Boeing 737-800 · 81Q(W) MSN 30785

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-81Q(W), serial number 30785, line number 1007, first flight 5 Nov 2001. Delivered to ToA on 19 Nov 2001, registered N308TA. ToA, owned by Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, cancelled 26 Dec 2001. Leased to Air Europa on 4 Jan 2002 as EC-ICD. Arrived Palma 4 Jan 2002, seen 5 Mar 2002 full colours, winglets, ToAN transferred to ToA Inc due announced Jan 2004, ferried London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport 8 Jan 2008 basic Norw colours. Leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle on 1 Feb 2008 as LN-NOC. 30 Jan 2008, due to arrive Oslo-Gardermoen, Norway 30 Jan 2008 (weather delayed), Ole Bull tail colours, withdrawn from service 23 Nov 2014, ferried to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport 24 Nov 2014 for maintenance/lse return, returned to B and B Air Funding 30785 Stututory Fund, cancelled 12 Feb 2015. Operated by AirExplore on 13 Feb 2015 as OM-HEX. Ferried Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport to London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 4 Jan 2015 for paint white, ferried London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport 12 Jan 2015, delivered Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport to M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava 13 Feb 2015. Leased to Ryanair on 1 Apr 2015. M. R. Štefánik Airport, Bratislava to London Stansted Airport, London, Essex 31 Mar 2015 summer lease, based Madrid, seen 6 Jun 2015 Berlin SXF white AirExplore colour scheme. Returned to AirExplore on 1 Sep 2015. Leased to Iraqi Airways on 25 Apr 2016. Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport to Frankfurt International, Germany, final flight 25 Apr 2016 almost full colour scheme, seen 1 Aug 2016, returned Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport 1 Oct 2016 AirExplore. Leased to TUI Airlines Netherlands on 3 Oct 2016. Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 3 Oct 2016. Returned to AirExplore on 29 Oct 2016. Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands to London Gatwick Airport, now short term wlse to Norwegian, to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport 12-19 Nov 2016 short wlse to Lebanon Sky Avtn. Leased to Palau Pacific Airways on 3 Dec 2016. Ferried Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport to Hongkong, China 03-4 Dec 2016. Returned to AirExplore on 22 Apr 2018. Hongkong, China to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, withdrawn from service 25 Jun 2018 (operating for Small Planet Germany), leased to TUI Airlines Belgium 25 Jun 2018, final flight 29 Jun 2018, withdrawn from service 29 Oct 2018, returned Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport AirExplore. Leased to Smartwings on 1 Mar 2019. Seen at Torino-Caselle, Italy 16 Mar 2019 full colour scheme, returned 12 Oct 2019. Operated by Fly All Ways lsd (PZ) on 13 Oct 2019. Returned to AirExplore on 15 Dec 2019. TUI Airlines Netherlands wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) 19 Apr 2023, returned 5 Nov 2023, wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) to Enter Air 3 May 2024, to St Athan Airport, Wales 4 Nov 2024 for scrapping, scrapping Jul 2025. Current status: scrapped.