Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a (slightly) better version 06-Apr-17, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 20-May-24.
Leased from/op by TransAer.
With a history this long, you can tell this aircraft has had a busy life!! First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWBR, this aircraft was delivered to Orix Leasing and leased to Translift Airways (Ireland) as EI-TLF in Jun-94.
Translift was a major ACMI operator (see below) and operated on behalf of many airlines including Leisure Air (Nov-94/May-95), SunExpress Airlines (Turkey) (Jun/Aug-95), All Leisure Airways (Aug/Oct-95), TransMeridian Airways (USA) (Oct-95/May-96), Turkish Airlines (May/Oct-96), and America West Airlines (Nov-96/Apr-97).
Translift Airways was renamed TransAer International Airlines in May-97. ACMI wet-leases continued with Airworld (UK) (May/Oct-97, TransMeridian Airways (USA) (Nov-97/Apr-98), Britannia Airways (UK) (Apr/Nov-98), TransMeridian Airways (Nov-98/Apr-99) and Britannia Airways (Apr/Nov-99).
The aircraft was returned to Orix Leasing in Jan-00 and re-registered N168GB the following month. It was leased to Airtours Group German subsidiary FlyFTI (Frosch Touristic International) as D-AUKT in Mar-00. It was returned to Orix in Nov-01 and leased to Skyservice Airlines (Canada) as C-GTDL in Dec-01.
The aircraft was wet-leased to MyTravel Airways (UK) between May/Oct-02, Apr/Nov-03, Jun/Nov-04. Between Apr/Nov-05 the aircraft was dry-leased to MyTravel Airways as G-GTDL, returning to Skyservice as C-GTDL between Nov-05/May-06. It was dry-leased to MyTavel again as G-GTDL in May-06 and stayed until Nov-07 when it returned to Skyservice as C-GTDL.
At the end of Mar-08, MyTravel Airways was Merged into Thomas Cook Airlines UK. The aircraft was leased to Thomas Cook Airlines UK as G-GTDL in Apr-08 and this time was repainted in full Thomas Cook livery. It was still sub-leased to Thomas Cook when Skyservice ceased operations at the end of Mar-10.
The aircraft should have returned to Skyservice but stayed at Manchester, UK as a back-up aircraft for the summer season and was stored at Manchester in Nov-10. It was returned to the lessor in Sep-11 and was re-registered N476PB the following month.
It was leased to Skywings Asia Airlines (Cambodia) as XU-ZAB in Nov-11. It was wet-leased to Aviatrans K between May/Sep-13 and wet-leased to Apsara International Air in Oct-13. Skywings Asia was renamed Sky Angkor Airlines in Nov-14 and the aircraft was returned to them in Feb-15.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Nov-16 and was sold(?) to Zagros Air (Iran) as EP-ZAR in Dec-16. It was transferred to Iran Aseman Airlines in Mar-17 and re-registered EP-API in Apr-17. After 26 years in service the aircraft was withdrawn and stored at Tehran in Mar-20. Updated 03-Jun-22.
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