VH-VBI. Boeing 737-7Q8. c/n 30644-1107.

Was also registered as: N161LF; LV-CWL.

This aircraft was ordered new by International Lease Finance Company (ILFC)

Rolled off Boeing production line at Seattle (Washington) - March 14, 2002

First flown as 'VH-VBI' - March 25, 2002

Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B20 engines

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VBI - March 28, 2002

Registered to International Lease Finance Company

Accepted by ILFC at Seattle (Boeing Field) - April 11, 2002

Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator

Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as DJ9063 - April 11, 2002

Arrived Brisbane (Queensland) on completion of the delivery flight from the United States - April 13, 2002

Delivery route: Seattle (Washington) - Honolulu (Hawaii) - Nadi (Fiji) - Brisbane (Queensland)

The aircraft was named 'Smurfette'

Operated its first revenue service as DJ? - ?

Operated the inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Hobart (Tasmania) service as DJ182 - August 29, 2002

Registered to International Lease Finance Company - March 31, 2005

Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator

It was fitted with winglets - September 2007

Virgin Blue was renamed Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - May 04, 2011

Operated its final revenue service Cairns - Brisbane (Queensland) as DJ792 - February 27, 2012

Ferried Brisbane - Darwin (Northern Territory) - Shanghai (Pudong, China) on return to the lessor - February 29, 2012

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 12, 2012

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N161LF - April 12, 2012

Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Los Angeles

It was observed at Shanghai (Pudong, China) in the 'Aerolineas Argentinas' livery as 'LV-CWL' - April 12, 2012

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - July 02, 2012

Entered onto the Argentinean Aircraft Register as LV-CWL - July 03, 2012

Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation, Los Angeles

Leased to Aerolineas Argintinas as the registered operator

Departed Shanghai (China) on the ferry flight to Buenos Aires - July 07, 2012

Arrived Argentina (Buenos Aires, Ezeira) on completion of the ferry flight from China - July 10, 2012

Ferry route: Shanghai (Pudong, China) - Dhaka (Bangladesh) - Dubai (U.A.E.) - Barcelona (Spain) -

Las Palmas (Spain) - Recife (Brazil) - Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Current status - ?

VH-VBI. Virgin Blue - 'Smurfette' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 2006.

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VH-VBI. Virgin Blue - 'Smurfette' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2007.

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VH-VBI. Virgin Blue - 'Smurfette' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, March 2007.

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VH-VBI. Virgin Blue - 'Smurfette' in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 27, 2010.

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