Airbus A320-214 MSN 566

Timeline

History

Airbus A320-214, serial number 566, first flight 22 Nov 1995. Delivered to Swissair on 19 Jan 1996, registered HB-IJG. Seen stored Zürich Airport, Zurich Swissair colour scheme 6 Apr 2002, ferried to XLW 21 Oct 2002, seen at Zürich Airport, Zurich 24 Apr 2004, ferried to Dublin, Ireland 30 Jul 2004. Leased to THY Turkish Airlines on 2 Aug 2004 as TC-JLC. Ferried to Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey this date, seen at Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany Turkish-retro colour scheme 8 Dec 2005, seen at Hamburg, Germany returned lessor 5 Dec 2006. Leased to Mexicana on 5 Dec 2006 as XA-MXF. White colour scheme, ceased operations Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport 28 Aug 2010. Operated by WFBN on 30 Nov 2010 as N566BB. Arrived London Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 1 Apr 2011. Operated by Jet-I 566 Leasing on 12 Apr 2011 as EI-ERV. Seen Yes Airways full colour scheme 25 May 2011. Leased to Yes Airways on 21 Jun 2011 as SP-IAB. Operated by OLT Express on 2 Apr 2012. Seen at Warsaw Chopin Airport full colour scheme this date, ceased operations Warsaw Chopin Airport and ferried to Dublin, Ireland returned Jet-I 566 31 Jul 2012. Operated by Jet-I 566 Leasing on 31 Aug 2012 as EI-ERV. Ferried to Sofia Airport 19 Nov 2012. Leased to SmartLynx Estonia on 18 Jan 2013 as ES-SAL. Ferried Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport to Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Turkey 12 Mar 2015 sub-lsd to Corendon Airlines, withdrawn from service 2 Nov 2015 returned SmartLynx Estonia, seen at Copenhagen Kastrup Airport 11 Nov 2015 still Corendon colour scheme. Transferred to SmartLynx Airlines on 26 Mar 2016 as YL-LCS. Woensdrecht Air Base, Hoogerheide to Torino-Caselle, Italy, final flight 26 Mar 2016, sub-lsd to Jetarifly seen at Rotterdam The Hague Airport 13 Apr 2016, withdrawn from service and returned SmartLynx 29 Oct 2016 ferried to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France, wlse to Transavia France 29-31 Oct 2016, ferried to Woensdrecht Air Base, Hoogerheide 1 Nov 2016 parked, ferried to Nantes 22 Dec 2016, seen in service 28 Jan 2017 white operated for Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport to TXL 6 Jan 2018 leased to easyJet Europe, final flight 7 Jan 2018, withdrawn from service 26 Apr 2018, returned to Riga International Airport, sub-lsd to Thomas Cook, ferried RIX-Cardiff 30 Apr 2018, withdrawn from service 30 Oct 2018, ferried to Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport 31 Oct 2018 returned SmartLynx, Thomas Cook Airlines leased final flight 1 May 2019, Condor leased 1 Oct 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany to Riga International Airport 19 Oct 2019 returned SmartLynx, Norwegian wet-leased (operated by crew of the lessor), ret/is 21 Feb 2020, withdrawn from service 21 Nov 2021, stored St Athan Airport, Wales 23 Nov 2021, scrapping Apr 2022. Current status: scrapped.