Boeing 737 Classic · 4S3 MSN 24163

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-4S3, serial number 24163, line number 1700, first flight 27 Mar 1989. Delivered to Air Europe on 14 Apr 1989, registered G-BPKA. Owned by Citibank. Leased to Malaysian AS on 24 Mar 1990 as 9M-MJJ. Returned to Air Europe on 15 Mar 1991 as G-BPKA. Withdrawn from use Gatwick for maintenance re-registered 16 Apr 1991. Operated by Dan-Air London on 8 Mar 1991 as G-BVNM. In service 20.3, r31.3. Merged into British Airways on 7 Nov 1992. Repair 17.01.93/own Lanie AC, repaint Pause to Remember (nc?) 18 Oct 1998, Union Flag new colours 28 Jun 1999, British Airways plc 17 May 2000, withdrawn from use and ferried to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Prestwick, South Ayrshire 26 Oct 2003, ferried to London-Heathrow for paint 23 Dec 2003, seen white colour scheme 3 Feb 2004, tested 25 Mar 2004, ferried to QLA 26 Jul 2004. Leased to Air One on 4 Aug 2004 as EI-DFD. Owned by Orix Aviation Systems this date, owned by Orix Aircraft Management 22 Jul 2005. Operated by Comair on 13 Jun 2008 as ZS-OAO. Seen at Europcar colour scheme Jan 2010, seen at Lanseria, South Africa Kulula colour scheme 15 Aug 2011, withdrawn from service Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 31 May 2022, to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi 19 May 2023. Current status: stored.