VH-JJZ. British Aerospace 146-200QT. c/n E2114.

Was also registered as: G-BOXE; G-ZAPR.

 

This aircraft was built at Hatfield for T.N.T. order

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BOXE (CofR G-BOXE/R1) - August 25, 1988

Registered to British AeroSpace Systems

First flown as a BAe-146-200 G-BOXE - October 28, 1988

Ferried to Dothan, Alabama for conversion to 200QT freighter configuration

Ferried Hatfield - Cambridge for conversion to Ansett specifications by Marshalls

Ferried Cambridge - Hatfield following conversion- May 26, 1989

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 02, 1989

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-JJZ - June 02, 1989

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Accepted by Ansett at Hatfield - June 03, 1989

Departed Hatfield on the delivery flight to Australia as AWA07 - June 03, 1989

It arrived at Perth on completion of the delivery flight in the T.N.T. livery - June 07, 1989

Delivery route: Hatfield - Belgrade - Larnaca - Dubai - Mumbai - Madras - Singapore - Denpasar - Perth

Flight crew: Captains B. Poole, S. Bardsley, K. Hoy; Engineers J. Cook, J. Fowke, F. Rayner

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - June 28, 1989

Operated its first Ansett Air Freight revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Launceston - July 03, 1989

Painted into the Ansett Air Freight livery at Melbourne (Tullamrine) - January 1994

It was the first aircraft to be painted into the Ansett Australia Cargo livery during maintenance - January 2000

Re-entered service - January 20, 2000

Operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Brisbane - July 27, 2001

Ferried Brisbane - Blenheim, New Zealand for heavy maintenance with SAFE-Air - July 28, 2001

The aircraft needed wing-spar repairs and fuel tank contamination problems rectified

It was expected to be out of service until early 2002

It was in heavy maintenance when Ansett suspended operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Offered for immediate sale by Ansett Administrators - September 27, 2001

Stored at Woodbourne, New Zealand

Ansett Engineering quoted the aircraft had flown 16,550 hours with 14,149 cycles - June 27, 2002

Test flown at Blenheim as AN146 - August 06, 2003

Ferried Blenheim - Melbourne (Captains P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins) as AN40 - August 07, 2003

Cabot Aviation Services Ltd were appointed marketing agents for the aircraft's sale

Sold to Titan Airways Ltd, Stansted, U.K. for $AUD 5,000,000 - December 10, 2003

Test flown at Melbourne - December 11, 2003

Departed Melbourne on the ferry flight to Norwich, U. K. as AN146 - December 15, 2003

It arrived at Norwich on completion of the ferry flight - December 18, 2005

Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Broome - Christmas Island - Kuala Lumpur - Colombo - Karachi -

Dubai - Amman - Heraklion - Nice - Norwich

Flight crew: Captains P. Holmberg, M. Hopkins; Enginer R. Flight & R. Judge (to Alice Springs only)

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 19, 2003

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-ZAPR (CofR G-ZAPR/R1) - December 19, 2003

Registered to Titan Airways Ltd

BAE Systems were appointed exclusive marketing rights on Titan Airways BAe-146 fleet - September 04, 2009

Ferried to KLM UK Engineering at Norwich for maintenance - July 04, 2009

Returned to service - July 22, 2009

Sold to Aerolineas Star Peru, Lima, Peru - June 2011

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - June 16, 2011

Entered onto the Peruvian Aircraft Register as OB-1978-P - June 16, 2011

Registered to Aerolineas Star Peru

Departed London (Stansted) on ferry flight to Peru - July 21, 2011

Entered service with Star Peru in basic Titan Airways livery - August 2011

There was little demand for the services of this aircraft and it was rarely flown

Withdrawn from service and stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - December 2013

It was observed stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - September 2015

It was observed stored at Lima (Jorge Chavez) - August 03, 2018

Star Peru ceased all BAe146 operations and these aircraft were placed in storage - May 2019

Current status - ?

 

 

VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1985.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-093.)

VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 0414-073.)

VH-JJZ. TNT Air Freight - in the standard livery at Canberra Airport, June 1990.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 0414-074.)

VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Flag' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-614.)

VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Flag' livery at Brisbane Airport, November 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-135.)

VH-JJZ. Ansett Air Freight - in the 'Starmark' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0414-596.)