Boeing 747-200 · 246B MSN 20504

Registration ST-AQL · Spirit of Africa

Scrapped

Identity

TypeBoeing 747-200
Variant246B
FamilyB747
Series—
Line Number181
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorSpirit of Africa

Timeline

First Flight

24 Feb 1972

Delivery

13 Mar 1972

Age

54.7 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

Boeing 747-246B, serial number 20504, line number 181, first flight 24 Feb 1972. Delivered to Japan Airlines on 13 Mar 1972, registered JA8110. 4 Oct 1993 MiB, Super Resort colours 6 Sep 1994 yellow colours, in service 7.9/Japan Air Charter 6 Nov 1995, owned by Apr 2011, leased back to El Lencero Airport, Emiliano Zapata, El Lencero Airport, Emiliano Zapata Ways 1 Oct 1999, withdrawn from use 29 Nov 1999 returned to El Lencero Airport, Emiliano Zapata Ways Dec 1999. Operated by Air Gulf Falcon on 10 Dec 1999 as P4-GFE. Seen at Narita 13 Dec 1999, Sharjah International Airport 15 Dec 1999 seen white, seen 20 Jan 2000. Re-registered with Air Gulf Falcon on 23 Mar 2000 as 3C-GFE. Triton Aviation Service LLC Trans Air Svc sticker, Jeddah 23 Mar 2000 for Hajj pilgrim flights, Marana-Bangor 29 Jun 2000. Re-registered with Air Gulf Falcon as 5Y-GFE. Sharjah International Airport, seen 6 Jul 2000, not to 3D-GFB, identified seen 17 Dec 2000, seen 13 Jan 2001 no titles. Operated by Spirit of Africa as ST-AQL. Seen at Sharjah International Airport, seen at Jeddah 4 Mar 2001 white fuselage, dark blue tail, titles, seen at Sharjah International Airport 3 May 2001 titles being removed, last seen 29 Jul 2001 as such. Transferred to Air Gulf Falcon as 3D-PAJ. Seen at Sharjah International Airport, identified not confirmed, (ever actually worn?) see 21300 (747SP!). Re-registered with Air Gulf Falcon as 3D-PAF. Seen at Sharjah International Airport no titles, seen 19 Feb 2002 as 3D-PAJ?! (see 747SP 21300!?), seen at San Juan Del César Airport not titles or logos 5 Aug 2002. Operated by Spirit of Africa on 13 Jan 2003 as ST-AQL. Seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta blue/white colour scheme Arabic titles this date, seen engines removed 1 Jul 2006, owned by NAT Group Aug 2006, seen 15 Sep 2013, scrapping by 2020. Current status: scrapped.

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