VH-JJY. British Aerospace 146-200QT-11. c/n E2113.

Was also registered as: G-BOXD; SE-DRN; PK-JKC.

 

This aircraft was built at Hatfield for T.N.T. order

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BOXD (CofR G-BOXD/R1) - August 26, 1988

Registered to British Aerospace

First flown as a BAe-146-200 'G-BOXD' - August 26, 1988

Ferried to Dothan, Alabama for conversion to 200QT freighter configuration

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 03, 1989

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JJY - May 03, 1989

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Accepted by Ansett at Hatfield - May 04, 1989

Departed Hatfield on the delivery flight to Australia as AWA06 - May 05, 1989

It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight in the T.N.T. livery - May 08, 1989

Delivery route: Hatfield - Belgrade - Larnaca - Dubai - Mumbai - Madras - Singapore - Denpasar - Perth

Flight crew: Captains B. Poole, G. Laurence, A. Larsen; Engineers J. Gosling, Z. Tadic, A. Campbell

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - June 09, 1989

Operated its first Ansett Air Freight revenue service - June 13, 1989

Route: Brisbane - Mackay - Townsville - Cairns

The aircraft was repainted into the Ansett Air Freight livery - January 1994

Painted into the Ansett Australia Cargo livery during maintenance - January 2000

Re-entered service - January 29, 2000

Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN6143 - September 13, 2001

Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

The aircraft was offered for immediate sale by the Ansett Administrators

Stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) until returned to service as AN5301 - November 12, 2001

Route flown: Melbourne - Adelaide - Perth - Port Headland - Christmas Island - Darwin

Operated service Melbourne - Sydney - Adelaide (Captain S. Henderson; F/O P. White) - November 15, 2001

It operated a number of freighter services over next few weeks

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane - December 21, 2001

Placed in open storage at Brisbane Airport

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Captain S. Henderson; F/O M. O'Halloran) as AN4041 - June 18, 2002

Ansett Engineering quoted that the aircraft had flown 16,750 hours with 14,267 cycles - June 27, 2002

Despite being advertised for sale it remained parked outside Ansett Maintenance

Test flown at Melbourne (Captains R. Goulet, D. Wearing-Smith) - November 29, 2005

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Exeter, U. K. in the Ansett livery - December 14, 2005

Arrived Exeter on completion of the ferry flight - December 18, 2005

Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Broome - Denpasar - Penang - Colombo - Mumbai - Karachi-

Bahrain - Amman - Iraklion - Nice - Exeter

Flight crew: Captains R. Goulet, G. Goodson

Placed in open storage at Exeter for possible sale / lease by FlyBe Aviation Services

The intended sale to Pan Air Lineas Aereas SA, Spain did not eventuate

Sold to West Air Sweden AB - August 2006

Ferried Exeter - Malmo, Sweded as SCW1240 - August 30, 2006

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 09, 2006

Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-DRN - October 13, 2006

Registered to Siemens Financial Services AB, Solna, Sweden

Leased to Malmo Aviation AB as the registered operator

Painted into West Air Europe livery - October 2006

Deployed on contract to Norwegian Post pending the arrival of CRJ200PFs for West Air

The aircraft became surplus to requirements and was withdrawn from service

Ferried Malmo - Exeter - April 17, 2009

Aircraft owned by Erik Thun AB who awarded BAe Systems Management the marketing rights

Leased to PT Nusantara Air Charter, Indonesia

Departed Exeter on the ferry flight to Indonesia - June 04, 2009

Ferry route: Exeter - Luqa - Malta - Larnaca - Doha - Muscat - Mumbai - Kolkata - Bangkok - Jakarta

Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-JKC - ?

Underwent major corrosion work, fumigation and weighing - November 2009

Current with Nusantara Air Charter

 

 

VH-JJY. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-091.)

VH-JJY. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-595.)

VH-JJY. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 05, 1989.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0414-267.)

VH-JJY. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 23, 1996.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0414-148.)

VH-JJY. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1997.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-092.)

VH-JJY. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1997.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-218.)