McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 53012

Registration ZS-OPX · 1Time

Stored

Identity

TypeMcDonnell Douglas MD-83
Variant83
FamilyDC9
Series—
Line Number1736
Test Reg—

Operators

Operator1Time

Timeline

First Flight

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Delivery

27 Jul 1990

Age

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Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 53012, line number 1736. Delivered to Aero Lloyd on 27 Jul 1990, registered D-ALLO. Leased to Allegro Air on 15 Dec 1994. Returned AeL 19.04.95/lsd again seen 16 Dec 1995 Phoe, AeL returned 8 Apr 967, leased Dec 1996 again. Returned to Aero Lloyd on 1 May 1997. Leased to Allegro Air on 15 Nov 1997. Seen at San Francisco International Airport 18.11 white no titles. Returned to Aero Lloyd. Seen in service full colours, ALI-ALl to ALl Oct 1998. Leased to Allegro Air on 12 Feb 1999. Ferried Bost-Monterrey, lease not confirmed, returned to Frankfurt International, Germany when? no reports. Leased to Spirit Airlines on 12 Apr 2001. Ferried FRA-Kefl. 21 Apr 2001. Re-registered with Spirit Airlines on 24 Jan 2002 as N825NK. Aero-Lloyd Flugreisen to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 24 Jan 2002, ferried DTW--Nimes 24-25 Aug 2005, cancelled 29 Aug 2005 exported to Egypt, but Aergo Gamma Leasing to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest and registered in the USA 30.09.05!, cancelled 29 Nov 2005 to ZS-. Operated by Safair (registered 30 Nov 2005) as ZS-OPX. Ferried Nimes-Luxor 3 Dec 2005, seen parked Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 9 Mar 2006 white, seen in service 21 Oct 2006 Orion Telecom colours. Leased to 1Time. Airlines ceased 2 Nov 2012, seen at Johannesburg-O. R. Tambo International, South Africa 26 Dec 2012 metallic, no engines, seen withdrawn from use Mar 2014, seen Nov 2015. Current status: stored.

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