VH-RXS. SAAB 340B. c/n 285. Was also registered as: N359BE. |
This aircraft was built by Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, Sweden - 1992 First flown with the test registration 'SE-G85' - January 17, 1992 Powered by General Electric CT7-9B turboprop engines Accepted by Lambert Leasing Inc, U. S. A. at Linkoping - February 11, 1992 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N359BE - February 14, 1992 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah Leased to Business Express, New York as the registered operator Business Express was renamed Business Express Airlines - May 22, 1997 Withdrawn from service, returned to the Lessor and stored - December 2000 Registered to Saab Aircraft of America Inc - April 21, 2001 Leased to Business Express Airlines as the registered operator Withdrawn from service, returned to the Lessor and stored at Nashville - June 2001 It was observed at Nashville in the REX Regional Express Airlines livery - July 27, 2003 It arrived Sydney on completion of the ferry flight from the United States - December 21, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 24, 2004 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-RXS - February 26, 2004 Registered to Australiawide Airlines, Wagga Wagga Leased to Regional Express Pty Ltd as the registered operator It was configured to seat 36 passengers Operated its first revenue service Wagga Wagga - Albury - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as ZL431 - March 15, 2004 Registered to Regional Express Holdings Limited, Sydney - August 30, 2007 Leased to Regional Express Pty Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Current with REX Regional Express Airlines |
VH-RXS. REX Regional Express - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 24, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1045-179.) |