VH-VLI. Boeing 737-3H6F. c/n 27125-2415. Was also registered as: 9M-MZA; F-GIXR. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Malaysian Airline System (MAS) - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - December 07, 1992 First flown in an all-white livery as '9M-MZA' - December 21, 1992 Powered by CFMI CFM-56-3C1 engines Accepted by Malaysian Airlines at Seattle (Boeing Field) - January 15, 1993 The original allocated registration '9M-MFZ' was not taken up Entered onto the Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-MZA - ? Registered to Malaysian Airline System Berhad, Kuala Lumpur The aircraft did not enter service in a passenger configuration Converted to full freight configuration with 'MASkargo' titles - May 13, 1993 Leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines - February 1997 Returned to MAS at the end of the lease - October 1997 Arrived at Auckland on lease to Transpac Express Ltd - November 12, 1999 Returned to MAS at the end of the lease - December 02, 1999 It was observed at Toulouse in an 'all-white' livery being modified for l'Aeropostale - June 21, 2000 Cancelled from the Malaysian Aircraft Register - August 2000 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GIXR - August 2000 Registered to Aviacargo Leasing Ltd Leased to l'Aeropostale Societe d'Exploitation Aeropostale, France as the registered operator l'Aeropostale ceased operations - February 28, 2001 Leased to Europe Airpost as the registered operator - March 01, 2001 It was observed at Toulouse in an 'all-white' livery without titles - February 26, 2002 Leased to Air Contractors as the registered operator - November 2006 The aircraft was mainly used on the Geneva - Cologne - Bergamo - Geneva route for DHL Returned to Europe Airpost at the end of the lease - July 2007 The aircraft departed Belgrade on the ferry flight to Malaysia - March 31, 2014 It arrived at Kuala Lumpur (Subang) on completion of the ferry flight - April 01, 2014 Ferry route: Belgrade - Al Ain - Hyderabad - Kuala Lumpur (Subang) Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - April 07, 2014 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VLI - April 09, 2014 Registered to BOE Aircraft Leasing Holding Corporation, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia Leased to Nauru Air Corporation, Brisbane as the registered operator Ferried Kuala Lumpur (Subang) - Darwin - Brisbane as RON801 - July 23, 2014 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Nauru as RON400 - July 31, 2014 Our Airline was renamed Nauru Airlines - August 01, 2015 The aircraft is used to operate additional Qantas Freight services from time-to-time Current with Nauru Airlines |
9M-MZA. MASkargo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-110.) |
9M-MZA. MASkargo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-243.) |
F-GIXR. l'Aeropostale - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, February 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-077.) |
F-GIXR. Airpost Europe - in the all-white livery at an unknown airport, June 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-144.) |
VH-VLI. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2015. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-992.) |
VH-VLI. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2015. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4622-115.) |
VH-VLI. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 15, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-471.) |