Boeing 737-800 · 8K5(W) MSN 27983

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8K5(W), serial number 27983, line number 218, first flight 18 Feb 1999. Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on 9 Mar 1999, registered D-AHFH. 54th LCoD Mar 1999, seen at TXL 7 Aug 2000 full colours, added www.hlf.de titles, seen at Hamburg, Germany late May 2001 now winglets. Sub-leased to Britannia AB on 1 May 2002. Seen 5 Apr 2002 Stuttgart World of Turaif Domestic Airport new colours, based Malmö, due returned 3 Nov 2002. Returned to Hapag-Lloyd on 29 Oct 2002. Arrived Hanover full World of Turaif Domestic Airport colours, in service 2 Nov 2002 full Hapag colours, seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany 24 Feb 2005 full Hapag/World of Turaif Domestic Airport new colours, added "www.hapagfly.com" titles. Renamed Hapag Fly on 28 Apr 2005. Merged into TUIfly on 15 Jan 2007. Seen 2 Sep 2010 Rheinland Pfalz sticker/coat of arms, ferried Hannover, Germany to Shannon, Ireland 22 Sep 2014 for lease return, r/o 22 Oct 2014 white, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey 4 Dec 2014, cancelled 10 Dec 2014. Operated by Tailwind Airlines on 10 Dec 2014 as TC-TLG. Seen at Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey re-registered white 10 Dec 2014, delivered Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey to Antalya International Airport 23 Mar 2015, seen 10 Apr 2015 Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany full colour scheme. Sub-leased to Wings of Lebanon on 16 Jul 2016. Antalya International Airport to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, withdrawn from service 30 Sep 2016, returned Tailwind, final flight 30 Sep 2016, withdrawn from service 18 Oct 2016. Leased to Primera Air Nordic on 26 Jan 2017 as YL-PSI. Returned lessor AerCap, 2-rgd 20 Oct 2016 International Lease Finance Corporation Ireland Ltd, ferried Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv to Shannon, Ireland 22 Nov 2016 still Tailwind colour scheme, seen 4 Jan 2017 Shannon, Ireland repainted, 2-rgd, cancelled 16 Jan 2017, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Copenhagen Kastrup Airport 26 Jan 2017, withdrawn from service 1 Oct 2018 (Airlines ceased 2 Oct 2018), returned lessor, Copenhagen Kastrup Airport to Shannon, Ireland 2 Oct 2018. Operated by AerSale Inc on 17 Apr 2019 as N983AE. International Lease Finance Corporation Ireland Ltd OE-rgd Oct 2018, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Phoenix Goodyear Airport 18-19 Dec 2018, total time 68513, 24025 l, offered for lease/sale Apr 2019 registered in the USA 17 Apr 2019, scrapping 2020. Current status: scrapped.