VH-QQD. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A. c/n 245.
Was also registered as: N802YW; N802MA; S2-AAA.
Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Downsview plant - November 1990 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GEOA - November 1990 Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-GEOA' - November 15, 1990 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC120A turboprop engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N802YW - February 12, 1991 Registered to First Security Bank Utah, Salt Lake City Leased to Statewest Airlines Inc as the registered operator Returned to the lessor and was observed stored at Goodyear - July 15, 1991 Reregistered as N802MA - March 13, 1992 Registered to First Security Bank Utah, Salt Lake City Leased to Mesaba Airlines as the registered operator Mesaba Airlines operated services for Northwest Airlines as an affiliated airline It was observed at Las Vegas having been withdrawn from service in basic Mesaba Airlines livery - December 12, 1997 Prepared for lease to GMG Airlines (Bangladesh) - 1998 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Bangladesh Aircraft Register as S2-AAA - March 22, 1998 Leased to GMG Airlines as the registered operator GMG Airlines ceased operations - March 28, 2012 It was observed stored at Dhaka - April 2012 It was observed stored at Dhaka in the GMG livery - October 1, 2012 Sold to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Australia Ferried Dhaka - Deppasar - Darwin - Cairns in the GMG livery on delivery to Skytrans - October 15, 2012 Cancelled from the Bangladesh Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-QQD - November 05, 2012 Registered to Skytrans Pty Ltd, Cairns It was observed at Cairns in the GMG livery as VH-QQD - December 07, 2012 Operated its first revenue service Cairns - Cloncurry as SKP1888 - February 04, 2013 Current with Skytrans |
VH-QQD. PDL Toll - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-175.) |