Boeing 737-700 · *76N(W) MSN 29885

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-76N, serial number 29885, line number 1120, first flight 11 Apr 2002. Delivered to Azzurra Air on 30 Apr 2002, registered EI-CXD. GECAS, returned GECAS 12 Dec 2003 ferried MXP-Dublin 12 Dec 2003, Lasham 15 Dec 2003, ferried to London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 26 Feb 2004 still Azzurra colours. Leased to Astraeus on 1 Apr 2004 as G-STRF. Modified (*76N(W)). R/o 3 Mar 2004 full colours re-registered, ferried with old regs SEN-Lasham 8 Mar 2004, seen 30 Mar 2004 still old registration with G-STRF underneath sticker, winglets inst. 30 Apr 2007. Leased to Iceland Express on 11 Mar 2009. Repaint full colours FZO, ferried to London Stansted Airport, London, Essex 11 Mar 2009, still seen in service full colours London-Gatwick, U. K. 14 Oct 2011, last service Keflavik, Iceland to Copenhagen Kastrup Airport for Iceland Expr 21 Nov 2011, Astraeus ceased operations 21 Nov 2011, ferried Copenhagen Kastrup Airport to QLA 28 Nov 2011 for stored still Iceland Expr colour scheme, Celestial Aviation Trading 6 1 Dec 2011, cancelled 2 Mar 2012. Sub-leased to Travel Service AL/Smartwings on 3 Mar 2012 as OK-SWX. Ferried Lasham-Ostrava 3 Mar 2012, for Smart Wings, ferried PRG-Lasham 27 Jan 2013 lease return. Operated by SAS on 4 Jun 2013 as SE-RJU. Celestial Avtn Trading 6 EI-rgd 13 Feb 2013, ferried QLA to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, Mošnov 4 May 2013 EI-rgd for paint, cancelled 24 May 2013, SE-rgd 27 May 2013, ferried Lash-ARN 4 Jun 2013, withdrawn from service 20 Mar 2020 Oslo-Gardermoen, Norway. Operated by T2/TAG Aviation on 21 Jun 2021 as G-NEWG. Lasham Airfield 14 Jun 2021, operated by Chalenges Avtn, ferried QLA to East Midlands Airport 25 Feb 2022 for paint for operations for Oil Spill Response, returned Lasham Airfield 3 Mar 2022. Current status: in service.