Replacing an earlier digital upload with a better version 21-Jun-19.
Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.
With additional 'www.srilankan.aero' web address.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYP, this aircraft was delivered to SriLankan Airlines as 4R-ALD in Jan-00. It was sold to a lessor on delivery and leased back to SriLankan Airlines. The aircraft was removed from service in Oct-19 and ferried to St. Athan, Wales, UK in Nov-19 for storage. It was re-registered OE-IKV in Dec-19 and permanently retired. Updated (Dec-19)
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Replacing an earlier digital upload with a better version 26-Jun-19.
Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.
With additional 'www.srilankan.aero' web address.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYP, this aircraft was delivered to SriLankan Airlines as 4R-ALD in Jan-00. It was sold to a lessor on delivery and leased back to SriLankan Airlines. The aircraft was removed from service in Oct-19 and ferried to St. Athan, Wales, UK in Nov-19 for storage. It was re-registered OE-IKV in Dec-19 and permanently retired. Updated (Dec-19)
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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 21-Jun-19.
Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.
Additional '50 Years' logo.
Named "Warba".
Briefly registered F-WWJA in error in Feb-95, this aircraft was first flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWJX, it was delivered to Kuwait Airways as 9K-ANA in Mar-95. After 22 years in service the aircraft was permanently retired at Kuwait Airport in Mar-17.
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Replacing an earlier digital upload with a better version 26-Jun-19.
Taken just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred from Don Muang to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.
With additional '50 Years' logo.
Named: "Al-Mobarakiya",
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWJE, this aircraft was delivered to Kuwait Airways as 9K-ANC in May-95. It was wet-leased to Saudia Saudi Arabian Airlines between Feb/May-99. The aircraft was permanently retired and stored at Kuwair City at the end of May-17.
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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 20-Jun-19.
'AirAsia, Asia Pacific Airline of the Year 2003' logojet.
Photo taken at the old Bangkok airport just a few months before the new airport opened and this one became DMK.
This aircraft was delivered to Maersk Air (Denmark) as OY-MMN in Jun-87. It was leased to British Airways as G-BOZA in Oct-88 and returned to Maersk Air in Mar-92. It was leased to Air Holland Regional as PH-OZA the following month.
The aircraft was sold by Maersk to the CIT Leasing Corporation in Mar-98 and leased direct to Air Holland Regional. It was wet-leased to Air Malawi at the end of Mar-98 and returned to Air Holland Regional in Oct-98.
In Apr-99 the aircraft was leased to Air Malta as 9H-ADP and returned to Air Holland in Nov-99. It was returned to the lessor the following month as N2371 and stored at Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
In Jul-00 it was leased to City Bird Airlinjes (Belgium) as OO-CTX. It was repossessed by the lessor in Oct-01 and initially stored at Brussels. It was re-registered N718CT in Jan-02.
The aircraft was leased to Pace Airlines (USA) as N377PA in Feb-02 and returned to the lessor in May-03. In Jun-03 it was leased to Bulgaria Air as LZ-BOJ, returning to the lessor in Dec-04.
It was leased to AirAsia as 9M-AAB in Jan-05 and returned to to lessor in May-08. In Jun-08 CIT Leasing Corporation sold it to Nordic Aviation Contractor A/S who leased it to JetTime A/S as OY-JTC.
The aircraft was fitted with blended winglets in Nov-08. After 29 years in service the aircraft was permanently retired at Lasham, UK in Nov-16.
It was sold to Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc as N127WF in Jan-17 and sold on to their associate company European Aviation as 2-WORK in Mar-17. It remained withdrawn from use at Lasham.
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