VH-UQG. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11520. Was also registered as: N1474D; PH-ZFJ; OE-LVG. |
This aircraft was ordered new by American Airlines - ? The American registration 'N1474D' reserved by 'American Airlines' - September 16, 1988 The temporary export registration 'E-1349 / PH-EZV' was applied to the aircraft - April 29, 1994 The temporary export registration E-1349 / PH-EZV was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - May 03, 1994 First flown as 'PH-EZV' in the 'American Airlines' livery - May 25, 1994 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - June 06, 1994 Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - June 07, 1994 Accepted by American Airlines at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - June 07, 1994 The aircraft was cleared for export to the United States - June 09, 1994 The temporary export registration 'E-1349 / PH-EZV' was removed from the aircraft - June 09, 1994 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N1474D - June 09, 1994 Registered to American Airlines Inc The aircraft was configured with seating for 8 business class and 79 economy class passengers Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States - June 10, 1994 Operated its first revenue service Chicago (O'Hare) - Atlanta - June 12, 1994 Operated its last revenue service - February 02, 2003 Ferried Tulsa - Mojave for storage - February 04, 2003 The aircraft had flown 21,414 hours with 14,412 cycles Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee - October 14, 2003 Leased to Helvetic Airlines, Switzerland - 2004 It arrived at Eindhoven in 'American Airlines' livery - October 09, 2004 Ferried Eindhoven - Woensdrecht for maintenance - October 10, 2004 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 12, 2004 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-ZFJ - November 11, 2004 Registered to Fokker Services BV, Hoogerheide BvL6641 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 03, 2005 Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-LVG - February 03, 2005 Registered to Austrian Airlines Lease & Finance Corp Ltd The aircraft was named 'Krakow' Leased to Slovak Airlines as the registered operator It had been reconfigured with 105 Economy class seats Ferried Woensdrecht - Vienna - February 03, 2005 It was observed at Vienna in an all-white livery - February 13, 2005 It was observed at Bratislava in the 'Slovak' livery - February 18, 2005 Returned to Austrian Airlines at the end of the lease - June 21, 2005 Entered service with Austrian Arrows in the 'Star Alliance' livery - June 28, 2005 It was observed at Innsbruck in the 'Star Alliance' livery - October 28, 2006 Ferried to Norwich for repairs - January 15, 2011 It was observed at Geneva in the 'Star Alliance' livery with additional '15 Years' titles - June 15, 2012 The aircraft was transferred to Austrian Airlines -July 01, 2012 The aircraft had been reconfigured with 100 Economy Class seats Operated its final revenue service Graz - Vienna as OS964 - November 07, 2016 Ferried Vienna - Bratislava for storage - November 15, 2016 Sold to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd - May 2019 Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - May 2019 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-UQG - May 17, 2019 Registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd, Eagle Farm, Brisbane Ferried Bratislava - Norwich for maintenance and repainting - December 12, 2019 It was painted in the 'Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - Southern Cross' livery This was to commemorate the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by Charles Kingsford Smith in 1928 Rolled out a Norwich in the special livery - January 04, 2020 Test flown Norwich - Norwich - January 07, 2020 Ferried Norwich - Bratislava as SXI2003 - January 09, 2020 Departed Bratislava on the ferry flight to Australia as SXI2003 - January 15, 2010 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - January 19, 2020 Ferry route: Bratislava - Hurghada - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Darwin - Brisbane Test flown Brisbane - Brisbane (1 hour 09 minutes) as UTY9108/QQ9108 - January 30, 2020 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Maroochydore as UTY4078/QQ4078 - February 03, 2020 Current with Alliance Airlines |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Longreach Airport, April 11, 2021. (G. Weir Copyright Image 1996-061.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Longreach Airport, April 11, 2021. (G. Weir Copyright Image 1996-062.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Longreach Airport, April 11, 2021. (G. Weir Copyright Image 1996-063.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 27, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-351.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 27, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-352.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 24, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-353.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 07, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-365.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 07, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-366.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 08, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-367.) |
VH-UQG. Alliance - in the 'Southern Cross Minor' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 22, 2024. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-379.) |