VH-YNU. Boeing 737-319. c/n 25607-3126.
Was also registered as: ZK-NGH; N256NA.
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - October 1999 First flown at Seattle (Boeing Field) as 'N1786B' - October 13, 1999 Powered by CFMI CFM-56-3C1 engines Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NGH - October 27, 1999 Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to New Zealand as NZ6733 - October 28, 1999 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - October 29, 1999 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Apia - Christchurch Entered service with Air New Zealand on the domestic routes - November 12, 1999 This aircraft was not named Operated the last Air New Zealand Boeing 737 service to Queenstown - December 26, 2013 Operated its final revenue service Christchurch - Auckland as NZ548 - November 05, 2014 Withdrawn from service by Air New Zealand at Auckland Ferried Auckland - Christchurch for storage as NZ6601 - November 05, 2014 Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Kuala Lumpur for overhaul as SXI1431 - November 20, 2014 Ferry route: Christchurch - Cairns - Lombok - Kuala Lumpur Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - November 24, 2014 Sold to Menen Aircraft Leasing Holding Corporation, Balwyn, Victoria - December 03, 2014 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YNU - December 03, 2014 Registered to MENEN Aircraft Leasing Holding Corporation, Australia Leased to Nauru Air Corporation, Brisbane (t/a as Nauru Airlines) as the registered operator Ferried Kuala Lumpur - Darwin - Brisbane - February 18, 2015 Handed over to Air Nauru at Brisbane - February 18, 2015 Operated its first revenue service with Air Nauru - ? Operated its last passenger service - ? Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 25, 2021 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N256NA - January 26, 2021 Converted to freight configuration by AEI at Commercial Jet, Miami, Florida - January - May 2021 Ferried Nauru - Brisbane - June 25, 2021 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 28, 2021 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YNU - July 06, 2021 Registered to Nauru Air Corp, Brisbane Current with Nauru Air |
ZK-NGH. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Wellington Airport, November 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-161.) |
ZK-NGH. Air New Zealand - in the 'Pacific Wave' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 15, 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-940.) |
ZK-NGH. Air New Zealand - in the 'white' livery at Christchurch Airport, December 31, 2012. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 4625-511.) |
ZK-NGH. Air New Zealand - in the 'white' livery at Christchurch Airport, October 2013. (G. Reid Copyright Image 4625-550.) |
VH-YNU. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2015. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 4622-114.) |
VH-YNU. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, June 30, 2016. (J. A. Fox Copyright Image 4621-696.) |
N256NA. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 25, 2021. (L. Fox Copyright Image 4622-923.) |