Further Airwork Shrinkage

 

Yet another Airwork Boeing 737 has been withdrawn from the register.

Boeing 737-36E (c/n 25264) ZK-FXJ first flew at the Boeing plant in Seattle on 5 January 1992. It was placed on the Spanish register as EC-FLG on 15 April 1992 flying for VivaAir and Air Europa. On 2 March 2000 it was placed on the American register as N316FL sseeing service with Denver-based Frontier Airlines. In September 2004 it was converted to freighter configuration and found a new home in Iceland as TF-BBF being registered and leased to Bluebird Nordic Cargo (later rebranded as Bluebird Cargo) on 12 November 2004. It was withdrawn from use on 30 June 2019 and placed in storage at Bacau, Romania.

On 23 August 2019 it arrived at Auckland on completion of the ferry flight and was registered to Airwork Flight Operations Limited on 28 August 2019. It entered service on 25 September 2019 flying Auckland to Christchurch as "Airpak 71" and the return flight APK74.

The Boeing saw service until 21 May 2024 with it final four revenue sectors being operated that day as follows: Sydney-Brisbane (TXF41), Brisbane-Cairns (TFX52), Cairns-Darwin (TFX53) and Darwin-Brisbane (TFX51). On 22 July 2024 it positioned from Brisbane to Auckland and on to Hamilton (AWK995).

ZK-FXJ's registration was cancelled as withdrawn on 13 November 2024

Airwork's Boeing 737-300 ZK-FXJ was at Auckland on 6 June 2020