Airbus A330-322 MSN 096

Timeline

History

Airbus A330-322, serial number 96, first flight 12 Apr 1995. Delivered to Malaysian AS on 11 Jan 1996, registered 9M-MKZ. International Lease Finance Corporation, ferried XFW-Kuala 14 Feb 1996, returned International Lease Finance Corporation Apr 1999. Leased to Sabena on 14 Apr 1999 as OO-SFX. Re-registered 13 Apr 1999, ferried 14.4 Kuala Lumpur-BRU full colours, in service 21 Apr 1999, International Lease Finance Corporation Ireland 8 Nov 1999, due returned Feb 2005, ceased operations Brussels, Belgium 7 Nov 2001, ferried to Toulouse 4 Feb 2002 total time (flying hours) 21322 hours 6509 cycles, ferried to Bordeaux, France 23 Apr 2002. Leased to Air Luxor on 4 Dec 2002 as CS-TMT. Arrived Brussels, Belgium for nosegear repairs after landing Paris-Orly, France (20 Aug 2003) 22 Aug 2003. Sub-leased to Garuda Indonesian Airlines on 10 Jan 2004. Luxor basic colour scheme Garuda titles and taillogo. Returned to Hi Fly on 10 Apr 2006. Seen at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport white colour scheme blue tail this date, leased to Air Nuigini for one flight 15 Jul 2006 (not permanent as reported), seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany "Strategic Aviation" titles operated for Australian Air Force 6 Sep 2008. Leased to Belgium AF on 25 Oct 2009. Full colour scheme. Returned to Hi Fly on 9 Apr 2014. Seen at Milan Malpensa International Airport, Ferno (VA) "flynas" colour scheme 26 Apr 2014. Sub-leased to National Air Services on 4 May 2014. Returned to Hi Fly in Oct 2014. Sub-leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines on 23 Dec 2014. Returned to Hi Fly. Returned early by SV due to aircraft being at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv for maintenance and pictures with titles/logos appeared, ferried Brussels, Belgium to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées 5 Dec 2015, ferried Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées to Brussels, Belgium 2 Jun 2016, returned lessor by Jul 2016. Leased to I-Fly on 7 Jul 2016 as EI-FSP. SASOF III (A12) Avtn Ireland Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka 1 Jul 2016, departed Brussels, Belgium 7 Jul 2016, final flight Moscow-Vnukovo, Russia to Pulkovo Airport, St. Petersburg 27 Jul 2016, interim storage Antalya International Airport fall 2016, returned into service 28 Dec 2016, ferried Moscow-Vnukovo, Russia to Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes 7 Feb 2017, ferried Pago Pago International Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 14 Feb 2018 returned lessor. Returned to Hi Fly on 14 Jun 2018 as 9H-AGU. Pago Pago International Airport to Queen Alia International Airport, Amman 14 Feb 2018, CS-TKW not taken up, Queen Alia International Airport, Amman to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 12 Jun 2018 EI-rgd, cancelled 14 Jun 2018, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 18 Jun 2018 9H-rgd summer lease to Thomas Cook, final flight 18 Jun 2018, seen 21 Jun 2018 Manchester, UK now 9H-rgd, returned 15 Aug 2018 ferried to Beja, avail for ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) Feb 2019, ferried Brussels, Belgium to Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport 28 Nov 2019 for part-out. Sasof Avtn Ireland Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka 12 Jun 2020, parked Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport, scrapping Sep 2020. Current status: scrapped.