VH-HYE. Airbus A320-211. c/n 026.

Was also registered as: N260SE; SU-PBD.

 

This was the fifth of eight Airbus A320-211 aircraft ordered new by Ansett - ?

First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWDV' - November 09, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYE - January 19, 1989

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

The aircraft was configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable

Accepted by Ansett Airlines at Toulouse (Blagnac) - January 19, 1989

Departed Toulouse (Blagnac) on the delivery flight to Australia - January 20, 1989

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - January 23, 1989

Delivery route: Toulouse - Dubai - Bangkok - Darwin - Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Flight crew: Captains R. Flanigan, B. Lake; LAMEs G. Gnaden, G. Clarke, L. Stzama

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN6 - February 21, 1989

Flight crew: Captains K. Patton, W. Wilkinson

Sold to Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) - July 2001

Leased to Ansett Airlines as the registered operator

Operated its last revenue service Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN192 - September 13, 2001

Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney as AN714 - September 29, 2001

Flight crew: Captain B. Saunders

Operated its final Ansett Australia revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane as AN286 - March 04, 2002

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage as AN4046 - March 04, 2002

Returned to the lessors by the Ansett Administrators

Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 40,114 hours with 22,588 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4089 - October 07, 2002

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 08, 2002

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N260SE - October 08, 2002

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, UK - October 10, 2002

Ferry route: Melbourne - Denpasar - Male - Cario - Cambridge

It was placed in open storage at Cambridge Airport in an all-white livery

Advertised for immediate sale / lease by SALE - December 2002

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 29, 2003

Leased to Air Memphis, Egypt as the registered operator - October 31, 2003

Entered onto the Egyptian Aircraft Register as SU-PBD - October 31, 2003

Ferried Cambridge - Cairo in an all-white livery as MSH999 - October 31, 2003

It was observed at Paris in the Air Memphis livery - November 08, 2003

Withdrawn from Air Memphis service and returned to the lessor - January 30, 2004

Ferried to Cambridge and prepared for a planned lease to Get-Jet, Poland

This lease did not proceed and the aircraft was returned to service with Air Memphis

Withdrawn from service by Air Memphis - December 2006

Departed Cairo on the ferry flight to the United States on return to A.W.A.S. as MHS999 - December 13, 2006

It arrived at Goodyear (Arizona) on completion of the ferry flight - December 15, 2006

Cancelled from the Egyptian Aircraft Register - ?

Reportedly to be parted out and scrapped at Goodyear

Stored intact at Goodyear - November 2008

 

 

VH-HYE. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-220.)

VH-HYE. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1989.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-219.)

VH-HYE. Ansett - in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-020.)

VH-HYE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-221.)

VH-HYE. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Cairns Airport, September 1999.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-222.)

SU-PBD. Air Memphis - in the standard livery at Basle Airport, February 2004.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-038.)

SU-PBD. Air Memphis - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, June 2005.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-067.)

SU-PBD. Air Memphis - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-210.)