Boeing 727-200 · 227 MSN 20775

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-227, serial number 20775, line number 998, first flight 11 Dec 1973. Delivered to Braniff Airways on 4 Jan 1974, registered N429BN. Operated by People Express on 3 Nov 1983 as N554PE. Leased to Pan Am on 8 Sep 1986. Returned to Continental Airlines. Leased to Delta Airlines on 31 Aug 1991. RBoNY Dec 1992, Del Shuttle seen 6 Jun 1993, returned 19 Sep 1993, seen at Miami International Airport 25 Feb 1995 xDel colours, AAOC Apr 1995, smid May 1995 Kinshasa hangar no titles. Operated by Shabair in May 1995 as 9Q-CWA. S.mid May 1995 Kinshasa, no titles, registered in the USA, seen 5 Sep 1995 9Q-rgd, seen 11 Dec 1995 Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa, GdPedG returned Feb 1996. Operated by Express City on 7 Mar 1996. Titles application then Kinsh, still Del colours. Operated by Congo Airlines. Seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 23 Apr 1998, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 14 Jun 2001 "still" full colours, str?. Renamed Hewa Bora Airways. Seen at Kinshasa Kinshasa-N'Djili, Congo 11 Sep 2003 still Congo Airlines colours, seen 21 Feb 2004, scrapped Kinshasa Apr 2007. Current status: scrapped.