VH-JJX. British Aerospace 146-200. c/n E2127.
Was also registered as: ZK-NZB.
This aircraft was built at Hatfield for an unknown buyer First flown as 'G-11-127' - December 03, 1988 Ferried Woodford - Hatfield - February 23, 1989 Reregistered as 'G-5-127' - March 1989 Ferried Hatfield - Cambridge for conversion to Ansett standards by Marshalls - March 29, 1989 Ferried Cambridge - Hatfield following the completion of this work - July 22, 1989 Sold to Ansett New Zealand - July 1989 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZB - July 27, 1989 Registered to Bilmans Management Limited, Christchurch t/a 'Ansett New Zealand' Accepted by Ansett at Hatfield - July 29, 1989 The aircraft was named 'Rotorua' Departed Hatfield on the delivery flight to New Zealand - July 29, 1989 It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the delivery flight - August 03, 1989 Delivery route: Hatfield - Belgrade - Larnaca - Dubai - Mumbai - Madras - Phuket - Denpasar - Darwin - Brisbane - Norfolk Island - Christchurch Flight crew: Captains B. Poole, A. Alderson, D. Palmer; Engineer A. Sigmund Operated its first revenue service - August 08, 1989 Converted to BAe 146-200 standards and officially registered as such - December 11, 1990 It operated its final Ansett New Zealand revenue service - August 03, 1992 Withdrawn from use and prepared for the ferry flight to Australia Ferried Christchurch - Auckland - Norfolk Island - Brisbane as AN4443 - August 04, 1992 Overhaulled and repainted into the Ansett W. A. livery at Brisbane Airport Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - August 04, 1992 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JJX - August 31, 1992 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne It was configured with 78 economy seats Ferried Brisbane - Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth - October 02, 1992 Operated its first Ansett W. A. revenue service - October 1992 Transferred to Ansett Australia when the operations of Ansett W.A. were merged - July 01, 1993 Operated its final revenue service Port Headland - Perth as AN347 - July 14, 2001 Ferried Perth - Townsville for heavy maintenance with Hawker Pacific - July 15, 2001 It was undergoing maintenance when Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Offered for immediate sale by the Ansett Administrators - October 02, 2001 It was still in the Hawker Pacific facility in an unworthy but repairable condition Ansett Engineering quoted the aircraft as having flown 34,866 hours with 26,265 cycles - June 27, 2002 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 25, 2002 As the aircraft remained unsold it was dismantled for parts Aircraft scrapped at Townsville Airport - January 08, 2003 |
ZK-NZB. Ansett New Zealand - 'Rotorua' in the 'Southern Cross' livery at Brisbane Airport, August 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-088.) |
VH-JJX. Ansett W. A. - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-089.) |
VH-JJX. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-018.) |
VH-JJX. Ansett Australia - in the 'Flag' livery at Perth Airport, February 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-072.) |
VH-JJX. Ansett Australia - in the 'Starmark' livery at Perth Airport, March 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-667.) |