Boeing 737 Classic · *BDSF MSN 23865

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-4Y0, serial number 23865, line number 1582, first flight 30 Aug 1988. Delivered to Air UK Leisure on 14 Oct 1988, registered G-UKLA. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group. Sub-leased to Malaysian AS on 24 Oct 1989. Returned UK Ls 24 Apr 1990. Sub-leased to Malaysian AS as 9M-MLC. Re-registered 1.04.91?? (2nd time lsd?). Operated by Air UK Leisure rgd on 20 Jun 1991 as G-UKLA. Leisure Int Airways transferred seen 12 Apr 1995 Manch full colours. Operated by Modiluft on 2 Oct 1995 as VT-MGE. Lse/purch/ret Manchester 22 Aug 1996. Returned to Air UK Leisure (registered 28 Apr 1997) as G-UKLA. Manch, seen 25 Oct 1996 no engines, xModil col/s30.01.97, VT-reg cancelled 25 Apr 1997, ferried to STNe 1 May 1997. Operated by KLM on 27 Jun 1997 as PH-BPA. Sas Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 12 Jul 1997, withdrawn from use 20 Aug 2000 parked Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands, returned less Oct 2000, ferried London Stansted Airport, London, Essex 25 Oct 2000 basic Kalaleh Airport white tail, returned ICON CC. Leased to Air Mediterrannée on 16 Nov 2000. Owned by ICON CC, arrived Southend basic Kalaleh Airport colours no titles 18 Nov 2000, ferried to Istanbul 11 Apr 2001. Leased to Sky Airlines on 12 Apr 2001 as TC-SKA. For 4 years, seen at Nuremberg full colour scheme 21 Apr 2001. Operated by WFBN on 19 Feb 2008 as N865FC. Modified (*BDSF). Seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv Sky Airlines basic colour scheme 25 Jun 2008, seen converted to freighter Bluebird colour scheme 28 Nov 2008. Leased to Bluebird Cargo on 9 Mar 2009 as TF-BBH. Seen at Linz 25 Jun 2010, withdrawn from service 28 Apr 2023. Returned to AviaAM Leasing in Jun 2024 as 9H-AJX. Current status: stored.