VH-XFW de Havilland Canada DHC-8-314

Construction of this aircraft was completed at the Downsview plant as a DHC-8-311 - February 1993

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GFOD - February 22, 1993

Registered to de Havilland Canada

First flown at Downsview as 'C-GFOD' - February 22, 1993

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - March 1993

Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-BKIM - March 31, 1993

Registered to Eheim GmbH & Co KG

Leased to Contact Air as the registered operator

Contact Air operated services as Lufthansa Cityline

The aircraft was converted to a 'Series 314' - October 1996

Leased to Augsburg Airways GmbH as the registered operator - October 11, 1996

It was observed at Manchester in 'Team Lufthansa' livery and operated by Augsburg Airways - May 28, 2003

Sub-leased to Fly Baboo SA - October 31, 2003

It was observed at Geneva in the Baboo livery - November 01, 2003

Operated its first revenue service Geneva - Lugarno - Venice - November 03, 2003

Sub-leased to Cirrus Airlines Luftahrtgesellschaft GmbH - March 24, 2004

It was operated for Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines

It was observed at Saarbrucken in an all-white livery as 'VH-XFW' - September 29, 2006

Sold to Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd - October 2006

Cancelled from the German Aircraft Register - October 06, 2006

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XFW - October 06, 2006

Registered to Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd, Subiaco, Western Australia

Departed Saarbrucken on the ferry flight to Australia - ?

It arrived at Perth on completion of the ferry flight - October 10, 2006

Ferry route: Saarbrucken - Heraklion - Hurghada - Colombo - Cocos Island - Darwin - Perth

It was observed at Perth in the standard Skippers Aviation livery - November 12, 2006

Operated its first revenue service Perth - Lake Johnstone - November 14, 2006

Current with Skippers Aviation

D-BKIM. Lufthansa CityLine - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1993.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-675.)

D-BKIM. Contact Air Interregional - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, July 1994.

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D-BKIM. Contact Air Interregional - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1994.

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D-BKIM. Augsburg Airways - in the 'Team Lufthansa' livery at an unknown airport, December 1996.

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D-BKIM. Fly Baboo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, November 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-679.)

D-BKIM. Cirrus Airlines - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2006.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-680.)

VH-XFW. Skippers - in the standard livery at Geraldton Airport, December 09, 2011.

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