Boeing 737-800F · *BCF MSN 33799

Timeline

History

Boeing 737-8FE(W), serial number 33799, line number 1462, first flight 20 Feb 2004. Delivered to Virgin Blue Airlines on 17 Mar 2004, registered VH-VOR. ZK-PBD Pacific Blue not taken up, delivered in such colours VH-rgd anyway while earlier repossessed to be ZK-rgd delivered, see construction-number 33996, Pac Blue colours, ferried to Melbourne 16 Apr 2004, in service 13 May 2004. Transferred to Polynesian Blue Airlines (registered 18 Oct 2005) as ZK-PBF. Registered Pacific Blue, sub-lsd to Polynesian Blue, ferried CHC-Auckland 29 Oct 2005. Renamed Virgin Samoa. In service 22 Feb 2012 new colours, withdrawn from service 5 Mar 2015 Auckland International Airport to Brisbane, Australia. Transferred to Virgin Australia Airlines on 6 Mar 2015 as VH-VOR. Still carries Virgin Samoa titles, titles changed 31.03-04.04.15. Transferred to Tiger Airways Australia on 7 Feb 2016. Ferried Townsville-MEL 7 Feb 2016 after repaint, final flight 23 Mar 2016, withdrawn from service 23 Feb 2017. Transferred to Virgin Australia Airlines on 9 Mar 2017. Ferried MEL-Townsville, rolled out white 9 Mar 2017, final flight 11 Mar 2017, seen 31 Aug 2017 white (Brisbane, Australia, optnl?), ferried Melbourne Airport to Alice Springs Airport 28 Oct 2020 parked, repossessed ex Tiger. Operated by Swiftair on 19 Aug 2022 as EC-NXV. Modified (*BCF). Jips Leasing Stella, ferried Alice Springs Airport to Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport 03-8 Nov 2021, Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport 31 May 2022, JP Airline-Fleets International Lease JLPS OE-rgd 19 Aug 2022 EC-rr 30 Aug 2022. Current status: in service.