Airbus A320-232 MSN 2108

Timeline

History

Airbus A320-232, serial number 2108, first flight 23 Feb 2004. Delivered to Aero Flight on 1 Apr 2004, registered D-ARFD. Lease Mena Jet F-OKRM not taken up, CITLC, grounded Frankfurt International, Germany 31 Oct 2005, ferried to London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 11 Nov 2005, seen white colour scheme 4 Feb 2006. Leased to Air Via on 18 Mar 2006 as LZ-MDT. Seen at London-Heathrow full colour scheme 14 Apr 2006, withdrawn from service and ferried to Queen Alia International Airport, Amman for maintenance and paint 17 Apr 2010, returned CITLC Jun 2010. Leased to Cyprus Airways on 5 Jun 2010 as 5B-DCJ. Ceased operations Larnaca, Cyprus 9 Jan 2015, ferried to St Athan 11 Jan 2015. Operated by Avion Express/Thomas Cook Airlines on 25 Apr 2015 as LY-VEK. CITAI M-rgd 1 Feb 2015, ferried Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Shannon, Ireland 25 Apr 2015 Cyprus full colour scheme, ferried Newcastle International Airport 26 Apr 2015, final flight 1 May 2015 summer lease, withdrawn from service 4 Nov 2015, ferried Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester to Shannon, Ireland 5 Nov 2015 returned Avion Express. Operated by IndiGo on 27 Feb 2016 as VT-IDQ. Returned Shymkent International Airport AI M-rgd 19 Nov 2015, to hangar in Shannon, Ireland 26 Jan 2016 for repaint IndiGo colour scheme, roll(ed) out 3 Feb 2016, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi 27-28 Feb 2016, M-reg cancelled 29 Feb 2016, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi to Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey 25 Nov 2020 due returned lessor. Operated by Global Airways Lithuania on 24 May 2022 as LY-LGB. Zephyrus Capital OE-rgd 28 Mar 2022 parked Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey, delivered to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport 24 May 2022 Corendon Europe wlse. Operated by Heston Airlines on 23 May 2024 as LY-BRB. Varna Airport re-registered 18 Apr 2024, Heston returned 23 May 2024, Volaris wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 26 Nov 2025, stored Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport 16 Jan 2026. Re-registered with Heston Airlines on 24 Mar 2026 as 9H-BRB. Parked Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport 26 Mar 2026, operated by Valletta Airlines. Current status: in service.