Fluidr / Ken Fielding - Air Transport Archive's "Manchester, 1997." set

AP-AYV Boeing 747-282B PIA Pakistan International Airlines MAN 21MAY97

N 3 B 1.3K C 0 E May 21, 1997 F Apr 5, 2017

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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 05-Apr-17.

Sadly, slightly blurred. and the brownish strip on the negative doesn't help.

This aircraft was delivered to TAP Transportes Aereos Portugueses as CS-TJC in Jun-74. It was leased to PIA Pakistan International Airlines as AP-AYV in Apr-76. PIA bought it from TAP in Apr-80. The aircraft was permanently retired at Karachi, Pakistan in Nov-99 and was broken up there in 2002.

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C-FTNC Tristar 150 Air Transat MAN 12APR97

N 2 B 584 C 0 E Jul 14, 2011 F Jul 14, 2011

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C-FVNM 1 B767-219ER Air Canada MAN 21MAY97

N 5 B 1.3K C 0 E May 21, 1997 F Jun 13, 2020

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Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a (slightly) better version 04-Dec-21 (DeNoise AI). A 23 year old negative with my 'trademark' yellow band...

Fleet No: "621".

An early Boeing 767-200ER (line No:18), built as a standard B767-200 this aircraft was delivered to China Airlines (Taiwan) as B-1836 in Dec-82.

It was sold to a lessor in Dec-89 and immediately leased to ANZ Air New Zealand as ZK-NBF where it was converted to a B767-200ER in Jan-90.

It was returned to the lessor as N681SH in Jun-95. It was due to be leased to Air Canada as C-FUCM but the registration wasn't used (can't imagine why, oh yes I can! Although they did keep sister-ship C-FUCL...). It was registered C-FVNM instead and delivered towards the end of Jun-95.

It was withdrawn from service, returned to the lessor and permanently retired at Roswell, NM, USA in Oct-08. The aircraft was sold to the Jet Midwest Group as N753JM in Apr-12 and was ferried to Kansas City, MO, USA in May-13 and later broken up. Updated (Jun-20).

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EI-TLF 2 Airbus A320-231 AirWorld (Trans Aer) MAN 21MAY97

N 0 B 2.3K C 0 E May 20, 2024 F Jun 20, 2011

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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.

G-BNWH 1 Boeing 767-336ER British Airways (interim livery) MAN 02APR97

N 11 B 1.6K C 0 E Apr 2, 1997 F Jul 17, 2021

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Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 25-Nov-18 (also the date of the final British Airways Boeing 767 service).

In an interim livery, halfway between the old 'Landor' livery and the 'World Tails' livery.

First flown with the Boeing test registration N6005C, this aircraft was delivered to British Airways as G-BNWH in Oct-90. After 24 years in service the aircraft was permanently retired at Victorville, CA, USA in Aug-14.

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