Boeing 737 Classic · 3S3 MSN 24059

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-3S3, serial number 24059, line number 1517, first flight 19 Feb 1988. Delivered to Air Europe on 7 Mar 1988, registered G-BNPB. Leased to Odyssey Airlines on 30 Oct 1989 as C-FGHT. Returned to Air Europe on 23 Apr 1990 as G-BNPB. Stored 8 Mar 1991 Lasham. Leased to Air Europa on 19 Jun 1991 as EC-771. Re-registered with Air Europa on 1 Sep 1991 as EC-FGG. Returned May 1992. Operated by AeL/Phillipine Airlines on 29 May 1992 as RP-C4006. Seen at Manila 26 Mar 1999 white no titles. Leased to Debonair on 5 May 1999 as G-DEBZ. Arrived East Midlands Airport, 10 May 1999, seen 1 Jun 1999 stripped of paint, Luton arrived 30 Jun 1999, in service 1 Jul 1999, impounded 30 Sep 1999 Luton, ferried to USA 6 Oct 1999, seen at Orlando 5 Nov 1999 still as G-DEBZ, seen 25 Nov 1999, KG Air Lease Corporation cancelled 22 Dec 1999. Operated by FSB on 22 Dec 1999 as N202KG. Ferried via St Johns 3 Mar 2000 white, East Midlands Airport 4 Mar 2000, cancelled 21 Mar 2000. Operated by British World Airlines (registered 24 Mar 2000) as G-OBWY. Seen at East Midlands Airport 20 Mar 2000 white, in service 12 May 2000 white, seen in full colour scheme 27 May 2000, easyJet sub-lsd 13 Jun 2000 full Gautam Buddha International Airport, Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) colours, withdrawn from use 27 Jul 2000, returned 29 Jul 2000 (was due returned Oct 2000) seen 12 Aug 2000 operated for Adam Airport, seen 15 Aug 2000 operated for Gautam Buddha International Airport, Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa). Leased to National Jet Italia-BA on 21 Jan 2001. Seen full British Airways colours, due returned Apr 2001. Returned to British World Airlines on 23 Apr 2001. Returned at Southend, ferried to London Stansted Airport, London, Essex basic British Airways colour scheme 26 Apr 2001, ferried to East Midlands Airport 14 Dec 2001, ceased operations 15 Dec 2001, registered to KG Aircraft Leasing 19 Dec 2001. Leased to Astraeus Airlines on 25 Mar 2002 as G-STRA. Re-registered by KG Aircraft Leasing 2 Mar 2002. Sub-leased to AirAsia on 25 Dec 2004. Seen at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok Astraeus basic colour scheme Large AirAsia titles this date. Returned to Astraeus Airlines on 6 Jun 2005. Seen at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, Funchal Astraeus colour scheme and titles this date. Sub-leased to FlyBe on 8 Dec 2005. Full colour scheme. Leased to Adam Air on 15 Dec 2006 as PK-KKY. FlyBe basic colour scheme Adam titles this date, seen at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang stored 1 Jun 2008. Operated by WFBN on 3 Jun 2008 as N240AG. Leased to Silver Air on 18 Dec 2008 as A6-FAY. Returned to WFBN on 18 Dec 2009 as N240AG. Stored at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa, seen 3 May 2010, US registration cancelled to South Africa unknown operator 18 Jun 2010. Leased to Safair on 18 Jun 2010 as ZS-SPU. Owned by Aergo Leasing. Sub-leased to Velvet Sky on 22 Mar 2011. Seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa stored 22 Sep 2012. Leased to Skywise on 7 Nov 2013. Owned by Star Air Cargo, withdrawn from service 10.11.15, Airlines ceased offic. 15 Dec 2015. Returned to Star Air in Dec 2015. Wet-leased to Air Zimbabwe Sep 2016, Swazi Airways wetlse or plans to wetlease late 2016, but repossessed Apr 2017 abandoned plans, debt $467.000 to settle this issue. Current status: in service.