VH-YMA. Airbus A300B4-605R. c/n 584.

Was also registered as: N165PL; B-2309; S7-RGO; TC-OAH.

This aircraft was ordered new by Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corporation - ?

First flown as 'F-WWAU' - December 14, 1990

Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2A5 engines

Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Lemwerder) in the 'Compass' livery for fit out - January 29, 1991

Ferried Hamburg - Toulouse on completion of the interior fit-out - March 12, 1991

Accepted by Polaris Leasing at Toulouse (Blagnac) - April 02, 1991

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YMA - April 03, 1991

Leased to Compass Airlines as the registered operator

It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the delivery flight - April 05, 1991

Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as YM333 - April 05, 1991

Operared its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as YM332 - December 20, 1991

It was grounded at Brisbane when Compass suspended operations due to bankruptcy - December 20, 1991

Returned to Polaris Leasing in Brisbane - January 01, 1992

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 31, 1992

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N165PL - January 31, 1992

Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Singapore - February 03, 1992

It was observed stored at Hamburg (Lemwerder) - May 19, 1992

Ferried Hamburg - Paris (Charles de Gaulle) for storage - August 26, 1992

Ferried Paris (Charles de Gaulle) - Paris (Orly) for repainting - September 18, 1992

Repainted for lease to China Northwest Airlines

It was observed stored at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) in the 'China Northwest' livery - October 10, 1992

Leased to China Northwest Airlines as the registered operator - October 14, 1992

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 1992

Entered onto Chinese Aircraft Register as B-2309 - October 1992

Returned to Polaris Leasing at the end of the China Northwest lease - September 2000

Cancelled from the Chinese Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto Seychelles Aircraft Register as S7-RGO - September 2000

It was observed at Paris (Charles de Gaulle) in the 'AWAIR Air Wagon International' livery - October 02, 2000

Leased to Region Air (Singapore) - October 02, 2000

Sub-leased to Pacific Airlines - October 02, 2000

Sub-leased to Air Nuigini in an 'all-white' livery - May 17, 2001

In service with Air Nuigini as PX393 Singapore - Port Moresby - May 17, 2001

Operated its last Air Nuigini revenue service as PX392 Port Moresby - Singapore - June 06, 2001

Returned to Region Air, Singapore at the end of the sub-lease - June 06, 2001

Sub-leased to Vietnam Airlines - March 01, 2003

Returned to Region Air at the end of the sub-lease - July 2003

Repainted at Hamburg (Lemwerder) in preparation for lease to OnurAir - July 2003

Cancelled from the Seychelles Aircraft Register - July ?, 2003

Entered onto Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-OAH - July 12, 2003

Leased to Onur Air (Turkey) as the registered operator

Sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines in an 'all-white' livery with the old Saudi tail logo - January 2004

Regularly sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines for Hadj charter flights - 2004 - 2008

It was observed at Jeddah in basic the audi livery with Onur Air tail logo - January 21, 2008

Current status - ?

F-WWAU. Compass - in the standard livery at Toulouse Airport, March 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-062.)

VH-YMA. Compass - in the standard livery at Toulouse Airport, April 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-073.)

VH-YMA. Compass - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-003.)

VH-YMA. Compass - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 1991.

(G. Bennett Copyright Image 0310-068.)

N165PL. Compass - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-064.)

B-2309. China Northwest - in the standard livery at Nagoya Airport, May 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-042.)

B-2309. China Northwest - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 1996.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-182.)

S7-RGO. Awair Airwagon International - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, October 2000.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-127.)

TC-OAH. Onurair - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-142.)