VH-KDV. SAAB 340B. c/n 322.
This aircraft was built by Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, Sweden - 1992 First flown with test registration 'SE-C22' - October 23, 1992 Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-KVN - November 19, 1992 Registered to Handelsbanken Finans AB, Stockholm Leased to Skyways AB, Sweden as the registered operator This aircraft was exchanged /leased to Ansett Australia for one of its Fokker 50s - 1996 Kendell Airlines had been purchased by TNT / News Ltd, the parent company of Ansett Airlines - June 1990 Arrived Wagga Wagga on completion of the ferry flight to Australia - February 07, 1996 Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft Register - February 13, 1996 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-KDV - February 14, 1996 Registered to Kendell Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga, Australia Entered service with 'Capital Shuttle' titles on the Sydney - Canberra route Operated its first revenue service - February 1996 Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001 Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Albury as AN6410 - September 13, 2001 Withdrawn from service and ferried to Wagga Wagga for storage Returned to service under administration Wagga Wagga - ? - 2001 Kendell Airlines was sold to Australiawide Airlines operating as Regional Express Airlines (REX) - August 01, 2002 Operated its first revenue service with Regional Express Airlines (REX) - August 06, 2002 Registered to Australiawide Airlines Ltd t/a Regional Express Airlines - September 19, 2002 Registered to Handelsbanken Finans AB, Sweden - May 16, 2006 Leased to Regional Express Airlines as the registered operator Registered to Regional Express Holdings Ltd, Mascot, Sydney - February 10, 2011 Current with Regional Express Airlines |
VH-KDV. Kendell - in the Ansett 'Star Mark' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1045-009.) |
VH-KDV. REX Regional Express - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, May 19, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1045-038.) |
VH-KDV. REX Regional Express - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 27, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1045-034.) |
VH-KDV. REX Regional Express - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, July 08, 2013. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1045-036.) |
VH-KDV. REX Regional Express - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, April 01, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 1045-110.) |