VH-XWO. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11280.

Was also registered as: N852US; PH-CXC; D-AGPC.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by US Air Inc - ?

The temporary export registration 'E-965 / PH-EZH' was applied to the aircraft - December 05, 1988

The temporary export registration 'E-965 / PH-EZH' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - December 06, 1988

First flown as 'PH-EZH' in the 'US Air' livery - September 18, 1989

Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines

Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - September 26, 1989

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N852US - September 27, 1989

Registered to Fokker Aircraft USA Inc

Leased to US Airways as the registered operator

Temporary export registration 'PH-EZH' was removed from the aircraft - September 28, 1989

The aircraft was cleared for export to the United States - September 29, 1989

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to the United States via Keflavik - September 30, 1989

Sold to US Air Inc - October 02, 1989

Registered to US Air Inc - October 05, 1989

It had flown 8,652 hours with 8,067 cycles - June 30, 1993

It arrived at Woensdrecht for a 'D-Check' as USA8003 - November 28, 1994

Departed Woensdrecht on the return ferry flight to the United States via Keflavik - December 19, 1994

Registered to US Airways when US Air changed its name - February 27, 1997

Sold to Wilmington Trust Company - April 30, 2003

The Dutch registration 'PH-CXC' was reserved by Aircraft Finance and Trading - 2003

It arrived at Woensdrecht on completion of the ferry flight as SXA30 - June 26, 2003

The ferry flight was carried out by Southern Cross Aviation

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 15, 2003

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-CXC - August 14, 2003

Registered to Aircraft Finance and Trading BvL 6436

Test flown at Woensdrecht - September 24 / 26, 2003

Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Woensdrecht in the 'Germania' livery - October 09, 2003

The Germania acceptance flight was flown at Woensdrecht - October 11, 2003

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - October 16, 2003

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AGPC - October 16, 2003

Registered to Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd

Leased to Germania Fluggesellschaft GmbH as the registered operator

Ferried Munich - Ingolstadt for application of 'www.flydda.com' titles - January 27, 2006

Sub-leased to DBA - February 01, 2006

It was observed at Stuttgart in the DBA livery - February 05, 2006

It was observed with 'Willkommen zum Fussball' titles - May 2006

Ferried East Midland - Munich after repainting into the Air Berlin livery - December 16, 2006

Sub-leased to Air Berlin - December 18, 2006

It arrived at Eindhoven for repainting - January 16, 2009

Returned to Germania at Berlin (Schonefeld) oat the end of the sub-lease - January 24, 2009

It arrived at Woensdrecht in an 'all-white' livery for storage - April 11, 2009

It was observed stored at Woensdrecht in an 'all-white' livery - February 25, 2010

It was observed stored at Woensdrecht in an 'all-white' livery - November 03, 2010

Sold to Alliance Airlines - 2010

The aircraft remained stored at Woensdrecht - 2011

Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XWO - June 7, 2011

Registered to Aircraft Leasing No 3 Pty Ltd, Brisbane

Leased to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator

Test flown at Woensdrecht in the standard Alliance livery - December 13, 2011

Departed Woensdrecht on the ferry flight to Australia as SXI1126 - December 16, 2011

It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - December 19, 2011

Ferry route: Woensdrecht - Trabazon - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Jakarta (Halim) - Brisbane

The ferry flight was carried out to Southern Cross Aviation

Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Cloncurry as QQ712 - June 13, 2012

It was wet-leased to Tigerair Australia to cover a shortfall in Easter capacity - April 2017

It operated its first Tigerair service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as TGG992 - April 07, 2017

Operated its last Tigerair service - Melbourne - Brisbane - April 12, 2017

Current with Alliance Airlines

 

 

N852US. US Air - in the revised livery at Pittsburg Airport, October 1991.

(E. Greenman Copyright Image 1995-758.)

D-AGPC. Germania - in the standard livery at Nuremberg Airport, October 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-658.)

D-AGPC. Air Berlin - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2008.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-304.)

VH-XWO. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 05, 2014.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 1995-883.)

VH-XWO. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 01, 2017.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-319.)