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VH-VKQ. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11501. Was also registered as: N1468A; HB-JVC. |
This aircraft was ordered new by American Airlines - ? It was part of an order for 75 aircraft with an option on another 75 airframes The registration 'N1468A' was reserved by American Airlines - September 16, 1988 The temporary export registration 'E-1335 / PH-EZM' was applied to the aircraft - December 24, 1993 The temporary export registration 'E-1335 / PH-EZM' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - December 28, 1993 First flown as 'PH-EZM' in the 'American Airlines' livery - February 21, 1994 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - February 25, 1994 It was cleared for export to the United States - March 02, 1994 The temporary export registration 'E-1335 / PH-EZM' was removed from the aircraft - March 02, 1994 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N1468A - March 1994 Registered to American Airlines Inc Accepted by American Airlines at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - March 02, 1994 It was configured with 8 Business Class and 79 Economy Class seats Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to the United States via Keflavik - March 03, 1994 Operated its first revenue service Chicago - Milwaukee - March 1994 Operated its final American Airlines revenue service - February 03, 2003 Ferried Dallas (Fort Worth) - Mojave for storage - February 06, 2003 The aircraft had flown 22,000 hours with 14,799 cycles Returned to Airfleet Credit Corp / Wells Fargo Bank Northwest It arrived at East Midlands on completion of the ferry flight in the 'American Airlines' livery - November 23, 2003 The flight was carried out by Southern Cross International Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-JVC - February 20, 2004 Registered to Airfleet Credit Corporation Leased to Helvetic Airways as the registered operator It was configured to seat 100 passengers Departed East Midlands on delivery to Helvetic in the standard purple livery - February 20, 2004 Operated its first Helvetic revenue service - February 20, 2004 It was observed at Budapest in the white fuselage red tail livery - January 23, 2013 Operated its final revenue service Pristina - Zurich (Kloten) as OAW7173 - December 23, 2018 Ferried Zurich (Kloten) - Bratislava for storage - January 16, 2019 Sold to Alliance Airlines - July 2019 Test flown Bratislava - Bratislava - September 25, 2019 Departed Bratislava on the ferry flight to Australia as SXI1948 - September 27, 2019 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - October 01, 2019 Ferry route: Bratislava - Hurghada - Muscat - Nagpur - Penang - Surabaya - Darwin - Townsville - Brisbane Cancelled from the Swiss Aircraft Register - October 2019 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VKQ - October 08, 2019 Registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Limited, Eagle Farm, Brisbane It was observed at Brisbane in the Helvetica livery without engines - October 10, 2019 Stored at Brisbane and used as a source of spare parts It was parted out at Brisbane - April 2021 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 21, 2021 |
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HB-JVC. Helvetic - in the standard' livery at an unknown airport, March 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-087.) |
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VH-VKQ. Alliance - in the 'Helvetic Airways' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-086.) |