Boeing 737 Classic · 4Y0 MSN 23980

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-4Y0, serial number 23980, line number 1667, first flight Dec 1988. Delivered to Asiana on 28 Jan 1989, registered HL7255. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, returned Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group 31.01.97/Virgin Express not taken up Oct 1996. Leased to Air Provence Charter on 15 Mar 1997 as F-GMJO. Full Virgin Express colours, added Air Provence Charter titles, ferried to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 15.3, r18.3 owned by Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management, in service 19.3 (for Virgin Express). Returned to Virgin Express on 3 Nov 1997 as OO-VJO. OO Jun 2011, in service Nov 2011 full colours, basic Cologne 28.03.98-10.98 operated for Tucuruí Airport. Leased to Virgin Express France on 23 Mar 1999. Due returned Oct 1999, returned by 00, withdrawn from use 18 Nov 2000, ferried to Aus. 29.11-1.12.00. Sub-leased to Virgin Blue Airlines on 1 Dec 2000 as VH-VGD. Returned Virgin Express at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 28 Apr 2002. Leased to Virgin Express on 3 May 2002 as OO-VJO. Owned by CIT Leasing Corporation, in service Virgin Blue colour scheme 13 May 2002, ferried to London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex to Brussels, Belgium white colour scheme and back in service 1 May 2003, returned CITLC 15 May 2003. Leased to Sobelair on 15 May 2003. IsBRU white colour scheme blue titles and logo this date, ceased operations Brussels, Belgium 19 Jan 2004, returned CITLC and ferried to QLA 27 Jan 2004. Re-registered with CITLC on 10 Feb 2004 as N239CT. Seen hangared 30 Mar 2004, seen white colour scheme 15 Apr 2004, Air Gabon lease cancelled. Sub-leased to AviaJet on 28 Apr 2004 as TF-ELZ. Leased to Islandsflug, arrived at Dublin, Ireland AviaJet full colour scheme 30 Apr 2004. Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic on 12 Jan 2005. Seen at Bristol Airport Aviajet colour scheme, seen at London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex Jet2 tail colour scheme 2 Feb 2005. Leased to Jet2 on 9 Feb 2005. White colour scheme Jet2-tail, r/o Shannon, Ireland Adam Air full colour scheme PK-KKS taped over 18 Nov 2005. Re-registered with Air Atlanta Icelandic on 10 Jan 2006 as N239CT. Owned by CIT Leasing Corporation 10 Jan 2006. Leased to Adam Air on 18 Jan 2006 as PK-KKS. Returned to CITLC on 1 Apr 2008 as N239DT. Arrived at Pinal Airpark, Marana 29 May 2008, ferried to Phoenix Goodyear Airport 2 Oct 2008. Leased to East Air on 3 Oct 2008 as EY-538. Operated by Skylink Arabia on 10 Nov 2008. Operated by Pamir Air on 29 Jul 2009. Seen at Dubai International Airport this date. Returned to Eastok Avia on 23 Jan 2010. Leased to Iraqi Airways on 20 Oct 2011. Seen at Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey this date, seen at Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey stored 6 Sep 2012. Returned to Eastok Avia on 6 Feb 2013. Leased to Yanair on 11 Feb 2015 as UR-CNP. Owned by Nordic Aviation Contractor (Ireland or A/S) Nordic Avtn, seen at Brussels, Belgium 15 Mar 2016, wet-leased to Air Moldova 11 Apr 2017, ferried Boryspil International Airport to Queen Alia International Airport, Amman 28 Jun 2017 sub-lsd to Royal Jordanian, SmartWings sub-lsd 04.06.19-30.09.19, Eritrean Airlines sub-lsd 27 Nov 2019, returned Asmara International Airport to Zhytomyr Airport 16-17 Dec 2019, Fly Armenia Airways wet-leased 26 Nov 2020 ferried Boryspil International Airport to Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan. Operated by Fly Armenia Airways on 26 Nov 2020 as EK-FAB. Boryspil International Airport to Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan UR-rgd. Returned to YanAir on 5 Jan 2022 as UR-CNP. Ferried Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan to Zhytomyr Airport. Current status: in service.