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VH-VGD. Boeing 737-4YO. c/n 23980-1667.
HL-7255; F-GMJD; OO-VJO; N239CT; TF-ELZ; PK-KKS; EY-538; UR-CNP.
This aircraft was ordered new by Guinness Peat Aviation (Leasing) Group Ltd (G.P.A.), Ireland - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - January 1989 First flown as HL-7255 - January 28, 1989 Powered by CFMI CFM-56-3C1 engines Accepted by G.P.A. Group Ltd at Seattle (Boeing Field) - January 28, 1989 Entered onto the Korean Aircraft Register as HL-7255 - January 28, 1989 Registered to Guinness Peat Aviation (Leasing) Group Ltd (G.P.A.), Ireland Leased to Asiana Airlines Incorporated, Korea as the registered operator Returned to G.P.A. Group Ltd on termination of the lease - January 31, 1997 Sold to Babcock and Brown Aircraft Management - March 15, 1997 Leased to Virgin Express Airways, Belgium Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GMJD - March 15, 1997 Registered to Babcock and Brown Aircraft Managemen Sub-leased to Air Provence Charter (France) as the registered operator Returned to Virgin Express Airways, Belgium on termination of the sub-lease - ? Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-VJO - ? Transferred to Virgin Express France - August 23, 1999 Returned to Virgin Express Airways, Belgium - October 15, 2000 Operated its last Virgin Express service Brussels - Barcelona - Brussels - November 18, 2000 Departed Brussels on the ferry flight to Australia as OO-VJO - November 30, 2000 Arrived Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - December 01, 2000 Ferry route: Brussels - Luxor - Sharjah - Chennai - Kuala Lumpur - Darwin - Brisbane Leased to Virgin Blue Pty Ltd Australia - December 01, 2000 Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - December 04, 2000 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VGD - December 11, 2000 Leased to Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator Operated the inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) service as DJ822 - June 15, 2001 Ferried Brisbane - Darwin - Singapore for maintenance - June 23, 2001 Ferried Singapore - Darwin - Brisbane after maintenance - July 10, 2001 Operated its final revenue service - April 23, 2002 Withdrawn from service and prepared for return to lessor on termination of the lease Departed Brisbane on the ferry flight to Holland as DJ9060 - April 26, 2002 Arrived Amsterdam (Schiphol) on completion of the ferry flight - April 28, 2002 Ferry route: Brisbane - Darwin - Kuala Lumpur (Subang) - Bangalore - Dubai - Paphos - Amsterdam Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 30, 2002 Entered onto the Belgian Aircraft Register as OO-VJO - May 08, 2002 Registered to CIT Leasing Corporation Leased to Virgin Express Airwways, Belgium as the registered operator Ferried Amsterdam - Brussels on return to Virgin Express - May 10, 2002 Returned to service Brussels - Rome (Fiumcino) - Brussels in the standard Virgin Blue livery - May 13, 2002 Operated the Brussels Airlines flight Brussels - London (Heathrow) - Brussels as TV5813 - June 05, 2002 It was observed at Brussels in the basic Virgin Blue livery with Virgin Express titles - November 03, 2002 Ferried Brussels - Southend in the basic Virgin Express livery for repainting - April 2003 Ferried Southend - Brussels in all white livery without titles - April 30, 2003 Returned to Virgin Express service Brussels - Barcelona - Brussels - May 01, 2003 Operated its last Virgin Express revenue service Brussels - Rome (Fiumcino) - Brussels - May 04, 2003 Returned to CIT Leasing Corporation at Brussels on termination of the lease - May 15, 2003 Leased to Sobelair, Belgium as the registered operator - May 15, 2003 Operated the Brussels - Malaga - Brussels in basic white livery with blue Sobelair titles and logos - May 16, 2003 Operated the last Sobelair revenue service Brussels - Almeria - Malaga - Brussels - January 17, 2004 Sobelair ceased operations - January 18, 2004 Ferried Brussels - Lasham on return to CIT Leasing Corporation as OO-VJO - January 27, 2004 Cancelled from the Belgian Aircraft Register - January 29, 2004 The aircraft had flown 35,293 hours with 32,948 cycles Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N239CT - February 10, 2004 Registered owner CIT Leasing Corporation, New York The aircraft was stored Lasham, United Kingdom all an white livery without registration marks Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 28, 2004 Leased to Islandflug (Iceland) and sub-leased to Aviajet in the standard Aviajet livery - April 29, 2004 Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-ELZ - April 29, 2004 Registered owner CIT Leasing Corporation Arrived Dublin in the standard Aviajet livery - April 30, 2004 Ferried Dublin - Southend as ICB174P on return to CIT Leasing - January 30, 2005 Seen at Southend with white fuselage and red Jet2 tail as TF-ELZ - February 02, 2005 Ferried Southend - Manchester for sub-lease to Jet2.Com Ltd as EXS5101P - February 09, 2005 Ferried Manchester - Shannon at end of the Jet2.Com lease as ABD0556P - October 17, 2005 Rolled out at Shannon as TF-ELZ in the standard AdamAir, Indonesia livery - November 18, 2005 Registration marks 'PK-KKS' although painted on the aircraft are taped over Repainted registration as 'N239CT' at Shannon - December 20, 2005 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N239CT - January 10, 2006 Registered owner CIT Leasing Corporation, New York Ferried Shannon - Larnaca on delivery to Indonesia - January 14, 2006 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 18, 2006 Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-KKS - January 18, 2006 Registered to CIT Leasing Corporation, New York Leased to AdamAir, Indonesia as the registered operator AdamAir ceased operations after its operating licence was revoked - March 18, 2008 The aircraft was repossessed by the lessor Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - March 2008 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N239CT - April 01, 2008 Registered to CIT Leasing Corporation, New York Ferried Majuro - Honolulu - Marana as N239CT on return to lessor - May 29, 2008 Ferried Marana - Goodyear as N239CT - October 02, 2008 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 03, 2008 Entered onto the Tajikistan Aircraft Register as EY-538 - October 03, 2008 Registered to CIT Leasing Corporation, New York Leased to Eastock Avia as the registered operator Departed Goodyear on the ferry flight to Bucharest as ETJ3002 - October 29, 2008 Arrived at Bucharest on completion of the ferry flight - October 31, 2008 Ferry route: Goodyear - ? - Keflavik - Copenhagen - Bucharest It was observed at Dubai operating for Skylink Arabia - November 10, 2008 It was observed at Dubai with Pamir titles - July 29, 2009 It was observed at Moscow (Domodedovo) with Eastock Avia titles - February 07, 2010 It was observed at Istanbul (Ataturk) without titles - September 20, 2010 It was observed at Istanbul operating services for Iraqi Airways - October 20, 2011 It was observed stored at Istanbul - September 2012 Sub-leased to East Air as EY-538 - February 06, 2013 Ferried Istanbul - Kulob on delivery to East Air - February 06, 2013 It was observed at Dusseldorf with East Air titles - August 16, 2013 Cancelled from the Tajikistan Aircraft Register - 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Entered onto the Ukraine Aircraft Register as UR-CNP - February 11, 2015 Registered to NAC Nordic Aviation (Aircraft Leasing), Billund, Denmark Leased to Yan Air, Kiev, Ukraine as the registered operator Ferried Vinnica - Kharkov on delivery to Yan Air - February 12, 2015 It was observed at Kiev in basic East Air livery with Yan Air titles and tail logo - July 07, 2015 Current with Yan Air |
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OO-VJO. Virgin Blue - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-133.) |
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TF-ELZ. Aviajet - in the standard livery at Nice Airport, June 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-538.) |
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PK-KKS. AdamAir - in the standard livery at Jakarta Halim Airport, May 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-537.) |
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EY-538. East Air - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2013. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4621-069.) |