Boeing 737 Classic · 529 MSN 25249

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-529, serial number 25249, line number 2145, first flight 8 Oct 1991. Delivered to Sabena on 31 Oct 1991, registered OO-SYG. Owned by DSF, Sab 7 Jun 1996, stored Brussels, Belgium white no titles 28 Sep 2001 total time (flying hours) 20864 hours 17712 cycles. Operated by Aircraft 25249 LLC on 18 Dec 2001 as N249JW. Departed Brussels, Belgium to USA 19 Dec 2001, seen at Roswell Air Center Airport stored 2 Feb 2003, owned by FINOVA Capital Corporation 16 Jul 2003, seen white colour scheme engine removed Aug 2004, arrived at Grantley Adams International Airport, Bridgetown 1 Apr 2005, seen at Lanseria, South Africa inside hangar Nationwide full colour scheme 20 Jun 2005. Leased to Nationwide Air on 2 Nov 2005 as ZS-PKU. US registration cancelled this date, ceased operations unknown location 30 Nov 2007, returned FINOVA Capital Corporation Jul 2008. Leased to Macedonian Airlines on 25 Jul 2008 as Z3-AAH. Operated by WFBN on 15 Sep 2009 as N249MH. US registration cancelled to Macedonia again for MAT Airways Dorobisoro Airport 10 Dec 2009. Operated by WFBN on 17 Feb 2010 as N237MA. Operated by MAT Airways on 8 Jun 2010 as Z3-AAM. Withdrawn from service Skopje 11 Aug 2011. Operated by Air Rotables on 17 Nov 2018 as ZS-PKU. Photo exists by Nov 2018 with Kon Tiki Sky titles, dirty (still in Skopje?), ferried Skopje--JNB 17-18 Nov 2018, stored, to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Harare 5 May 2021 FlyAfrica leased, not taken up, to Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 15 Jul 2021. Operated by AVA Airlines in Sep 2025 as EP-AXE. Ferried to Iran 22-23 Jul 2025 7Q-rgd, final flight 7 Sep 2025. Current status: in service.