G-BYAH. Boeing 757-204. c/n 26966-520.
This aircraft was ordered new by Britania Airways - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle as 'G-BYAH' - December 18, 1992 First flown using the Boeing test registration - January 21, 1993 Powered by Rolls Royce RB-211-535-E4 engines Sold to Abbey National March Leasing Limited, U.S.A. - February 05, 1993 Leased to Thomson Internation Finance AG - ? Sub-leased to Britannia Airways Limited as the registered operator Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BYAH (CofR G-BYAH/R1) - February 05, 1993 Registered to Thomson Airways Limited, Luton The aircraft arrived London (Luton) on delivery to Britannia - February 06, 1993 Operated its first revenue service London (Luton) - Belfast - February 12, 1993 Leased to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland as the registered operator - February 25, 1995 It was leased to cover the domestic operations when the hush-kitted Boeing 737 fleet was grounded This ground arose when the Nordam hush-kitted aircraft experienced a series of fan-blade failures Departed London (Luton) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - February 25, 1995 Arrived Auckland on completion of the ferry flight - February 26, 1995 Ferry route: London - Sharjar - Singapore - Cairns - Auckland Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Christchurch - March 01, 1995 This aircraft was deployed only on this route Operated its last revenue service Christchurch - Auckland - March 25, 1995 Departed Auckland on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - March 27, 1995 Arrived London (Luton) on completion of the ferry flight - March 29, 1995 Ferry route: Auckland - Cairns - Singapore - Sharjar - London Returned to Britannia Airways at the end of the sub-lease - March 29, 1995 Returned to service with Britannia Airways - ? The aircraft arrived at Maastricht for repainting as BAL077F - November 01, 1999 Departed Maastricht following its repainting as BAL991F - November 10, 1999 It was observed at Salzburg in the 'World of TUI' livery with 'Thomson.co.uk' titles - December 20, 2003 Arrived at Maastricht for repainting - October 13, 2004 Rolled out at Maastricht with 'Thomson'fly' titles - October 15, 2004 Britannia Airways was renamed Thomson Airways Limited t/a Thomsonfly - May 09, 2005 It was withdrawn from service - ? Ferried Manchester - Abu Dhabi for maintenance and repainting - December 12, 2010 Ferried Abu Dhabi - London (Luton) in the basic Allegiant Air livery - February 08, 2011 Ferried London (Luton) - Shannon in the basic Allegiant Air livery - March 26, 2011 The aircraft was reregistered as G-LSAM (CoR G-LSAM/R1) - March 29, 2011 Registered to Jet2.Com Limited, Leeds Leased to Jet2 as the registered operator - March 29, 2011 Ferried Shannon - Lasham as EXS035E - March 31, 2011 Ferried Lasham - Manchester in the basic Allegiant Air livery - April 12, 2011 It had 'Jet2Holidays' titles on the forward fuselage and 'Package Holidays You Can Trust' on the rear fuselage Operated its final Jet2 revenue service Tennerife - Manchester as EXS918 - October 13, 2012 Ferried Manchester - Leeds as EXS043A - October 15, 2012 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - November 01, 2012 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N903NV - November 01, 2012 Registered to Sunrise Asset Management LLC, United States Leased to Allegiant Air, Fresno, California as the registered operator Departed Leeds on the ferry flight to the United States November 02, 2012 Arrived Jacksonville for the fitment of blended winglets - November 02, 2012 Ferry route: Leeds - Bangor - Jacksonville Ferried Jacksonville - Las Vegas - January 12, 2013 It was observed at Las Vegas in the Allegiant Air livery with 'Travel Is Our Deal' titles - May 24, 2013 Operated its final revenue service Fresno - Las Vegas as AAY515 - February 26, 2017 Ferried Las Vegas - Victorville for storage as AAY9903 - March 10, 2017 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? The aircraft was parted out at Victorville |
G-BYAH. Britannia - in the standard livery with additional 'Keep Duty Free' titles at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-037.) |