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Due to financial issues, the aircraft was withdrawn from use by Varig and returned to ILFC - December 28, 1994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It was withdrawn from service and prepared for return to the lessor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.

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N821LF. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Alabama Mobile Airport, April 19, 1995.

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ZK-SUI. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, April 1995.

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ZK-SUI. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1998.

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