ATR 72 · 72-212 MSN 438

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Airbus A310-304, serial number 438, first flight 2 Oct 1987. Delivered to Wardair Canada on 25 Nov 1987, registered C-FGWD. Merged into Canadian Airlines on 15 Jan 1990. Operated by Thai Airways Int on 9 May 1990 as HS-TID. 31 Jul 1992 Kathmandu, Nepal 113(113) crashed against doing business as mountain during approach. Current status: written off in an accident.

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Airbus A340-313X, serial number 438, first flight 8 Nov 2001. Delivered to Air Tahiti Nui on 27 Dec 2002, registered F-OSEA. F-GTUC Flightlease/AirLib not taken up, stored Toulouse, France 8 Jan 2002, seen all white colour scheme and "UC" on nosewheel doors 1 Aug 2002, owned by Gie Rangiroa Bail 20 Jan 2003, in service by 28 Jan 2003, owned by Rangiroa Bail II 27 Dec 2007, withdrawn from service 24 Sep 2019 (final Tahiti Nui A340), stored Pinal Airpark, Marana 25 Sep 2019, scrapping 2020. Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A350-1041, serial number 438, first flight 27 Jan 2022. Delivered to Qatar Airways on 23 Jun 2023, registered A7-AOB. Cathay realloc, stored Châteauroux Déols airport, order cancelled by Airbus, order reinstated Feb 2023, ferried Châteauroux Déols airport to Toulouse, France 22 Feb 2023. Current status: in service.

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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-314Q, serial number 438. Delivered to Tyrolean Airways on 7 May 1997, registered OE-LTG. Renamed Austrian Arrows on 16 Sep 2003. Seen at Frankfurt International, Germany 25 Sep 2003 new colours, for sale by Apr 2009, last service 30 Oct 2010, ferried Innsbruck Airport to Linz-Blue Danube, Austria 15 Nov 2010 for stored. Sub-leased to Commutair-Continental Conn on 26 May 2011 as N876CA. Modified (*311). Air Inuit late 2010 not taken up, ferried Linz-Innsbruck 6 Apr 2011 for overhaul, ferried INN--Greenville Mid Delta Regional Airport, Greenville 27-31 May 2011 registration as callsign (2 sectors mistakenly callsign N867CA), Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 26 May 2011, ferried GLH-Cleveland 21 Jun 2011, ferried Mid Delta Regional Airport, Greenville to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 6 Jul 2011 after overhaul, modified to -311 on USCAR 13 Jul 2011, United Express colour scheme, fleetnr #358. Merged into Commutair-United Express on 30 Nov 2011. Stored Halifax seen 17 Oct 2017, repossessed May 2018 for sale or lease. Current status: stored.

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Airbus A320-212, serial number 438, first flight 29 Jun 1993. Delivered to Gulf Air on 14 Sep 1993, registered A4O-EG. Ferried to Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport white colour scheme 9 Mar 2006. Operated by LTE Int'l Airways on 20 Jun 2006 as EC-JRC. Seen at Palma de Mallorca Airport this date, ceased operations stored at Palma de Mallorca Airport 17 Oct 2008. Operated by ATI on 3 Jul 2009 as VP-CBM. Ferried to Phoenix Goodyear Airport 3 Jul 2009. Operated by WFBN on 10 Jul 2009 as N190AT. Owned by Airplane Holdings Corporation 25 Sep 2009, ferried to El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, San Salvador (San Luis Talpa) 4 Dec 2009. Operated by flyCAA-Compagnie Africaine Aviation on 8 Jul 2010 as 9Q-CSB. Seen at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, Montpellier/Méditerranée 13 May 2012, re-registered F-WTDD Jun 2013. Leased to Ghadames Air Transport on 24 Jun 2013 as 5A-WAT. Seen at Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 19 Oct 2013, still operational at Sep 2015; sched. services between Tripoli Mitiga and Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey, Tunis Carthage International Airport, wetlsd to Tunis Express, final flight 28 Jul 2016 for summer, wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor) to Buraq Air Sep 2016, last operator repossessed Rahila Airlines, ferried Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey to Châteauroux Déols airport 2 Feb 2018. Current status: stored.