McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 49628
Registration SU-BME · Air Leisure
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29 Oct 2026
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McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 49628, line number 1582. Delivered to Oasis on 25 Apr 1989, registered EC-260. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group. Re-registered with Oasis on 1 Jun 1989 as EC-EOM. Returned Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group 1 Nov 1990. Leased to Aerocancun on 1 Nov 1990 as VR-BMH. Leased to Private Jet Expeditions on 21 Jan 1993. Leased to Oasis Int. Re-registered with Oasis Int as EC-524. Re-registered with Oasis Int as EC-FVB. Not FVC (announced 296?!)/ret IrA 8 Nov 1996. Operated by Credit Agricole (registered Dec 1996) as F-WQFN. Leased to AOM on 16 Apr 1997 as F-GRML. RCGr, seen 3 May 1997 Orly full colours, Adam Airport leased 114.97- 11 Apr 1998, returned less Dec 1998. Leased to Air Liberté on 3 Dec 1998. Seen at Orly full new colours 'L'esprit Liberté', due returned 31 Mar 2003, Crane MD-83 23 Mar 1999, State Street Bank & Trust Company and TC 17 Aug 1999. Renamed AirLib in Oct 2001. Seen at Orly in service 24 Nov 2001 still Air Liberté fc, Airlines ceased 6 Feb 2003, seen at Orly 15 Jun 2003 stored, cancelled 24 Jul 2003. Operated by Luxor Air on 24 Jul 2003 as SU-BME. Seen at Vienna International Airport 19 Aug 2003 Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 27 Sep 2003 titles, white tail, seen in service Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 25 May 2004, returned lessor 22 Nov 2004 (Luxor presum ceased operations, see SU-BMF) but seen in service Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 13 May 2005 in Luxor colours operated for Afriqiyah Airways, seen at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 20 May 2005, London Gatwick, UK 4 Jun 2005, repossessed to N531LS lessor by doing business as source but that's presumeably construction-number 53199, ferried Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden to Cairo International Airport 5 Jul 2006 white after overhaul. Operated by Air Memphis. Seen at Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 1 Jul 2007 red/blue colours, Air Memphis titles, operated for Libyan Arab Airlines. Leased to Sudan Airways in Oct 2008. Seen 24 Oct 2008 Dubai International Airport in Air Memphis colour scheme with Sudan cheatline and tail. Returned to Air Memphis. Seen at Milan Malpensa International Airport, Ferno (VA), presum stored for doing business as while before May 2013, returned in service with new colour scheme seen at Hurghada International Airport 26 Jun 2013. Transferred to Air Leisure in Jun 2014. Seen in service Cairo-Tbilisi 7 Jun 2014, to Air Leisure, repossessed on repair at N'Djamena by Jun 2016 but still in fleetlist, presum withdrawn from service then or by 2017. Current status: stored.
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