Boeing 737 Classic · 33R MSN 28873

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-33R, serial number 28873, line number 2975, first flight 11 Dec 1997. Delivered to GEC/Air New Zealand on 9 Jan 1998, registered ZK-NGA. Western Pacific N967WP not taken up, seen Dec 1997 tail-col, stored, arrived Christch 11 Feb 1998, last service Christchurch International Airport 12 Sep 2004. Transferred to Freedom Air on 13 Sep 2004. Angus Downs Airport colour scheme, seen at Auckland International Airport still in service (not returned Angus Downs Airport) 9 May 2005. Returned to Air New Zealand on 24 Apr 2005. Seen in service at Wellington International Airport freedom colour scheme 19 Jun 2005, returned GECAS at Christchurch International Airport white colour scheme 22 Feb 2006. Leased to Estonian Air on 15 Mar 2006 as ES-ABJ. Seen 1 Jan 2011 special Tallinn European Capital of Culture 2011 colour scheme, withdrawn from use and arrived Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport white colour scheme 21 Jan 2012. Leased to Air Onix on 26 Apr 2012 as UR-KRA. Arrived at Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania returned GECAS 29 Jan 2014. Operated by GRAF 1 WSA Ltd on 27 Mar 2014 as M-ABGT. Leased to Vista Georgia on 18 Jul 2014 as 4L-AJC. Sub-leased to Kam Air on 17 Nov 2014. Operated by Hermes Airlines as SX-BDU. Seen at Cairo International Airport maintenance area, Aerovista colour scheme, ferried to Sitia Greece 25 May 2015, sub-lsd to Daallo Airlines 7 Jun 2015, returned Hemes Air Transport Holdings LLC 18 Jun 2015, ferried Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Spata-Artemida to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 23 Mar 2016, Express Airways (OM) to restart Apr 2016 with this aircraft, but not taken up (low demand, Aguila One Corp of airline suspended), remained parked Bucharest Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania, repossessed Apr 2016 and Jun 2016 to be available for ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) Jun 2016, seen 28 Jul 2016 hangar white, Express Airways titles. Operated by Fly 365 Aviation as YR-SUA. Local testflight Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 31 Aug 2016, available Nov 2016 for ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) lease via myairlease.com. Sub-leased to Iran Air Tours on 8 Feb 2017. Craiova-THR. Returned to Cobrex Avia Trans on 26 May 2017 as YR-CBE. Ferried THR--Craiova. Operated by GetJet Airlines on 12 Oct 2017 as LY-EWE. Not 25216, see there, Vilnius International Airport to Dresden Airport 1 May 2018 sub-lsd to Germania, withdrawn from service 31 May 2018, returned to Aalborg Airport 1 Jun 2018, operated for Jet Time, then leased to Tunis Air ferried AAL-Djerba 3 Jun 2018, final flight 5 Jun 2018, withdrawn from service 17 Sep 2018, returned to Vilnius International Airport 18 Sep 2018, ferried to Pristina 5 Oct 2018 operated for Zimex, withdrawn from service 6 Jan 2020, Kaunas International Airport 3 Feb 2020, Transalpine Leasing Ltd 6 Apr 2020. Operated by Fly Armenia Airways on 30 Dec 2020 as EK-FAA. Leased from World Star, diverted to Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran 20 Feb 2021 'emergency landing' reported bought by Caspian Airways, ferried to Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan 23 Apr 2021. Current status: in service.