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VH-VQH. Boeing 717-231. c/n 55094-5084. Was also registered as: N2427A; VH-YQH; VH-NXM. |
Construction of this aircraft was completed at Boeing Long Beach plant - September 2001 First flown as N2427A - September 2001 The aircraft was powered by BMW Rolls Royce BR715A-130 engines The Airworthiness Test Flight was performed - September 24, 2001 Airworthiness Certificate issued - October 03, 2001 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N2427A - October 03, 2001 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee Leased to Trans World Airlines as the registered operator Accepted by Trans World Airlines - September 28, 2001 Sold to Pembroke 717 Leasing 55094 Ltd - September 28, 2001 Leased to Trans World Airlines as the registered operator Transferred to American Airlines when the two airlines merged - December 02, 2001 Withdrawn from use and stored at Victorville, California - April 07, 2002 The aircraft had flown 967 hours with 885 cycles Returned to Pembroke 717 Leasing 55094 Ltd - May 2002 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - May 10, 2002 Impulse had entered into an agreement to operate services for Qantas Airways as QantasLink - May 2001 Leased to Impulse Airlines, Australia Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VQH - May 17, 2002 Registered to Pembroke 717 Leasing Ltd Leased to Impulse Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Departed Victorville on the ferry flight to Australia - May 31, 2002 It arrived at Newcastle on completion of the ferry flight - June 07, 2002 Operated its first QantasLink revenue service - ? Leased to Jetstar Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator - December 23, 2003 Registered to Pembroke Aircraft Leasing Australia Pty Ltd - November 10, 2005 Painted in gold fuselage colors with 'LYNXjet' titles at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - November 16, 2005 Did not enter service with these titles but retained the fuselage colors, as the promotional deal was cancelled To read about why the promotional deal was terminated click 'HERE' Entered Jetstar service wearing special Christmas & New Year messages - December 10, 2005 'Christmas' & 'New Year' titles were removed at Sydney (Richmond) - January 2006 'Domino's Pizza' & 'Puffection' titles unveiled at Newcastle - February 01, 2006 Reregistered as VH-YQH - February 01, 2006 Leased to Jetstar Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Operated its 'last' Jetstar service Brisbane - Newcastle as JQ389 - May 04, 2006 Returned to service to cover breakdown of the Airbus A320 VH-VQA - June 07, 2006 Operated its 'last' Jetstar service Adelaide (West Beach) - Brisbane as JQ611 - June 08, 2006 Ferried Brisbane - Tamworth for storage - December 21, 2006 National Jet Systems had been awarded the contract to operate services for QantasLink Reregistered as VH-NXM - May 16, 2007 Leased to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd as the registered operator Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth as QF6200 - June 03, 2007 Operated its first QantasLink revenue service Perth - Karratha as QF1914 - June 06, 2007 Registered to Shire Aviation Australia Pty Ltd - December 20, 2007 Leased to National Jet Systems Pty Ltd as the registered operator It was named 'Strzelecki National Park' Ferried Sigapore (Seletar) - Broome - Perth on completion of planned maintenance - November 01, 2019 Operated its final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra as QJE6200 - August 21, 2023 It was withdrawn from service at Canberra Test flown Canberra - Canberra as QJE6201 - September 06, 2023 Departed Canberra (10:31 AEST) on its ferry flight to the United States for storage as SXI2361 - September 08, 2023 It arrived at Victorville (15:55 local) having completed the ferry flight - September 17, 2023 Ferry route: Canberra - Alice Springs - Darwin - Surabaya - Kuala Lumpur - Bengaluru - Muscat - Hurghada - Sofia - Stavanger - Reykjavik - Goose Bay as Flight SXI2361 Goose Bay - International Falls (Minnesota) as Flight QF6070 International Falls (Minnesota) - Victorville as Flight SXI2361 Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - October 26, 2023 Stored at Victorville await sale / scrapping |
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VH-VQH. QantasLink - in the basic American Airlines livery at an unknown airport, May 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-111.) |
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VH-VQH. QantasLink - in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4660-056.) |
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VH-VQH. QantasLink - in the original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 2002. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-159.) |
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VH-VQH. QantasLink - in the original livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-665.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the original white livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-112.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the original white livery at Launceston Airport, August 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-025.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the original white livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-201.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the 'Lynx Jet' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2005. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4660-028.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-029.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2005. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-202.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 19, 2005. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 4660-189.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 2005. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-203.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 2005. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-204.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Brisbane Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-050.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Brisbane Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-057.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Brisbane Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-036.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 22, 2006. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 4660-190.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Happy New Year' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 22, 2006. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 4660-191.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' titles at Coolangatta Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-083.) |
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VH-VQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' titles at Brisbane Airport, January 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-037.) |
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VH-YQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Dominos Pizza Puffection' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-105.) |
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VH-YQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Dominos Pizza Puffection' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 18, 2006. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-396.) |
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VH-YQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Dominos Pizza Puffection' titles at Brisbane Airport, June 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-023.) |
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VH-YQH. Jetstar - in the basic 'Lynx Jet' livery with additional 'Dominos Pizza Puffection' titles at Brisbane Airport, June 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-184.) |
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VH-YQH. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 16, 2007. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 4660-321.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2007. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-322.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2007. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-323.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2007. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-324.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 03, 2007. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-325.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, May 28, 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-509.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Alice Springs Airport, July 2009. (T. Arbon Copyright Image 4660-359.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 12, 2010. (R. Shaw Copyright Image 4660-093.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery with additional 'Regional Airline Of The Year 2012' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 09, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-340.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery with additional 'Regional Airline Of The Year 2012' titles at Perth Airport, June 13, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-510.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, February 18, 2014. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-508.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, March 05, 2018. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4660-511.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 08, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-570.) |
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VH-NXM. QantasLink - in the 'Silver Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 08, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4660-571.) |