Airbus A320-231 MSN 261

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Airbus A380-842, serial number 261, first flight 24 Jul 2019. Delivered to Emirates Airlines on 4 Dec 2020, registered A6-EVL. Current status: in service.

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Airbus A300B4-203, serial number 261, first flight 25 Aug 1983. Delivered to Eastern Airlines on 16 Dec 1983, registered N233EA. Withdrawn from use Jan 1991. Operated by Continental as N14975. Owned by Elec (JP92). Operated by Presidential Air. Seen full colours Atl. Leased to Carnival Airlines on 12 Sep 1996. Re-registered due. Merged into Pan Am as N229KW. Seen at Opa repaint, still operated for Carnival, ferried Kef-Lemw 15 Jan 1998, Filton 29 Mar 1998 in PA colours, seen 5 Apr 1998 Air Alfa colours. Operated by Air Alfa on 15 Apr 1998 as TC-ALV. Eurojet Aircraft Leasing SA, to First Security Bank 30 Mar 1998, US registration cancelled 16 Apr 1998, seen in service 2 May 1998 Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey, returned Nov 1998 less. Leased to Oman Air on 10 Mar 1999. In service 11.3, white fuselage, red titles, Alfa basic tail, Istanbul-Filton 1 Oct 1999 for freighter conversion C-S Avtn. Operated by FSB (registered 18 Oct 1999) as N229KW. Converted to freighter. Seen 19 Nov 1999 Filton still TC-rgd full Alfa colours, being converted to freighter at Jun 2000, seen 19 Jul 2000 converted to freighter, Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport, Miami repainted. Leased to TNT Airways on 29 Sep 2000 as OO-TZB. Registered 2 Oct 2000, ferried to Mojave Air & Space Port 28 Dec 2009. Operated by WFBN on 7 Jan 2010 as N261AX. Owned by Kitale Airport 18 May 2011, arrived at Orlando Sanford International Airport 30 Aug 2012, owned by Sierra American Corporation 31 Aug 2012, seen 14 Feb 2013. Operated by Transcarga Int'l Airways on 1 Sep 2014 as YV560T. Ferried Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport 8 Sep 2016 stored, seen May 2018 looking dirty, ferried to Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 13 Dec 2018, repossessed for wetlease to Aero Union but presum maintenance instead, ferried Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport to Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 25 May 2019 after maintenance, damaged 11 Mar 2021 left engine uncontained failure, returned into service 2 Jun 2021, withdrawn from service 2 May 2023 stored Orlando Sanford International Airport. Returned to South Aircraft Leasing on 17 Oct 2023 as N261AX. Operated by KAP K.G. Cargo as EX-. Current status: stored.

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Airbus A350-941, serial number 261, first flight 28 Nov 2018. Delivered to China Eastern Airlines on 19 Dec 2018, registered B-304N. Current status: in service.

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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-311, serial number 261. Delivered to Great China Airlines on 28 Feb 1991, registered B-15209. Operated by Eastern Australia Airlines as VH-IVI. Seen 11 Jan 1998 Tamworth still as B-/canc 24 Feb 1998. Operated by DHC on 26 Feb 1998 as N379DC. Stored Feb 1998 Tamworth, DHC to First Security Bank 22 Jul 1999, leased back. Leased to US Airways Expr-Piedmont on 23 Mar 2001 as N327EN. Ferried Tamworth--Calgary 30.9-3.10.00 basic Great China colours, First Security Bank to BoC 25 Jan 2001, N-rrgd seen at Calgary 31 Jan 2001 US Airways Expr colours, not yet re-registered 23 Mar 2001, re-registered 22 May 2001, BoC to Nordic Avtn Current/now in service 4 Dec 2006, in trust with Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, still leased to PI. Transferred to American Eagle-Piedmont Airlines on 9 Dec 2013. Dynamic Aviation 31 May 2019 for spares, scrapping 2022 Bridgewater Air Park. Current status: scrapped.

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ATR 42-320, serial number 261, first flight 13 Aug 1991. Delivered to GPA/ACES Colombia on 16 Dec 1991, registered HK-3678X. Ferried via Miami, FL 10 Aug 2003, seen at Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montréal 17 Aug 2003 white, departed 26 Sep 2003. Leased to West Caribbean Airways. Fleet grounded by May 2005, seen at San Antonio 19 Aug 2005 as HK-3678. Returned to GPA ATR II (registered 3 Jan 2006) as N261RT. To Nordic Avtn Contractor 14 Feb 2006, placed in trust with Aircraft Guaranty Holdings & Trust LLC and T, seen stored San Antonio 4 Nov 2006 still Gamboa Airport, Castro colours HK-painted, seen 10 May 2007, registered in the USA Aircraft Guaranty Holdings and Trust Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo, still Sojitz Aircraft Trading seen 6 Nov 2007 as HK-3678, cancelled 12 Dec 2007. Operated by Calm Air International on 16 Nov 2007 as C-FCIJ. 27 Dec 2007, seen still parked San Antonio 21 Feb 2008 HK-painted, to Aviation Inventory Resources TX for parts at Jun 2008, C-reg cancelled 18 Nov 2008 to USA withdrawn from use San Antonio. Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A330-243, serial number 261, first flight 9 Mar 1999. Delivered to Monarch Airlines on 26 Mar 1999, registered G-SMAN. Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways on 8 Oct 2010. Operated by Monarch Airlines on 20 Dec 2010. Leased to Garuda Indonesian Airways on 7 Sep 2013. Returned to Monarch Airlines on 17 Nov 2013. Withdrawn from service 20 Apr 2015, ferried to Birmingham International 22 Apr 2015, ferried Cambridge 4 Nov 2015 for paint and returned lessor. Operated by NAS/Eagleexpress Air Charter on 30 Nov 2015 as 9M-AZL. Ferried Cambridge City Airport, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire to Bathurst Airport 16 Nov 2015 FlyNAS colour scheme, ferried Birmingham International to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang 27-28 Nov 2015, returned lessor, British registration cancelled 30 Nov 2015, final flight 11 Dec 2015 KUL-Medina. Operated by Wamos Air on 7 Feb 2017 as EC-MNY. Ferried Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang to Teruel Airport 29 Jun 2016 G-rgd 16 Jun 2016 GAFS-P Ltd, Dublin, Teruel Airport to Zürich Airport, Zurich 3 Oct 2016, delivered Zürich Airport, Zurich to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, British registration cancelled 3 Feb 2017, Air Algerie wet-leased 16 Jun 2017 for summer, withdrawn from service 26 Sep 2017, returned Magnum Airdynamics Inc 30 Sep 2017, Biman Bangladesh wet-leased 28 Jan 2018, returned Magnum Airdynamics Inc 15-16 Feb 2018, wet-leased to LAN Airlines final flight 13 Mar 2018 to cover 787 issues, withdrawn from service 31 Aug 2018, ferried Guayaquil-MAD 31.08-01.09.18, Norwegian Air UK leased 2 Sep 2018 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport, withdrawn from service 10 Jan 2019, returned Magnum Airdynamics Inc 11 Jan 2019, ferried Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Adisoemarmo International Airport, Surakarta wet-leased 4 Jul 2019 to Garuda for Hajj pilgrim flights, returned Adisoemarmo International Airport, Surakarta to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 16 Sep 2019, ferried Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Kansas City International Airport 25 Jan 2021 returned lessor, scrapping 23. Current status: scrapped.