VH-JJZ. British Aerospace 146-200QT. c/n E2114.
Was also registered as: G-BOXE; G-ZAPR.
This aircraft was built at Hatfield for T.N.T. order Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BOXE (CofR G-BOXE/R1) - August 25, 1988 Registered to British AeroSpace Systems First flown as a BAe-146-200 G-BOXE - October 28, 1988 Ferried to Dothan, Alabama for conversion to 200QT freighter configuration Ferried Hatfield - Cambridge for conversion to Ansett specifications by Marshalls Ferried Cambridge - Hatfield following conversion- May 26, 1989 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 02, 1989 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JJZ - June 02, 1989 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Accepted by Ansett at Hatfield - June 03, 1989 Departed Hatfield on the delivery flight to Australia as AWA07 - June 03, 1989 It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight in the T.N.T. livery - June 07, 1989 Delivery route: Hatfield - Belgrade - Larnaca - Dubai - Mumbai - Madras - Singapore - Denpasar - Perth Flight crew: Captains B. Poole, S. Bardsley, K. Hoy; Engineers J. Cook, J. Fowke, F. Rayner Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - June 28, 1989 Operated its first Ansett Air Freight revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Launceston - July 03, 1989 Painted into the Ansett Air Freight livery at Melbourne (Tullamrine) - January 1994 It was the first aircraft to be painted into the Ansett Australia Cargo livery during maintenance - January 2000 Re-entered service - January 20, 2000 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane - July 27, 2001 Ferried Brisbane - Blenheim, New Zealand for heavy maintenance with SAFE-Air - July 28, 2001 The aircraft needed wing-spar repairs and fuel tank contamination problems rectified It was expected to be out of service until early 2002 It was in heavy maintenance when Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Administrators - September 27, 2001 Stored at Woodbourne, New Zealand Ansett Engineering quoted the aircraft had flown 16,550 hours with 14,149 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown at Blenheim as AN146 - August 06, 2003 Ferried Blenheim - Melbourne (Captains P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins) as AN40 - August 07, 2003 Cabot Aviation Services Ltd were appointed marketing agents for the aircraft's sale Sold to Titan Airways Ltd, Stansted, U.K. for $AUD 5,000,000 - December 10, 2003 Test flown at Melbourne - December 11, 2003 Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to Norwich, U. K. as AN146 - December 15, 2003 It arrived at Norwich on completion of the ferry flight - December 18, 2005 Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Broome - Christmas Island - Kuala Lumpur - Colombo - Karachi - Dubai - Amman - Heraklion - Nice - Norwich Flight crew: Captains P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins; Enginer R. Flight & R. Judge (to Alice Springs only) Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 19, 2003 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ZAPR (CofR G-ZAPR/R1) - December 19, 2003 Registered to Titan Airways Ltd BAE Systems were appointed exclusive marketing rights on Titan Airways BAe-146 fleet - September 04, 2009 Ferried to KLM UK Engineering at Norwich for maintenance - July 04, 2009 Returned to service - July 22, 2009 Sold to Aerolineas Star Peru, Lima, Peru - June 2011 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 16, 2011 Entered onto the Peruvian Aircraft Register as OB-1978-P - June 16, 2011 Registered to Aerolineas Star Peru Departed London (Stansted) on ferry flight to Peru - July 21, 2011 Entered service with Star Peru in basic Titan Airways livery - August 2011 There was little demand for the services of this aircraft and it was rarely flown Withdrawn from service and stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - December 2013 It was observed stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - September 2015 It was observed stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - August 03, 2018 Star Peru ceased all BAe146 operations and these aircraft were placed in storage - May 2019 Current status - ? |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-093.) |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 0414-073.) |
VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990. (E. D. Daw Copyright Image 0414-074.) |
VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-614.) |
VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-135.) |
VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-596.) |