Boeing 737-800 · 8Q8 MSN 28226

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8Q8, serial number 28226, line number 77, first flight 9 Jul 1998. Delivered to Sabre Airways on 27 Jul 1998, registered G-OKDN. International Lease Finance Corporation, withdrawn from use 5 Nov 1998. Leased to GEC Marconi on 6 Nov 1998. Ferried to Mojave for HUD-tests, seen 27 Mar 1999 Phoenix, added Marconi titles, due returned Mar 1999. Returned to Sabre Airways on 22 Apr 1999. Seen at Send 17.4, ferried to Stansted 22.4. Sub-leased to Air Berlin on 1 Oct 1999. Seen at Send 20.10 no titles, rolled out 31.10 Air Berlin titles, withdrawn from use 26 Apr 2000. Returned to Sabre Airways on 27 Apr 2000. Ferried to Southend, ferried London Gatwick Airport 30 Apr 2000 red tail/Sabre titles, Sabre 1 Jun 2000, Excel Airways Jan 2001. Renamed Excel Airways in Jan 2001 as G-XLAA. Ferried to Southend 12 Mar 2001, re-registered 13 Mar 2001, London-Gatwick, U. K. 15 Mar 2001, seen 28 Nov 2005 London-Gatwick, U. K. new XL.com tail titles. Renamed XL Airways on 30 Nov 2006. Cancelled 24 Apr 2008. Sub-leased to XL Airways Germany on 20 Apr 2008 as D-AXLG. Jet4You wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor), added titles, seen at Paris-Orly, France 2 Jul 2008, seen 14 Sep 2008, seen 1 Apr 2009 Paris-Orly, France full Star XL colours operated for Jet4You, seen 22 Apr 2009 now stickers, ferried Düsseldorf, Germany to Dublin, Ireland 14 Nov 2011, XL Airways ceased operations mid Dec 2012, ferried Düsseldorf, Germany to Shannon, Ireland 18 Dec 2012 lease return, cancelled 22 Jan 2013. Operated by UTAir Ukraine on 21 Mar 2013 as UR-UTP. EI-rgd Castle 2003-1 Ireland 23 Jan 2013, rolled out 26 Feb 2013 Shannon, Ireland UTAir Ukraine full colour scheme EI-rgd taped over, EI-reg cancelled 20 Mar 2013, Shannon, Ireland to Boryspil International Airport 21 Mar 2013. Transferred to Azur Air Ukraine on 30 Nov 2015. Seen at Lwow full colour scheme 30 Nov 2015. Transferred to Azur Air on 13 Mar 2018 as VQ-BAL. Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow. Re-registered with Azur Air on 10 Jun 2022 as RA-73475. Current status: in service.