McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 53046

Timeline

Remarks

Polaris, wfu 13.11.91 own Med,ret Pol 15.11.91/canc 2.92

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 53046, line number 1794. Delivered to Midway on 3 Dec 1990, registered N907ML. Polaris, withdrawn from use 13 Nov 1991 owned by Med, returned Pol 15.11.91/canc Feb 1992. Operated by LAV-Aeropostal on 26 Feb 1992 as YV-44C. Returned Pol 21 Jan 1993. Operated by Reno Air on 15 Mar 1993 as N836RA. Owned by Med. Merged into American Airlines on 31 Aug 1999. Withdrawn from use 17 Sep 2001, Oklahoma City 18 Sep 2001, to Roswell 14 Nov 2001, returned lessor, seen 20 Feb 2003 white, seen 4 Feb 2004, BoNY 9 Jun 2004, ferried Toledo - Luiz Dalcanale Filho Municipal Airport to Kansas City International Airport 17 Nov 2004, titles removed 1 Dec 2004, to Miami 16 Mar 2005 total time 28833, 23494 l returned lessor. Operated by Avianca Colombia on 15 Apr 2005. Arrived Bogotá, Colombia 16 Apr 2005 basic American colours no titles, seen 22 Jun 2005 new colours, to BoNY MT 16 Nov 2008. Operated by Falcon Air Express in May 2009. Delivered Juan Santamaría International Airport to Miami International Airport 8 May 2009. Leased to Direct Air. Seen at Orlando Sanford International Airport white fuselage, titles/tail. Transferred to UFly Airways. Seen at Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas 9 Feb 2012 basic Falcon Air colour scheme, dae/Curacao titles, operated for US Dept of Justice. Leased to DAE-Dutch Antillean Express. Seen at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan 26 May 2012 cs/titles, returned to UFly, seen parked Tucson International Airport 22 Mar 2013 white. Returned to Falcon Air Express. Seen at Miami International Airport 23 Sep 2013 basic Dubai Aerospace Enterprises colour scheme, presum operational, the Bank of New York Mellon, seen at Tucson 20 Mar 2015 no titles stored, to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 7 Apr 2015, 9 Apr 2015, sold to Falcon Air Express 19 May 2015 ex lease, r18.06.15, Airlines ceased 5 Jun 2015, one source: aircraft ferried to Lakeland FL late Apr 2015 was looking at sched. flights from there after charter contracts ended, seen std Tucson International Airport 25 Jul 2015, Trans World Airlines 1 Dec 2015, filed 4 Jan 2016, not taken up, Ascent Aviation Services Corp 4 May 2016, still stored Tucson International Airport seen 21 Mar 2017, cancelled 1 Jun 2018 permanently withdrawn from use, seen 26 Nov 2018 engines and many parts missing. Current status: scrapped.