VH-VER. SAAB 340B. c/n 430.

Was also registered as: SEB-30; N430XJ; N331AG; .

 

 

This aircraft was built by Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, Sweden - 1997

First flown as 'SEB-30' -

Powered by General Electric CT7-9B engines

First flown at Linkoping - November 27, 1997

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N430XJ - December ?, 1997

Registered to Lambert Leasing

Leased to Mesaba Airlines as the registered operator

Delivered to Mesaba Airlines - December 10, 1997

It was operated by Mesaba Airlines on behalf of Northwest Airlink

Operated by Mesaba on behalf of Delta Connection when Northwest Airlink and Delta merged - October 28, 2008

Withdrawn from service, returned to the lessor and stored at Bangor, Maine - February 17, 2011

Leased to Silver Airlines, USA as the registered operator - September 16, 2013

Reregistered as N331AG - January ?, 2014

The aircraft's lease was transferred to Jetstream Aviation Capital - February 19, 2014

Withdrawn from service by Silver Airlines - July ?, 2015

Returned to Jetstream Aviation Capital - September 24, 2015

Leased to Pen-Air, USA as the registered operator - October 13, 2015

Returned to Jetstream Aviation Capital at the end of the lease - February 21, 2018

Leased to Silver Airlines, USA as the registered operator - March 19, 2018

Withdrawn from service and returned to the lessor at the end of the lease - March 23, 2020

The aircraft was placed in storage at Sioux City (Gateway), Idaho - August 22 - October 29, 2021

The aircraft was stored at Centralia / James T. Memorial Aerodrome, California - October 29 - December 03, 2021

The aircraft was stored at Sioux City (Gateway), Idaho - December 03 - 16, 2021

Aircraft was stored at Centralia / James T. Memorial Aerodrome, California - December 16, 2021 - January 17, 2022

The aircraft was stored at Sioux City (Gateway), Idaho - January 17 - February 07, 2022

The aircraft was stored at Springfield (Branson National), Missouri - February 07 - 24, 2022

Departed Missouri (Springfield) on the ferry flight to Australia - February 24, 2022

It arrived at Goulburn (NSW) having completed the ferry flight from the United States - February 27, 2022

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ?, 2022

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VER - March 28, 2022

Registered to JAHN331AG, LLC, Miami, Florida, USA

Leased to Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd, Fyshwick, Canberra as the registered operator

Operated by Corporate Air for Link Airways

Ferried Goulburn - Canberra prior to entering service - May 17, 2022

Entered service with Link Airways - ?

Current with Link Airlines

 

 

VH-VER. Link Airlines - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 30, 2024.

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