VH-HYK. Airbus A320-211. c/n 157.
Was also registered as: D-AKFY; TS-INH; VP-BQZ.
First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as F-WWIB - January 03, 1991 Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) for interior fitout and storage - January 1991 Ferried Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - Toulouse as F-WWIB - February 01, 1991 It was accepted by Ansett at Toulouse (Blagnac) - March 06, 1991 Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia - March 08, 1991 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - March 14, 1991 Delivery route: Toulouse - Gatwick - Santa Maria - Bermuda - Phoenix - Hilo - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains F. Boomsma, T. Blair; LAMEs N. Dunstan, D. Paull, P. Runting; Technical Engineer R. Farrar Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYK - March 14, 1991 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable It arrived in an all-white livery and waspainted at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the 'Flag' livery before entering service Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN9200 - March 29, 1991 Operated its first revenue service Sydney - Hamilton Island (Captain R. Lewis) as AN2010 March 29, 1991 Operated the first Ansett Brisbane - Darwin - Denpasar service (Capatin I. Johnston) as AN112 - September 11, 1993 Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN59 - June 30, 2001 The aircraft was in heavy maintenance at Melbourne when Ansett ceased operations - September 13, 2001 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN4408 - November 29, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service under administration Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as AN234 - November 29, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as AN276 - March 04, 2002 Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4043 - March 04, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 36,141 hours with 19,126 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4089 - September 11, 2002 Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to ASL Aircraft Services, Lemwerder, Germany - November 08, 2002 It arrived at Lemwerder, Germany on completion of the ferry flight - November 10, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Cario - Bremen - Lemwerder Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, A. Ogilvie; Engineers P. Reed, B. Turnbull Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 20, 2002 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AKFY - February 26, 2003 The planned lease to Air Canada did not eventaute and aircraft remained in storage in the basic Ansett livery Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-INH - August 2003 Registered to Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) Leased by Aibus to Nouvelair Tunisie, Monastir, Tunisia - September 13, 2003 Wet-leased to Afriqiyah Airways, Tripoli It was observed at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) in the Afriqiyah livery - September 30, 2003 Advertised for sale / dry lease by Pembroke Capital Ltd - September 29, 2005 Returned to lessor at end of Afriqiyah Airways wet-lease - January 2007 Leased to Ural Airlines - 2007 Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VP-BQZ - March 2007 Registered to Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau Leased to Ural Airlines as the registered operator Current with Ural Airlines |
TS-INH Afriqiyah - in the standard livery with English titles at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, October 2003. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 0320-046.) |
TS-INH Afriqiyah - in the standard livery with Arabic titles at an unknown airport, August 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-071.) |