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VH-YQB. Airbus A320-211. c/n 279. Was also registered as: C-FLSF; G-MONY; C-GVNY; EI-DOZ; PK-RMA; N549CL; YL-LCJ. |
This aircraft was ordered new by International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Powered by CFMI CFM56-5A3 engines Rolled off the production line at Toulouse as F-WWDU - ? First flown at Toulouse as 'F-WWDU' - December 09, 1991 It was accepted by ILFC at Toulouse (Blagnac) - February 18, 1992 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FLSF - February 18, 1992 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Canadian Airlines as the registered operator Returned to ILFC at the end of the lease - January 03, 1993 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 11, 1993 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONY (CofR G-MONY/R1) - January 11, 1993 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Monarch Airlines Ltd, Luton as the registered operator Handed over to Monarch Airlines at London (Luton) - January 28, 1993 Modifications to convert the aircraft from the original series '211' to a series '212' completed - March 14, 1993 Operated its first revenue service - March 16, 1993 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 27, 1993 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GVNY - October 30, 1993 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Canada 3000 Airlines Ltd as the registered operator Returned to Monarch Airlines at the end of the ease - April 28, 1994 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - April 29, 1994 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONY (CofR G-MONY/R2) - April 29, 1994 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Monarch Airlines Ltd as the registered operator Withdrawn from Monarch service - October 22, 1994 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - October 26, 1994 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GVNY - October 26, 1994 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Canada 3000 Airlines Ltd as the registered operator Ferried London (Luton) - Gander on delivery to Canada 3000 - October 31, 1994 Returned to Monarch Airlines on termination of lease - April 27, 1995 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - April 28, 1995 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONY (CofR G-MOINY/R3) - April 28, 1995 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Monarch Airlines as the registered operator Entered service with Monarch Airlines - May 01, 1995 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 04, 1995 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GVNY - December 04, 1995 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Canada 3000 Airlines Ltd asthe registered operator Returned to Monarch Airlines on termination of lease - March 31, 1996 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - April 01, 1996 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONY (CofR G-MONY/R4) - April 01, 1996 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Leased to Monarch Airlines as the registered operator Withdrawn from service at London (Luton) - April 19, 1999 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 20, 1999 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FLSF - May 20, 1999 Registered to International Lease Finance Company Pty Ltd Ferried London (Luton) - Amarillo, Texas - May 21 - 22, 1999 Delivered to Canadian Airlines - May 27, 1999 It was observed at Vancouver in the 'Canadian Airlines' livery - May 30, 1999 Canadian Airlines merged with Air Canada - December 23, 1999 Sub-leased to Air Canada as the registered operator - April 04, 2001 Repainted in to the Air Canada 'Tango' livery - October 2001 Sub-leased to Air Canada Tango - November 01, 2001 Returned to Air Canada oat the end of the sub-lease - September 30, 2003 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - May 07, 2006 Aircraft had been withdrawn from use and stored Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-DOZ - July 2006 Registered to - ? Leased to Eirjet (Ireland) as the registered operator Eirjet ceased operations and the aircraft was stored at Shannon - October 18, 2006 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-RMA - December 2006 Registered to MSA I (AWAS Aviation Services Inc), New York Leased to Mandala Airlines as registered operator Returned to the lessor at Singapore (Seletar) at the end of the lease - July 2009 It was observed stored at Singapore (Seletar) as 'PK-RMA' in an 'all-white' livery - March 07, 2010 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YQB - April 02, 2010 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington Leased to Strategic Airlines Pty Ltd, Eagle Farm, Brisbane as the registered operator Ferried Singapore (Seletar) - Darwin - Melbourne (Tullamarine) in an 'all-white' livery - April 04, 2010 It was observed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the 'Stategic Airlines' livery - April 11, 2010 Operated various Vigin Blue services - September 28 - 29, 2010 Ferried Perth - Kuala Lumpur (Subang) for maintenance and repainting as VC9040 - November 02, 2011 Stategic Airlines was renamed Air Australia - November 03, 2011 Ferried Kualu Lumpur (Subang) - Perth in the new 'Air Australia' livery as VC9011 November 26 - 27, 2011 Operated its final Air Australia revenue service Derby - Perth as VC502 - February 15, 2012 Air Australia ceased all operations - February 17, 2012 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 23, 2012 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N549CL - March 23, 2012 Registered to MSA I (AWAS Aviation Services Inc), New York Departed Perth in the 'Air Australia' livery on the ferry flight to Hungary - April 03, 2012 It arrived at Budapest on completion of the ferry flight - April 05, 2012 Ferried route: Perth - Kuala Lumpur - Male - Abu Dhabi - Budapest Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 06, 2012 Entered onto the Latvian Aircraft Register as YL-LCJ - June 01, 2012 Registered to MSA I (AWAS Aviation Services Inc), New York Leased to SmartLynx Airlines as the registered operator Sub-leased to Thomson Airways (UK) as the registered operator - June 04, 2012 Sub-leased to Travel Service (Czech) - June 07, 2012 It was observed at Antalya in an 'all-white' livery with 'Travel Service' titles - June 16, 2012 Returned to SmartLynx at the end of the sub-lease - September 16, 2012 Ferried Newcastle - Helsinki on sub-lease to Thomas Cook Airlines - September 17, 2012 Sub-leased to Corendon Airlines (Turkey) - April 04, 2012 The aircraft entered service with Coredon tail colors and titles It was observed in service with Coredon Airlines Antalya - Eindhoven - April 21, 2013 Current status - ? |
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VH-YQB. Strategic - in the standard livery with additional 'think.be.fly' titles at Brisbane Airport, July 27, 2010. (R. Finlayson Copyright Image 0320-295.) |
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VH-YQB. Strategic - in the standard livery with additional 'think.be.fly' titles at Brisbane Airport, July 27, 2010. (R. Finlayson Copyright Image 0320-296.) |
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VH-YQB. Strategic - in the standard livery with additional 'think.be.fly' titles at Brisbane Airport, May 31, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-285.) |
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VH-YQB. Air Australia - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 08, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0320-286.) |
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VH-YQB. Air Australia - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, December 27, 2011. (M. Lynam Copyright Image 0320-287.) |