VH-ONU. Boeing 737-3U3. c/n 28732-2966. Was also registered as: N930WA; ZK-NGD. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Garuda Indonesian Airlines but it was not taken up Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 1997 First flown at Seattle (Boeing Field) as 'N1792B' - December 10, 1997 Powered by CFMI CFM-56-3C1 engines Ferried Seattle (Boeing Field) - Marana (Arizona) for storage - January 1998 Sold to Air New Zealand - ? 1998 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N930WA - November 25, 1998 Registered to Mount Cook Tours Limited, El Segundo, Los Angeles Leased to Winair, Salt Lake City, Utah as the registered operator Withdrawn from service by Winair - March 19, 1999 Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - March 19, 1999 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 19, 1999 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NGD - March 19, 1999 Registered to Air New Zealand, Auckland Leased to Polskie Linie Lotnicze (LOT Polish Airlines) as the registered operator - March 19, 1999 Operated its final LOT Polish Airlines service Montastir - Warsaw - October 26, 1999 Withdrawn from service for return to the lessor - October 26, 1999 Ferried Warsaw - Shannon (Ireland) - October 31, 1999 Departed Shannon on the ferry flight to New Zealand as NZ6733 - November 03, 1999 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - November 06, 1999 Ferry route: Shannon - Gander - Minneapolis - Los Angeles - Honolulu - Apia - Christchurch Entered service with Air New Zealand on the domestic routes - ? This aircraft was not named Withdrawn from service by Air New Zealand at Christchurch - July 13, 2014 Sold to MENEN Aircraft Leasing Holding Corporation - ? The aircraft was purchased for operation by Air Nauru Ferried Christchurch - Subang (Malaysia) by Southern Cross Internationl as SXI1415 - August 03, 2014 It was overhauled and repainted at Subang Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - August 06, 2014 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ONU - August 22, 2014 Registered to MENEN Aircraft Leasing Holding Corporation, Australia Leased to Nauru Air Corporation (t/a as Nauru Airlines) as the registered operator Ferried Subang - Darwin - Nauru as RON801 - November 02, 2014 Operated its first revenue service with Air Nauru - ? Sub-leased to Solomon Airlines, Honiara, Solomon Islands - March 10, 2015 Returned to Air Nauru at the end of the lease - April 30, 2015 It was converted to freighter configuration by Commercial Jet, Miami, Florida - July 26 - December 23, 2020 Re-delivered to Nauru Airlines - December 29, 2022 Current with Nauru Airlines |
N930WA. Winair - in the standard livery at Marana Airport, November 1998. (B. Shane Copyright Image 4622-824.) |
ZK-NGD. Winair - 'Long Beach' in the standard livery at Salt Lake City Airport, March 1999. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4625-131.) |
ZK-NGD. LOT Polish Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, April 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-033.) |
ZK-NGD. LOT Polish Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-133.) |
ZK-NGD. LOT Polish Airlines - in the standard livery at Shannon Airport, October 31, 1999. (J. Mounce Copyright Image 4625-132.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4625-105.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4625-144.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Wellington Airport, September 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-130.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Christchurch Airport, date unknown. (G. Reid Copyright Image 4625-239.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Christchurch Airport, date unknown. (G. Reid Copyright Image 4625-240.) |
ZK-NGD. Air New Zealand - in the 'white' livery at Christchurch Airport, May 27, 2012. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4625-473.) |
VH-ONU. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2015. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4622-032.) |