Boeing 737-800 · 8K5(W) MSN 27981

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8K5(W), serial number 27981, line number 7, first flight 31 Jul 1997. Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on 29 Dec 1998, registered D-AHFA. 800-Proto, ferried to boeF 1 Dec 1998, 52nd Leasing Co of Degas Dec 1998, seen 31 Jan 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany new colours, no winglets yet, seen early Mar 2002 now winglets. Renamed Hapag Fly on 28 Apr 2005. New colours seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany 31 Jan 2006. Merged into TUIfly on 15 Jan 2007. Eindhoven Airport repaint TUIfly colours, returned Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport, Rheinmünster 12 Jan 2009. Leased to Canjet on 5 Dec 2009 as C-GCQS. Winter lease, due returned 28 Apr 2010. Returned to TUIfly on 20 Apr 2010 as D-AHFA. Ferried Halifax International to Hannover, Germany C-rgd 20 Apr 2010, cancelled 21 Apr 2010, seen in service 26 Apr 2010 D-rgd full colours. Leased to Air Berlin on 6 May 2011. Full colours, Eindhoven Airport to Hannover, Germany, for sale from Dec 2012, repossessed Feb 2012 via myairlease.com, ferried to Eindhoven Airport 1 May 2012, repaint all white, returned Hannover, Germany 7 May 2012, titles/tail logo in service summer 2012, in service 8 Nov 2012 now white/titles. Operated by SunExpress on 5 Jun 2013 as TC-SNY. Ferried Hannover, Germany to Ingolstadt Manching Airport 20 Mar 2013 for repaint D-rgd, returned Hannover, Germany 28 Mar 2013, ferried to Václav Havel Airport Prague 14 Apr 2013 D-rgd, Václav Havel Airport Prague to Antalya International Airport 5 Jun 2013, withdrawn from service 7 Nov 2018, ferried AYT-Lasham 8 Dec 2018 lease return, G-DRTO Jet2 not taken up, see construction-number 37818. Operated by Heston Aviation on 11 Jul 2019 as LY-BFM. Seen at Lasham still SunExpress colour scheme, scrapping Oct 2019. Current status: scrapped.