This aircraft was built at the British Aerospace Hatfield plant for East-West Airlines order

First flown at Hatfield as 'G-6-197' - June 27, 1991

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWS - June 29, 191

Registered to East-West Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd

It was configured to seat 94 economy class passengers

Departed Hatfield on the delivery flight to Australia - June 30, 1991

It arrived at Tamworth on completion of the delivery flight - July 04, 1991

Delivery route: Hatfield - Italy - Egypt - Yemen - Oman - India - Thailand - Singapore - Indonesia - Darwin - Tamworth

Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Coolangatta - July 11, 1991

Withdrawn from East-West service - January 04, 1993

Repainted into the Ansett Australia 'Union Jack' livery at Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Entered service with Ansett Australia - January 17, 1993

Operated the first Ansett BAe146-300 service on the Melbourne - Hobart - Melbourne route - February 01, 1993

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne - March 17, 1994

Operated the final Ansett Brisbane - Norfolk Island - Brisbane service as AN845/844 - March 27, 1997

Flight crew: Captain G. Backhouse

Operated its final revenue service Cairns - Brisbane as AN159 - July 28, 2001

It was undergoing heavy maintenance at Brisbane when Ansett ceased operations - September 13, 2001

It was offered for immediate sale having flown 26,195 hours with 21,484 cycles - October 25, 2001

Stored in the Ansett hangar at Brisbane Airport

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as AN4040 - August 16, 2002

Flight crew: Capt. S. Henderson; F/O B. McGhee

Sold to Albanian Airlines

Test flown at Melbourne (Tullamarine) - January 25 and 29, 2003

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 06, 2003

Entered onto the Albanian Aircraft Register as ZA-MEV - February 06, 2003

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to Albania as LBC7001 - February 09, 2003

It arrived at Tirana on completion of the ferry flight - February 12, 2003

Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Port Headland - Christmas Island - Phuket - Chennai - Mumbai -

Sharjar - Sharm El Sheikh - Tirana

Operated and maintained for Albanian Airlines by Hemus Air, Bulgaria

Advertised for sale / lease byR & G. Associates - May 17, 2007

It was observed parked at Prague (Praha) with its engines covered - March 05, 2011

Albianian Airlines 'Operating Certificate' was revoked by the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority - November 11, 2011

It was observed stored at Tirana - December 12, 2013

It was observed stored at Tirana - December 05, 2015

It was reported that this aircraft was permanently withdrawn from service at Tirana - December 27, 2016

Current status - ?