G-BYAF Boeing 757-204

This aircraft was ordered new by Britania Airways - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Washington) as 'G-BYAF' - November 30, 1992

First flown using the Boeing test registration - December 22, 1992

Accepted by International Leased Finance Corporation (ILFC) at Seattle (Washington) - January 13, 1992

Leased to Britannia Airways Limited as the registered operator

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BYAF (CofR G-BYAF/R1) - January 13, 1992

Registered to Britannia Airways Limited, Luton

The aircraft arrived London (Luton, England) on delivery to Britannia - January 14, 1992

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Sub-leased to Freedom Air International, Auckland as the registered operator - December 02, 1995

Departed London (Luton, England) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - December 02, 1995

Arrived at Hamilton (New Zealand) on completion of the ferry flight from England - December 04, 1995

Ferry route: London (England) - Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) - Singapore - Cairns (Queensland) - Hamilton

This was the first Freedom Air aircraft and it was configured with 235 economy seats

Operated a proving flight - Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as NZ757/758 - December 07, 1995

Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as NZ940/941 - December 08, 1995

Freedom Air commenced operations using its IATA code 'SJ' - December 11, 1995

Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hamilton - Auckland (New Zealand) - April 22, 1996

Departed Auckland (New Zealand) on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - April 27, 1996

Arrived London (Luton, England) on completion of the ferry flight from New Zealand - April 28, 1996

Ferry route: Auckland (New Zealand) - Cairns (Queensland) - Singapore - Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) - London (England)

Returned to Britannia Airways at the end of the sub-lease - April 28, 1996

Returned to service with Britannia London (Luton) - Alicante (Spain) - April 30, 1996

The aircraft arrived at Maastricht (Netherland) for repainting - January 12, 2003

Departed Maastricht (Netherlands) in the 'World of TUI' livery with red 'Britannia' titles - January 20, 2003

Observed at Manchester (England) in the 'World of TUI' livery with 'Thomson.co.uk' titles - June 13, 2004

Observed at Manchester (England) in the 'World of TUI' livery with 'Thomonfly' titles - May 02, 2005

Britannia Airways was renamed Thomson Airways Limited t/a Thomsonfly - May 09, 2005

The U. S. registration 'N923FD' was reseved by Federal Express Corporation - July 16, 2007

The aircraft was withdrawn from service - April ?, 2008

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 07, 2008

The aircraft was sold to Federal Express - May 08, 2008

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N923FD - May 08, 2008

Registered to Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN

Departed London (Luton, England) on the ferry flight to the United States as FDX9088 - May 10, 2008

Arrived at Victorville (California) in the basic 'Thomsonfly' livery - May 11, 2008

Ferry route: London (England) - Bangor (Maine) - Victorville (California)

Departed Victorville (California) on the ferry flight to the Philippines as FDX9043 - May 23, 2008

Arrived at Subic Bay (Philippines) on completion of the ferry flight from the United States - May 26, 2008

Ferry route: Victorville (California) - Seattle (Washington) - Anchorage (Alaska) - Sapporo (Japan) - Subic Bay

The aircraft was converted to freighter configuration

Ferried Subic Bay (Philippines) - Singapore (Seletar) for completion of freighter conversion - ?

Departed Singapore (Seletar) on the ferry flight to the United States as FDX9118 - March 19, 2009

It arrived at Memphis (Tennessee) on completion of the ferry flight from Singapore - March 20, 2009

Ferry route: Singapore - Osaka (Kansai, Japan) - Anchorage (Alaska) - Memphis (Tennessee)

It was observed at Reno (Nevada) now named 'Raquel' - September 27, 2009

Current status - ?