Boeing 737-800 · *81Q(W) MSN 29051

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-81Q, serial number 29051, line number 479, first flight 22 Jan 2000. Delivered to Tombo Avtn on 6 Feb 2000, registered N8254G. Leased to Sabre Airways on 6 Feb 2000 as G-LFJB. Arrived Stansted 15 Mar 2000. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 21 Nov 2000. Arrived Miami International Airport 21 Nov 2000, titles application 24 Nov 2000, in service 4 Dec 2000, Sabre to Excel Airways Jan 2001. Returned to Excel Airways on 25 Apr 2001 as G-XLAC. Arrived Send and re-registered 26 Apr 2001, due repaint, arrived Biggin Hill 21 Nov 2001 for stored until Feb 2002. Sub-leased to Miami Air International. Seen at London Stansted Airport, London, Essex 27 Nov 2002, arrived Miami International Airport 1 Dec 2002. Returned to Excel Airways on 15 May 2003. Arrived Stanst 16 May 2003. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 2 Dec 2003. Seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany 28 Jan 2004 hybrid colours, due returned May 2004. Returned to Excel Airways. Seen at Palma de Mallorca Airport 24 Apr 2004 full colours. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 6 Dec 2004 as N904MA. Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 7 Dec 2004, ferried EHGL-KBGR 10 Dec 2004, cancelled 15 Apr 2005. Returned to Excel Airways (registered 18 Apr 2005) as G-XLAC. Ferried Gander-STN 18 Apr 2005. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 13 Dec 2005 as N904MA. 13 Dec 2005 Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, r/o 18 Dec 2005 titles, plain light blue tail, departed 19 Dec 2005, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest cancelled 14 Mar 2006. Returned to Excel Airways on 15 Mar 2006 as G-XLAC. Ferried Bangor-LGW 16 Mar 2006. Renamed XL Airways on 30 Nov 2006. Modified (*81Q(W)). Seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany 7 Nov 2007 XL Airways UK full colours now winglets. Sub-leased to Miami Air International on 9 Dec 2007 as N904MA. Ferried London Gatwick Airport to Boston Logan International Airport 09-10 Dec 2007, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest registered in the USA 13 Dec 2007, Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services 29051 registered in the USA 4 Apr 2008, cancelled 21 Apr 2008. Returned to XL Airways on 21 Apr 2008 as G-XLAC. Airlines ceased 12 Sep 2008 returned lessor, seen parked Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 12 Sep 2008, ferried to Goose Bay 18 Sep 2008. Leased to Canjet on 5 Feb 2009 as C-FXGG. Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services 29051 bt/N-rgd 26 Sep 2008, ferried Goose Bay-San Jose Costa Rica 3 Oct 2008, seen at Juan Santamaría International Airport 19 Jan 2009 full Canjet colours, delivered Juan Santamaría International Airport to Halifax International re-registered, US registration cancelled 5 Feb 2009, IMP Group Ltd 5 Feb 2009, ferried to Halifax 6 Feb 2009, returned lessor, cancelled 23 Jul 2014. Operated by Meridiana on 27 Jul 2014 as EI-FFK. Ansett Worldwide Avtn Ireland 24 Jul 2014, Kelowna International Airport to Milan Malpensa International Airport, Ferno (VA) 27-28 Jul 2014 CanJet basic colour scheme, ferried to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, Mošnov 6 Oct 2014 for repaint in Meridiana colour scheme, seen at Milan-Linate, Italy 17 Oct 2014 full colour scheme. Merged into Air Italy on 1 Mar 2018. Withdrawn from service 4 Jun 2018, returned to lessor, Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services Aviation Trading Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka 13 Aug 2018, cancelled 20 Aug 2018. Leased to Alba Star on 14 Aug 2018 as EC-NAB. DAE Capital, Naples-PMI in full colour scheme, re-registered seen 23 Aug 2018. Current status: in service.