Boeing 737 Classic · 5Y0 MSN 25183

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-5Y0, serial number 25183, line number 2218, first flight 30 Jan 1992. Delivered to China Southern on 14 Feb 1992, registered B-2549. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, seen at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Transaero full colour scheme 29 Sep 2006, returned GECAS 9 Nov 2006. Operated by AHL on 10 Nov 2006 as EI-DTV. Leased to Transaero Airlines on 8 Dec 2006. Still at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport for galley-mods 11 Jan 2007, departed 10 Feb 2007, owned by Transalpine Leasing Ltd 19 Dec 2013, withdrawn from service 20 Oct 2015, impounded FRA, Airlines ceased 26 Oct 2015, Pan JSC Aircraft Leasing 7 Apr 2016, ferried Frankfurt International, Germany to Vilnius International Airport 15 Jul 2016, cancelled 18 Aug 2016. Leased to VIM Airlines on 19 Aug 2016 as VP-BVU. Ferried Vienna International Airport to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, Mošnov 19 Aug 2016, Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow 26 Aug 2016, 2nd use of regi, see construction-number 25166. Operated by Africa Charter Airlines on 17 Nov 2016 as ZS-TGY. Ferried Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow to Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 17-18 Nov 2016, Outsourcing for Africa Pty 23 Nov 2016, repossessed due lease Voyage Air (LZ) May 2019, presum not taken up, see construction-number 25188, Canadian Airways Congo wet-leased 10 Feb 2021, ferried Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa to Maya-Maya International Airport, Brazzaville, ferried Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa to Entebbe International Airport Uganda Air Cargo leased 26 Mar 2022 for Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu flights, in service Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa to Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International, Nigeria 12 May 2022, ferried Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa to Maya-Maya International Airport, Brazzaville Trans Air Congo wet-leased. Operated by Mont Gabaon Airlines on 15 Dec 2024 as 9S-AMP. Airtest Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 9 Dec 2024, left engine failed on take off 19 Jan 2025 Kinshasa-N'Djili, Congo, landed safely, returned into service 8 Apr 2025. Operated by DR Congo Air Force in Apr 2026. One source, tbc. Current status: in service.