Boeing 737 Classic · *SF MSN 24271

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-405, serial number 24271, line number 1738, first flight 15 Jun 1989. Delivered to Braathens SAFE on 29 Jun 1989, registered LN-BRB. Owned by Braa 11 Aug 1997, new colours seen 2 Oct 1998, cancelled 26 Mar 1999. Leased to Virgin Express on 31 Mar 1999 as OO-VEJ. Ferried Stav-Bru 1 Apr 1999 white, Virgin tit/logo, withdrawn from use 30 Apr 1999. Sub-leased to Sobelair on 1 May 1999. Seen 29 May 1999 full colours, InA 4 Jun 1999, seen at Salzburg white colour scheme with fuselage titles and taillogo 4 Jun 2001. Returned to Virgin Express on 31 Oct 2001. In service only taillogo and titles, seen at Malta white colour scheme only titles on tail 25 Feb 2002, seen at Brussels, Belgium with large red "Virgin Express" titles 5 Oct 2002, repainted full new colour scheme 18 Nov 2002, seen at Bournemouth Airport Brussels Airlines full colour scheme 12 Dec 2006. Merged into Brussels Airlines on 25 Mar 2007. Withdrawn from use and ferried to Phoenix Goodyear Airport returned lessor 1 Feb 2010, owned by AerCo Capital Limited 10 Feb 2010. Operated by WFBN on 10 Feb 2010 as N427BV. Arrived at Tucson International Airport 9 Oct 2010. Leased to Vision Airlines on 12 Oct 2010. Re-registered with Vision Airlines on 19 Jan 2011 as N745VA. Leased to Direct Air 29 Feb 2012, returned Vision Airlines 12 Mar 2012, owned by Jetran Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 2 Jul 2013, seen at Newport News Williamsburg International Airport "PeoplExpress" colour scheme 31 May 2014. Operated by PeoplExpress on 31 May 2014. Ceased operations Opa-Locka, FL returned Vision Airlines 26 Sep 2014. Sub-leased to Havana Air on 21 Nov 2014. Owned by Spectre Air Capital, leased Vision Airlines 14 Jan 2015, Vision, ferried San Antonio International Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 21-22 Jul 2015, US registration cancelled 31 Jul 2015. Leased to Fly Baghdad on 5 Aug 2015 as YI-BAJ. Ferried BBU-Erbil 5 Aug 2015 (not YR-UEZ), ferried Erbil--Goose Bay 30.01-01.02.16 for the USA and lease return. Operated by Kalitta Charters II LLC on 26 Feb 2016 as N732CK. Converted to special freighter. Jetran 22 Feb 2016, Kalitta 4 Apr 2016, ferried MIA-Oscoda 2 Mar 2016, ferried MIA-Oscoda 12 Oct 2016 after F-conversion. Current status: in service.