C-FOCA. Boeing 767-375ER. c/n 24575-311. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Canadian Airlines International - ? Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FOCA - March 10, 1990 Registered to Canadian Airlines International Limited, Vancouver, BC First flown at Everett (Paine Field) - May 31, 1990 Delivered to Canadian Airlines at Vancouver - June 12, 1990 Operated first revenue service - ? Air Canada announced that they were acquiring Canadian Airlines International - January 04, 2000 The official merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International took place - Mrch 29, 2001 Registered to Air Canada, Dorval, Quebec - April 04, 2001 Following the collapse of Ansett Australia in September 2001 Qantas Airways wet-leased seven Boeing 767-300s from Air Canada on short-term leases to cover its capacity shortfall on the trans-Tasman and the trans-Pacific route to Honolulu while it moved its own aircraft to cover its Australian domestic operations Wet-leased to Qantas Airways - October 24, 2001 to February 08, 2002 It was operated in the standard Air Canada livery without any additional markings During the wet-lease the Air Canada aircraft were mainly deployed on the following routes: Christchurch - Sydney - Christchurch - Sydney - Christchurch as QF66 / QF45 / QF46 / QF65 Auckland - Sydney - Auckland - Sydney - Auckland as QF40 / QF119 / QF120 / QF49 Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland as QF34 / QF33 / QF134 / QF39 Sydney - Hololulu - Sydney service as QF3 / QF4 This aircraft was returned to Air Canada at the end of the wet-lease - February 09, 2002 Current with Air Canada |
C-FOCA. Canadian - in the standard livery at Munich Airport, August 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4655-219.) |