VH-HYY. Airbus A320-211. c/n 331.
Was also registered as: TC-ONB; 9H-ADZ; 4K-AZ54.
This aircraft was ordered new by GATX Capital Corporation - ? First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWII' - May 05, 1992 Delivered to GATX Capital Corp at Toulouse, France - July 1992 Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-ONB - July 03, 1992 Leased to Onur Air, Turkey as the registered operator - July 1992 The aircraft was named 'Ertug' and later 'Nazar' Returned to GATX at the end of the lease - April 1996 Leased to Ansett Australia - May 1996 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYY - May 30, 1996 Registered to GATX Capital Corporation Leased to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd as the registered operator The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable Cancelled from Turkish Aircraft Register - June 1996 Departed Greensboro, USA on the ferry flight to Australia as AN4293 - June 24, 1996 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight - June 26, 1996 Ferry route: Greensboro - San Diego - Hilo - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains J. Swift, G. Lowe; Engineers J. Vermeulen, J. anderson, J. Natoli Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamaine) - Sydney (Captain P. Johnson) as AN16 - July 01, 1996 Operated its last revenue service Perth - Brisbane as AN220 - September 13, 2001 Ansett Australia ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Adverised for sale by GATX with delivery January 2002 - October 2001 Flew one Ansett service under administration Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN2001 - October 17, 2001 Underwent service check and had Ansett titles removed at Melbourne - November 2001 Test flown at Melbourne - February 10, 2002 The Dutch registration 'PH-DOE' was reserved - February 20, 2002 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to GATX, France as AN4040 - February 24, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Dubai - Athens - Toulouse Flight crew: Captain D. Pudney; F/O M. Lenffer; Engineers M. Catterall, P. Cruickshank & R. Green (GATX) Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - March 15, 2002 Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 30,104 hours with 15,433 cycles - March 15, 2002 Entered onto Maltese Aircraft Register as 9H-ADZ - March 28, 2002 Registered to GATX Capital Corporation Leased to Air Malta as the registered operator - March 29, 2002 Entered service with Air Malta - March 29, 2002 Returned to GATX at the end of the lease - October 2004 Ferried Luqa - Shannon, Ireland on return to the lessor as KM997 - October 10, 2004 Prepared for lease to Azal Azerbaijan Airlines, Baku-Bina, Azerbaijan - October 2004 Entered onto Azerbaijani Aircraft Register as 4K-AZ54 - ? Registered to GATX Capital Corporation Leased to Azal Azerbaijani Airlines as the registered operator Ferried Shannon - Baku on delivery to Azerbaijan Airlines - November 16, 2004 It was observed in an all-white livery at Baku - January 19, 2009 It was observed in active service with Azerbaijan Airlines - August 20, 2009 Leased from Macquarie Air Finance Aircraft now configured to seat C24 and Y132 passengers Ferried Baku - Luqa for post-lease maintenance - November 11, 2009 Observed undergoing engine testing at Lufthansa Technik (Luqa) in Azerbaijan Airlines livery - November 13, 2009 Placed in open storage at Luqa - November 2009 Overhauled by Lufthansa Technik at Luqa prior to redelivery to Azerbaijan Airlines - March 2011 It was observed operating Azerbaijan Airlines services - July 16, 2011 The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored - November 2014 Current status - ? |
TC-ONB. Onir Air - 'Ertug' in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-231.) |
VH-HYY. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-232.) |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the 'all-white' livery at Paris Orly Airport, April 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-189.) |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, October 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-211.) |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the 'all-white' livery at an unknown airport, January 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-188.) |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the standard livery at Lisbon Airport, March 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-003.) |
9H-ADZ. Air Malta - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-2066.) |
4K-AZ54. Azerbaijan - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-120.) |
4K-AZ54. Azerbaijan - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-146.) |