ZK-NAQ. Boeing 737-219A. c/n 21131-428.
Was also registered as: EI-BCC; N7362F; OO-TEJ; G-BGNW; CC-CYC.
This aircraft was ordered new by New Zealand National Airways Corporation - ? Constructed at the Boeing Seattle plant Rolled out at Seattle - July 1975 First flown as ? - August 01, 1975 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NAQ - November 19, 1975 Registered to New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington, New Zealand Accepted by NAC at Seattle (Boeing Field) - November 20, 1975 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to New Zealand - November 20, 1975 Arrived Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - November 23, 1975 Operated its first revenue service - December 1975 Withdrawn from use - June 1976 Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) - June 20, 1976 Leased to Guiness Peat Aviation (GPA), Ireland - June 20, 1976 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-BCC - June 1976 Sub-leased to Nigeria Airways, Nigeria as the registered operator Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - July 09, 1976 Returned to the lessor on the termination of the lease - July 17, 1977 An intended sub-lease to Transavia Holland as 'PH-TWM' was not taken up Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N7362F - July 28, 1977 Registered to Interlease Atlantic Inc, Beverly Hills, California Sub-leased to Frontier Airlines as the registered operator - November 01, 1977 Returned to GPA on the termination of the sub-lease - May 15, 1978 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - May 18, 1978 Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-TEJ - May 18, 1978 Registered to Guiness Peat Aviation (GPA), Ireland Sub-leased to TEA Belgium as the registered operator Returned to GPA on the termination of the lease - March 31, 1979 Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - April 03, 1979 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BGNW (CofR G-BGNW/R1) - April 03, 1990 Registered to Britannia Airways PLC, Luton, England Sub-leased to Britannia Airways as the registered operator Returned to the lessor on termination of the lease - June 04, 1990 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 08, 1990 Entered onto the Chilean Aircraft Register as CC-CYC - June 08, 1990 Registered to LADECO (Linea Aerea Del Cobre), Santiago, Chile Transferred to LAN Chile, Santiago, Chile - May 28, 1997 Operated the first service Argentina (Rio Gallegos) - Falkland Islands since the war of 1982 - October 16, 1999 Carried the families of the Argentinian servicemen who were killed during this conflict Returned to LADECO - March 26, 2000 Transferred to LAN Chile - November 04, 2000 Returned to LADECO - January 2001 Transferred to LAN Chile - April 24. 2002 Transferred to LAN Airlines, Chile - November 24, 2002 Withdrawn from service at Santiago, Chile - 2007 It was broken up - November 2007 The fuselage was trucked to San Bernado, south of Santiago for use as a bar - November 15, 2007 Current status - ? |
ZK-NAQ. NAC Wings Of The Nation - in the standard livery at an unknown location, November 1975. (J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 4625-242.) |
CC-CYC. LAN - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 2005. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-181.) |