Boeing 737-800F · *SF MSN 33003

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-86N, serial number 33003, line number 1121, first flight 12 Apr 2002. Delivered to Excel Airways on 29 Apr 2002, registered G-XLAG. GECAS. Sub-leased to Ryanair on 14 Oct 2003. Excel colours, Ryanair titles. Returned to Excel Airways. Seen at Stansted full colours. Leased to Xtra Airways on 27 Nov 2005. Ferried Lasham--Brunswick GA 27 Nov 2005, seen at Orlando-International 2 Jan 2006. Returned to Excel Airways. Modified (*86N(W)). Ferried London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex to London Gatwick Airport now winglets, full colours. Renamed XL Airways on 30 Nov 2006. Leased to Xtra Airways on 13 Dec 2006. Seen 10 Dec 2006 basic old Excel colours, added titl/logos. Returned to XL Airways UK on 27 Apr 2007. Sub-leased to Sunwing Airlines on 13 Dec 2007 as C-FEAG. Seen at London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 10 Dec 2007 re-registered, basic XL colours, departed 18 Dec 2007. Returned to XL Airways UK on 14 May 2008 as G-XLAG. R23.05.08, Airlines ceased 12 Sep 2008, Celectial Avtn Trading 14 15 Sep 2008, ferried LGW-Lasham 16 Sep 2008 returned lessor, full colours, ferried Lash-MCT 22 Dec 2008 still XL colours. Operated by Garuda Indonesia in May 2009 as PK-GEJ. Seen at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport, Subang 11 Apr 2009 in hangar G-rgd, can 6 May 2009, seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta 9 May 2009 basic XL colours, PK-rgd. Operated by Sriwijaya Air on 26 Aug 2016 as PK-CMU. Airtest 26 Aug 2016 re-registered, ferried Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, Mošnov 29-30 Sep 2021 returned lessor. Operated by Nauru Airlines on 11 Jul 2023 as VH-8TG. Converted to special freighter. LZ-rgd Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava, Mošnov to Shannon, Ireland 11 Nov 2021 Merx Avtn Services, ferried Shannon, Ireland to Dothan Regional Airport 15 Jan 2022 for freighter conversion, delivered Dothan Regional Airport to Brisbane, Australia 11-14 Jul 2023 LZ-rgd, LZ-MRX not taken up, Wiseway Cargo Airlines P4-WCA not taken up, VH-8TG ended up. Operated by Afcom on 27 Dec 2025 as VT-. Brisbane, Australia to Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi 27-28 Dec 2025 VH-rgd. Current status: in service.