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VH-TJM. Boeing 737-476. c/n 24438-2171. Was also registered as: N248SY; OM-SDA; EC-MEY. |
This was the last of nine additional aircraft ordered by Australian Airlines - July 28, 1988 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - October 28, 1991 Powered by CFM International CFM-56-3C1 engines First flown as VH-TJM - November 12, 1991 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TJM - November 26, 1991 Registered to Australian Airlines Ltd, Melbourne Accepted by Australian Airlines at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 26, 1991 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia - November 28, 1991 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullmarine) on completion of the delivery flight - November 30, 1991 Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field) - Honolulu - Majuro - Port Vila - Melbourne The aircraft was named 'Kestrel' Operated its first revenue service - December 1991 Australian Airlines was sold to Qantas Airways Ltd - September 14, 1992 Australian Airlines initially continued to operate as a separate identity with some flights flown jointly between the two carriers Leased to Air Vanuatu for one week - October 31, 1992 Australian Airlines was officially merged with Qantas Airways - October 31, 1993 Ownership was transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 08, 1993 The planned transfer to Qantas Jetconnect, New Zealand did not eventuate - November 2006 Registered to AAL Aviation Ltd - February 02, 2007 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Operated its final revenue service Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF682 - May 15, 2011 Qantas titles and logos were removed at Melbourne Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Indonesia - June 20, 2011 Ferry route: Melbourne - Darwin - Jakarta (Sukarno-Hatta) Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 05, 2011 Sold to Sayegh Aviation Group - July 11, 2011 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N248SY - July 12, 2011 Registered to Bank of Utah Trustees, Salt Lake City, Utah Departed Jakarta on the ferry flight to Budapest - August 10, 2011 Ferry route: Jakarta - Dubai - Larnaca - Budapest It was observed at Budapest in the basic Qantas livery - August 29, 2011 Reportedly to be operated by Centauri RP Avia It was observed stored at Budapest as 'N248SY' in the basic 'Qantas' livery - December 2011 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 22, 2012 It was observed stored at Budapest as 'N248SY' with Kyrgyzstan Airlines titles and logo - June 01, 2012 The aircraft did not enter service with Kyrgyzstan Airlines and remained stored at Budapest Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N248SY - December 11, 2012 Registered to Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City Ferried Budapest - Bournemouth for repainting - March 11, 2013 Ferried Bournemouth - Budapest in all-white livery for storage - March 20, 2013 Stored at Budapest in all-white livery as N248SY The intended lease to a private user in Cambodia did not proceed - 2013 Leased to Samair, Bratislava, Slovakia - July ?, 2013 Entered onto the Slovakian Aircraft Register as OM-SDA - July 17, 2013 Delivered to Samair - July 20, 2013 It was withdrawn from use by Samair and stored at Bratislava - November 01, 2013 Sub-leased to Somali Airlines, Mogadishu as the registered operator - December 15, 2013 It was returned to Samair and stored at Bratislava at the end of the sub-lease - March 10, 2014 Cancelled from the Slovakian Aircraft Register - July 15, 2014 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N248SY - July 18, 2014 Registered to BBAM Aircraft Leasing and Management, San Francisco, USA Leased to Swiftair, Madrid, Spain - February 17, 2015 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 18, 2015 Entered onto the Spanish Aircraft Register as EC-MEY - February 19, 2015 Leased to Swiftair, Madrid, Spain Sub-leased to EAT (European Air Transport), Leipzig, Germany as the registered operator - October ?, 2016 Current with EAT (European Air Transport) |
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VH-TJM. Australian - 'Kestrel' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-081.) |
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VH-TJM. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Kestrel' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-082.) |
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VH-TJM. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Kestrel' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-083.) |
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VH-TJM. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'Kestrel' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, April 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-445.) |
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VH-TJM. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kestrel' in the revised livery at Brisbane Airport, October 22, 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-629.) |
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VH-TJM. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Kestrel' in the revised livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-415.) |
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OM-SDA. Samair - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-309.) |