Douglas DC-8-63F · 63CF MSN 46049

Timeline

History

Douglas DC-8-63CF, serial number 46049. Delivered to Seaboard World Airlines on 8 Aug 1969, registered N8639. Leased to Loftleidir Icelandic on 27 May 1970. Returned 1 Oct 1970 / leased 18 May 1971, returned 1 Sep 1971 / leased 1 May 1971, returned 1 Sep 1972 / leased 1 May 1973, returned 25 Jan 1974. Leased to Cargolux on 26 Oct 1974. Seaboard returned 11 Dec 1974. Leased to Loftleidir Icelandic on 16 Dec 1975. Seaboard returned 15 Jan 1976. Leased to Saudia on 1 Jun 1977. Seaboard returned May 1979. Operated by Greyhound Lsg & Financial on 14 May 1979 as TF-FLC. Leased to Seaboard World Airlines on 14 May 1979. Sub-leased to Flugleidir on 14 May 1979. Sub-leased to Nigeria Airways in Sep 1979. Flugleidir returned Oct 1979. Sub-leased to Saudia in Nov 1979. Flugleidir returned 7 Dec 1979. Sub-leased to Cargolux in Dec 1979. Flugleidir returned Oct 1980. Sub-leased to Air India on 1 Dec 1980. Returned to Flying Tiger Line in Feb 1981 as N778FT. Leased to ONA on 1 Mar 1981. Sub-leased to Icelandair on 1 Mar 1981. Sub-leased to Saudia on 1 Mar 1981. Re-registered with Saudia in May 1981 as TF-FLC. Returned to Icelandair on 1 May 1985. Leased to Evergreen Int'l Airlines on 2 Jul 1985. Sub-leased to Air India on 2 Jul 1985. Air India Cargo title, sis05.86 Frankfurt; Icelandair returned 25 Jul 1986. Sub-leased to Saudia on 25 Jul 1986. Icelandair returned Jun 1987. Operated by Tower Air on 13 Jul 1987. Operated by Chase Commercial Corp on 13 Jul 1987. Leased to Burlington Air Express on 13 Jul 1987 as N867BX. Owned by Mellon Financial 20 Dec 1990. Leased to Kal-American Int'l in Dec 1991. Operated by Burlington AE on 30 Sep 1997. Sold ex Mellon (!?). Renamed BAX Global AL/ATI in Oct 1997. JP98, seen parked San Antonio Sep 2002 (str?), seen stored Marana 15 Oct 2004, ferried MZJ-TUS-LIM 24 Feb 2005 for further maintenance and delivery to? seen at Aeronaves hangar Lima 19 Apr 2005 Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport full colours, cancelled 20 Dec 2005 to Sri Lanka. Operated by Expo Aviation on 20 Dec 2005 as 4R-EXJ. Seen at Sharjah International Airport 23 Feb 2006, seen at Malmö ar. Sep 2007, maintenance, seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta 27 Apr 2008, Dubai International Airport 18 Jan 2012. Renamed Fits Air on 20 Mar 2013. Based at Malta-Luqa, Malta since Jan 2013, to be withdrawn from use in 2014, replaced by MD-80Fs, indeed withdrawn from service by 2017, owned Aerospace Consortium Astra Ksetra Airport, Menggala (based Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi), seen stored Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi Mar 2018, seen Mar 2019, for auction Nov 2021 for $ 3655. Current status: stored.