VH-KEQ. SAAB 340A. c/n 011.
This aircraft was built by Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, Sweden - 1984 First flown with test registration 'SE-E11' - October 20, 1984 Sold to Fairchild Industries, U. S. A. - December 21, 1984 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N342AM - December 21, 1984 Registered to Fairchild Industries Inc, U. S. A. Leased to Air Midwest Airlines, Little Rock, Arkansas as the registered operator Sold to PLM Transportation Equipment Corporation, U. S. A. - March 1990 Sold to First Security Bank NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - April 1990 Withdrawn from service and stored - June 1990 Leased to Nusantara Sakti, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - November 01, 1993 Entered onto the Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-NSB - November 10, 1993 Registered to First Security Bank NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Nusantara Sakti Airlines, t/a Nusantara Airlines, Subang as the registered operator Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - November 30, 1993 Withdrawn from service and returned to the lessor at the end of the ease - November 1996 Leased to Aeromil (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney - November 1996 Ferried Kuala Lumpur - Maroochydore for storage - November 1996 Ferried Maroochydore - Wagga Wagga as 9M-NSB - December 20, 1996 Leased to Kendell Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga - December 20, 1996 Cancelled from the Malaysian Aircraft Register - January 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KEQ - January 08, 1997 Registered to First Security Bank NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Kendell Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service - February 10, 1997 Kendell Airlines had been purchased by TNT / News Ltd, the parent company of Ansett Airlines - June 1990 Ansett Australia suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Operated its last revenue service Burnie - Wynyard - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN6320 - September 14, 2001 Returned to service under administration Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra as AN8520 - October 14, 2001 Kendell Airlines was sold to Australiawide Airlines operating as Regional Express Airlines (REX) - August 01, 2002 Operated its first revenue service with Regional Express Airlines (REX) - August 06, 2002 Registered to Australiawide Airlines Ltd t/a Regional Express Airlines - September 19, 2002 Rolled out at Wagga Wagga in the REX livery - March 28, 2003 Sold by the Ansett Administrators to Australiawide Airlines Pty Ltd - August 01, 2004 Registered to Regional Express Holdings Ltd, Mascot, Sydney - March 09, 2007 Operated its final revenue service - ? Withdrawn from use at Wagga Wagga for conversion to freighter configuration - April 2008 This was the first Saab to be converted by REX for use by its associated company Pel-Air Conversion completed at Wagga Wagga - May 2008 Ferried Wagga Wagga - Townsville for painting by Worland Aviation - May 28, 2008 The intended use by Pel-Air was not taken up and the aircraft prepared for sale to Bridges Worldwide Express, England Ferried Townsville - Wagga Wagga in the Bridges Worldwide Express livery - June 21, 2008 Departed Wagga Wagga on the ferry flight Slovenia - July 03, 2008 Arrived Ljubljana (Slovenia) on completion of the ferry flight - July 05, 2008 Ferry route: Wagga Wagga - Alice Springs - Port Headland - Male - Sharm El Sheik - Ljubljana Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 14, 2008 Entered onto the Slovenian Aircraft Register as S5-BAO - ? Registered to - ? The aircraft was based at Ljubljana and operated in Slovenia for Bridges Worldwide by local airline Solinair Withdrawn from service by Solinair and returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - August 2011 Cancelled from the Slovenian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Bulgarian Aircraft Register as LZ-SAC - August 03, 2011 Registered to - ? Leased to Air Scorpio as the registered operator Withdrawn from use and returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - March 2013 Cancelled from the Bulgarian Aircraft Register - March 11, 2013 Entered onto the Hungarian Aircraft Register as HA-TAF - March 11, 2013 Registered to - ? Leased to ABC Air Hungary , Budapest, Hungary as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service Budapest - Cotone - March 22, 2013 Current with ABC Air Hungary |