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 from the United States - 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Withdrawn from service by Air New Zealand at Auckland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.)

VH-YNU. Nauru Airlines - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, March 05, 2024.

(L. Fuge Copyright Image 4623-568.)