Boeing 737 Classic · *SF MSN 28723

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-46N, serial number 28723, line number 2886, first flight 6 May 1997. Delivered to GECAS/British Midland on 30 May 1997, registered G-SFBH. Renamed bmi British Midland on 1 Feb 2001. Seen at London-Heathrow old colour scheme new titles and logo 28 Jul 2001, returned GECAS at East Midlands Airport 4 Apr 2002, tested Air One full colour scheme 28 Apr 2002. Leased to Air One on 1 May 2002 as EI-CXL. Owned by Monroe Aircraft Ireland Ltd, returned Monroe Aircraft Ireland Ltd and EI-reg cancelled as exported to Romania 21 Dec 2007. Leased to Blue Air on 21 Dec 2007 as YR-BAE. Registration and operator known May 2008, seen at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport "METRO Expo 2008"-spcs 21 Sep 2008, seen at Milan-Linate, Italy white colour scheme 31 Aug 2014, arrived at Bucharest-Otopeni, Romania returned Blue Air 1 Oct 2014, withdrawn from service 8 Oct 2018, ferried to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 9 Oct 2018, Shannon, Ireland 25 Oct 2018. Operated by BoU as N923NZ. Seen at Shannon, Ireland full colour scheme re-registered, BoU 2 Nov 2018, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Roswell Air Center Airport 3 Nov 2018, Summit Sky Advisory Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 26 Dec 2018, ferried ROW--Varna 27-28 Dec 2018, cancelled 31 Dec 2018 to LZ. Operated by Electra Airways on 1 Feb 2019 as LZ-EBA. Ferried Varna Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv 30 May 2019 Arkia wet-leased. Operated by Aeronaves TSM on 14 May 2021 as XA-VGB. Converted to special freighter. Ferried Varna Airport to Plan de Guadalupe International Airport, Saltillo 14.05-19.06.21, registered in the USA 7 Jun 2021, ferried Plan de Guadalupe International Airport, Saltillo to Dothan Regional Airport 24 Jun 2022 due for freighter conversion, Plan de Guadalupe International Airport, Saltillo 8 Feb 2023, re-registered 28 Feb 2023, final flight 14 Jun 2023, full colour scheme s24. Current status: in service.