Boeing 737-800 · 8K5(W) MSN 27988
Registration VQ-BUZ · AerCap
Identity
Operators
Timeline
First Flight
25 Feb 2000
Delivery
03 Apr 2000
Age
26.7 yrs
Last Updated
29 Oct 2026
History
Boeing 737-8K5(W), serial number 27988, line number 508, first flight 25 Feb 2000. Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on 3 Apr 2000, registered D-AHFP. Seen early Mar 2002 winglets. Renamed Hapag Fly on 28 Apr 2005. Merged into TUIfly on 15 Jan 2007. Leased to Canjet on 28 Oct 2008. Returned to TUIfly. Hapagfly colours, ferried to Maastricht-Beek, Netherlands 6 Dec 2009 for repaint full colours. Operated by Belavia on 23 Jan 2015 as EW-437PA. Rolled out Shannon, Ireland 17 Nov 2014 full colour scheme D-reg, EW-reg taped over, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey 16 Dec 2014 D-reg, cancelled 18 Dec 2014, Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey to Minsk National Airport 23 Jan 2015. Operated by AerCap as VQ-BUZ. Owned by GA Telesis, ferried Kaunas International Airport to Dothan Regional Airport 10 Jul 2022 for freighter conversion, perhaps abandoned due to age. Current status: stored.
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