This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett - ?

First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWDG' - November 06, 1990

Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) for internal fitout - November 08, 1990

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYI - January 16, 1991

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

The aircraft fwas configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable

Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse (Blagnac) - January 16, 1991

Departed Toulouse onthe delivery flight to Australia - January 22, 1991

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - January 26, 1991

Delivery route: Toulouse - Santa Maria (Azores) - Bermuda - Phoenix - Kona - Nadi - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains F. Boomsma, I. Johnston; LAMEs B. Berwick, S. Henwood

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane - February 24, 1991

Operated its last commercial service Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth as AN187 - September 13, 2001

Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

It was parked at Perth following suspension of all Ansett operations

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4406 - November 12, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne - Sydney as AN702 - November 15, 2001

Operated its final revenue service Perth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN152 - March 04, 2002

It had the honour of operating the final Ansett commercial service when it arrived Sydney at 06:53 - March 05, 2002

Flight crew: Captain G. McDonald; F/O P. Tyers; Cabin Manager L. Bowen

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4051 - March 05, 2002

Prior to landing it complete a circuit over Melbourne's Central Business District

Flight crew: Captain J. Swift; F/O G. Toole

The aircraft was placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 36,245 hours with 19,025 cycles - June 27, 2002

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin, Germany as AN40 - July 12, 2002

It arrived at Berlin on completion of the ferry flight - July 14, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Bahrain - Athens - Berlin (Schonefeld)

Flight crew: Captains M. Rindfleish, G. Lowe; Engineers M. Bennett, L. Bettiol

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 29, 2002

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AKFW - February 26, 2003

Test-flown at Berlin in preparation for lease to Air Canada - April 01, 2003

The intended lease to Air Canada did not eventaute and it remained in stored in the Ansett livery

Ferried Berlin - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) in the basic Ansett livery for repainting as LH8965Y - July 01, 2003

Ferried Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - Berlin in an all-white livery as LH8965Y - July 07, 2003

Leased to Nouvelair Tunisie via Pembroke Capital Ltd - July 2003

Entered onto Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-ING - July 29, 2003

Wet-leased to Afriqiyah Airlines, Tripoli, Libya - July 30, 2003

Delivered to Novelair - August 25, 2003

Advertised sale / dry-lease by Pembroke Capital with availability from August 2006 - September 29, 2005

Returned to Nouvelair Tunisie at the end of the sub-lease - August 2006

Sub-leased to Ural Airlines - August 2006

It was observed at Monastir, Tunisia as 'VP-BQY' in the Ural Airlines revised livery - October 21, 2006

Cancelled from the Tunisian Aircraft Register - November 2006

Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VP-BQY - November 18, 2006

Ferried Monastir - Yekaterinburg, Russia on delivery to Ural Airlines - November 18, 2006

The aircraft was configured with 160 Business / Economy class seats

It was withdrawn from Ural Airlines service - October 23, 2014

Ferried Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo) - Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrenees) on return to the lessor - November 13, 2014

The aircraft was stored at Tarbes

It was observed at Tarbes with many useful parts missing - January 27, 2015

Scrapped at Tarbes