Boeing 737-800 · 8K5(W) MSN 27987

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8K5(W), serial number 27987, line number 499, first flight 22 Feb 2000. Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on 3 Apr 2000, registered D-AHFO. Seen early Mar 2002 winglets. Leased to Air Berlin. Full colours, seen at Eindhoven Airport (after repaint there?), seen in service 22 Jan 2006. Transferred to Hapag-Lloyd Express on 19 Mar 2006. Departed Norwich, U. K. full colours. Merged into TUIfly on 15 Jan 2007. Leased to Canjet on 26 Nov 2009. Ferried to Shannon, Ireland 2 Nov 2009 for maintenance, ferried 26 Nov 2009 Hannover, Germany to Halifax International and winter lease, basic HLX colours, large black CanJet titles, yellow tail. Returned to TUIfly on 28 Apr 2010. Ferried 28-29 Apr 2010 basic HLX colours. Wet-leased to Air Berlin on 13 May 2011. Arrived Eindhoven Airport 7 May 2011, Eindhoven Airport to Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany 13 May 2011 after repaint full colours. Returned to TUIfly on 12 Apr 2013. Ferried TXL to Shannon, Ireland 12 Apr 2013 AB colour scheme, painted into white plus titles and returned in service, Shannon, Ireland to Hannover, Germany 4 May 2013, last service 4 Nov 2013, ferried Munich Airport to Shannon, Ireland 5 Nov 2013 for lease return, Shannon, Ireland to Hannover, Germany 27 Nov 2013, ferried HAJ-Chateauroux 3 Dec 2013 for repaint. Operated by Jet2 (registered 16 May 2014) as G-GDFX. Repaint Jet2 Holiday colour scheme, ferried Chat-PRG 12 Dec 2013, to Hannover, Germany 23 Dec 2013, ferried Hannover, Germany to Václav Havel Airport Prague 14 Apr 2014 for maintenance D-rgd, cancelled 15 May 2014, G-rgd 16 May 2014, ferried Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bournemouth Airport 17 May 2014 for paint, delivered to Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, West Yorkshire 23 May 2014, final flight 7 Jun 2014, ferried East Midlands Airport to Bournemouth Airport 3 Jan 2017 for repaint. Current status: in service.