VH-QQD. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A. c/n 245.

Was also registered as: N802YW; N802MA; S2-AAA.

 

Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Downsview plant - November 1990

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GEOA - November 1990

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown as 'C-GEOA' - November 15, 1990

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N802YW - February 12, 1991

Registered to First Security Bank Utah, Salt Lake City

Leased to Statewest Airlines Inc as the registered operator

Returned to the lessor and was observed stored at Goodyear - July 15, 1991

Reregistered as N802MA - March 13, 1992

Registered to First Security Bank Utah, Salt Lake City

Leased to Mesaba Airlines as the registered operator

Mesaba Airlines operated services for Northwest Airlines as an affiliated airline

It was observed at Las Vegas having been withdrawn from service in basic Mesaba Airlines livery - December 12, 1997

Prepared for lease to GMG Airlines (Bangladesh) - 1998

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Bangladesh Aircraft Register as S2-AAA - March 22, 1998

Leased to GMG Airlines as the registered operator

GMG Airlines ceased operations - March 28, 2012

It was observed stored at Dhaka - April 2012

It was observed stored at Dhaka in the GMG livery - October 1, 2012

Sold to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Australia

Ferried Dhaka - Deppasar - Darwin - Cairns in the GMG livery on delivery to Skytrans - October 15, 2012

Cancelled from the Bangladesh Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQD - November 05, 2012

Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns

It was observed at Cairns in the GMG livery as VH-QQD - December 07, 2012

Operated its first revenue service Cairns - Cloncurry as SKP1888 - February 04, 2013

Current with Skytrans

 

 

VH-QQD. PDL Toll - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2013.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-175.)