McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 49949

Timeline

Remarks

GPA, del 13.03.92 fr.Long B,wfu 14.04.96 Manch s30.04.96,canc 3.05.96

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 49949, line number 1906. Delivered to Airtours Int on 30 Sep 1991, registered G-RJER. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, delivered 13 Mar 1992 fr.Long B, withdrawn from use 14 Apr 1996 Manch seen 30 Apr 1996, cancelled 3 May 1996. Leased to Reno Air on 18 May 1996 as N882RA. Ferried to Kef, basic Airt col/r5.96 AeroUSA/offic leased 27 May 1996. Merged into American Airlines on 31 Aug 1999. Withdrawn from use 24 Jul 2001, Oklahoma City 25 Jul 2001, total time 32431, 17711 l, testflight at Roswell 16 Jun 2002 after stored, cancelled 20 Jun 2002 (also repossessed 19 Jun 2002). Leased to FreeBird Airlines on 20 Jun 2002 as TC-FBT. Owned by AeroUSA, seen Frankfurt International, Germany 28 Jun 2002 full colours, seen at Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey 3 May 2004 maintenance, registration painted out, seen in service Dec 2004 full colours, returned GECAS Mar 2005 after lease, Sky Wings Airlines (Greece) lease Mar 2005 not taken up. Leased to Viking Airlines on 12 May 2005 as SE-RDH. Leased via Skyways Aviation and GECAS, registered to Airplanes Holdings, seen London Stansted, UK 25 May 2005 white, small operated by Viking titles, red Air Scandic titles applied 25 May 2005, Air Scandic ceased 14 Sep 2005, aircraft returned, seen at Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden 29 Oct 2005, ferried to Heraklion, operated for Sky Wings (Greece, no owned by Aguila One Corp), cancelled 16 Feb 2006 to Greece. Leased to Sky Wings Airways on 16 Feb 2006 as SX-BSW. Flew Heraklion-IST 18 Mar 2006, based at East Midlands Airport for summer 06, seen in service 13 Apr 2006 with UK Jet and Excel titles, based Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Prestwick, South Ayrshire 01.05-31.10.07 for Scottish tour components, contract terminated prematurely, withdrawn from service 13 Aug 2007, ferried PIK-Heraklion 17 Aug 2007, seen in service Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 23 Aug 2007. Operated by Khors Aircompany as UR-CDR. Seen at Salzburg white, Sky Wings logo no titles, seen at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran 17 Feb 2008 white, seen at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta 9 Sep 2008 all white no taillogo, seen 10 Jan 2009 still stored, airtested at 21 May 2009 left Jakarta CGK 28 May 2009 after storage and maintenance. Leased to Zagros Airlines as EP-ZAC. Seen at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran white, titles/logo, for operating lease Nov 2012 via myairlease.com. Current status: in service.