VH-HYI. Airbus A320-211. c/n 140.
Was also registered as: D-AKFW; TS-ING; VP-BQY.
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett - ? First flown at Toulouse (Blagnac) as 'F-WWDG' - November 06, 1990 Ferried Toulouse - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) for internal fitout - November 08, 1990 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-HYI - January 16, 1991 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne The aircraft fwas configured with 24 First Class and 108 Economy Class seats but this was variable Accepted by Ansett at Toulouse (Blagnac) - January 16, 1991 Departed Toulouse onthe delivery flight to Australia - January 22, 1991 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - January 26, 1991 Delivery route: Toulouse - Santa Maria (Azores) - Bermuda - Phoenix - Kona - Nadi - Melbourne Flight crew: Captains F. Boomsma, I. Johnston; LAMEs B. Berwick, S. Henwood Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Brisbane - February 24, 1991 Operated its last commercial service Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth as AN187 - September 13, 2001 Ansett ceased operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 It was parked at Perth following suspension of all Ansett operations Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4406 - November 12, 2001 Re-entered Ansett service under administration Melbourne - Sydney as AN702 - November 15, 2001 Operated its final revenue service Perth - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as AN152 - March 04, 2002 It had the honour of operating the final Ansett commercial service when it arrived Sydney at 06:53 - March 05, 2002 Flight crew: Captain G. McDonald; F/O P. Tyers; Cabin Manager L. Bowen Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4051 - March 05, 2002 Prior to landing it complete a circuit over Melbourne's Central Business District Flight crew: Captain J. Swift; F/O G. Toole The aircraft was placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Ansett Engineering quote the aircraft had flown 36,245 hours with 19,025 cycles - June 27, 2002 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Lufthansa Technik, Berlin, Germany as AN40 - July 12, 2002 It arrived at Berlin on completion of the ferry flight - July 14, 2002 Ferry route: Melbourne - Perth - Cocos Island - Male - Bahrain - Athens - Berlin (Schonefeld) Flight crew: Captains M. Rindfleish, G. Lowe; Engineers M. Bennett, L. Bettiol Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 29, 2002 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AKFW - February 26, 2003 Test-flown at Berlin in preparation for lease to Air Canada - April 01, 2003 The intended lease to Air Canada did not eventaute and it remained in stored in the Ansett livery Ferried Berlin - Hamburg (Finkenwerder) in the basic Ansett livery for repainting as LH8965Y - July 01, 2003 Ferried Hamburg (Finkenwerder) - Berlin in an all-white livery as LH8965Y - July 07, 2003 Leased to Nouvelair Tunisie via Pembroke Capital Ltd - July 2003 Entered onto Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-ING - July 29, 2003 Wet-leased to Afriqiyah Airlines, Tripoli, Libya - July 30, 2003 Delivered to Novelair - August 25, 2003 Advertised sale / dry-lease by Pembroke Capital with availability from August 2006 - September 29, 2005 Returned to Nouvelair Tunisie at the end of the sub-lease - August 2006 Sub-leased to Ural Airlines - August 2006 It was observed at Monastir, Tunisia as 'VP-BQY' in the Ural Airlines revised livery - October 21, 2006 Cancelled from the Tunisian Aircraft Register - November 2006 Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VP-BQY - November 18, 2006 Ferried Monastir - Yekaterinburg, Russia on delivery to Ural Airlines - November 18, 2006 The aircraft was configured with 160 Business / Economy class seats It was withdrawn from Ural Airlines service - October 23, 2014 Ferried Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo) - Tarbes (Lourdes-Pyrenees) on return to the lessor - November 13, 2014 The aircraft was stored at Tarbes It was observed at Tarbes with many useful parts missing - January 27, 2015 Scrapped at Tarbes |
VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-228.) |
VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-198.) |
VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-229.) |
VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0321-230.) |
VH-HYI. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-088.) |
D-AKFW. Ansett - in the basic 'Starmark' livery at Berlin Schonefeld Airport, July 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-006.) |
TS-ING. Afriqiyah - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, October 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-040.) |
VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the standard livery at Salzburg Airport, January 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-117.) |
VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-206.) |
VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the standard livery at Dusseldorf Airport, August 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-207.) |
VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the standard livery at Salzburg Airport, January 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-137.) |
VP-BQY. Ural Airlines - in the standard livery at Dubai Airport, March 12, 2013. (R. Finlayson Copyright Image 0320-224.) |