VH-CZW. Boeing 737-33A. c/n 23832-1473. Was also registered as: G-OBMB; N191FH; G-CELD. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Nordress Ltd - December 1986 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - October 1987 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-OBMB (CofR G-OBMB/R1) - October 23, 1987 Registered to Nordress Ltd First flown as 'G-OBMB' - November 06, 1987 Accepted by Nordress Ltd at Seattle - (Boeing Field) December 09, 1987 Leased to British Midland Airways as the registered operator Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to the United Kingdom - December 09, 1987 Operated its first revenue service with British Midland - December 1987 Returned to Nordress Ltd at end of the lease and stored at East Midlands Airport - December 11, 1992 Returned to service and leased to British Midland Airways - April 20, 1993 Returned to A.W.A.S. Nordress Ltd at the end of the lease - October 1993 Leased to Ansett Australia - November 16, 1993 Finance provided by Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 17, 1993 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZW - December 17, 1993 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Flown to Dothan, Al for conversion to Ansett specifications - December 1993 Departed Dothan on the ferry flight to Australia as AN5981 - January 22, 1994 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight - January 24, 1994 Ferry route: Dothan - San Diego - Hilo (overnight) - Apia - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains A. Gloster, C. Prousallis Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra (Captain P. Newman) - February 01, 1994 Operated its final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as AN99 - September 13, 2001 Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Stored at the Ansett hangar at Adelaide (West Beach) Ferried Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4041 - March 08, 2002 Aircraft had flown 37,895 hours with 30,774 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 25, 2003 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N191FH - February 25, 2003 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States for storage as SXA146 - February 28, 2003 Ferry route: Melbourne - Pago Pago - Honolulu - Mojave Sold to Ansett Australia Ltd - June 16, 2003 Sold to Dart Group Plc - June 16, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 17, 2003 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-CELD (CofR G-CELD/R1) - July 04, 2003 Departed Mojave on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom as SXA169 - July 26, 2003 It arrived at Bournemouth on completion of the ferry flight in the 'Ansett' livery - July 27, 2003 Ferry route: Mojave - Columbus - Gander - Bournemouth Stored engineless at the BASCO hangar at Bournemounth Ferried Bournemouth - Lasham for 'C-Check' as EXS955E - December 16, 2003 Ferried Lasham - Southend for painting into the standard Jet 2 livery as EXS958E - January 21, 2004 Rolled out at Southend in the 'Jet 2' livery - January 28, 2004 The aircraft was named 'Jet 2 Espana / Jet 2 Spain' Ferried Southend - Lasham - January 30, 2004 Operated its first Jet 2 revenue service Leeds - Alicante - February 2004 Aircraft had flown 49,836 hours - December 31, 2008 Aircraft was renamed 'Jet 2 Alicante' and configured with 148Y seating Has 'Allocated Seats' titles on upper port fuselage and 'Points For Free Flights' titles on upper starboard fuselage Operated its final revenue service Dusseldorf - Leeds (Bradford) - December 07, 2015 Ferried Leeds (Bradford) - Cotswold (Kemble) for storage and later scrapping - December 09, 2015 The aircraft was parted out by Air Salvage International Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 06, 2017 The cockpit section was observed at Kemble - August 30, 2017 |
G-OBMB. British Midland - in the standard livery at Geneva Airport, February 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-161.) |
G-OBMB. British Midland - in the standard livery at Glasgow Airport, March 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-041.) |
G-OBMB. British Midland - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 24, 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-633.) |
VH-CZW. Ansett Australia - in the basic BMA livery at East Midlands Airport, December 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-039.) |
VH-CZW. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-162.) |
VH-CZW. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-500.) |
N191FH. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Mojave Airport, March 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-211.) |
G-CELD. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Espana' in the original livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, April 14, 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-154.) |
G-CELD. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Spain' in the original livery at Faro Airport, February 2007. (F. Mesquita Copyright Image 4622-116.) |
G-CELD. Jet 2 - 'Jet 2 Alicante' in the revised livery with additional 'Allocated Seats' titles at an unknown airport, date unknown. (S. Magni Copyright Image 4622-037.) |