Boeing 727-200 · 256 MSN 21611

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-256, serial number 21611, line number 1382, first flight 21 Aug 1978. Delivered to Iberia on 5 Sep 1978, registered EC-DCE. Seen 19 Aug 2001 Madrid in service, withdrawn from use by 3 Oct 2001, seen stored 14 Oct 2001 Madrid. Operated by Republic Advanced Freighter on 21 Mar 2002 as N908RF. Still Madrid as EC-DCE seen 22 Mar 2002 basic IB colours, RepAF registered in the USA 22 Mar 2002, seen Chateauroux 21 Apr 2002 ex IB colours, EC-rgd, RFC I727/39 Inc bought 21 Jun 2002, seen 21 Jul 2002 still Ch. old registration, 18 Jul 2002, seen at Chateauroux 31 Aug 2002 being broken up repossessed, but RFC to Linton Enterpreises Inc 12 Feb 2003, cancelled 12 Feb 2003 to Sierra Leone !?. Operated by HA Airlines on 12 Dec 2003 as 9L-LDV. Not confirmed. Operated by African Express Airways in Feb 2003 as 5Y-AXE. JP2004, wet-leased to Ishtar Airlines (Iraq) for passengers service Baghdad-DXB, later Europe etc, operations repossessed Jul 2005 possibly linked to Viktor Bout, seen at Dubai International Airport 1 Jul 2005 white, seen 7 Sep 2005 "Ishtar titles are history already", Dubai International Airport seen in service 3 Jan 2006 white, seen at Damascus International Airport 24 Feb 2008 white, seen at Damascus International Airport 29 Nov 2009 'Ishtar Airlines' (str/lsd?titles?), seen 'still' stored Damascus International Airport 4 Jun 2011. Current status: stored.