VH-AHI. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. c/n 659.
This aircraft was ordered by Southern Jersey Airways It was built by de Havilland Canada Inc at Downsview, Ontario - 1979 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Registered as N105AC - ? Registered to New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Atlantic City, New Jersey Rolled out at Downsview as N105AC - December 1979 First flown at Downsview as N105AC - December 11, 1969 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 engines Accepted by Southern Jersey Airways at Downsview - January 03, 1980 Withdrawn from service and prepared for sale to Friendly Island Airways, Tonga - 1988 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 11, 1988 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-FQK - April 1988 Registered to Friendly Island Airways, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Friendly Island Airways was renamed Royal Tongan Airlines - June 1991 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - March 31, 1993 Entered onto the Tongan Aircraft Register as A3-FQK - March 31, 1993 Registered to Royal Tongan Airways, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Withdrawn from service at Nuku'alofa - March / April 1997 Arrived Brisbane for storage pending its sale - April 11, 1997 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AHI - May 15, 1997 Registered to Eljohn International, Balcatta, Western Australia Registered to World Aviation, Caloundra, Queensland - June 17, 1999 Sold to MHS Aviation (Malaysian Helicopter Service), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - November 22, 2000 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 22, 2000 Entered onto the Malaysian Aircraft Register as 9M-SSN - November 22, 2000 Registered to MHS Aviation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The aircraft was reregistered as 9M-KAT - ? Leased to Kanara Air, Kuching as the registered operator - November 2003 Repossessed by MHS Aviation - June 2004 The aircraft was reregistered as 9M-SSN - ? This aircraft was operated by MHS Aviation at Khartoum, Sudan as '9M-SSN' - ? Sold to Germania Trisila Air t/a GT Air, Jakarta - August 2005 Cancelled from the Malaysian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-LTW - 2005 Registered to Germania Trisila Air, Jakarta, Indonesia Withdrawn from use and prepared for sale - 2007 Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Swiss Aircraft Register as HB-LUG - February 23, 2007 Registered to Zimex Aviation, Glattbrugg, Switzerland Sold to Seaplane Holdings A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark - ? Cancelled from the Swiss Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Maldivian Aircraft Register as 8Q-MBB - October 25, 2009 Registered to Seaplane Holdings A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark Leased to Maldivian Air Taxi, Male as the registered operator Maldivian Air Taxi merged with Trans Maldivian Airways, Male - August 01, 2013 Current with Trans Maldivian Airways |
VH-AHI. Eljohn International - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-898.) |