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De Havilland DHC-6-300

8Q-RAP

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1976

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

G-BTWT ► PH-STI ► P2-RDK ► VH-FNX ► 5W-FAH ► P2-MCS ► PK-BRK ► PK-HVU ► VH-FIW ► 8Q-RAP

Reg’n

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

G-BTWT

PH-STI

P2-RDK

VH-FNX

5W-PAH

P2-MCS

PK-BRK

PK-HVU

PK-HVU

PK-HVU

VH-FIW

VH-FIW

8Q-RAP

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Taylor Woodrow - Towell Company Ltd., Ruwi, Oman

Via London-Gatwick - Biggin Hill 25/28-Dec-1976 on delivery to Muscat, Oman

Loganair, Glasgow

Arrived Aberdeen, UK on delivery 01-Dec-1978

Taylor Woodrow - Towell Company Ltd., Ruwi, Oman

Tulip Holdings Ltd., Gibraltar

Arrived London-Stansted 31-May-1985 for temporary storage; ferried to Glasgow 24-Aug-1985 for lease

Loganair, Glasgow

Tulip Holdings Ltd., Gibraltar

Arrived Norwich 08-Sep-1995 for repaint, and departed to London-Stansted 12-Sep-1985 in ICRC c/s

Schreiner Airways, Maastricht

Via Rome 19-Sep-1985 to Ethiopia on contract to ICRC; returned to Maastricht 06-Jan-1987

Via Athens 25-Feb-1987 on delivery to Papua New Guinea

Talair, Goroka

Withdrawn from use at Goroka 25-May-1993; ferried to Mareeba, QLD 14-Jul-1993 for continued storage

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Departed Brisbane, QLD 16-Dec-1995, and arrived Apia, Samoa 18-Dec-1995 for lease to Polynesian

Polynesian Airlines, Apia "Puamemia"

Last service with Polynesian Airlines 31-Oct-2004, for Airlines PNG

Airlines PNG, Boroko

PT Aviastar Mandiri, Jakarta

PT Dimonim Air, Jakarta

Indonesian Coast Guard, Jakarta

PT Dimonim Air, Jakarta

Withdrawn from use & parked at Cairns, QLD 06-Feb-2021

Air Fleet Management Australia Pty Ltd., Edge Hill, QLD [ITC Aeroleasing Inc.]

Branaire Global Pte Ltd., Singapore

For Soneva Resorts Maldives, operated by Manta Air

Flew Cairns, QLD - Darwin, NT - Denpasar - Colombo for painting 28/29-Nov-2022

Australian registration cancelled 08-Dec-2023 to Maldives

Manta Air Pvt Ltd., Malé [Branaire Global Pte Ltd.]

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Leased

 

Returned

Reg'd

 

Leased

Returned

 

Reg'd

 

 

Reg'd

 

Reg'd

 

Reg'd

 

Reg'd

Reg'd

Reg’d

Leased

Returned

Reg’d

Reg’d

Reg’d

Date

24-Nov-1976

Nov-1976

19-Dec-1976

 

01-Dec-1978

 

1980

27-Jan-1981

 

24-Aug-1985

Sep-1985

 

16-Sep-1985

 

 

16-Mar-1987

 

May-1995

 

18-Dec-1995

 

10-Feb-2005

Mar-2015

Jan-2020

19-Aug-2021

02-Aug-2022

14-Dec-2023