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VH-HYT. Airbus A320-211. c/n 662. Was also registered as: F-WQSE; ER-AXW; N662AR; EC-KIK; F-WTAU; UR-DAK; YL-LCN. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Australia - ? Finance provided by Credit Lyonnais Australia Ltd First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWDM' - February 07, 1997 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYT - March 12, 1997 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 Acceptance of aircraft was delayed as it had to be repainted at Toulouse Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - March 29, 1997 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia as AN4292 - April 01, 1997 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - April 04, 1997 Delivery route: Toulouse - Dubai - Mauritius - Perth - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, P. Anniss; Engineers J. Beaumont, G. Page, T. Hales, R. Farrar Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane (Captain M. Randall) as AN60 - April 22, 1997 Operated its last revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN58 - September 13, 2001 Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Ferried to Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney as AN738 - October 16, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN85 - March 04, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 16,892 hours with 9,361 cycles - March 04, 2002 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to France as AN4040 - March 28, 2002 It arrived at Toulouse on completion of the ferry flight - March 31, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Dubai - Larnaca - Toulouse Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, A. Sillar; Engineers T. Lattimore, R. Negus On arrival at Toulouse it underwent heavy maintenance with Sogerma Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 31, 2003 Entered onto French Aircraft Register as F-WQSE - March 23, 2003 Ferried Toulouse - Bordeaux in the Ansett livery for storage - April 15, 2003 Leased to Air Moldova - January 2004 Entered onto Moldovian Aircraft Register as ER-AXW - ? Ferried Bordeaux - Kishinev on delivery to Air Moldova - February 10, 2004 Sold to AAR Aircraft Sales - May 2007 Registered 'N662AR' on a temporary certificate - May 23, 2007 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Returned by Air Moldova to the lessor - June 08, 2007 Ferried Paris (Orly) - Bangor - Montreal (Pierre Elliott Trudeau) for repainting - June 08, 2007 Ferried Montreal (Mirabel) - Shannon on delivery to Air Comet, Spain - June 28 - 29, 2007 Ferried Shannon - Madrid after repairs to the flap assembly at Shannon - July 03, 2007 Entered onto Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-KIK - ? It was observed at Madrid as 'EC-KIK' in the basic Air Moldova livery with Air Comet titles - July 22, 2007 Ferried Madrid - Keflavik - Montreal in the 'Air Comet' livery - October 09, 2007 Ferried Montreal - Keflavik - Madrid in the 'Air Comet' livery - October 22 - 23, 2007 It was observed at Madrid in the basic 'Air Comet' livery - October 26, 2007 Withdrawn from use by Air Comet and stored at Paris (Orly) - December 2008 Leased to Olympic Airlines in the basic 'Air Comet' livery - July 31, 2009 Air Comet ceased operations - December 21, 2009 The aircraft was placed in storage at Madrid Airport - December 2009 Returned to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - January 28, 2010 Cancelled from the Spanish Aircraft Register - January 2010 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N662WF - January 28, 2010 It was observed at Montpellier in the 'Air Comet' livery - April 27, 2010 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-WTAU - May 31, 2011 Prepared for lease to Donbassaero at Montpellier Entered onto the Ukraine Aircraft Register as UR-DAK - June 2011 Registered to AAR Corporation Leased to Donbassaero Airline as the registered operator Ferried Montpellier - Donetsk on delivery to Donbassaero as UDC5544 - June 21, 2011 Donbassaero filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations - January 14, 2013 The aircraft was transferred to Wind Rose Aviation Withdrawn from use and stored - February 2013 Leased by AWAS to Aviatrans Kiev - May 2013 Ferried Tel Aviv - Kiev - May 31, 2013 It was observed at Warsaw operating the Rhodos - Krakow service - June 24, 2013 It was withdrawn from service by Aviatrans Kiev - November 11, 2013 Sold to AAR Corporation - ? Cancelled from the Ukraine Aircraft Register - January 2014 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N662WF - January 10, 2014 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Ferried Kiev - Montpellier for storage - January 19, 2014 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 29, 2014 Entered onto the Latvian Aircraft Register as YL-LCN - ? Leased to SmartLynx as the registered operator Sub-leased to Thomas Cook Airlines for the northern summer travel season - April 30, 2014 Ferried Montpellier - London (Gatwick) in an all-white livery - May 01, 2014 Returned to SmartLynx at the end of the sub-lease - June 10, 2014 It was observed at Numberg in an all-white livery - September 13, 2014 Sub-leased to Ryanair for the northern summer travel season - March 2015 The aircraft was based at Madrid and operated in an all-white livery without titles Operated its first Ryanair revenue service Oslo - Madrid - March 27, 2015 Operated its final Ryanair service - June 23, 2015 Returned to SmartLynx at the end of the sub-lease - June 23, 2015 Returned to SmartLynx at the end of the sub-lease - ? Wet-leased to Jetstar Pacific Airlines - May 2016 Ferried Ho Chi Minh City - Goa - Kuwait City - Tallinn at the end of the wet-lease - January 07, 2017 SmartLynx signs a wet-lease agreement with East-Jet Airline Company Ltd - March 03, 2017 This agreement covers the wet-lease of three Airbus A320 aircraft 'YL-LCN' was to be wet-leased to EasyJet - April 01, 20170 - October 28, 2017 It was ferried Paris (Orly) - London (Luton) on delivery to EasyJet - March 31, 2017 Operated its first EasyJet revenue service - April 01, 2017 Operated its last EasyJet service Nice - London (Luton) - October 01, 2017 Ferried London (Luton) - Tallinn on return to SmartLynx - October 02, 2017 Operated its final revenue service Tenerife - Riga as MYX426 - February 20, 2019 Test flown Riga - Riga as MYX9001 - February 22, 2019 Ferried Riga (11:47 local) - Kemble (12:33 local) as MYX9771 - March 21, 2019 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and was parted out / scrapped at Kemble |
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F-WWDM. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Toulouse Airport, April 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-009.) |
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F-WQSE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Bordeaux Airport, April 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-009.) |
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ER-AXW. Air Moldova - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, September 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-062.) |
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ER-AXW. Air Moldova - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, July 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-063.) |
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N662AR. Air Moldova - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, May 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-147.) |
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EC-KIK. Air Comet - in the basic 'Air Moldova' livery at an unknown airport, August 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-129.) |
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UR-DAK. Donbassaero - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-233.) |
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UR-DAK. Donbassaero - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-234.) |