Airbus A320-232 MSN 2496

Timeline

History

Airbus A320-232, serial number 2496, first flight 30 Jun 2005. Delivered to Kingfisher Airlines on 29 Jul 2005, registered VT-KFC. Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport, arrived at Dublin, Ireland returned Forquilhinha - Criciúma Airport 16 Mar 2012. Operated by SAL on 16 Apr 2012 as EI-EWO. Ferried to Woensdrecht Air Base, Hoogerheide 18 Apr 2012. Leased to Livingston Airlines on 14 Aug 2012. Arrived at CAS and parked 7 Oct 2014, IndiGo 2015 not taken up, cancelled 5 Jun 2015. Leased to Shaheen Air International on 7 Jun 2015 as AP-BMC. Ferried Indianapolis-International to Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 07-8 Jun 2015 full colour scheme, withdrawn from service 5 Jul 2018, departed Jinnah International Airport, Karachi 5 Jul 2018. Operated by Just Us Air on 29 Mar 2019 as YR-DSI. Returned to AerCap Ireland, OE-rgd Aug 2018, ferried LDE-LFBF 18 Feb 2019, ferried to Craiova 29 Mar 2019, leased to TUIfly 22 Apr 2019, final flight 23 Apr 2019, ferried Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany to Kuwait International Airport 1 Jun 2019 wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) to Jazeera Airways, returned Kuwait International Airport to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 1 Nov 2019. Operated by Royal Air Charter Svcs on 12 Mar 2021 as RP-C7938. AerCap 26 Jan 2021 parked Craiova International Airport, delivered Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, Montpellier/Méditerranée to Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base, Mabalacat 12-14 Mar 2021, withdrawn from service 4 May 2022. Operated by Global Aviation on 27 Mar 2022 as ZS-GAC. AerCap returned 5 Oct 2022, Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base, Mabalacat to Queen Alia International Airport, Amman 2 Dec 2022, Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 21 Mar 2023, final flight 29 Jul 2023 leased to Lift, Smartwings wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 14 May 2024 returned 15 Oct 2024, Smartwings wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 15 May 2025, Lift leased 15 Oct 2025, 5th anniversary tail Dec 2025, Fastjet Zimbabwe wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 01.08-09.2026 trial for owned by A320. Current status: in service.