G-OOOU Boeing 757-2Y0

This aircraft was ordered new by the GPA Group - ?

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Washington) as 'G-OOOU' - July 09, 1991

First flown using the Boeing test registration - August 05, 1991

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-OOOU (CofR G-OOOU/R1) - August 30, 1991

Registered to Air 2000 Limited, Crawley

Accepted by the GPA Group Limited at Seattle (Boeing Field, Washington) - August 30, 1991

Leased to Air 2000 Limited as the registered operator

Departed Seattle (Boeing Field, Washington) on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - September 01, 1991

Sub-leased to Kiwi International, New Zealand - November 19, 1995

Departed Manchester (England) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - November 19, 1995

The aircraft was in the basic 'Air 2000' livery with 'Kiwi' titles on the forward fuselage

Ferry route: Manchester (England) - Calgary (Canada) - Honolulu (Hawaii) - Hamilton (New Zealand)

On board the aircraft were four Air 2000 pilots and four cabin crew

The ferry flight was under the command of Captain Peter Hill (Air 2000 Senior Training Captain)

The four cabin crew trained the local Kiwi crew to UK CAA standards prior to the aircraft entering service

Operated first Kiwi revenue service Hamilton (New Zealand) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - November 24, 1995

Operated six charter flights Auckland - Raratonga (Cook Islands) - December 08, 1995 - January 26, 1996

Operated final Kiwi revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hamilton (New Zealand) - May 01, 1996

Departed Hamilton (New Zealand) on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - May 02, 1996

The aircraft was required back in the United Kingdom for the northern summer travel season

Ferry route: Hamilton (New Zealand) - Honolulu (Hawaii) - Winnipeg (Canada) - Manchester (England)

It was observed at Salzburg in the standard 'Air 2000' livery - May 18, 1996

It was observed at Manchester (England) with 'TCS' titles - March 29, 1999

It was observed at Manchester in the 'TCS Expeditions' livery with 'Air 2000' titles on the starboard side and

'TCS Expeditions' titles on the port side of the fuselage - January 19, 2000

The aircraft was named 'Explorer 1'

It was observed at Salzburg (Austria) in the standard 'Air 2000' livery - July 19, 2000

It was observed at Manchester (England) with 'TCS Expedition' titles - January 19, 2001

The 'TCS Expedition' titles were removed - ? 2001

Rolled out at Norwich (England) with 'TCS Expeditions' tail and 'Air 2000' titles on the fuselage - October 31, 2001

The aircraft was returned to normal 'Air 2000' operations - 2002

Operated its final Air 2000 service Turin - Manchester as AMM493D - February 16, 2003

Ferried Manchester - Norwich (England) for repainting as AMM757P - March 25, 2003

Ferried Norwich - Manchester (England) and returned to GPA at the end of the lease as AMM757M - April 01, 2003

It was observed at Manchester (England) as 'TF-ARI' - April 04, 2003

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - April 04, 2003

Entered onto the Icelandic Aircraft Register as TF-ARI - April 04, 2003

Registered to Buckingham Partners

Leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as the registered operator

It was observed at Manchester in an 'all-white' livery, light blue tail and light blue engine cowls - April 10, 2003

It was observed at Manston (England) with 'excelairways.com' titles - April 27, 2003

Sub-leased to Excel Airways as the registered operator - April ?, 2003

It was observed at Faro (Portugal) in service with Excel Airways in the standard livery - May 31, 2003

Returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic at the end of the sub-lease - November ?, 2004

Ferried London (Gatwick) - Gander - Marana (Arizona) for winter storage as ABP39P - November 03 - 04, 2004

Ferried Marana (Arizona) - Bangor (Maine) - Manchester (England) as ABP39P - March 16, 2005

It was observed at London (Stansted) as 'G-VKNA' - November 04, 2005

Cancelled from the Icelandic Aircraft Register - November 08, 2005

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-VKNA (CofR G-VKNA/ R1) - November 08, 2005

Registered to EL Airways UK Limited, Crawley

Air Icelandic Europe was merged into Excel Airways - May 01, 2006

It was observed at Manchester (England) with 'xl.com' tail titles - July 11, 2006

Excel Airways was renamed XL Airways - November ?, 2006

Ferried Manchester - Bristol (England) for repainting as XLA090P - January 31, 2007

Ferried Bristol - Manchester (England) in the XL Airways livery as XLA210P - February 05, 2007

Operated its last XL Airways service Kos - Manchester (England) as XLA2047 - September 05, 2007

Ferried Manchester - Southend (England) for end of lease maintenance as XLA047P - September 05, 2007

Returned to GPA Group at the end of the lease - September 2007

It was observed at Southend (England) with large 'Aladia' titles - September 13, 2007

It was observed at Southend (England) performing a test flight in the 'Aladia' livery - September 24, 2007

It was observed at Southend (England) as 'XA-MTY' - September 26, 2007

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - September 27, 2007

Entered onto the Mexican Aircraft Register as XA-MTY - September 27, 2007

Leased to Aladia Mexico as the registered operator

Departed Southend on the ferry flight to Mexico via Gander (Newfoundland) and Monterrey - September 28, 2007

The U.S. registration 'N930D' was reserved by Federal Express Corporation - September 29, 2008

The aircraft was sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee, Salt Lake City - September 30, 2008

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N240MQ - September 30, 2008

Registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Trustee, Salt Lake City

Aladia ceased all operations due to financial problems - October 21, 2008

The aircraft was ferried to Lake City (Utah) for storage - November ?, 2008

It was observed at Lake City (Utah) in the 'Aladia' livery as 'XA-MTY' - February 11, 2009

It was observed at Victorville (California) in the 'Aladia' livery as 'N240MQ' - July 07, 2009

It was observed at Victorville (California) in the 'Aladia' livery with 'N930FD' on the nose gear door - July 29, 2009

It was sold to the Federal Express Corporation as N240MQ - August 03, 2009

Reregistered as N930FD - September 09, 2009

Registered to Federal Express Corporation, Memphis

It was observed stored at Victorville (California) - February 23, 2010

Ferried Victorville - Mobile (Alabama) for conversion to freighter configuration as FDX9029 - March 24, 2010

The conversion to an all-freight configuration commenced at Mobile (Alabama) - May 10, 2010

The conversion to an all-freight configuration was completed - October 2010

Ferried Mobile - New Iberia (Louisiana) for painting into the Fedex livery as FDX9055 - October 24, 2010

Ferried New Iberia (Louisiana) - Memphis (Tennessee) in the 'Fedex' livery as FDX9007 - November 05, 2010

Operated its first Fedex revenue service Memphis (Tennessee) - Wichita (Kansas) as FDX2505 - ?

Current status - ?