Boeing 737-800 · 8Q8(W) MSN 30702

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8Q8(W), serial number 30702, line number 1953, first flight 16 May 2006. Delivered to Excel Airways on 25 May 2006, registered G-XLAI. International Lease Finance Corporation, repaint new Excel colours (XL.com tail, excel titles on fus.) 15-18 Nov 2006. Sub-leased to Xtra Airways on 20 Nov 2006. Ferried LGW--Sanford 20 Nov 2006. Returned to XL Airways UK on 27 Apr 2007. Leased to Nok Airways on 26 Oct 2007. Already in hybrid XL/Nok colours seen 20 Oct 2007, departed London-Gatwick, U. K. 26 Oct 2007, seen at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok 3 Nov 2007. Sub-leased to XL Airways Germany on 19 May 2008 as D-AXLH. Re-registered reserved by Apr 2008, 21 May 2008. Leased to Malaysia Airlines on 9 Feb 2009 as 9M-MLB. Ferried Frankfurt International, Germany to Keflavik, Iceland 10 Dec 2008 returned International Lease Finance Corporation, registered in the USA 11 Dec 2008, cancelled 30 Jan 2009, delivered to Momote Airport, Manus Island Lake City Gateway Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang 09-12 Feb 2009. Transferred to FireFly on 11 Jan 2011 as 9M-FFB. Arrived Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang 6 Dec 2010 for maint. and repaint, seen 2 Jan 2011 full colours, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang to Langkawi International Airport 12 Jan 2011. Returned to Malaysia Airlines. Back in service 18 Nov 2011, airtest Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang 3 Jul 2014 Smartwings colour scheme, 9M-reg, ferried Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang to Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey 3 Oct 2014 full colour scheme due OK-TSF not taken up, see below. Operated by Sriwijaya Air on 4 Nov 2014 as PK-CME. International Lease Finance Corporation 2-rgd 24 Oct 2014, cancelled 4 Nov 2014, final flight 16 Nov 2014, ferried Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 13-14 Nov 2020 white. Operated by Blue Air as YR-BMS. SASOF OE-rgd 17 Dec 2020, seen at Bucharest-Baneasa, Romania 11 Feb 2021 white, logos titles, OTP-LFBF 5 Oct 2021 returned lessor. Operated by BoA-Boliviana de Aviacion on 2 Aug 2022 as CP-3199. Carlyle Avtn Partners returned 9H-rgd and ferried LFBF-MPL 27 May 2022, ferried Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, Montpellier/Méditerranée to Jorge Wilsterman International Airport, Cochabamba 02-4 Aug 2022, final flight 1 Oct 2022. Current status: in service.