ZK-AWA. Boeing 737-4MO(SF). c/n 29203-3049. Also registered as: VP-BAJ; PK-GZH; N490MS; JA734H; N643CS; 5N-BQL; N496CS; OE-IAD. |
This aircraft was built by the Boeimg Company, Renton, Washington, USA - 1998 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - April 1998 First flown at Seattle (Renton) as 'N1787B' - April 25, 1998 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines Sold to Sailplane Leasing Company - May 12, 1998 Entered onto the Bermuda Aircraft Register as VP-BAJ - May 12, 1998 Leased to Aeroflot Russian Airlines Ltd, Moscow as the registered operator It was withdrawn from service by Aeroflot Russian Airlines - November 2003 Ferried Moscow - Shannon (Ireland) on return to the lessor - November 03, 2003 Cancelled from the Bermuda Aircraft Register - December ?, 2003 Entered onto the Indonesians Aircraft Register as PK-GZH - December 16, 2003 Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines as the registered operator Withdrawn from service by Garuda at Jakarta - March ?, 2010 Delivered to Celestial Aviation Trading (Netherlands) Ltd - March ?, 2010 Sold to GECAS - March ?, 2010 Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - April 01, 2010 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N490MS - April 01, 2010 Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, USA Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July ?, 2010 Entered onto the Japanese Aircraft Register as JA734H - July 22, 2010 Leased to Afco Trading and then sub-leased to Skynet Asia Airways, Japan as the registered operator Skynet Asia Airways was renamed Solaseed Air - July 01, 2011 It was withdrawn from service and returned to GECAS - March 28, 2013 It was stored at Juan Yaoqiang International Airport, China Cancelled from the Japanese Aircraft Register - April 02, 2013 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N643CS - April 02, 2013 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July ?, 2013 Entered onto the Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-BQL - July 31, 2013 Leased to RIX AeroContractors, Lagos, Nigeria as the registered operator It was withdrawn from service by RIX AeroContractors and returned to GECAS at the end of the lease - July 2016 Cancelled from the Nigerian Aircraft Register - July ?, 2016 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N496CS - July 14, 2016 It was observed at Lasham (United Kingdom) as 'N496CS' - July 17, 2016 Leased to ASL Aviation Holdings as the registered operator - March 09, 2017 Delivered to ASL Aviation Holdings, Austria - May 04, 2017 Ferried Lasham (United Kingdom) to Dothan (Alabama) for conversion to freighter configuration - May ?, 2017 Conversion completed by AEI as a Boeing 737-4MO(SF) - November ?, 2017 It departed Dothan (Alabama) on its ferry flight to Ireland for delivery to ASL Airlines, Belgium - November 07, 2017 It arrived at Shannon (Ireland) on completion of the ferry flight - November 08, 2017 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 09, 2018 Entered onto the Austrian Aircraft Register as OE-IAD - July 17, 2018 It was withdrawn from ASL Airlines service October 03, 2022 It was prepared for lease to Airwork NZ It arrived at Auckland on completion of its ferry flight from Belgium - March 03, 2023 Cancelled from the Austrian Aircraft Register - March 16, 2023 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-AWA - March 16, 2023 Registered to Airwork NZ Flight Operations, Auckland Entered service with Airwork NZ as Flight P431 from Auckland to Christchurch - May 17, 2023 Ferried Auckland - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AWK93 - May 22, 2023 The aircraft then began operations for Qantas Freight on Australian domestic services It used Qantas Flight Numbers on such operations Operated its first Qantas Freight service - May 22, 2023 Current with Airwork NZ / Qantas Freight |
ZK-AWA. Airwork NZ / QantasFreight - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 14, 2024. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-303.) |