McDonnell Douglas MD-81 MSN 49164

Timeline

Remarks

cvtd 82 2.91, canc 10.00

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-81, serial number 49164, line number 1182. Delivered to Austrian Airlines on 15 Feb 1985, registered OE-LDZ. Converted 82 Feb 1991, cancelled Oct 2000. Operated by Safair/Air Liberté in Oct 2000 as ZS-OBL. Seen 19 Dec 2000 Air Liberté, London-Heathrow in service. Re-registered with Air Liberté (registered 16 Feb 2001) as F-GPZF. Safair F-rgd 16 Feb 2001, seen at London-Heathrow 22 Feb 2001, seen at Toulouse, France 12 Mar 2001 white, dark belly, Qualiflyer Group sticker, seen at Orly 25 Jun 2001 no titles, ferried Nimes-Orly 19 Sep 2001 first AC in new Air Lib colours. Renamed AirLib in Oct 2001. Seen 25 Nov 2001 still blue/white no titles in service Orly, identified 23 Mar 2002 TLS, Airlines ceased 6 Feb 2003, seen parked Paris-Orly, France 19 Feb 2003, cancelled 4 Aug 2003 to ZS. Returned to Safair on 4 Aug 2003 as ZS-OBL. Operated by Kulula. Seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa revised colours, withdrawn from use by Jan 2008, seen Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 29 Apr 2008 basic colours no engines, cancelled 19 Sep 2008 permanently withdrawn from use, seen 19 Apr 2009 in basic colours with parts missing. Current status: scrapped.