McDonnell Douglas MD-81 MSN 48046

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History

McDonnell Douglas MD-81, serial number 48046, line number 977. Delivered to Inex Adria Airways on 10 Jun 1981, registered YU-AJZ. Renamed Adria Airways in Mar 1986. Leased to Austral on 20 Dec 1986. Returned 20 Apr 1987. Leased to Austral on 14 Dec 1988. Returned to Adria Airways on 1 May 1989. Re-registered with Adria Airways on 26 Dec 1991 as SL-ABE. Re-registered with Adria Airways as S5-ABE. Seen at London-Heathrow old colours. Leased to Avioimpex in Apr 1994. Leased to Macedonian Airways. Stail logo, Adria tit?. Returned to Adria Airways. Painted white, Adria titles 20.11, returned Adria Airways xAvioimpex Jan 1995 (?), f.s., seen in service 1 Dec 1995. Leased to Centennial Airlines on 11 Apr 1995. Returned 18 Apr 1995. Leased to Avioimpex on 18 Apr 1995. Returned 27 Nov 1995. Operated by Valujet Airlines on 8 Dec 1995 as N801VV. RMDDF, to Shann 12 Dec 1995 for maint/sold Valujet 5 Mar 1996, seen 12 Mar 1996 fc/sold to MDDC 25 Sep 1996, stored Lake City FL/canc Jun 1997. Operated by Avioimpex on 3 Jul 1997 as Z3-ARB. Full colours, owned by MDDMacedonia Leasing 30 Jun 1997, BCC Grand Cayman Ltd transferred 12.08.97, Airlines repossessed ceased Dec 2001 but now white, seen in service 21 Jun 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany, impounded Gothenburg appr. Sep 2002 due to no-payment after maintenance. Returned to MDDML on 16 Dec 2002 as N764BC. Worked on Göteborg Landvetter Airport for ferry to USA mid Jan 2003, ferried Gothenburg--Victorville 06-7 Feb 2003, Compass Capital Corp 15 Dec 2003 cancelled 15 Dec 2003 permanently withdrawn from use, seen stored 9 Mar 2004, seen 10 Oct 2004 on dump. Current status: scrapped.