Boeing 737-800 · *8Q8(W) MSN 28218

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8Q8, serial number 28218, line number 160, first flight 24 Nov 1998. Delivered to Sabre Airways on 11 Dec 1998, registered G-OJSW. International Lease Finance Corporation. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 16 Dec 2000. Miami Air titles application 17 Dec 2000, Sabre to Ecel Airways Jan 2001. Returned to Excel Airways on 16 May 2001 as G-XLAB. Re-registered 14 May 2001, ferried Southend-Stansted 16 May 2001 as such. Renamed XL Airways on 30 Nov 2006. Ferried London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport 17 May 2007 MyTravel sub-lsd, in service 18 May 2007 with small sticker, returned XL 19 Oct 2007. Operated by Xtra Airways. Seen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Sub-leased to XL Airways Germany on 28 Apr 2008 as D-AXLF. Modified (*8Q8(W)). Ferried to Frankfurt International, Germany 24 Apr 2008 old Excel basic colours, British registration cancelled 28 Apr 2008, damaged 18 Oct 2008 on emergency landing, ferried Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 29 Oct 2008 after repairs, parked, ferried Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey to Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany 15 Feb 2009, seen at Stuttgart-Echterdingen, Germany 18 Feb 2009 winglets, seen at Palma de Mallorca Airport 22 Feb 2009 white, seen at Düsseldorf, Germany 3 Jun 2009 white/very small XL Airways Germany sticker. Sub-leased to Air Namibia on 19 Nov 2009. Seen at Frankfurt International, Germany inside hangar 6 Nov 2009 full colours, seen 12 Nov 2009 outside, winterlease. Returned to XL Airways Germany on 30 Apr 2010. Ferried Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek to Frankfurt International, Germany white, seen 2 May 2010 now white, Sunweb titles, ferried to Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport 3 May 2010. Leased to Canjet on 3 Dec 2010 as C-GDGY. Ferried Munich Airport to Dublin, Ireland 7 Nov 2010, overhaul, re-registered 30 Nov 2010 IMP Group Ltd/CanJet, winter lease, white small XL Airways logo besides door. Returned to XL Airways Germany on 27 Apr 2011 as D-AXLF. Ferried Montreal Mirabel International Airport, Montréal to Frankfurt International, Germany 24-25 Apr 2011, with "Schauinsland Reisen" fuselage and tail titles on white colour scheme since 19 Jul 2011, ex all white colour scheme, ferried to Dublin, Ireland 16 Nov 2011 for C-check, testfl 30 Nov 2011 white. Leased to Canjet on 2 Dec 2011 as C-GDGY. IMP Group 2 Dec 2011. Returned to XL Airways Germany on 30 Apr 2012 as D-AXLF. Ferried Montreal Mirabel International Airport, Montréal to Dublin, Ireland 30.04-01.05.12 white C-reg, cancelled 2 May 2012, seen 3 May 2012 in hangar Dublin, Ireland D-rgd 4 May 2012, special Öger Türk Tur/Ottfly billboard colour scheme ferried Dublin, Ireland to Frankfurt International, Germany 11 May 2012, emergency landed at Cologne 3 Sep 2012 with 186 passengers due to heavy smoke in the cabin due to failure of no return valve in hydraulic system, 11 injured due to smoke inhalation. Leased to Canjet (registered 12 Dec 2012) as C-GDGY. Ferried Düsseldorf, Germany to Dublin, Ireland 19 Nov 2012, seen 4 Dec 2012 white C-rgd, slse due, IMP Group C-rgd 12 Dec 2012, but remained in Dublin, 'reverted to D-reg by 21 Dec 2012' white, C-reg cancelled 21 Dec 2012 to N-. Leased to Corendon Airlines on 4 Jun 2013 as TC-TJM. Registered in the USA Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 21 Dec 2012, seen at Dublin, Ireland 3 Jan 2013 due to XL Airways Germany's bankruptcy, ferried white to Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates 30 Mar 2013 for mx/paint, US registration cancelled 31 May 2013, ferried Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates to Antalya International Airport 4 Jun 2013 on lease, wetlsd to Camair Jan 2016, returned 16, withdrawn from service 22 Oct 2018, ferried Antalya International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées 7 Nov 2018 for lease returned, owned by Aviation Capital Group. Operated by UMB Bank NA (registered 18 Jan 2019) as 2-ACSA. When VP-rgd? registered in the USA 18 Jan 2019, ferried Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées to Miami International Airport 06-8 Feb 2019, cancelled 15 Feb 2019. Leased to Swift Air (registered 19 Mar 2019) as N820TJ. Kalumbila Airport Bank registered, Miami International Airport to Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston Salem 16 May 2019, Miami, FL 16 May 2019 Smartwings wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 20 May 2019, ferried Miami International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague 27-30 May 2019, returned Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International 15 Oct 2019. Renamed iAero Airways on 1 Jan 2020. Damaged 19 May 2020 San Diego CA 0(X) after landing appeared that parts of tail fin were missing, presum fell of mid flight, withdrawn from service Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International 03.04.24 Airlines ceased. Current status: stored.