B-18671. Boeing 737-43Q. c/n 28490-2830.
Was also registered as: TC-IAF; N490GE; PK-GWY; VN-A189;
N237SC; VT-SVA; EI-STO.
This aircraft was ordered new by General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) First flown at Seattle (Renton) - November 01, 1996 Powered by CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-18671 - November 22, 1996 Accepted by General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) at Seattle - November 22, 1996 Leased to China Airlines, Taipei as the registered operator Entered service with China Airlines - ? Withdrawn from service - November 1998 Returned to GECAS and cancelled from the Taiwanese Aircraft Register - December 01, 1998 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-IAF - December 01, 1998 Leased to Istanbul Airlines as the registered operator Withdrawn from use and cancelled from the Turkish Aircraft Register - July 04, 2000 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N490GE - July 10, 2000 Registered to General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) The aircraft was prepared for lease to Garuda Indonesia - December 2000 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GWY - December 07, 2000 Withdrawn from use and cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - January 2006 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N237SC Registered to General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) The aircraft was prepared for lease to Jetstar Pacific - April 2006 Entered onto the Vietnamese Aircraft Register as VN-A189 - April 2006 Leased to Jetstar Pacific as the registered operator - April 20, 2006 It was withdrawn from service and returned to GECAS - January 2013 Cancelled from the Vietnamese Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N237SC - January 2013 The aircraft was stored Sold to VX Capital Partners, San Francisco - February 28, 2014 It was converted to freighter configuration by Airod Aerospace, Malaysia Entered onto the Indian Aircraft Register as VT-SVA - November 2015 Leased to QuikJet Cargo Airlines, Mumbai as the registered operator - November 17, 2015 It was withdrawn from use and returned to the lessor - October 2017 Cancelled from the Indian Aircraft Register - November 2017 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-STO - November 2017 Leased to ASL Airlines, Ireland as the registered operator - November 01, 2017 Sub-leased to ASL Airlines Belgium as the registered operator - January 01, 2018 Returned to ASL Airlines Ireland at the end of the sub-lease - October 27, 2018 Sub-leased to ASL Airlines France as the registered operator - November 11, 2018 Returned to ASL Airlines Ireland at the end of the sub-lease - January 20, 2019 Sub-leased to ASL Airlines Belgium as the registered operator - January 29, 2019 Current status - ? |