Boeing 727-200F · 230 MSN 21442

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-230, serial number 21442, line number 1326, first flight 3 Mar 1978. Delivered to Lufthansa on 17 Mar 1978, registered D-ABKM. Operated by Istanbul Airlines on 19 May 1992 as TC-AFP. Roll(ed) out 14.5/frd 20.5/hq seen 15 Jun 1995. Operated by FSB on 25 Jan 1999 as N302FV. Modified (*230F). FINOVA 27 Jan 1999, converted to freighter at Tucson, 23 Feb 1999, seen 18 Mar 1999 stored as TC-, seen 18 Apr 1999 as N, xIst colours, departed 20 Aug 1999 Tucson, First Security Bank to FINOVA Capital Corporation 28 Mar 2000, seen stored Goodyear 17 Jan 2002 white, seen 4 Jul 2002 identified no engines. Operated by Ryan Int/Emery WW on 13 Feb 2003. Owned by FINOVA Capital Corporation, still stored Tucson 24 Jan 2003 white, leased to Ryan International 13 Feb 2003, seen stored Goodyear 14 Oct 2004, flightplan for GYR-ELP-ROC 5 Apr 2005. Leased to Swiftair on 12 May 2005 as EC-JHU. FINOVA Capital Corporation, to Caja Laboral Poplyar CdC 11 May 2005, US registration cancelled 12 May 2005, arrived Palma de Mallorca Airport 20 May 2005, seen at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 21 May 2005 white, seen at Maastricht-Beek, Netherlands 27 Jul 2007 white, seen at Bahrain International Airport, Manama 21 Oct 2008 white. Re-registered with Swiftair (registered 15 Dec 2008) as A9C-SWA. Ferried Bahrain International Airport, Manama to Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 3 May 2009, seen at Dubai International Airport 5 Dec 2010 white. Operated by Link Air Charter LLC (Rockford MA) on 20 Dec 2012 as N727BM. 21 Dec 2012, seen at Entebbe 31 Oct 2014 white, presum operational. Operated by Fayaka Airways as 9S-GFA. Ferried to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi by Apr 2017 to be prepared for service. Re-registered with Fayaka Airways (registered 9 May 2019) as N727BM. Registered Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi due delivered. Re-registered with Fayaka Airways (registered 6 Sep 2019) as N727YK. Stored (pwfu?) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Current status: stored.