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VH-XWM. Fokker F28-0100. c/n 11276. Was also registered as: PH-ZCI; N850US; PH-CXA; D-AGPA. |
This aircraft was ordered new by US Air Inc - ? The temporary export registration 'E-963 / PH-EZF' was applied to the aircraft - December 05, 1988 The temporary export registration 'E-963 / PH-EZF' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - December 06, 1988 The temporary export registration 'PH-EZF' was removed from the aircraft - March 09, 1989 The Dutch registration 'PH-ZCI' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - March 17, 1989 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-ZCI - June 02, 1989 Registered to Fokker Aircraft B.V. BvL 3940 First flown as 'PH-ZCI' in the 'US Air' livery - June 02, 1989 Powered by Rolls Royce Tay 650-15 engines Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Paris (Le Bourget) for display at the Paris Air Show as Number '267' - June 07, 1989 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - June 30, 1989 The temporary export registration 'E-963 / PH-EZF' was applied to the aircraft - June 30, 1989 Rolled out at Amsterdam (Schiphol) in the new US Air livery - June 30, 1989 Sold to Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc - June 30, 1989 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N850US - June 30, 1989 Registered to Fokker Aircraft USA Inc Leased to US Airways as the registered operator The temporary export registration 'E-963 / PH-EZF' was removed from the aircraft - June 30, 1989 The aircraft was cleared for export to the United States - June 30, 1989 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to the United States via Keflavik - July 01, 1989 Sold to US Air Inc - July 03, 1989 Officially handed over to US Air at Washington National Airport - July 11, 1989 It had flown 8,841 hours with 8,186 cycles - June 30, 1993 It arrived at Woensdrecht for its 12,000 hour overhaul - October 12, 1994 Ferried Woensdrecht - Amsterdam (Schiphol) as FOP276 - October 28, 1994 Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the return ferry flight to the United States via Keflavik - October 29, 1994 Registered to US Airways when US Air changed its name - February 27, 1997 Registered to Wilmington Trust Company - April 14, 2003 Returned to Fokker Aircraft Services B.V. at Woensdrecht - April 28, 2003 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-CXA - June 10, 2003 Registered to Aircraft Finance and Trading BvL 6389 Test flown at Woensdrecht - July 2 / 9 / 10, 2003 Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - July 24, 2003 Entered onto the German Aircraft Register as D-AGPA - July 24, 2003 Registered to Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd Leased to Germania Fluggesellschaft GmbH as the registered operator It arrived at Woensdrecht for overhaul - April 28, 2005 Sub-leased to DBA - January 23, 2006 Ferried Munich - Ingolstadt for application of 'www.flydda.com' titles - January 23, 2006 It was observed with 'Willkommen zum Fussball' titles - May 2006 Ferried Woensdrecht - Eindhoven for repainting into the Air Berlin livery - December 01, 2006 Departed Eindhoven in the standard Air Berlin livery - December 07, 2006 Sub-leased to Air Berlin and entered service - December 18, 2006 Returned to Germania at the end of the sub-lease - August 20, 2008 Ferried Berlin (Tegel) - Woensdrecht for overhaul - August 20, 2008 Departed Woensdrecht on completion of overhaul - September 05, 2008 It arrived at Woensdrecht in the Air Berlin livery - January 24, 2009 Ferried Eindhoven - Humberside for storage in an 'all-white' livery - January 30, 2009 It arrived at Woensdrecht inan 'all-white' livery for storage - April 28, 2009 It was observed stored at Woensdrecht - Februay 25, 2010 Sold to Alliance Airlines - 2010 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-XWM - September 14, 2010 Registered to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd, Brisbane Departed Woensdrect in an all-white livery on the ferry flight to Australia as SXI1028 - September 23, 2010 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - September 28, 2010 Ferry route: Woensdrecht - Trabazon - Al Ain - Nagpur - Penang - Kupang - Brisbane The ferry flight was carried out to Southern Cross International It was observed at Coolangatta in an all-white livery with Alliance titles - January 10, 2011 Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Mackay as QQ2514 - January 11, 2011 Wet-leased to Virgin Australia - February 12, 2012 Returned to Alliance Airlines at the end of the lease - February 10, 2013 It was wet-leased to Tigerair Australia to cover a shortfall in Easter capacity - April 2017 It operated its first Tigerair service Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as TGG531 - April 12, 2017 Operated its last Tigerair service - ? - Brisbane - April 24, 2017 Current with Alliance Airlines |
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PH-ZCI. US Air - in the original livery at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Airport, June 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-680.) |
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N850US. US Air - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, August 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-300.) |
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N850US. US Air - in the revised livery at Pittsburg Airport, April 07, 1990. (E. Greenman Copyright Image 1995-757.) |
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D-AGPA. Air Berlin - in the stanard livery at an unknown airport, January 2007. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1996-301) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the all-white livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 08, 2011. (R. Brown Copyright Image 1995-439.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 04, 2011. (G. Wood Copyright Image 1995-368.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, December 27, 2011. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1995-599.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 06, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-310.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 27, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-309.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Perth Airport, July 13, 2015. (S. Morgan Copyright Image 1995-795.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 07, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-311.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 07, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-312.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 28, 2017. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-313.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, December 14, 2021. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-327.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 28, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-326.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 07, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-339.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 29, 2022. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-340.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 24, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-374.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 31, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-346.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 12, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-373.) |
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VH-XWM. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 02, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1996-372.) |