Airbus A320-214 MSN 1571

Timeline

History

Airbus A320-214, serial number 1571, first flight 27 Aug 2001. Delivered to Air 2000 on 5 Oct 2001, registered G-OOAS. International Lease Finance Corporation. Sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines on 9 Dec 2002 as C-GTDG. Returned to Air 2000 on 29 Apr 2003. Seen at Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester Air 2000 colour scheme First Choice Airways titles 1 Nov 2003. Re-registered with Air 2000 on 3 Nov 2003 as G-OOAS. Registered to First Choice Airways. Renamed First Choice Airways on 13 Jan 2004. Sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines on 16 Dec 2004 as C-GTDG. FC basic colour scheme Skyservice titles. Returned to First Choice Airways on 28 Apr 2005. Arrived at London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton this date, seen at Palma full colour scheme 6 Aug 2005. Sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines on 10 Nov 2005. Ferried to Toronto Pearson International Airport this date. Returned to First Choice Airways on 28 Apr 2006. Arrived at Cardiff International Airport this date. Sub-leased to Skyservice Airlines on 1 Nov 2007. Returned to First Choice Airways on 18 Apr 2008 as G-OOPP. Merged into Thomsonfly on 1 May 2008. Renamed Thomson Airways on 13 Oct 2008. Leased to Skyservice Airlines on 19 Nov 2008 as C-GTDG. Returned to Thomson Airways on 1 May 2009 as G-OOPP. Leased to Skyservice Airlines on 18 Dec 2009 as C-GTDG. Ceased operations at Toronto Pearson International Airport 31 Mar 2010. Returned to Thomson Airways on 30 Apr 2010 as G-OOPP. Withdrawn from service Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 15 Dec 2011, seen Monarch colour scheme 15 Feb 2012. Operated by Monarch Airlines on 9 Mar 2012 as G-OZBW. Withdrawn from service 01.10.17 Airlines ceased, registration cancelled 6 Oct 2017, DCAL Leasing 6 Oct 2017 returned lessor and ferried Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester to Shannon, Ireland 6 Oct 2017, Shannon, Ireland to London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton 29 Dec 2017, D-ASPJ Small Planet Airlines reserved 24 Nov 2017 but not taken up, see below. Operated by Avion Express on 27 Mar 2018 as LY-VEB. Châteauroux Déols airport to Hannover, Germany 27 Mar 2018 as such, leased to Condor, withdrawn from service 29 May 2018 returned to Antalya International Airport, leased to Sun Express, final flight 1 Jun 2018 full colour scheme, withdrawn from service 5 Nov 2018, ferried Antalya International Airport to Châteauroux Déols airport 6 Nov 2018, withdrawn from service 21 Apr 2019, Thomas Cook Airlines ferried Châteauroux Déols airport to Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 30 Apr 2019, final flight 1 May 2019, Thomas Cook ceased 23 Sep 2019, used for repatriation flights, ferried Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester to Antalya International Airport 7 Oct 2019, Antalya International Airport to Queen Alia International Airport, Amman 14 Nov 2019, to Châteauroux Déols airport 20 Dec 2019, Châteauroux Déols airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport 1 Feb 2020 Lewis University Airport, Chicago/Romeoville wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor). Operated by Electra Airways on 1 Sep 2023 as LZ-EAF. Parked Ciudad Real International Airport 22 Feb 2021, DCAL 4 Leasing 6 Apr 2021, one source: LZ-EAF but see msn 1762. Current status: in service.