ZK-AWA Boeing 737-4MOSF

This aircraft was built by the Boeimg Company, Renton, Washington, USA - 1998

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - April 1998

First flown at Seattle (Renton) as 'N1787B' - April 25, 1998

Sold to Sailplane Leasing Company - May 12, 1998

Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VP-BAJ - May 12, 1998

Leased to Aeroflot Russian Airlines Ltd, Moscow as the registered operator

It was withdrawn from service by Aeroflot Russian Airlines - November 2003

Ferried Moscow - Shannon (Ireland) on return to the lessor - November 03, 2003

Cancelled from the Bermuda Aircraft Register - December ?, 2003

Entered onto the Indonesians Aircraft Register as PK-GZH - December 16, 2003

Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines as the registered operator

Withdrawn from service by Garuda at Jakarta - March ?, 2010

Delivered to Celestial Aviation Trading (Netherlands) Ltd - March ?, 2010

Sold to GECAS - March ?, 2010

Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - April 01, 2010

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N490MS - April 01, 2010

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, USA

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July ?, 2010

Entered onto the Japanese Aircraft Register as JA734H - July 22, 2010

Leased to Afco Trading and then sub-leased to Skynet Asia Airways, Japan as the registered operator

Skynet Asia Airways was renamed Solaseed Air - July 01, 2011

It was withdrawn from service and returned to GECAS - March 28, 2013

It was stored at Juan Yaoqiang International Airport, China

Cancelled from the Japanese Aircraft Register - April 02, 2013

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N643CS - April 02, 2013

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July ?, 2013

Entered onto the Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-BQL - July 31, 2013

Leased to RIX AeroContractors, Lagos, Nigeria as the registered operator

It was withdrawn from service by RIX AeroContractors and returned to GECAS at the end of the lease - July 2016

Cancelled from the Nigerian Aircraft Register - July ?, 2016

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N496CS - July 14, 2016

It was observed at Lasham (United Kingdom) as 'N496CS' - July 17, 2016

Leased to ASL Aviation Holdings as the registered operator - March 09, 2017

Delivered to ASL Aviation Holdings, Austria - May 04, 2017

Ferried Lasham (United Kingdom) to Dothan (Alabama) for conversion to freighter configuration - May ?, 2017

Conversion completed by AEI as a Boeing 737-4MO(SF) - November ?, 2017

It departed Dothan (Alabama) on its ferry flight to Ireland for delivery to ASL Airlines, Belgium - November 07, 2017

It arrived at Shannon (Ireland) on completion of the ferry flight - November 08, 2017

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 09, 2018

Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-IAD - July 17, 2018

It was withdrawn from ASL Airlines service October 03, 2022

It was prepared for lease to Airwork NZ

It arrived at Auckland on completion of its ferry flight from Belgium - March 03, 2023

Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - March 16, 2023

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-AWA - March 16, 2023

Registered to Airwork NZ Flight Operations, Auckland

Entered service with Airwork NZ as Flight P431 from Auckland to Christchurch - May 17, 2023

Ferried Auckland - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AWK93 - May 22, 2023

The aircraft then began operations for Qantas Freight on Australian domestic services

It used Qantas Flight Numbers on such operations

Operated its first Qantas Freight service - May 22, 2023

Current with Airwork NZ / Qantas Freight