McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 49672

Timeline

Remarks

GPA ntu, SWAL own

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 49672, line number 1494. Delivered to Spanair on 27 Jul 1988, registered EC-150. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group not taken up, Seen at Wallops Flight Facility Airport owned by. Re-registered with Spanair on 13 Aug 1988 as EC-EJQ. (repaint white 8.2-27.02.93, s27.4still in service, s7.5 again full col/ret GECAS 1 Feb 1997. Re-registered with Spanair as EC-487. Repossessed Q and A368, not construction-number 49380. Re-registered with Spanair in Oct 1993 as EC-FTU. Repossessed Q and A368. Leased to Nouvelair Tunesie on 6 Mar 1997 as EI-CNO. Owned by AiF r19.02.97/seen at Manch 7 Mar 1997, seen at Lyon 8 Apr 2001 white, titles, nw logo, seen at Düsseldorf, Germany 2 Feb 2002 white no titles, seen at Stuttgart 23 Mar 2002 white, titles/logo, cancelled 23 Dec 2004 to France. Operated by Blue Line as F-WMLK. Seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France. Re-registered with Blue Line as F-GMLK. Airplanes Finance 28 Jan 2005 as such, see above, seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany 16 Mar 2005 full colours, seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 8 May 2008 white, seen 18 Jun 2008 Salzb. Fc, ferried FZO to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 28 Aug 2008 aft painting into executive colours, n/t. seen at Göteborg Landvetter Airport 31 Jul 2009 small Threesixtyair titles and U2 logo, seen at London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton 19 Aug 2009, seen at Munich Airport 23 Feb 2010 back in full silver colours, seen at Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester 3 Jun 2010 full colours, operated for Viking AL, Airlines ceased 6 Oct 2010, parked Nimes by 13 Oct 2010, ferried to Marana 05-6 Nov 2010. Operated by WFBN on 6 Dec 2010 as N565MS. Bought ex Airplanes Finance, seen at Tucson 27 Mar 2011 stored, seen Jul 2011 taped windows, still U2-logo on tail. Operated by Falcon Air Express on 22 Jun 2011. Seen at Tucson seen Jul 2011 taped windows, still U2-logo on tail, cancelled 20 Jul 2011 withdrawn from use, seen 12 May 2012. Current status: scrapped.