McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 49823

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McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 49823, line number 1540. Delivered to BIA on 23 Dec 1988, registered G-BPSC. International Lease Finance Corporation. Returned to ILFC in Feb 1990 as N83MV. Leased to Air Liberté on 1 Mar 1990. Re-registered with Air Liberté on 25 May 1990 as F-GHEK. Seen Dec 1991 Sierra National sticker/ seen 13 Sep 1998 new colours, AnL 22 May 2000, still Liberté. Renamed AirLib in Oct 2001. Seen in service Orly 25 Nov 2001 still Air Liberté colours. Operated by MD Airlines on 24 May 2002 as TF-MDE. RAnderton Ltd 24 May 2002, seen at Dublin, Ireland white/blue no titles 25 May 2002, seen 28 May 2002 Nimes, TF-reg cancelled 12 Nov 2002. Operated by WFBN bt/ret on 31 Oct 2002 as N823NS. Leased to Spirit Airlines on 25 Feb 2003 as N828NK. Re-registered 25 Feb 2003, seen at Fort Lauderdale-International 27 Apr 2003 new colours, type withdrawn from use by 4 Sep 2006, flew Dothan-Tallahassee-Dothan 27 Apr 2007 presum testflt. Operated by Map Executive Flight Svcs on 10 May 2007 as OE-LMI. Ferried Dothan--Vienna 08-9 May 2007, US registration cancelled 10 May 2007, ferried to Dublin, Ireland 17 May 2007, Air Comet titles/logos since late Jun 2007, seen at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 13 Aug 2007, seen at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 23 Mar 2008 white/blue no titles, Air Comet tail logo, operated for Sterling. Operated by Blue Line on 30 Apr 2008 as F-GMLX. Seen at Munich Airport in basic Air Comet colour scheme, arrived Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden 29 Dec 2009, seen 23 Jan 2010 no engines, departed 1 May 2010 returned in svc, Airlines ceased 6 Oct 2010, parked Nimes by 13 Oct 2010, ferried Nimes-Shannon 6 Dec 2010. Operated by WFBN (registered 5 Jul 2011) as N361LF. Still stored Shannon, Ireland seen 13 Mar 2012, scrapped Sep 2012, cancelled 1 Oct 2012. Current status: scrapped.