Boeing 747-200 · 236B MSN 21831

Timeline

History

Boeing 747-236B, serial number 21831, line number 440, first flight 26 Mar 1980. Delivered to British Airways on 2 May 1980, registered G-BDXJ. Withdrawn from use 6 Oct 2001, Cardiff 25 Oct 2001 for stored, total time 88680, 15254 l, TF-ADJ Air Atlanta/Saudi Arabian due Jan 2002 not taken up. Operated by European Avtn on 10 Mar 2002. Arrived Bournemouth Airport yellow bands colours, roll out European Skybus 11 Mar 2002, was leased to Air Asia for Hadj early 2003 with "www.airasia.com" titles, returned Manchester, U. K. 3 Feb 2003, seen at Paris-Orly, France operated for Air Luxor 1 Aug 2003, seen at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands inside hangar European basic colour scheme 1 Nov 2003, withdrawn from use MSE after financial problems 17 Mar 2004, owned by Juliette Ltd 2 Jun 2004. Transferred to Air Atlanta Europe on 7 Dec 2004. Seen in service at London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton 23 Dec 2004, ferried to Dunsfold permanently withdrawn from use 25 May 2005, British registration cancelled 21 Jun 2005, owned by Aces High Ltd 27 Sep 2005, British registration cancelled 12 Jan 2011, at Dunsfold since 2005 for filming and specialist training work, used in James Bond film Casino Royale wearing N88892/7P fake registration with 2 podded engines (B52 style), used in Skyfleet S570 and seen in background of Top gear, extant in 2020. Current status: stored.