VH-OAM. Boeing 737-33A. c/n 25010-2008.
Was also registered as: PP-SOE; N266AW; OO-LTW; TS-IEC; XA-VIL.
This aircraft was ordered new by Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (A.W.A.S.) - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - February 06, 1991 First flown at Seattle as PP-SOE - February 22, 1991 Accepted by A.W.A.S. at Seattle (Boeing Field) - March 07, 1991 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PP-SOE - March 1991 Registered to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services Leased to VASP (Brasil) as the registered operator - March 07, 1991 It was observed at Miami in the standard VASP livery on delivery - March 10, 1991 Repossessed by A.W.A.S. - November 11, 1992 Ferried to Goodyear for storage - November 23, 1992 Cancelled from the Brasilian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N266AW - December 19, 1992 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company Leased to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (A.W.A.S.) as the registered operator It was observed stored at Goodyear in an all-white livery - January 02, 1993 Repainted into the standard Oman Air livery at Phoenix - ? Departed Phoenix on the ferry flight to Australia - March 05, 1993 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the ferry flight in the 'Oman Air' livery - March 07, 1993 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 12, 1993 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OAM - March 12, 1993 Registered to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, Redfern, Sydney Leased to Oman Air as the registered operator Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Muscat - March 15, 1993 It arrived at Muscat on completion of the ferry flight - March 16, 1993 Operated its first revenue service Muscat - Salalah - Muscat - March 20, 1993 Returned to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at the end of the lease - February 28, 1995 Ferried Muscat - Kuala Lumpur for 'end-of-lease' maintenance Departed Kuala Lumpur on the ferry flight to Belgium in the standard Euro Belgian livery - April 13, 1995 It arrived at Brussels on completion of the ferry flight - April 14, 1995 Ferry route: Kuala Lumpur - Bombay - Luxor - Brussels Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-LTW - April 14, 1995 Leased to Euro Belgian Airlines as the registered operator Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 14, 1995 Entered service operating the Corsar flight Brussels - Paris (CDG)-Biarritz - April 16, 1995 It was observed at Brussels in the Euro Belgian livery with special Christmas theme - December 29, 1995 Euro Belgian Airlines renamed Virgin Express (Belgium) - August 01, 1996 Ferried Luxembourg - Frankfurt for repainting into the Virgin Express livery - October 12, 1996 It was observed in an all-white livery - March 09, 2002 Ferried Rome - Brussels in all-white livery - March 12, 2002 Returned to Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services at the end of the lease - March 12, 2002 Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - March 29, 2002 Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as TS-IEC - March 30, 2002 Leased to Karthago Airlines (Tunisia) as the registered operator Ferried Amsterdam - Tunis on delivery to Karthago Airlines as KAJ8599 - March 30, 2002 It was observed at Nuremburg in service with Karthago Airlines - April 03, 2002 It was observed at Toulouse with additional 'web address' decals- October 22, 2004 Returned to AWAS on termination of the lease - 2011 Cancelled from the Tunisian Aircraft Register - 2011 Leased to Viva Aeobus of Mexico - April 23, 2011 Entered onto the Mexican Aircraft Register as XA-VIL - April 2011 It was observed at Mexico City in service with Viva - June 12, 2011 Current with Viva Aerobus |
VH-OAM. Oman Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, May 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-101.) |
TS-IEC. Karthago Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-630.) |
TS-IEC. Karthago Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-217.) |