ZK-SUI. Boeing 747-441. c/n 24957-971.
Was also registered as: PP-VPH; N821LF; TF-AMX.
This aircraft was built by The Boeing Company, Everett, Seattle, Washington - 1993 First flown with the Boeing allocated registration - April 01, 1993 Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), United States - April 20, 1993 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PP-VPH - April 20, 1993 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), United States Leased to Varig, Brazil as the registered operator Due to financial issues, the aircraft was withdrawn from use by Varig and returned to ILFC - December 28, 1994 Cancelled from the Brazilian Aircraft Register - January 13, 1995 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N821LF - January 13, 1995 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation, Los Angeles, California Ferried to Mobile Aerospace (now ST Aerospace), Mobile Alabama - ? Major cabin refit and an exterior repaint was carried out prior to the aircraft being leased Leased to Air New Zealand - April 17, 1995 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 19, 1995 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-SUI - April 20, 1995 Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand It arrived at Auckland on completion of the ferry flight from the United States as NZ7400 - April 21, 1995 Ferry route: Mobile - Los Angeles - Auckland Flight crew: Captain Neville J. Hay; Captain Pat Scooter; First Officer Brian Coppersmith The aircraft was named ‘Queenstown’ (A tourist City in the South Island of New Zealand Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as NZ103 - April 22, 1995 Flight crew: Captain Ron Thorne; First Officer Michael Holden It operated its final revenue service Auckland - Narita as NZ99 - August 17, 2010 It was withdrawn from service and prepared for return to the lessor Ferried Narita - Xiamen (China) for end of lease maintenance - August 17, 2010 It had flown 76,885 hours with 8,957 cycles The aircraft was rumoured to be undergoing conversion to freighter configuration but this did not occur Test flown at Xiamen following maintenance as NZ6021 - September 26, 2010 Returned to ILFC for lease to Air Atlanta Icelandic, Iceland - October 05, 2010 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - October 05, 2010 Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-AMX - October 05, 2010 Leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic Sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines as the registered operator - October 05, 2010 It was operated in a passenger configuration with Saudi Arabian Airlines Withdrawn from use by Saudi Arabian Airlines - October 21, 2014 Registered to Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Limited, Ireland - October 26, 2014 Leased to Air Atlanta Limited as the registered operator Departed Jeddah on the ferry flight to the United States for storage - October 26, 2014 It arrived at Goodyear on completion of the ferry flight for storage - October 27, 2014 Ferry route: Jeddah - Brussels - Tucson, - Goodyear (Arizona) Broken up at Goodyear |
N821LF. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Alabama Mobile Airport, April 1995. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4635-663.) |
N821LF. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Alabama Mobile Airport, April 19, 1995. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4635-820.) |
N821LF. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Alabama Mobile Airport, April 19, 1995. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4635-888.) |
ZK-SUI. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, April 1995. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4635-659.) |
ZK-SUI. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1998. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4635-660.) |