Boeing 747-400 · 4F6 MSN 28959

Timeline

History

Boeing 747-4F6, serial number 28959, line number 1158, first flight 15 May 1998. Delivered to South African Airways on 30 Dec 1998, registered ZS-SBK. Seen at Everett 27 May 1998 full colours, Marana 24 Jun 1998, returned Everett 22 Dec 1998, N755PR Philippine Airlines not taken up, delivered 30 Dec 1998 still full Pategonia Air LLC colours, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa stored full colour scheme 12 Nov 2007. Leased to TAAG Angola Airlines Angola Airlines on 12 Jul 2008. Seen at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport white colour scheme no titles this date. Returned to South African Airways on 19 Apr 2009 as ZS-SBK. Seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa in service white colour scheme this date, seen at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport operated for TAAG Angola Airlines 26 Jun 2009, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa being painted Transaero colour scheme 30 May 2010. Leased to Transaero Airlines on 8 Jun 2010 as VQ-BHW. Owned by B and B, withdrawn from service and arrived at Melbourne Orlando International Airport 9 Feb 2015. Leased to Kabo Air on 3 Sep 2015 as 5N-RDK. Ferried Melbourne Orlando International Airport to Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 06-7 Aug 2015, seen 20 Aug 2015 full colours, seen 1 Sep 2015 re-registered, departed MAN-Kano 3 Sep 2015. Operated by Eaglexpress Air Charter on 9 Aug 2016 as 9M-AZB. Sharjah International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, ferried Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 5 Nov 2016 lease return, not taken up or returned to KUL? ferried KUL-Clark 9 Jun 2017. Operated by Terra Avia as ER-BAC. Ferried Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang 22 Jul 2017, FlyNas wet-leased final flight 23 Jul 2017 to King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah white, Flynas sticker for Hajj pilgrim flights lease, ferried Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah 12 Jul 2018 white, Flynas sticker for new lease, final flight 26 Jul 2018, withdrawn from service 26 Sep 2018, returned to Terra, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang 26 Sep 2018, Jakarta CGK 1 Oct 2018, for sale Apr 2019, FlyNas leased 13 Jul 2019, ferried Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta 7 May 2020, ferried Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku 17-19 Jun 2020, withdrawn from service 29 Jun 2021, ferried by lessor FRU to Mojave Air & Space Port 3 Jul 2021. Returned to Fortress Investment Group on 3 Aug 2021 as N959WW. Might be permanently withdrawn from use, engines sold, seen Apr 2024 stored Mojave no engines. Current status: stored.