VH-VOZ. Boeing 737-4Q8. c/n 26302-2620.
Was also registered as: TC-JEM; EI-CXM; SE-RJA; YR-BAM; EI-FRB;
UR-KRE; OM-EEX.
This aircraft was ordered new by International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), U.S.A. - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - May 1994 First flown as TC-JEM - May 26, 1994 Powered by CFMI CFM-56-3C1 engines Accepted by I.L.F.C. at Seattle (Boeing Field) - June 09, 1994 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-JEM - June 1994 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), U.S.A. Leased to T.H.Y. -Turkish Airlines as the the registered operator The aircraft was named 'Malatya' Withdrawn from service - May 05, 2000 Returned to I.L.F.C. at the end of the lease - June 03, 2000 Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd, Brisbane Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VOZ - June 09, 2000 Registered to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd, Spring Hill, Queensland as the registered operator Arrived Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - June 16, 2000 Operated its first revenue service - ? Operated the inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Adelaide (West Beach) service as DJ408 - March 01, 2001 Operated the inaugural Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) service as DJ156 - May 17, 2001 Operated its final revenue service ? - Brisbane as ? - March 16, 2002 Ferried Brisbane - Christchurch for end-of-lease maintenance and repaint - March 16, 2002 Returned to I.L.F.C in Christchurch, New Zealand Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 17, 2002 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-CXM - May 17, 2002 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Ireland Leased to Air One, Italy as the registered operator - May 22, 2002 Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Italy as ADH8961 - May 22, 2002 Entered service with Air One - May 2002 Returned to ILFC at the end of the lease - April 24, 2008 Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-RJA - November 18, 2008 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), U.S.A. Leased to Tor Air Sweden as the registered operator Sub-leased to Iraqi Airways - August 16, 2009 Returned to Tor Air at the end of the sub-lease - May 26, 2010 Ferried to Shannon for maintenance and storage - November 01, 2011 Tor Air ceased operations - December 12, 2011 It was observed at Shannon in the basic Blue Air livery as 'YR-BAM' - February 09, 2012 Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft Register - February 20, 2012 Entered onto the Romanian Aircraft Register as YR-BAM - February 20, 2012 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation Leased to S.C. Blue Air Transport Aerians R.L. as the registered operator Ferried Shannon - Bucharest in all-white livery with Blue Air titles and tail logo - February 20, 2012 Withdrawn from service by Blue Air and returned to lessor at the end of the lease - April 2013 Ferried to Shannon for storage - April 02, 2013 Cancelled from the Romanian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-FBR - May 01, 2013 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation Ireland Ltd Sold to KV MSN 26302 Aircraft Ltd, Dublin, Ireland - July 04, 2013 Prepared at Shannon for lease to Air Onix Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - August 2013 Entered onto the Ukrainian Aircraft Register as UR-KRE - August 30, 2013 Registered to KV MSN 26302 Aircraft Ltd, Dublin, Ireland Leased to Air Onix, Simferopol, Ukraine as the registered operator Operated its first revenue service Simferopol - Warsaw as ONX4084 - August 30, 2013 Operated its last revenue service Simferopol - Kiev as ONX101 - December 11, 2013 Aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Kiev - December 11, 2013 Air Onix ceased operations due to financial problems - December 15, 2013 Ferried Kiev - Shannon (Ireland) on return to the lessor - January 31, 2014 Cancelled from the Ukrainian Aircraft Register - February 02, 2014 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-FBR - February 06, 2014 Registered to KVMSN 26302 Aircraft Ltd, Dublin, Ireland Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - May 29, 2014 Entered onto the Slovak Republic Aircraft Register as OM-EEX - May 29, 2014 Registered to KV MSN 26302 Aircraft Ltd, Dublin, Ireland Leased to Air Explore as the registered operator Ferried Shannon (Ireland) - Bratislava in an all-white livery - May 29, 2014 Air Explore operated services on behalf of Ryanair Ferried Bratislava - Milan (Malpensa) for sub-lease to Meridiana Fly for two months - June 05, 2014 Ferried Bologna - Bratislava on return to Air Explore at the end of the sub-lease - July 26, 2014 Sub-leased to Royal Air Maroc - July 26, 2014 Ferried Tangiers - Bratislava - Budapest on return to Air Explore at the end of the sub-lease - September 08, 2014 Wet leased to Ryanair for summer season and based at Bratislava - March 29, 2015 Returned to Air Explore at the end of the sub-lease - September 2015 Current with Air Explore |
VH-VOZ. Virgin Blue - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-118.) |
VH-VOZ. Virgin Blue - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-119.) |
VH-VOZ. Air One - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, May 2002. (G. Reid Copyright Image 4620-188.) |
OM-EEX. Air Explore - in the standard livery at Paris Charles de Gualle Airport, December 2005. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4621-655.) |
SE-RJA. Tor Air - in the standard livery at Frankfurt Airport, March 2010. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-866.) |