Boeing 787-8 MSN 40695

Timeline

History

Boeing 787-8, serial number 40695, line number 6, first flight 4 Oct 2010. Delivered to Boeing Company (registered 21 Jul 2009), registered N787ZA. Construction-number first thought to be 35508 for Runway Asset Management, seen 16 Aug 2009 787 demo/proto colours (simpler scheme as l/n 1), Dec 2009 in hangar for wingfix, first due first flight 6 Jun 2010, 2nd GE powered 787, at Lackland Air Force Base TX by Apr 2012 for rework, US registration cancelled 9 Jun 2014. Operated by Mexican Air Force on 8 Oct 2014 as XC-MEX/TP-01/3523. Painted full colour scheme Acadiana Regional LA, ferried to Charleston International Airport 23 Sep 2014, ferried Santa Lucia Brickell Asset Management VI LLC for some tests, to Dallas Love Field 9 Oct 2014 interior outfitting, XC-MEX not yet worn, in service still an AS355F-2, final delivery after interior and doing business as hangar completed, seen 22 Dec 2015 flying Dallas-Love Field, TX full colour scheme, ferried Dallas Love Field to Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 02-3 Feb 2016, rejected by new elected president, last service 30 Nov 2018 (G-20 at Buenos Aires), serial 3523 applied and ferried Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 3 Dec 2018 for stored testflight 7 May 2020, president announced there might be doing business as buyer, ferried Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville to Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 22 Jul 2020, auctioned to be delivered Sep 2020, ferried to Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville 31 May 2021, not sold, now plans announced to lease it out for Varde Investment Partners LP charters, returned to Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 10 Mar 2023 after sale failed. Operated by Tajikistan Government on 13 May 2023 as EY-001. Ferried Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport to San Bernardino International Airport 28 Apr 2023 XC-rrgd (temporarily), delivered San Bernardino International Airport to Dushanbe International Airport 14-15 May 2023 operated by Somon Air. Current status: in service.