ZK-TLA. Boeing 737-3B7. c/n 23383-1425.

Was also registered as: N377AU; N508AU.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - July 1987

First flown as 'N377AU' - July 28, 1987

Powered by CFM56-3B2 engines

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N377AU - July 1987

Registered to U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia

Accepted by U. S. Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - August 11, 1987

The aircraft was reregistered as N508AU - November 21, 1988

Registered to U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia

Withdrawn from service and ferried to Mojave for storage - October 08, 2002

Sold to Aeronautical Engineers, USA - August 26, 2004

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - October 27, 2004

Ferried Mojave - Miami for further storage - October 27, 2004

The aircraft was to converted to freighter configuration by Commercial Jet at Miami

It was observed stored at Miami (Opa Locka) - October 2006

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 20, 2007

Sold to Airwork, New Zealand

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TLA - April 23, 2007

Registered to Airwork Holdings Limited, Manukau, Auckland

Arrived at Brisbane on delivery to Toll Priority - April 24, 2007

Ferry route: Miami (Opa Locka) - Long Beach - Honolulu - Pago Pago - Brisbane

Utilised for staff training at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) and Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 26, 2007

'Toll Prioity' decals applied to the forward fuselage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 27, 2007

Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth for staff training - April 27, 2007

Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) - Brisbane - April 29, 2007

Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne - May 01, 2007

Registered to Airwork Flight Operations Limited, Manukau, Auckland - January 09, 2009

The aircraft was withdrawn from service by Toll Holdings - May 11, 2012

Ferried Brisbane - Auckland for extended maintenance - May 11, 2012

Test flown Auckland - Auckland - January 12, 2013

Ferried Auckland - Brisbane to resume flying with Toll Holdings - January 12, 2013

Withdrawn from service by Toll Holdings - May 02, 2013

The aircraft was returned to Airwork in Auckland - ?

Leased to Virgin Australia Airlines as the registered operator - August 01, 2016

Virgin Australia used the aircraft for freight operations within Australia

Operated its first Virgin Australia freight service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as VOZ9560 - August 01, 2016

Operated its final Virgin Australia freight service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth as VA9563 - December 21, 2019

Flight time: 3 hours 56 minutes

Ferried Perth (11:33 local) - Alice Springs for storage as AWK91 - December 21, 2019

Flight time: 2 hours 24 minutes

Withdrawn from service and stored

 

 

N377AU. US Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1987.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-569.)

ZK-TLA. Toll - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, April 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-004.)

ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, May 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-005.)

ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2007.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-009.)

ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 30, 2013.

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ZK-TLA. Airwork - in the basic Toll livery at Christchurch Airport, December 11, 2013.

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ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, November 29, 2017.

(D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-393.)

ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, November 29, 2017.

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ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, December 06, 2017.

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ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, December 06, 2017.

(D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-392.)