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VH-XNH. Boeing 737-4S3F. c/n 24796-1887. Was also registered as: G-BRKG; G-TREN; TF-ELV; N43XA. |
This aircraft was ordered new by International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) - ? It was allocated the Boeing Block Number ? First flown at Seattle (Boeing Field) - June 29, 1990 Powered by CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BRKG (CofR G-BRKG/R1) - July 12, 1990 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) Leased to Air Europe Ltd, Crawley, United Kingdom - July 29, 1990 Sub-leased to Air Europe SpA as the registered operator - July 29, 1990 Air Europe ceased operations due to financial difficulties - March 08, 1991 The aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Dublin - March 15, 1991 Reregistered as G-TREN (CofR G-TREN/R1) - April 03, 1991 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) Leased to Dan-Air London as the registered operator - April 15, 1991 Dan-Air London was merged into British Airways (European Operations) Ltd, Gatwick - November 7, 1992 Leased to British Airways as the registered operator - November 07, 1992 Sub-leased to GB Airways - March 30, 1997 Registration transferred to GB Airways Limited (CofR G-TREN/R2) - April 23, 1997 Rolled out at London (Gatwick) in the British Airways 'Blue Poole Utopia World' livery - December 12, 1997 The aircraft had flown a total of 32,450 hours - December 31, 2001 Withdrawn from service and returned to ILFC - March 13, 2002 Sold by ILFC to Triton Aviation International LCC - March 13, 2002 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 13, 2002 Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-ELV - June 13, 2002 Registered to Triton Aviation International LCC Leased to Islandsflug, Iceland as the registered operator - June 13, 2002 Sub-leased to Air Miles as the registered operator - June 13, 2002 It was observed at East Midlands in an all-white livery with 'Air Miles' titles - June 13, 2002 The aircraft was operated periodically on short charters for Macedonian Airlines Returned to Islandsflug on the termination of the lease - February 12, 2004 Leased to Ryanair as the registered operator - February 26, 2004 It was observed at Dublin in Islandsflug livery with 'Operated by Ryanair' decals on the fuselage Transferred to Air Atlanta Icelandic - January 01, 2005 Sub-leased to Excel Airways as the registered operator - April 30, 2005 It was observed at Dalaman (Turkey) in all-white livery with large 'XL.com' titles - June 30, 2005 It was observed at Faro with 'XL' tail and engine nacelle logos - October 13, 2005 Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - December 15, 2005 Leased to Xtra Airways as the registered operator - December 15, 2005 Cancelled from the Icelandic Aircraft Register - ? The lease to Xtra Airways renewed - February 06, 2006 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N43XA - February 07, 2006 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - April 03, 2006 It was operated by Southern Sky Air Tours t/a Direct Air - August 2007 It was observed at San Juan with 'Xtra' tail livery and 'Direct Air' titles - January 19, 2010 Direct Air ceased operations - March 12, 2012 Returned to Xtra Airways - March 12, 2012 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and ferried Roswell - Goodyear for storage - May 14, 2015 Ferried Goodyear - Dothan - February 07, 2016 Conversion to freighter configuration was undertaken by World Star Aviation at Dothan - February 2016 Ferried Dothan - Victorville in the Qantas Freight livery following conversion - November 16, 2016 It was observed at Victorville in the Qantas Freight livery with 'Startrack' titles - November 17, 2016 Test flown Victorville - Victorville - March 06, 2017 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 12, 2017 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-NXH - April 26, 2017 Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney Leased to Express Freighters Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Departed Victorville on the ferry flight to Australia as QF7301 - May 11, 2017 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - May 13, 2017 Ferry route: Victorville - Honolulu - Apia - Brisbane Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF7302 - May 14, 2017 The aircraft had flown 55,494 hours with 29,120 cycles to date Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane as QF7301 - June 02, 2017 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF7305 - July 20, 2017 Operated its last service is current livery Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth as QF7359 - April 18, 2019 Ferried Perth - Singapore (Seletar) for planned maintenance and repaint as QF7390 - April 18, 2019 Repainted with large 'Australia Post' titles and logo at Singapore (Seletar) Ferried Singapore (Seletar) - Perth as QF7309 - July 04, 2019 Returned to service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF7390 - July 07, 2019 Current with Qantas Freight |
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G-BRKG. Air Europe - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-019.) |
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G-BRKG. Air Europe - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-020.) |
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G-TREN. Dan-Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-021.) |
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G-TREN. Dan-Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-950.) |
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G-TREN. British Airways - in the Dan-Air livery at Nice Airport, December 05, 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-951.) |
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G-TREN. British Airways - in the Dan-Air livery at an unknown airport, January 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-952.) |
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G-TREN. British Airways - in the 'Pottery' livery with additional 'GB Airways' titles at Faro Airport, January 1999. (F. Mesquita Copyright Image 4622-022.) |
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TF-ELV. Air Miles - in the standard livery at Stuttgart Airport, date unknown. (A. Reimold Copyright Image 4621-948.) |
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TF-ELV. Air Miles - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-023.) |
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TF-ELV. Islandsflug - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-024.) |
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TF-ELV. XL Airways - in the basic Islandsflug livery at an unknown airport, July 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-025.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'StarTrack' titles at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 14, 2017. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 4621-953.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 05, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-611.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 05, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-622.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 05, 2020. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-602.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 15, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-174.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-048.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 19, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-106.) |
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VH-XNH. Qantas Freight - in the 'Silver Roo' livery with additional 'Australia Post' titles at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 19, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-107.) |