Boeing 737-700 · *7L9(W) MSN 28006

Registration N278EA · Eastern Airlines

Scrapped

Identity

TypeBoeing 737-700
Variant*7L9(W)
FamilyB737NG
Series—
Line Number26
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorEastern Airlines

Timeline

First Flight

02 May 1998

Delivery

25 May 1998

Age

28.5 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

Boeing 737-7L9, serial number 28006, line number 26, first flight 2 May 1998. Delivered to Maersk Air on 25 May 1998, registered OY-MRC. Seen at Malamala Airport 26 Feb 2002, leased back. Merged into Sterling European (registered 13 Sep 2005). Seen at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 24 Jan 2006 basic Maersk, Sterling titles, last service to Billund 28.10.08, Airlines ceased 29 Oct 2008. Leased to Moskovia Airlines on 25 Aug 2009 as VQ-BER. Modified (*7L9(W)). Aviation Capital Group Acquisitions, registered in the USA 13 Jan 2009, ferried 19-23 Jan 2009 Billund, Denmark to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville registered in the USA Sterling full colours, seen 24 Mar 2009, seen 23 May 2009, US registration Wells Fargo Bank Northwest cancelled 25 Aug 2009, seen at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow 2 Sep 2009 winglets, Aguila One Corp suspended and Airlines ceased 29 Aug 2014. Operated by Eastern Airlines on 3 Sep 2015 as N278EA. Stored Tashkent International Airport 10 May 2014, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest registered in the USA 2 Dec 2014, ferried Tashkent International Airport to Riga International Airport 31 Dec 2014 registered in the USA, ferried to St Athan 16 Jan 2015 parked Moskovia colour scheme, marketed for sale by P4-JET as of 13 May 2015, registered by trustee 28 May 2015, ferried St. Athan-Norwich 2 Jun 2015 registered in the USA, ferried NWI--Fort Worth Fort Worth Meacham Field, TX 13-14 Aug 2015 still Moskovia colour scheme white tail, ferried to Miami International Airport 3 Sep 2015 Eastern full colour scheme, N-rr reserved 16 Sep 2015, re-registered 26 Oct 2015 officially although in service as such 11 Oct 2015, seen in service Fort Lauderdale-International 13 Nov 2015 added Florida Panthers graphics, seen at São Paulo-Guarulhos International, Brazil 15 Jun 2016 Panthers graphics removed, seen 10 Sep 2016 with 'Trump Pence Make America great again' titles, damaged at 27 Oct 2016 La Guardia, overran runway on landing with vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on board, repaired, withdrawn from service at Jun 2017, ferried Miami International Airport to Orlando Sanford International Airport 19 Jul 2017 stored, Wells Fargo Trust Company, new name of WFBN by 05.18 registration cancelled 26 Jun 2018 permanently withdrawn from use Orlando-Central Florida Regional (Sanford), FL. Current status: scrapped.

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