HS 748 VH-IMI operated by HORIZON AIRWAYS, BANKSTOWN. arr PERTH 29/09/02 to commence Mon-Fri 2000 dep PER/KTA/PHE/PER freighter service. Continued til late March 2003 when ceased to be economic as QF AIR CARGO reduced their cargo rates to match,and effectively put HORIZON off the run. Aircraft ferried back to Bankstown and continued to operate other cargo services til Feb 05, when the aircraft was sold to CAPE AIR SERVICES, of Capetown,SA and ferried via ASP/BME etc March 05 and re registered as ZS-DBM. Reconfigured back to 44 seater and operates to this day with a number of other 748s on tourist Safari charters.
Aircraft bought new by BA in 75, went on to Nepal Airlines, then IMPULSE in SYD in 94 and to Horizon in 98.
The only 44 seater turboprops around are SKIPPERS recently acquired DASH-300s to supplement their smaller 100 series