VH-HYC. Airbus A320-211. c/n 024. Was also registered as: VN-A123; SU-PBE. |
This aircraft was the third of eight Airbus A320 aircraft ordered new by Ansett - ? First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWDT' - September 14, 1988 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYC - November 28, 1988 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse - December 16, 1988 The aircraft was fitted out with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but the layout was variable Departed Toulouse on the delivery flight to Australia - December 16, 1988 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - December 19, 1988 Delivery route: Toulouse - Athens - Dubai - Bangkok - Darwin - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains K. Patton, R. Flanigan, B. Lake; Engineers M. Nearchou, D. Naylor Placed in storage in Melbourne (Tullamarine) as result of an industrial dispute Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Captain P. Johnson) as AN12 - February 07, 1989 Sold to Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) - July 2001 Leased to Ansett as the registered operator Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Operated its last revenue service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN2002 - September 14, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney as AN706 - September 30, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN287 - March 04, 2002 Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4041 - March 04, 2002 Advertised for immediate sale by the Ansett Administrators Ansett Engineering quoted that the aircraft had flown 40,109 hours with 21,872 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 25, 2002 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register with tempory certificate as 'N240SE' - July 26, 2002 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustees, Salt Lake City, Utah Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Marshall Aerospace, UK in the Ansett livery - July 30, 2002 It arrived at Cambridge, U. K. on completion of the ferry flight - July 31, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Denpasar - Male - Cario - Cambridge Placed in open storage at Cambridge Leased to Lao Airlines, Vientiane for 3 years - June 2003 Entered onto the Vietnamese Aircraft Register as VN-A123 - July 04, 2003 Ferried Cambridge - Ankara on delivery to Lao Airlines as HVN1230 - July 14 2003 Entered Lao Airlines service on the Vientiane - Bangkok route - July 17, 2003 Returned to the lessor at the end of the lease Cancelled from the Vietnamese Aircraft Register - ? Leased to Air Memphis, Egypt as the registered operator - March 2005 Entered onto the Egyptian Aircraft Register as SU-PBE - April 2005 Delivered to Air Memphis at Cario, Egypt - April 08, 2005 Returned to A.W.A.S. at the end of the lease - December 2006 Ferried Cairo - Glasgow - Halifax - St. Louis - Goodyear for storage - December 04, 2006 Cancelled from the Egyptian Aircraft Register - ? Parted out and scrapped at Goodyear, Arizona |
VH-HYC. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-001.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, December 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-216.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, October 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-196.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-090.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1991. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0321-217.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-002.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, February 2001. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-019.) |
VH-HYC. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-086.) |
VN-A123. Lao Airlines - in the standard livery at Cambridge Airport, July 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-105.) |
VN-A123. Lao Airlines - in the standard livery at Bangkok Airport, November 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-025.) |
SU-PBE. Air Memphis - in the basic white livery at an unknown airport, October 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-613.) |
SU-PBE. Air Memphis - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, March 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-614.) |
SU-PBE. Air Memphis - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, May 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-197.) |