VH-VBO. Boeing 737-76N. c/n 33418-1226.
Was also registered as: N286CS; SE-REX.
This aircraft was ordered new by General Electric Capital Aviation Services Ltd (GECAS) Rolled off Boeing production line at Seattle - September 22, 2002 First flown as VH-VBO - October 01, 2002 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B22 engines Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VBO - November 01, 2002 Registered to General Electric Capital Aviation Services Ltd Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Accepted by GECAS at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 08, 2002 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - November 08, 2002 Ferry route: Seattle - Lihue - Pago Pago - Christchurch During pre-delivery maintenance at Christchurch winglets were fitted Ferried Christchurch - Brisbane on delivery to Virgin Blue - November 20, 2002 The aircraft was named 'Tropical Temptress' Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as DJ306 - November 22, 2002 Registered to Ogygian Pty Ltd, Shannon, Ireland - August 02, 2005 Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Departed Brisbane for the United States for modifications by Live TV Corp as DJ9075 - July 24, 2008 Ferry route: Brisbane - Nadi - Kona - Tucson - Orlando Arrived Brisbane following completion of the Live TV modifications - August 20, 2008 Ferry route: Orlando - Tucson - Lihue - Nadi - Brisbane Returned to service - ? Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - May 04, 2011 Operated its final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane as DJ353 - August 11, 2012 Departed Brisbane for China for end-of-lease maintenance as DJ9883 - August 13, 2012 Arrived Shanghai (Pudong) on completion of the ferry flight - August 14, 2012 Ferry route: Brisbane - Darwin - Shanghai Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 25, 2012 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N286CS - October 18, 2012 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - November 13, 2012 Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-REX - November 14, 2012 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee Leased to Scandinavian Airline System as the registered operator Ferried Shanghai (Pudong) - Novosibirsk - Stockholm (Aranda) as SK9145 - November 21, 2012 Operated its first SAS revenue service Stockholm (Arlanda) - Oslo as SK499 - November 27, 2012 Operated its last revenue service Angelohm - Stockholm (Arlanda) as SK2184 - March 01, 2010 Ferried Stockholm (Arlanda) - Villnius as SK9125 - March 01, 2010 Ferried Villnius - Oslo as SK9122- April 29, 2020 Withdrawn from service and stotred at Olso |
VH-VBO. Virgin Blue - 'Tropical Temptress' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-155.) |