Boeing 727-200 · 251 MSN 22543

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-251, serial number 22543, line number 1700, first flight 11 Dec 1980. Delivered to Northwest Airlines on 7 Jan 1981, registered N203US. To Antonov Aircraft Dealer Corp 8 Nov 2002, presum withdrawn from use, seen parked Miami International Airport 9 Jan 2003 at Commodore Hangar basic NW colours. Operated by Antonov Aircraft Dealer Corp on 8 Nov 2002 as N727AN. Re-registered 21 Mar 2003, seen at Miami International Airport 17 Apr 2003 re-registered, MIA-Gander 24 Apr 2003, seen at Vienna 25 Apr 2003, landing, white, windows, Kiev-Kefl-Bangor 22 May 2003, seen at Miami International Airport 19 Jul 2003 white, seen 19 Sep 2003 Shannon, seen at Kiev Boryspil International Airport 16 Mar 2004 believed stored, seen 5 Jul 2004, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 24 Apr 2005, ferried to Keflavik 21 Apr 2005 after stored, to Kiev Boryspil International Airport 27 Jul 2005, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest to Highrock Holding 15 Sep 2005, cancelled 16 Sep 2005. Operated by Turan Air on 16 Sep 2005 as 4K-AZ9. Seen white Zürich Airport, Zurich 6 Oct 2005, Cologne-Bonn, Germany 1 Nov 2005. Operated by Silk Way Business Avtn as 4K-8888. Seen at Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey, gold nose/belly operated for Azerbaijan Government, flew Baku GYD-Nakhichevan 12 Oct 2007, seen in service Barcelona, Spain 4 Jun 2008, Maastricht-Beek, Netherlands 29 Jun 2008 (brought Azerbaijan football team), Pulkovo Airport, St. Petersburg 28 Mar 2010, Dubai International Airport Sep 2010, Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport 7 Dec 2011, Transalpine Leasing Ltd 4 Jul 2012, Zagreb-Pleso, Croatia 18 May 2014, operated the scheduled Baku-GVA passengers service of AZAL 11, 13 and 18 Jul 2014 (was scheduled july-august twice weekly but replaced by A-319 since, perhaps due to faulty flap seen on 11 Jul 2014 flight), presum final 727 scheduled passengers flight into Europe, presum stored by Dec 2015, registration 4K-8888 now used on A-319. Registered 4K-AZ14. Arrived Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi as such, parked seen 14 May 2018. Leased to Air Djibouti as 5Y-JIB. Seen at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, small titles, presum still in overhaul at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi by Jan 2019 but to be used for Djibouti Government (VIP configuration), not sched. Pax. Returned to Safe Air Company. Presum owned/opb Safe Air Cargo by Aug 2021, flew WIL-Ali Sibieh early 2025 after engine tests. Current status: in service.