VH-FKI. Fokker F28-4163 Fellowship. c/n 11183.

Was also registered as: VH-AHT; ZS-JAV; PK-TWM.

 

This aircraft was built for Pelita Air Service order but it was not taken up

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register with temporary registration 'E-748 / PH-EXZ' - April 06, 1982

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as PH-EXZ - April 16, 1982

Sold to Ansett Transport Industries for use by Airlines of Western Australia - June 1982

Accepted by Ansett at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - July 14, 1982

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - July 14, 1982

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKI - July 14, 1982

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was configured for 69 passengers in economy class seating

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia - July 16, 1982

It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight - July 20, 1982

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Cairo - Bahrain - Dubai - Muscat - Bombay - Calcutta - Bangkok - Singapore -

Denpasar - Port Headland - Perth

Flight crew: Captains E. K. Paterson, J. P. Bird, C. C. Smith; Navigator B. S. McEwen; Engineers B. Cowdell, J. Rees

On arrival the aircraft made a low fly-past in front of the company's head office

It was named 'RMA Cyril Kleinig' by Mrs R. Kleinig at Perth Airport - July 29, 1982

Operated first revenue service - August 01, 1982

Operated the Air New South Wales inaugural Brisbane - Norfolk Island - Brisbane service - September 18, 1983

Operated the first Perth - Denpasar service for Qantas - June 02, 1984

Airlines of Western Australia was renamed Ansett W. A. - October 01, 1984

Transferred to East-West Airlines - December 04, 1988

Repainted into the East West livery before entering service - December 12, 1988

Transferred to Ansett W. A. - August 23, 1990

Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett W. A. services were merged - July 01, 1993

Withdrawn from use to undergo heavy maintenance in Brisbane - November 1998

Ferried Brisbane - Alice Springs - Perth after maintenance as AN4407 - March 22, 1999

Returned to service - March 22, 1999

Operated its final revenue servive Newman - Perth as AN335 - December 28, 1999

Flight crew on this last Ansett F28 service: Captain R. Hosking; F/O H. Wightman

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4406 - December 29, 1999

Flight crew: Capt R. Hodge; F/O S. Marley

Aircraft had flown 46,080 hours with 36,532 cycles

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 19, 2001

Sold to Universal Asset Management, Memphis, Tennessee - October 2001

Sold to International Air Parts (IAP), Sydney - October 2001

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AHT - February 12, 2002

Registered to IAP Group Australia, Narrabeen, NSW

It was observed stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) without engines in an all-white livery - June 2002

Sold to AirQuarius Aviation Pty Ltd, Lanseria, South Africa

Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane - September 06, 2002

Departed Brisbane on the erry flight to South Africa in an all-white livery - September 17, 2002

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 24, 2002

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-JAV - September 25, 2002

Registered to AirQuarius Contracts (Pty) Ltd

Sub-leased to Air Namibia - December 2002

It was observed in the Air Namibia livery at Lanseria - December 12, 2002

The aircraft was named 'Sheila'

Leased to IRS Airlines, Nigeria - April 2003

Returned to AirQuarius Aviation following suspension of IRS's AOC - July 07, 2003

Parked / stored at Lanseria - November 2003

Registered to Evening Star Trading Pty Ltd - July 15, 2004

Registered to Evening Star Trading 142 (Pty) Ltd - January 04, 2005

Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - June 24, 2008

Sold to P.T. Transwisata Prima Aviation t/a Transwsata Air, Indonesia - June 2008

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-TWM

It was observed at Jakarta (Halim) in an all-white livery - February 23, 2009

It was observed operating with Transwisata Air in a VIP configuration - September 2009

Current starus - ?

 

 

PH-EXZ. Airlines of Western Australia - in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, April 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-668.)

VH-FKI. Airlines of Western Australia - in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Perth Airport, October 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-025.)

VH-FKI. Airlines of Western Australia - in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Cairns Airport, September 29, 1983.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-277.)

VH-FKI. Airlines of Western Australia - in the 'kangaroo paw' livery at Perth Airport, November 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-626.)

VH-FKI. Ansett W.A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with additional 'QANTAS' at Perth Airport, September 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-070.)

VH-FKI. Ansett W.A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery with additional 'QANTAS' at Perth Airport, September 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-285.)

VH-FKI. Ansett W.A. - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 24, 1985.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1995-284.)

VH-FKI. Ansett - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Cairns Airport, July 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-553.)

VH-FKI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Union Jack' livery at Perth Airport, November 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-071.)

VH-FKI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-091.)

VH-FKI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-117.)

VH-AHT. IAP International Air Parts - in the basic Ansett livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2002.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 1995-077.)

VH-AHT. IAP International Air Parts - in the basic Ansett livery at Johannesburg Airport, October 2002.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-079.)

ZS-JAV. Air Namibia -'Sheila' in the standard livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, January 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-038.)

ZS-JAV. Air Namibia - 'Sheila' in the standard livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, January 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-082.)

ZS-JAV. IRS Airlines - in the standard livery with additional 'Official Carrier 8th All African Games' titles at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, June 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-278.)

ZS-JAV. Air Quarius - in the standard livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, November 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-288.)

ZS-JAV. Air Quarius - in the standard livery at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport, November 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-289.)