VH-FVY. Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A. c/n 1073. Was also registered as: SX-OBN. |
This aircraft was built for Avation Airframe Holding Pte Ltd First flown as 'F-WWEJ' at Toulouse - February 18, 2013 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M turboprop engines Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FVY - February 21, 2013 Registered to Avation Eastern Fleet Pte Ltd, Singapore Leased to Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd, Cloverdale, W.A. as the registered operator Skywest operates all ATR-72 services on behalf of Virgin Australia Airlines Accepted by Avation Airframe Holdings at Toulouse - March 02, 2013 Departed Toulouse on the ferry flight to Australia as SXI1131 - March 02, 2013 It arrived at Perth on completion of the ferry flight - March 05, 2013 Ferry route: Toulouse - Alexandra (Borg-al Arab) - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Jakarta (Halim) - Perth The ferry flight was carried out by Southern Cross International Ferried Perth - Kalgoorlie - Brisbane as VA1933 - March 30, 2013 The aircraft was named 'Marcoola Beach' Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Moranbah as VA1661 - April 10, 2013 Virgin Australia finalised the acquisition of Skywest Airlines - April 11, 2013 Skywest Airlines was officially renamed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines - May 03, 2013 Operated its last revenue service ? - Canberra - ? The aircraft was ferried Canberra - Nelson for storage as VOZ9948 - November 23, 2018 Test flown Nelson - Nelson - December 10, 2021 Ferried Nelson - Brisbane for storage - December 11, 2021 Ferried Brisbane - Cairns - April 13, 2022 Departed Cairns on the ferry flight to Greece as SXI2223 - April 30, 2022 It arrived at Athens on completion of the ferry flight - May 06, 3022 Ferry route: Cairns - Darwin - Surabaya - Penang - Mangalore (India) - Muscat - Hurghada - Athens Sold to Olympic Aviation, Athens, Greece - May 06, 2022 Test flown Athens - Athens (54 minutes) - May 07, 2022 Entered onto the Greek Aircraft Register as SX-OBN - May 13, 2022 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 13, 2022 Entered service Athens - Chios - Athens as OA270/271 - May 22, 2022 Current with Olympic Aviation |