VH-XWT. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11338. Was also registered as: N884US; PH-CXQ; D-AGPQ. |
This aircraft was ordered new by US Airways - ? The temporary export registration 'E-1103 / PH-EZS' was applied to the aircraft - April 10, 1991 The temporary export registration 'E-1103 / PH-EZS' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - April 15, 1991 First flown as 'PH-EZS' in the 'US Air' livery - May 13, 1991 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - May 29, 1991 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N884US - May 29, 1991 Registered to Fokker Aircraft USA Inc Leased to US Airways as the registered operator This aircraft was cleared for export to the United States - May 30, 1991 The temporary export registration 'E-1103 / PH-EZS' was removed from the aircraft - May 31, 1991 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to the United States via Keflavik - May 31, 1991 Sold to US Air - June 03, 1991 Registered to US Air - June 04, 1991 It had flown 5,102 hours with 4,621 cycles - June 30, 1993 Registered to US Airways when US Air changed its name - February 27, 1997 Withdrawn from service and ferried to Mojave for storage - 2001 Sold to Pembroke Capital Aircraft Ltd - April 30, 2003 Sold to Wilmington Trust Company - April 30, 2003 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company - June 09, 2003 The Dutch registration 'PH-CXQ' was reserved by Aircraft Finance ad Trading - 2003 Ferried Mojave - Norwich by Southern Cross Aviation as SXA25 - August 09, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 2003 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-CXQ - September 04, 2003 Registered to Aircraft Finance and Trading BvL 6459 Test flown at Norwich - October 19, 2003 Ferried Norwich - Amsterdam (Schiphol) in the US Airways livery for repainting by QAPS - October 27, 2003 Rolled out at Amsterdam (Schiphol) in the 'Germania' livery - November 06, 2003 Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Norwich - November 07, 2003 Test flown at Norwich following pre-lease maintenance - November 18 / 23 / 25, 2003 Ferried Norwich - Woesndrecht - November 26, 2003 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - December 03, 2003 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AGPQ - December 04, 2003 Registered to Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd Leased to Germania Fluggesellschaft GmbH as the registered operator Accepted by Germania at Woensdrecht - December 14, 2003 It was observed with 'Willkommen Zum Fussball' titles - July 2006 Leased to Air Berlin - February 17, 2007 Ferried Berlin (Tegel) - Eindhoven for repainting - November 03, 2008 Ferried Eindhoven - Berlin (Tegel) in an 'all-white' livery - November 09, 2008 It arrived at Bremen on lease to Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH - November 24, 2008 It arrived at Woensdrecht in an 'all-white' livery for storage - April 09, 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 - June 03, 2010 Prepared for sale to Alliance Airlines Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XWT - September 14, 2010 Registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd, Brisbane Departed Woensdrecht on the delivery flight to Australia in an 'all-white' livery - November 03, 2010 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - November 06, 2010 Delivery route: Woensdrecht - Trabzon - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Kupang - Brisbane This flight was carried out by Southern Cross Aviation as 'SXI-1032' Test flown at Brisbane in the 'Alliance' livery - March 21, 2011 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Ballera as QQ862 - March 23, 2011 It operated the inaugural Brisbane - Alice Springs service on behalf of Virgin Australia as VOZ1023 - June 19, 2018 Current with Alliance Airlines |
D-AGPQ. Air Berlin - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-651.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 12, 2012. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1995-689.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 07, 2012. (R. Brown Copyright Image 1995-441.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2018. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 1996-098.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 26, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-323.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 11, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-324.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 11, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-325.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 31, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-343.) |
VH-XWT. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 12, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-368.) |