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VH-VXB. Boeing 737-838. c/n 30101-1045.
This aircraft was originally ordered by American Airlines as N980AN but it was not taken up The order was taken over by Qantas Airways Ltd and officially announced - October 28, 2001 It was allocated the Boeing Block Number YC879 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Boeing Field) - December 07, 2001 This aircraft was painted in a traditional aboriginal livery To read more about this particular livery click 'HERE' First flown as VH-VXB - December 18, 2001 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines and fitted with winglets Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VXB - December 20, 2001 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney The aircraft was named ‘Yananyi Dreaming’ Accepted by S. Skimin for Qantas Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - January 17, 2002 This was the 119th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 5th Boeing 737 delivered new to Qantas Airways Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF6020 - February 12, 2002 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - February 14, 2002 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Nadi - Sydney Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF415 - February 16, 2002 Registered to 738 Leasing 2 Pty Ltd - August 15, 2005 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Involved in an operational non-compliance of altitude incident - October 17, 2012 To view the ATSB report on this incident please click 'HERE' Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - August 29, 2014 Operated its last revenue service in the 'Yananyi Dreaming' livery Sydney - Darwin as QF849 - September 07, 2014 Ferried Darwin - Singapore (Seletar) for overhaul and repaint as QF6019 - September 08, 2014 Ferried Singapore (Seletar) - Darwin as QF6014 - September 23, 2014 Returned to service in the standard Qantas livery Darwin - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as QF848 - September 24, 2014 Current with Qantas Airways |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, February 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-096.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, April 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-097.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-190.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 17, 2002. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-194.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-626.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, November 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-383.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 23, 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-192.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-195.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, October 02, 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-191.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, January 16, 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-634.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, January 16, 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-635.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, June 04, 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-271.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, September 29, 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-789.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, October 07, 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-427.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Brisbane Airport, October 07, 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-428.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2008. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-733.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, May 06, 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-735.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, May 20, 2009. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-788.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 12, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-686.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 14, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-751.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 14, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-719.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, October 24, 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-787.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-752.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-753.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-754.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 25, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-881.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 29, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-733.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 02, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-723.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-724.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-725.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-726.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-727.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 16, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-870.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 20, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-718.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 20, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-720.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 20, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-721.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 20, 2014. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-722.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 15, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-728.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 15, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-729.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 18, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-730.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 18, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-731.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 02, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-732.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 07, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-882.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas - 'Yananyi Dreaming' in the special livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 07, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-886.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 24, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-883.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 24, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-884.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 05, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-792.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-900.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 22, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-901.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 09, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-915.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 09, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4620-916.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 23, 2015. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-791.) |
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VH-VXB. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Yananyi' in the 'New Roo' livery at Brisbane Airport, June 10, 2016. (A. Taylor Copyright Image 4621-790.) |