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 22, 2002 Ansett Engineering quoted that the aircraft had flown 14,705 hours with 8,085 cycles - April 22, 2002 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N726NS - April 22, 2002 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation, Los Angeles Leased by I.L.F.C. to Siberia Airlines for 3 years Ferried to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin for maintenance - September 22 / 23, 2002 Ferry route: Fayetteville - Bangor - Gander - Keflavik - Berlin Entered onto the Aruban Aircraft Register as P4-VNF - October 08, 2002 Painted in Armavia livery and ferried Berlin - Yerevan - October 09, 2002 Sub-leased to Armavia, Armenia - October 24, 2002 Cancelled from the Aruban Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Armenian Aircraft Register as EK32007 - June 15, 2003 It was configured to seat 12 First Class and 144 Economy Class passengers Leased to Georgian National Airlines in an all-white livery - January 2005 Leased to LAT Charter from I.L.F.C. - October 2005 Painted at Berlin (Schonefeld) for LAT Charter as YL-BCB and seen as such - October 15, 2005 Cancelled from the Armenian Aircraft Register - October 2005 Entered onto the Latvian Aircraft Register as YL-BCB - October 2005 Ferried Berlin (Schonefeld) - Riga for LAT Charter in all-white livery and no titles - October 18, 2005 Sub-leased to Hellas Jet with small LAT Charter titles - April 2006 It was observed at Brussels with large Hellas Jet titles - April 23, 2006 Returned to LAT Charter - January 14, 2007 LAT Charter renamed SmartLynx Airlines - September 25, 2008 It was observed in LAT Charter livery but without titles - April 2009 Leased to Windrose Airlines in basic LAT Charter livery- November 14, 2009 Lease to Windrose terminated - October 2010 Ferried Budapest - Shannon for maintenance and repainting - November 09, 2010 Ferried Shannon - Riga in new all-white livery - November 21, 2010 Ferried Riga - Shannon - January 20, 2011 Repainted into White Airways livery by Eirtech Aviation, Shannon It was observed at Shannon in the 'White Airways' livery - May 14, 2011 Entered onto the Portuguese Aircraft Register as CS-TQS - ? Ferried Shannon - Averca (Portugal) on delivery to White Airways - June 1, 2011 Aircraft was named 'Flygrey' It was to be wet-leased to Stellar Airways, Kinshasa for twelve months Departed Alverca (Portugal) on delivery to Stellar Airways in the standard livery - October 28, 1011 It arrived at Kinshasa N'Djili Airport on completion of the ferry flight - October 30, 2011 Ferry route: Alverca - Lisbon - Kinshasa The lease to Stellar Airways was not taken up as this airline was added to the E.U. list of banned air carriers Ferried Kinshasa - Lisbon - November 12, 2011 Ferried Lisbon - Alverca - November 23, 2011 It was observed at Lisbon in service with White Airways in the Stellar Airways livery - December 3, 2011 Stellar Airways titles removed at Lisbon - January 03, 2012 It was observed at Lisbon in an all-white livery - January 30, 2012 Wet-leased to Sprintair, Poland in an all-white livery - May 2012 Ferried Lisbon - Katowice on delivery to Sprintair - May 27, 2012 Flown by White Airways on Sprintair Mediterranean Summer and Winter services - 2012 Current with White Airways Cancelled from the Portuguese Aircraft Register - February 2013 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-FAI - February 26, 2013 Registered to Flying Fortress Ireland Leasing Ltd Ferried Amman - Prestwick - March 18, 2013 Ferried Prestwick - Bangor - Goodyear for storage and parting out - March 19, 2013 Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - June 19, 2013 Sold to LF Bank of Utah Trustee - June 20, 2013 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N281LF - June 20, 2013 Registered to LF Bank of Utah Trustee Sold to Eastok Avia, Kyrgystan - July 2013 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - August 05, 2013 Entered onto the Ukraine Aircraft Register as UR-YAD - August 2013 Leased to YanAir, Ukraine as the registered operator Ferried Goodyear - Goose Bay - Ostrava in the YanAir livery - August 21, 2013 Ferried Ostrava - Kiev (Boryspil) - August 23, 2013 Ferried Vinnica (Ukraine) - Katowice - June 13, 2014 Wet-leased to Eurolot S.A. as the registered operator Eurolot was to operate charter operations for '4YOU' airlines until '4YOU' obtained their own AOC 4YOU airlines failed to obtain their AOC Ferried Katowice - Kiev - September 01, 2014 Ferried Kiev (Zhulhany) - Khartoum on wet-lease to Sudan Airways as YE9005 - November 08, 2014 It was observed at Khartoum with 'Sudan Airways' markings - January 05, 2015 Sub wet-leased to Eritrean Airlines - 2015 Ferried Asmara (Eritrea) - Sofia at the end of the wet-lease as ANR9001 - March 08, 2015 It was observed at Sofia in the basic YanAir livery operating services for YanAir - May 15, 2015 Ferried Sofia - Khartoum on lease to Sudan Airways as YE9002 - July 01, 2015 Returned to service with Sudan Airways Khartoum - Cairo as SUD102 - July 05, 2015 It operated the inaugural Sudan Airways Khartoum - Abu Dhabi service - July 09, 2015 Ferried Khartoum - Vinnitsa (Ukraine) at the end of the Sudan Airways lease - April 12, 2016 It was withdrawn from service and stored at Vinnitsa An intended lease to Air Armenia did not eventuate - June 2016 It was observed at Vinnitsa in the basic YanAir livery - May 21, 2017 Ferried Vinnitsa - Chisinau in the basic YanAir livery for wet-lease to FlyOne - May 26, 2017 Cancelled from the Ukraine Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Armenian Aircraft Register as EK32002 - May 2017 Operated its last FlyOne revenue service Barcelona - Chisinau - October 02, 2017 Ferried Chisinau - Kaunas on return to Atlantis European Airways - October 02, 2017 Ferried Kaunas - Zvartnots for repainting into the 'Ellinair' livery - October 28, 2017 It was observed at Malta in the Ellinair livery - November 01, 2017 Leased to Ellinair as the registered oprerator - November 02, 2017 Ferried Thessaloniki - Chisinau on return to Atlantis European at the end of the lease - October 29, 2018 Leased to Air Moldova as the registered operator - October 29, 2018 Current with Air Moldova |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Official Airline of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-190.) |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-022.) |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and logo at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-023.) |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and logo at Brisbane Airport, June 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-192.) |
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VH-HYN. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery with additional 'Olympic Torch Relay' titles and logo at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2000. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-193.) |
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N726NS. Armavia - in the original livery at an unknown airport, September 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-208.) |
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P4-VNF. Armavia - in the original livery at Paris Orly Airport, December 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-012.) |
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EK-32007. Armavia - in the original livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-008.) |
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EK-32007. Armavia - in the original livery at an unknown airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-190.) |
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EK-32007. Armavia - in the original livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-007.) |
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EK-32007. Georgian National Airlines - in the all-white livery at Berlin Schonefeld Airport, March 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-057.) |
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YL-BCB. Hellas Jet - in the basic LAT Charter livery with 'Operated by LAT Charter' titles at Paris Orly Airport, May 2006. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 0320-691.) |
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YL-BCB. Hellas Jet - in the basic LAT Charter livery with 'Operated by LAT Charter' titles at Paris Orly Airport, May 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-192.) |
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YL-BCB. Hellas Jet - in the basic LAT Charter livery with 'Operated by LAT Charter' titles at an unknown airport, July 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-104.) |
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YL-BCB. Hellas Jet - in the basic LAT Charter livery with 'Operated by LAT Charter' titles at an unknown airport, August 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-193.) |
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YL-BCB. LAT Charter - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-208.) |
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CS-TQS. White - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-209.) |
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EK-32002. Ellinair - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 2017. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-191.) |