This aircraft was built by Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Limited, Woodford, Manchester, England - 1979

It was built for Trinidad & Tobago Air Services

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BGMO (CofR G-BGMO/R1) - March 09, 1979

Registered to British Aerospace Aircraft Group, Woodford

First flown as '9Y-TGI' - August 29, 1979

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - August 31, 1979

Entered onto the Trinidad & Tobago Aircraft Register as 9Y-TGI - August 31, 1979

Leased to Trinidad & Tobago Air Services, Port of Spain, Trinidad as the registered operator - August31, 1979

Arrived at Port of Spain on completion of the delivery flight - November 22, 1979

Trinidad & Tobago Air Services merged with British West Indies Airways (BWIA) - January 01, 1980

Leased to Air BVI Limited as the registered operator - October 26, 1985

Returned to BWIA at the end of the lease - November 27, 1985

Cancelled from the Trinidad & Tobago Aircraft Register - December 1985

Entered onto the Antigua Aircraft Register as V2-LDB - December 19985

Leased to Leeward Islands Air Transport Services (LIAT), Antigua as the registered operator - December 19, 1985

Returned to British West Indies Airways at the end of the lease - January 1966

Cancelled from the Antigua Aircraft Register - January 1986

Entered onto the Trinidad & Tobago Aircraft Register as 9Y-TGI - January 1986

Sub-leased to Air BVI, Tortola, British Virgin Islands as the registered operator - January 16, 1986

Sold to Euroair Transport Ltd, England - April 08, 1986

Cancelled from the Trinidad & Tobago Aircraft Register - April 08, 1986

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BGMO (CofR G-BGMO/R2) - April 08, 1986

Registered to Euroair Transport Limited, Liverpool

Departed Port of Spain on the ferry flight to England as BA9825P - April 08, 1986

Arrived Exeter on completion of the ferry flight - April 14, 1986

The Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - May 12, 1986

Leased to British Airways, London as the registered operator - May 22, 1986

Ferried to London (Heathrow) for repainting into the British Airways livery as BA9819P - May 22, 1986

The aircraft was named 'Glen Goyne' on the port side and 'Gleann Goinn' on the starboard side

Ferried London (Heathrow) - Glasgow for interior fit-out as BA9823P - May 28, 1986

Operated its first British Airways revenue service Glasgow - Stornaway as BA5820 - June 20, 1986

Operated its final British Airways revenue service Belfast - Glasgow as BA5849 - April 19, 1989

Ferried Glasgow - London (Heathrow) for end-of-lease maintenance - April 20, 1989

The aircraft was painted in an all-white livery in preparation for return to the lessor

Ferried London (Heathrow) - Glasgow as BA8972P - April 25, 1989

Returned to Euroair Transport Limited at the end of the lease at Glasgow

Ferried Glosgow - Coventry - Exeter for storage - May 03, 1989

Leased to Jersey European Airways, Exeter as the registered operator - October 26, 1989

Following the aircraft's repaint it was engaged in crew-training flights

Operated its first Jersey European revenue service Blackpool - Isle-of-Man - November 4, 1989

Operated its final revenue service (mail service) Manchester - Edinburgh as JY828 - October 05, 1991

Ferried Edinburgh - Exeter on return to the lessor for storage as JY031 - October 05, 1991

Ferried Exeter - Glasgow for further storage - February 087, 1992

The aircraft was leased to Mount Cook Airline, New Zealand - December 1993

Departed Glasgow on the ferry flight to New Zealand - December 02, 1993

Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - Decmber 07, 1993

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 07, 1993

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-MCB - December 10, 1993

Leased to Mount Cook Airline, Christchurch, New Zealand as the registered operator

It was repainted into the Mount Cook livery during pre-service maintenance at Christchurch

The aircraft was named 'Te Anau' (a cave filled with swirling water currents)

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Operated its final revenue service Taupo - Christchurch as NZ5721 - December 07, 1995

It was withdrawn from use and stored at Christchurch

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to England - February 08, 1996

Arrived Exeter on completion of the ferry flight and returned to the lessor - February 21, 1996

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - February 23, 1996

Sold to Emerald Airways Limited, Leeds - February 23, 1996

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BGMO (CorR G-BGMO/R3) - February 23, 1996

Registered to Emerald Airways Limited, Leeds

The aircraft was repainted into the Emerald Airways livery at Woodford during maintenance - April 24 - May 06, 1996

Ferried Woodford - Liverpool - May 06, 1996

Operated its first Emerald revenue service - May 10, 1996

This aircraft was converted to a full freighter configuration - ?

It was repainted into the new Emerald livery at Blackpool - December 02 - 10, 2004

Returned to service - December 17, 2004

Emerald Airways Air Operators Certificate (AOC) was suspended - May 04, 2006

Ferried Hurn - Blackpool for storage as JEM983Q - May 05, 2006

Sold to Emerald Airways Limited - January 21, 2001

The aircraft had flown 22,311 hours with 37,859 cycles to date

Sold to International Air Parts (Pty) Ltd, England - October 16, 2006

Registered as G-BGMO (CofR G-BGMO/R4) - December 12, 2006

Registered to PTB (Emerald) Pty Ltd, Blackpool

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - March 18, 2008

Entered ontio the Bangladesh Aircraft Register as S2-AAX - March 18, 2008

The aircraft had the incorrect registration marks 'S2-AXX' painted on it

The correct registration 'S2-AAX' was applied to the aircraft - March 19, 2008

Departed Blackpool on the ferry flight to Bangladesh - April 25, 2008

Ferry route: Blackpool - Nice - Heraklion - Sharm el Sheikh - Doha - Karachi - Dhaka

The aircraft retained the Emerald livery but acquired 'Easy Fly Express' titles

It was withdrawn from service by Easy Fly Express and stored at Dhaka, Bangladesh - April 06, 2010

Sold to Bismillah Airlines, Dhaka, Bangladesh - April 2015

It was withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - late 2016

Current status - ?

ZK-MCB. Mount Cook Airline - 'Te Anau' in the final livery at Wellington Airport, January 1991.

(M. Richardson Copyright Image 0748-016.)

G-BGMO. Emerald Airways - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 2003.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0748-145.)