Boeing 757 · *W MSN 28171

Timeline

History

Boeing 757-2Q8, serial number 28171, line number 805, first flight 16 May 1998. Delivered to Flying Colours on 24 May 1998, registered G-FCLE. International Lease Finance Corporation. Merged into JMC Airlines on 27 Mar 2000. Full colours 19 Nov 1999, rJMC 3 May 2000, arrived London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex for paint 13 Dec 2002, seen at Salzburg Airport Thomas Cook full colour scheme 25 Jan 2003. Renamed Thomas Cook Airlines on 27 Mar 2003. Seen at César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, San Bartolomé with large "ThomasCook.com" titles at left side 25 Mar 2004. Sub-leased to Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia on 19 Nov 2012. Returned to Thomas Cook Airlines on 6 Dec 2012. Withdrawn from use and arrived at London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 8 Dec 2013, ferried to Châteauroux Déols airport Royal Flight colour scheme 26 Jan 2014, ferried to Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 8 Feb 2014. Leased to Royal Flight Airlines on 19 Mar 2014 as VQ-BTR. Fitted with winglets. Owned by by Abakan Avia, winglets 14 Apr 2014. Re-registered with Royal Flight Airlines on 15 Mar 2022 as RA-73357. Parked Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow 8 Mar 2022, never returned into service with Royal, Moscow-Vnukovo, Russia 17 Oct 2024. Transferred to Azur Air on 7 Feb 2025. Returned into service. Current status: in service.