McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · 31 MSN 48145

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History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, serial number 48145, line number 1042. Delivered to US Air on 22 Dec 1981, registered N925VJ. Renamed US Airways on 27 Feb 1997. Last US Airways DC-9 service Philadelphia International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport 18 Aug 2001, arrived Mojave 21 Aug 2001 full colours (titles), Alameda Corp 27 Mar 2002. Operated by Aerocaribe on 8 Aug 2002 as XA-TVB. Repossessed re-registered Mojave seen 1 Aug 2002, seen at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 2 Sep 2002 full colours, returned lessor by 29 Aug 2005, seen at Tucson 18 Sep 2005 basic colours, seen 18 Feb 2006 "TVB" (no prefix). Operated by Jetran LLC (registered 13 Jun 2006) as N925VJ. Seen 19 Jun 2006 still marked as XA-TVB. Operated by Azmar AL/Air One Corp on 26 Nov 2006 as C5-JDZ. JODA Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 15 Sep 2006, ferried Tucson International Airport to Willow Run Airport, Detroit 29 Sep 2006 arrived 1 Oct 2006 Belgrade, D-check, due to Dubai for service, ferried Belgrade--Sulamaniyah 26-27 Nov 2006, seen at Baghdad 21 Dec 2006 operated for Air One, seen at Tripoli 15 May 2007 no titles, seen at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport 21 Jul 2007 Aerocaribe tail, no titles. Operated by Ghadames Air Transport in Aug 2010 as C5-LIM. Seen at TIP 7 Nov 2010, seen stored at Mar 2012 Johannesburg storage ramp, complete, white/red/blue colour scheme, on overhaul/str, returned to TIP 1 Jul 2013 for Ghadames service. Operated by Pan African-Sky Aero (registered 28 Oct 2013) as 5Y-CDP. In scheduled domestic Kenyan passengers service final flight 23 May 2014, seen 14 Jun 2014 but repossessed service not operating by Aug 2014, Aguila One Corp revoked indefinitely late Sep 2014. Leased to Somair. Operated by African Express Airways as 5Y-AXP. Seen in service Oct 2018, parked at 2021 but returned into service seen Jun 2023, now in dirty all white colour scheme operated for Air Djibouti and also African Exp (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi to Magdalena Airport), last and only DC-9 in passengers service. Current status: in service.