ZK-TLA. Boeing 737-3B7. c/n 23383-1425.
Was also registered as: N377AU; N508AU.
This aircraft was ordered new by U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - July 1987 First flown as 'N377AU' - July 28, 1987 Powered by CFM56-3B2 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N377AU - July 1987 Registered to U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia Accepted by U. S. Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - August 11, 1987 The aircraft was reregistered as N508AU - November 21, 1988 Registered to U. S. Airways, Arlington, Virginia Withdrawn from service and ferried to Mojave for storage - October 08, 2002 Sold to Aeronautical Engineers, USA - August 26, 2004 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - October 27, 2004 Ferried Mojave - Miami for further storage - October 27, 2004 The aircraft was to converted to freighter configuration by Commercial Jet at Miami It was observed stored at Miami (Opa Locka) - October 2006 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 20, 2007 Sold to Airwork, New Zealand Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TLA - April 23, 2007 Registered to Airwork Holdings Limited, Manukau, Auckland Arrived at Brisbane on delivery to Toll Priority - April 24, 2007 Ferry route: Miami (Opa Locka) - Long Beach - Honolulu - Pago Pago - Brisbane Utilised for staff training at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) and Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 26, 2007 'Toll Prioity' decals applied to the forward fuselage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - April 27, 2007 Ferried Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth for staff training - April 27, 2007 Ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) - Brisbane - April 29, 2007 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne - May 01, 2007 Registered to Airwork Flight Operations Limited, Manukau, Auckland - January 09, 2009 The aircraft was withdrawn from service by Toll Holdings - May 11, 2012 Ferried Brisbane - Auckland for extended maintenance - May 11, 2012 Test flown Auckland - Auckland - January 12, 2013 Ferried Auckland - Brisbane to resume flying with Toll Holdings - January 12, 2013 Withdrawn from service by Toll Holdings - May 02, 2013 The aircraft was returned to Airwork in Auckland - ? Leased to Virgin Australia Airlines as the registered operator - August 01, 2016 Virgin Australia used the aircraft for freight operations within Australia Operated its first Virgin Australia freight service Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as VOZ9560 - August 01, 2016 Operated its final Virgin Australia freight service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Perth as VA9563 - December 21, 2019 Flight time: 3 hours 56 minutes Ferried Perth (11:33 local) - Alice Springs for storage as AWK91 - December 21, 2019 Flight time: 2 hours 24 minutes Withdrawn from service and stored |
N377AU. US Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-569.) |
ZK-TLA. Toll - in the basic livery at Brisbane Airport, April 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-004.) |
ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, May 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-005.) |
ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, September 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-009.) |
ZK-TLA. Toll Priority - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 30, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4625-389.) |
ZK-TLA. Airwork - in the basic Toll livery at Christchurch Airport, December 11, 2013. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4625-388.) |
ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, November 29, 2017. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-393.) |
ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, November 29, 2017. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-394.) |
ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, December 06, 2017. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-391.) |
ZK-TLA. Virgin Australia - in the all-white livery at Perth Airport, December 06, 2017. (D. Gibbs Copyright Image 4625-392.) |