MSN 18 exists for 6 aircraft types, because each manufacturer numbers its own production. All of them are listed below.
ATR 42 · 42-300 MSN 18
Registration HK-4493 · Arkas S.A.
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
06 Jun 1986
Delivery
12 Jun 1986
Age
40.4 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
ATR 42-300, serial number 18, first flight 6 Jun 1986. Delivered to Air Caledonie on 12 Jun 1986, registered F-ODGM. Leased to Pan Am Express on 12 Oct 1988. Leased to Executive Air Charter on 4 Nov 1988. Air Caledonie returned 4 Nov 1989. Operated by Air Atlantique on 22 Dec 1992 as F-GIIA. Owned by Bahía Negra Airport 22 Dec 1992, Gie Atar International Airport leased 22 Dec 1992, AAtl sub-lsd, registration seen Dec 1992 Toulouse, France, Cimber Air sub-lsd 1.04.97-30.06.97, Atar International Airport Gie returned 5 Dec 1997, F-reg cancelled 5 Dec 1997. Leased to Air Gabon on 5 Dec 1997 as TR-LEW. Owned by Aripuanã Airport. Operated by Air Atlantique (registered 3 Feb 1999) as F-GPIA. RWestdeutsche Landesbank, leased to Air Atl 9.04.93-8.04.03, seen at Orly 7 Jun 1999 white, seen at Marseille 7 Sep 1999 white, small titles, identified seen 17 May 2000 Poitiers, identified seen 11 Sep 2001 Agen, seen 6 Jan 2003 Toulouse, France new blue/green/yellow Air Atlantique titles, Atar International Airport 15 Jan 2003 (is?), Airlines ceased early Apr 2004, Atar International Airport to Aero Stock, Le Bourget 4 Aug 2004, ferried Le Bourget-Dinard 11 Jan 2005, airtested 22 Aug 2007. Operated by Arkas S.A. in Sep 2007 as HK-4493. Ferried Dinard-Sonderborg Sønderborg Airport 17 Sep 2007 for freighter conversion as HK-4493, ferried Sonderborg--SAL 8 Nov 2007 now as HK-4493X, seen in service Bogotá, Colombia full colours Dec 2007 as HK-4493, Airlines ceased 27 May 2010, seen stored Rio Negro Medellin Jose Maria Córdova International Airport, Medellín 2 Sep 2010 with titles, sold to Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa Component Solutions FL withdrawn from use for parts repossessed Apr 2012. Current status: scrapped.
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Airbus A320-111 MSN 18
Registration G-BUSF · British Airways
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
20 Mar 1989
Delivery
26 May 1989
Age
37.6 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
Airbus A320-111, serial number 18, first flight 20 Mar 1989. Delivered to British Airways on 26 May 1989, registered G-BUSF. Old colours, British Airways nw colours 2 Apr 2001, due AJWA for possible broken up announced May 2006, wfuLHR 31 Aug 2007, ferried to QLA owned by AJWA to be broken up 11 Sep 2007, British registration cancelled 11 Oct 2007. Current status: scrapped.
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Airbus A300B4-103 MSN 18
Registration N6373Q · Avtn Sales Operating Co
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
23 Oct 1975
Delivery
31 Oct 1975
Age
51.0 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
Remarks
wfu 1.95 to be brup (cvtd -2C)/ret is,s1.11.95,28.10.96/ str sSeoul 13.10.97 basic col,s17.12.97 Ardmore
History
Airbus A300B4-103, serial number 18, first flight 23 Oct 1975. Delivered to Korean Airlines on 31 Oct 1975, registered HL7220. Withdrawn from use Jan 1995 to be broken up (converted -2C)/ret in service, seen 1 Nov 1995, 28.10.96/ stored seen at Seoul 13 Oct 1997 basic colours, seen 17 Dec 1997 Ardmore. Operated by Avtn Sales Operating Co (registered Dec 1997) as N6373Q. Broken up at Ardmore by Avtn Supply and Parts Inc Jan 2000. Current status: scrapped.
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Airbus A380-841 MSN 18
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
—
Delivery
—
Age
—
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
Airbus A380-841, serial number 18. Delivered to NOT BUILT. Malaysian Airlines not taken up, Penerbangan Malyasia Berhad.
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Airbus A350-941 MSN 18
Registration OH-LWA · Finnair
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
16 Sept 2015
Delivery
06 Oct 2015
Age
11.1 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
Airbus A350-941, serial number 18, first flight 16 Sep 2015. Delivered to Finnair on 6 Oct 2015, registered OH-LWA. Current status: in service.
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Dash 8-100 · DHC-8-300 MSN 18
Registration HK-4258 · AIRES Colombia
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
—
Delivery
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Age
—
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-102, serial number 18. Delivered to USAirEx-Henson on 31 Oct 1985, registered N909HA. GLFC Dec 1985. Renamed USAirEx-Piedmont Airlines on 1 Jul 1993. Owned by new name/renamed Fleet Capital Corporation Feb 1995, AGES AcInt 12 Oct 2001 (still Piedmont?). Leased to AIRES Colombia on 27 Jul 2002 as HK-4258X. AGES to Volvo AS 27 Jul 2002, new regi seen at Aruba 8 Mar 2003. Re-registered with AIRES Colombia as HK-4258. Seen 3 May 2006 hangared, seen 18 Jan 2007 on apron, no titles, to be returned to lessor, seen at Bangor 18 Sep 2008 minues useful parts, no registration '18' spraypainted, basic AIRES colours, arrived after Sep 2007, scrapping Bangor 2008. Current status: scrapped.
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