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VH-ULD. Airbus A321-231 (P2F). c/n 0835. Was also registered as: G-MIDC; N835AG; TC-OBJ; D-ANJA. |
This aircraft was ordered new by British Midland- ? Built by Airbus Industrie, Hamburg, Germany - 1998 Rolled off Airbus production line at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) as 'D-AVZZ' - May 1998 First flown at Toulouse as 'D-AVZZ' - May 15, 1998 Powered by International Aero Engines IAE V2533-A5 engines Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MIDC (CofR G-MIDC/R1) - June 12, 1998 Registered to British Midland Airways Accepted by British Midland at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - June 12, 1998 The aircraft was configured with 195 economy class seats Leased to Air 2000 as the registered operator - April 17, 1999 Returned to British Midland at the end of the lease - November 06, 1999 Leased to Air 2000 as the registered operator - May 22, 2000 Returned to British Midland at the end of the lease - November 07, 2000 It was withdrawn from service and stored at East Midlands - April 21, 2010 Sold to Aviation Capital Group (ACG) - November 19, 2010 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 19, 2010 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N835AG - November 19, 2010 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Sold to Onur Air, Turkey - March 24, 2011 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 22, 2011 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-OBJ - March 22, 2011 Leased to ZagrosJet as the registered operator - December 01, 2014 Returned to Onur Air at the end of the lease - May 27, 2015 Leased to ZagrosJet as the registered operator - May 29, 2015 Returned to Onur Air at the end of the lease - July 21, 2016 It was temporarily withdrawn from service and stored at Istanbul (Antalya) - January 24, 2018 Operated its final revenue service Poznan - Istanbul (Antalya) as 8Q909 - October 28, 2018 Ferried Istanbul - Delhi - Singapore (Seletar) - November 04 - 06, 2018 Cancelled from the Turkish Aircraft Register - November 2018 Sold to Vallair Solutions / JMV Aviation - November 14, 2018 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-ANJA - November 16, 2018 Registered to JMV Aviation, Germany The aircraft was placed in open storage at Singapore (Seletar) awaiting conversion to freighter configuration It was converted to freighter configuration by EFW, ST Aerospace and Airbus consortium This aircraft was the first Airbus A321 converted from passenger to freighter (P2F) configuration Rolled out at Singapore (Seletar) following freighter conversion as 'D-ANJA' - January 19, 2020 Test flown at Singapore (Seletar) following the conversion - January 22, 2020 It was returned to storage at Singapore (Seletar) It was observed at Singapore (Seletar) in the Qantas Freight / Express Freighters Australia livery - June 16, 2020 Sold to Qantas Airways, Sydney - ? Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ULD - October 08, 2020 Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney Leased to Express Freighters Australia as the registered operator Departed Singapore (Seletar at 09:08 local) on the ferry flight to Australia as QF7300 - October 14, 2020 It arrived at Perth (14:15 local) on completion of the ferry flight - October 14, 2020 Departed Perth (19:09 local) on the positioning flight to Melbourne as QF7301 - October 15, 2020 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine at 01:25) on completion of the positioning flight - October 16, 2020 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF7304 - October 20, 2020 Operated by Qantas Freight / Express Freighters Australia on behalf of Australia Post |
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G-MIDC. British Midland - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-238.) |
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G-MIDC. British Midland - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-239.) |
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G-MIDC. British Midland - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-240.) |
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TC-OBJ. Zagrosjet - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, circa 2015. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-241.) |
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D-ANJA. Qantas Freight - in the non-descript livery at Singapore Seletar Airport, January 2020. (P. Sheehan Collection Copyright Image 0321-175.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (J. Wong Copyright Image 0321-179.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (J. Wong Copyright Image 0321-177.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (J. Wong Copyright Image 0321-178.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-181.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-182.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-183.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-185.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-184.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 21, 2020. (G. Hutchison Copyright Image 0321-186.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-250.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-269.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-267.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 0321-268.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 20, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 0321-378.) |
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VH-ULD. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 20, 2023. (F. McGuire Copyright Image 0321-379.) |