Boeing 727-200 · 230 MSN 20792

Registration ZS-NZV · Safair

Scrapped

Identity

TypeBoeing 727-200
Variant230
FamilyB727-200
Series—
Line Number1023
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorSafair

Timeline

First Flight

15 Mar 1974

Delivery

25 Mar 1974

Age

52.6 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

Boeing 727-230, serial number 20792, line number 1023, first flight 15 Mar 1974. Delivered to Condor on 25 Mar 1974, registered D-ABWI. Operated by ATASCO on 15 Nov 1989 as N851SY. Leased to Tur on 7 Mar 1990 as TC-TUR. Operated by Holiday Airlines on 31 Jul 1995 as TC-RAC. Cyprus Turkish Airlines leased 20 Jul 1996, returned Hol Oct 1996. Operated by Safair/Venus in Nov 1996 as ZS-NZV. Not Venus in JAPL97/opb Sunair 20 Nov 1996. Operated by Zimbabwe Express. Added Business Express titles. Leased to Olympic Airways. Seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France Venus basic colours, Olym tail/tit/s13.10.97 Olym colours. Leased to Comair in Dec 1997. Owned by Safair (when returned ex Olym?), British Airways Colum colour scheme. Transferred to Kulula.com on 1 Aug 2001. Low fare flights Johannesburg-Cape Town, seen in service Aug 2002 full colours. Operated by Safair. Seen in service Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa, seen Feb 2004 UN titles, seen at Dakar 14 Jul 2005, seen at Monrovia 6 May 2006, seen at Accra 30 Sep 2007 (maybe missighting: see next:, seen withdrawn from use Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 9 Nov 2007 faded UN colours, derelict, parts missing, seen 16 Apr 2008, registration cancelled 10 Feb 2009 as scrapped. Current status: scrapped.

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