Boeing 737 Classic · 505 MSN 24274

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-505, serial number 24274, line number 2035, first flight 10 Apr 1991. Delivered to Braathens SAFE on 26 Apr 1991, registered LN-BRK. Owned by Orix. Renamed SAS Braathens on 1 Apr 2005. Arrived at Shannon, Ireland for paint Spectrum Aerospace SAL colour scheme 25 May 2007. Renamed SAS Norge on 1 Jun 2007. Owned by NBB Nordland Co. Ltd 24274 LP 4 Sep 2007, withdrawn from use and stored Oslo-Gardermoen, Norway 30 Sep 2009, ferried to Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv 8 Feb 2010, ferried to Oslo-Gardermoen, Norway 21 May 2010. Leased to Blue Air on 17 Nov 2010 as YR-BAH. Operated by Jerritt Ltd on 19 May 2011 as EI-EPL. R/o Bournemouth-Hurn exec. Cs 30 May 2011, seen stored 3 Jul 2012. Operated by SACI on 21 Aug 2012 as N274EL. Seen at Solyom Hungarian Airways colour scheme 13 Aug 2013, owned by European Aviation Ltd 1 Aug 2014. Leased to Air X Charter on 4 Aug 2014 as 9H-OME. Seen Sep 2015 operated for U2 with special colour scheme and 'Innocence + Experience' titles, Volotea summerlse 6 Jul 2016 to 10 Aug 2016 sticker on forward fus., Volotea lease 14 May 2017 ferried Bournemouth Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport. Sub-leased to Montenegro Airlines on 14 Apr 2018. Full colour scheme, ferried BBU--Podgorica, final flight 15 Apr 2018, withdrawn from service 30 Sep 2018. Returned to Air X Charter on 30 Sep 2018. Returned into service 12 Oct 2018 BEG-Tirana, withdrawn from service 16 Apr 2020, stored Norwich Airport, Norwich, Norfolk. Operated by TVPX Trust Svcs on 3 Aug 2023 as N599BE. To St Athan Airport, Wales 27 Oct 2023, departed 2 Oct 2023, preserved Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China 2024, as an instructional airframe at the 'Ordos Institute of Technology College'. Current status: stored.