Boeing 737 Classic · 377 MSN 23653

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-377, serial number 23653, line number 1260, first flight 3 Aug 1986. Delivered to Ansett Airlines on 22 Aug 1986, registered VH-CZA. Renamed Ansett Australia in Jan 1991. Seen in service 6 Mar 1995 special colours, ceased operations 14 Sep 2001, seen at Christchurch 10 Oct 2001, undergoing maintenance 12 Mar 2002, ferried to Melbourne Airport 16 Aug 2003, ferried to Auckland for Airwork NZ 12 Sep 2003. Leased to Airwork (NZ) on 22 Sep 2003 as ZK-SLA. Owned by Airlift Trading Ltd 11 Nov 2003, owned by Airwork Holdings 19 Feb 2004. Sub-leased to Air Vanuatu on 1 Jul 2004. For 6 months, returned Airwork (NZ) 31 Jan 2005. Leased to Norfolk Jet Express on 1 Feb 2005. Returned Airwork (NZ) Aug 2005. Sub-leased to Blue Air on 19 Aug 2005 as YR-BAC. Arrived at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi 18 Jul 2012. Returned to Airwork (NZ) on 7 Aug 2012 as ZK-SLA. Was sub-lsd to Alliance Airlines, but returned Airwork 8 Nov 2012, withdrawn from use and arrived at Bucharest-Otopeni, Romania 28 Jul 2014, ZK-reg cancelled 4 Aug 2014. Leased to Blue Air on 4 Aug 2014 as YR-BAC. Withdrawn from service Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 31 Aug 2016, scrapping Oct 2020. Current status: scrapped.