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VH-VQB. Boeing 717-2BD/26R. c/n 55002-5003.
Was also registered as: VH-NXB; N489HA.
The original registration of N359MD was not taken up Registration marks N717XC were reserved - June 25, 1998 Construction completed at Boeing Long Beach plant - December 1998 First flown at Long Beach as 'N717XC' - December 16, 1998 Powered by BMW RB715A-130 turbofan engines It was observed at Long Beach and Yuma as N717XC in primer - February 1999 It was observed at Boeing Field as N717XC in unpainted condition - April 09, 1999 This aircraft was intended for Wuhan Airlines (China) but it was not taken up Used for test purposes before being placed in storage - June 1999 It was observed on the Long Beach flight line in the standard Impulse Airlines 'Cockatoo' livery - December 05, 2000 The aircraft was now designated as a Boeing 717-26R Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VQB - December 19, 2000 Registered to Impulse Airlines Accepted by Impulse Airlines at Long Beach - December 29, 2000 Departed Long Beach on the delivery flight to Australia - December 30, 2000 It arrived Newcastle on completion of the delivery flight - January 03, 2001 Delivery route: Long Beach - Kansas City - Goose Bay - Keflavik - Basle - Cairo - Muscat - Colombo - Singapore - Broome - Ayers Rock - Newcastle Officially handed over to Impulse Airlines at Newcastle - January 04, 2001 Operated its first revenue service - February 12, 2001 Operated the inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart service as VQ7304 - April 02, 2001 Impulse Airlines ceased scheduled trunk services - May 22, 2001 Impulse entered into an agreement to operate services for Qantas via QantasLink Transferred to Qantaslink but operated by Impulse - May 23, 2001 Operated its first QantasLink service as QF973 - May 25, 2001 Operated inaugural QantasLink Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Coolangatta - Sydney service as QF942/901 - June 01, 2001 Operated its final QantasLink service in the 'Cockatoo' livery Newcastle - Sydney as QF863 - August 09, 2001 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith - Sydney (Richmond) as QF6800 for repainting - August 09, 2001 Aircraft was repainted into the QantasLink livery at Sydney (Richmond) Impulse Airlines was acquired by Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - November 2001 It was observed at Sydney (Richmond) in an all-white livery - April 03, 2004 Operated QantasLink services in all-white livery without titles Transferred to Jetstar - May 25, 2004 Operated its first Jetstar service Sydney - Coolangatta in all-white livery without titles as JQ502 - May 25, 2004 It was observed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery with 'Jetstar.com' titles on upper fuselage and 'All Day & Every Day Low Fares' on lower forward fuselage - May 27, 2004 Remained in this livery during its service with Jetstar Operated its final Jetstar revenue service Brisbane - Newcastle as JQ389 - July 12, 2005 Reregistered as VH-NXB - September 02, 2005 Registered to MDFC Spring Company, Renton Leased to National Jet Systems as the registered operator National Jet Systems operated services for QantasLink It was observed at Newcastle in the standard QantasLink livery - September 25, 2005 Ferried Newcastle - Adelaide - Perth as JQ7981 - September 28, 2005 Entered service with QantasLink Perth - Karratha as QF914 - October 03, 2005 Operated its final revenue service Broome - Perth as QF1929 - April 23, 2007 Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) for storage pending return to Bavarian Leasing as QF6200 - April 24, 2007 Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth and returned to service - April 2007 Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) for storage as QF6200 - June 05, 2007 It was observed stored at Adelaide (West Beach) minus one engine - May 06, 2008 Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Sydney (Richmond) for repainting into Hawaiian Airlines livery - August 28, 2008 Ferried Sydney (Richmond) - Adelaide (West Beach) in the Hawaiian Airlines livery - September 12, 2008 Departed Adelaide (West Beach) on the ferry flight to Honolulu - October 13, 2008 It arrived Honolulu on completion of the ferry flight - October 14, 2008 Ferry route: Adelaide - Cairns - Noumea - Apia - Christmas Island - Honolulu Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 15, 2008 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N489HA - October 16, 2008 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, Salt Lake City Leased to Hawaiian Airlines as the registered operator The aircraft was named 'Po'ouli' Registered to Hawaiian Airlines - June 26, 2011 Current with Hawaiian Airlines |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-005.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-071.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 2001. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-128.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 2001. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-129.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-070.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 2001. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-130.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2001. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4660-065.) |
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VH-VQB. Impulse - in the 'cockatoo' livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-664.) |
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VH-VQB. QantasLink - in the original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2001. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-142.) |
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VH-VQB. QantasLink - in the original livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 2002. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-143.) |
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VH-VQB. QantasLink - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, October 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4660-115.) |
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VH-VQB. Jetstar - in the 'all-white' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, July 2004. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4660-195.) |
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VH-NXB. QantasLink - in the revised livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 22, 2007. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 4660-208.) |
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VH-NXB. QantasLink - in the revised livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 09, 2007. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 4660-209.) |
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VH-NXB. QantasLink - in the revised livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 24, 2008. (N. K. Daw Copyright Image 4660-210.) |
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VH-NXB. Hawaiian - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 12, 2008. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-211.) |
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VH-NXB. Hawaiian - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 12, 2008. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4660-212.) |