G-ZAPN British Aerospace (Avro) B.Ae 146-200QC Titan Airways MAN 02JUN02
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Sep-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was originally ordered by Presidential Airways as N415XV but the order was cancelled. It was first flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-BPBT in Jan-89.
It was converted to a B.Ae 146-200QC ('Quick Change') with a main deck cargo door in May-89 and could be used in either the passenger or cargo role.
It was leased to Ansett New Zealand in Oct-89 and re-registered ZK-NZC in Jan-90. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Christchurch, NZ in Jul-99. It was sold sold to Titan Airways (UK) as G-ZAPN in Sep-99.
It was wet-leased to British Airways Citiexpress between Aug/Dec-02. The aircraft was damaged at Manchester UK when it was hit by a set of steps during high winds on 15-Dec-02. It was repaired and returned to service on 13-Jan-03.
The aircraft continued in service with Titan Airways until it was withdrawn from use in Mar-13 and sold to Pionair Australia later the same month.
The aircraft was converted to a permanent cargo role and operated by Skyforce Aviation as VH-SIF in May-13. It returned to Pionair Australia in Aug-13.
It was noted still in service with Pionair in Jan-22, and still in its last Titan Airways basic livery (black rear fuselage/tail with the big sun and stars!). However, it's now shown in most databases as 'stored'. It's now 33 years old. Updated 20-Sep-22.
G-ZAPN British Aerospace (Avro) B.Ae 146-200QC Titan Airways MAN 02JUN02
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 20-Sep-22 (DeNoise AI).
This aircraft was originally ordered by Presidential Airways as N415XV but the order was cancelled. It was first flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-BPBT in Jan-89.
It was converted to a B.Ae 146-200QC ('Quick Change') with a main deck cargo door in May-89 and could be used in either the passenger or cargo role.
It was leased to Ansett New Zealand in Oct-89 and re-registered ZK-NZC in Jan-90. The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Christchurch, NZ in Jul-99. It was sold sold to Titan Airways (UK) as G-ZAPN in Sep-99.
It was wet-leased to British Airways Citiexpress between Aug/Dec-02. The aircraft was damaged at Manchester UK when it was hit by a set of steps during high winds on 15-Dec-02. It was repaired and returned to service on 13-Jan-03.
The aircraft continued in service with Titan Airways until it was withdrawn from use in Mar-13 and sold to Pionair Australia later the same month.
The aircraft was converted to a permanent cargo role and operated by Skyforce Aviation as VH-SIF in May-13. It returned to Pionair Australia in Aug-13.
It was noted still in service with Pionair in Jan-22, and still in its last Titan Airways basic livery (black rear fuselage/tail with the big sun and stars!). However, it's now shown in most databases as 'stored'. It's now 33 years old. Updated 20-Sep-22.