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VH-HYD. Airbus A320-211. c/n 0025.
Was also registered as: TS-INJ.
This aircraft was the fourth of eight Airbus A320 aircraft ordered new by Ansett - ? First flown with the test registration 'F-WWDU' - December 05, 1988 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYD - March 15, 1989 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd The aircraft was leased from Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau It was fitted 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable Departed Toulouse on delivery flight to Australia - March 17, 1989 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - March 20, 1989 Delivery route: Toulouse - Athens - Dubai - Bangkok - Darwin - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains W. Hanrahan, K Wallace; LAMEs G. Horwood, R. Smith, D. Clarke Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Adelaide (West Beach) as AN208 - May 10, 1989 Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Operated its last revenue service Cairns - Brisbane as AN63 - September 14, 2001 Flight crew: Captain M. Down; F/O K. Hodgson The aircraft was parked at Brisbane following the suspension of all Ansett operations Ferried Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for storage as AN4403 - September 28, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service under administration Sydney - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN713 - September 29, 2001 Flight crew: Captain A. Ogilvie; F/O G. Colman Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth as AN259 - March 04, 2002 Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4042 - March 04, 2002 Returned to the lessors by the Ansett Administrators Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 40,435 hours with 22,285 cycles - June 27, 2002 Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in all-white livery - May 7, 2003 Leased to Nouvelair, Tunisia Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to France as AN320 - May 29, 2004 It arrived at Toulouse on completion of the erry flight - May 31, 2004 Ferry route: Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Exmouth - Male - Bahrain - Malta - Toulouse Flight crew: Captains B. Saunders, G. Lowe; Ansett Engineers R. Gourley, K. Weymouth; Nouvelair Engineers K. Hedi, K. Slim Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 04, 2004 Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-INJ - June 04, 2004 Sub-leased to Libyan Arab Airlines - June 04, 2004 Advertised for sale by Pembroke Capital with the lease attached - October 12, 2004 Sold by the Ansett Administrators to Aeroturbine Inc, Miami, Florida - December 29, 2005 Ferried Monastir - Goodyear, Arizona in the Libyan Arab livery as LPF160P - September 21, 2006 Cancelled from the Tunisian Aircraft Register - ? It was observed at Goodyear with tail removed and being parted out - November 19, 2006 Scrapped at Goodyear |
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F-WWDU. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Hamburg Airport, March 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-107.) |
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F-WWDU. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Hamburg Airport, March 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-133.) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, June 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-218.) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-091.) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 09, 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-131.) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, May 1995. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0320-085.) |
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VH-HYD. Ansett - in the all-white livery at Malta Airport, May 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-047.) |
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TS-INJ. Libyan Arab Airlines - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, May 2005. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 0321-132.) |