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VH-TAX. Boeing 737-376. c/n 23489-1356. Was also registered as: ZS-OKI. |
This aircraft was the tenth of twelve aircraft ordered new by Australian Airlines (T.A.A.) - May 27, 1985 Trans-Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) was renamed Australian Airlines - August 04, 1986 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - February 13, 1987 Powered by CFM International CFM56-3B2 engines First flown at Renton as VH-TAX - March 03, 1987 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAX - April 06, 1987 Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission, Melbourne Accepted by Australian Airlines at Seattle (Boeing Field) - April 06, 1987 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as TN1398 - April 10, 1987 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - April 12, 1987 Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field) - Hilo - Pago Pago - Nadi - Melbourne The aircraft was named 'Success' Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Launceston as TN539 - April 15, 1987 Ownership was transferred to Australian Airlines following the company name change - July 11, 1988 Leased to Inter European Airways - April 23, 1990 to August 30, 1990 It was operated in the basic Australian livery with 'Inter European' titles and logo Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - April 26, 1990 It was returned to Australian Airlines at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - August 29, 1990 Returned to service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra as TN23 - October 05, 1990 Australian Airlines was sold to Qantas Airways Ltd - September 14, 1992 Australian Airlines merged with Qantas Airways Ltd - October 31, 1993 Ownership was transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd - December 08, 1993 It was the last aircraft to fly in the 'Australian' livery - August 18, 1994 Route: Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF637 The aircraft was repainted into the 'Qantas' livery at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Returned to service in the standard Qantas livery Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart as QF403 - October 23, 1994 Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF467 - May 21, 2005 Sold to Comair, South Africa Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 08, 2005 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OKI - June 08, 2005 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to South Africa in the basic Qantas livery - June 09, 2005 Ferry route: Melbourne - Port Headland - Cocos Islands - Male - Mahe - Johannesburg Operated by Comair as a British Airways franchise in the standard British Airways livery Withdrawn from service at Johannesburg - ? Scrapped at Johannesburg - September 30, 2015 |
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VH-TAX. Australian - 'Success' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1987. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4622-950.) |
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VH-TAX. Australian - 'Success' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 06, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4622-951.) |
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VH-TAX. Australian - 'Success' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, September 1987. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 4622-952.) |
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VH-TAX. Australian - 'Success' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-062.) |
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VH-TAX. Inter European - 'Success' in the basic Australian livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-273.) |
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VH-TAX. Inter European - 'Success' in the basic Australian livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, April 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-274.) |
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VH-TAX. Inter European - 'Success' in the basic Australian livery at an unknown airport, May 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-275.) |
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ZS-OKI. British Airways - in the standard livery at Johannesburg Airport, October 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-348.) |