Boeing 737 Classic · 4Y0 MSN 24688

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-4Y0, serial number 24688, line number 1876, first flight 6 Jun 1990. Delivered to Malaysian Airlines on 22 Jun 1990, registered 9M-MJI. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, returned GECAS-GPA 7 Oct 1994, Shannon 15 Oct 1994 G-OOAB Air 2000 not taken up (wetlsd Oman Air 28.7-7.08.94), Air Europa not taken up. Leased to Futura on 7 Oct 1994 as EC-738. Re-registered with Futura as EC-FZT. Ex announced May 1995, seen in service 25 May 1998 white, Futura titles. Leased to AB Airlines (registered 19 Jun 1998) as G-OABF. Seen 4 Jul 1998 Futura full colours, operated for Futura?!. Returned to Futura Int as EC-GYK. Seen in service full colours, returned GECAS Jan 2000, ferried Maastricht-Beek, Netherlands to Dublin, Ireland full Virgin colours, Palma 3 Feb 2000. Leased to Virgin Express Ireland on 10 Feb 2000 as EI-TVC. Ferried to Bru 16 Feb 2000 full Virg colours as EC, re-registered, in service 17 Feb 2000, arrived Dublin end-of-lease maintenance 7 Feb 2001, departed destination unknown 21 Feb 2001. Leased to Axon Airlines on 23 Mar 2001 as SX-BLN. Ceased operations and stored Athens 30 Nov 2001. Leased to Virgin Express on 20 Dec 2001 as EI-TVC. Re-registered with Virgin Express on 17 Jan 2002 as OO-VEO. Seen at London-Heathrow this date, not repainted full colour scheme 21 Mar 2002, seen at Brussels, Belgium Virgin Blue basic colour scheme 10 Aug 2002, seen at Brussels, Belgium white colour scheme after maintenance parked returned GECAS 31 Jan 2004. Leased to Axis Airways on 20 Feb 2004 as F-GLXQ. F-GLTB not taken up, seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France full colour scheme 19 Jun 2004, seen at Paris-Orly, France new full colour scheme 29 Jun 2007, ceased operations Châteauroux Déols airport 7 Dec 2009, owned by Cascais Airport 8 27 Jan 2010. Operated by WFBN on 21 Jun 2011 as N302MS. Ferried to Al Ain International Airport 7 Jan 2012, owned by CAT8-->TAG-->SACI 24 Jan 2012. Leased to City Airways on 19 Jul 2012 as HS-GTA. Returned Seen at Airline Consultants International Dec 2013. Operated by SACI on 10 Mar 2014 as N302MS. Ferried Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok to Roswell Air Center Airport 11-12 Mar 2015 City Airways colour scheme, Sierra American Corporation to Aero North International 13 Mar 2015, AerSale Inc 13 Mar 2015, 30 Mar 2015. Leased to Xtra Airways on 9 Jun 2015 as N688XA. AerSale, re-registered reserved 30 Mar 2015, ferried ROW-Amarillo 30 May 2015, officially re-registered 5 Jun 2015, ferried Amarillo-ROW 9 Jun 2015, Roswell Air Center Airport to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport 10 Jun 2015, Phoenix Goodyear Airport to Lakeland Linder International Airport 16 Feb 2019 after stored. Operated by Nolinor Aviation/OWG on 27 Apr 2020 as C-GGWV. Roswell Air Center Airport to Montreal Mirabel International Airport, Montréal registered in the USA, C-rgd 1 Sep 2020, ferried to Trois-Rivières Airport 2 Sep 2020 for repaint OWG colour scheme, returned Montreal-Mirabel, QC 25 Sep 2020. Returned to Nolinor Aviation on 28 Jan 2024. '688' repaint Charleston International Airport 28.02, returned Montreal-Mirabel, QC 24 Feb 2024, seen Sep 2024 full colour scheme small overhaul but operational. Current status: in service.