A VIP Boeing 747-400 belonging to the Dubai Amiri Flight.

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Leased to Thomson Airways for the summer season by Sunwing Airlines Canada and based at Dublin, Ireland.

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to Boullioun Aviation Services and leased to Sterling European Airlines as OY-SEK in Feb-04, 'Blended Winglets' were added in early 2008.

Sterling European ceased operations in late Oct-08. The aircraft was returned to the lessor at stored at Copenhagen, Denmark. In Dec-08 it was transferred to the US register as N292AG and was ferried to Atlanta, GA, USA for further storage.

In Feb-09 it was leased to Sunwing Airlines as C-FEAK and in May-09 it was sub-leased to Viking Airlines (UK) for the summer season, returning to Sunwing in Oct-09. The same sub-lease to Viking Airlines was repeated in Jun-10 although the lease was terminated early, in Aug-10, due to the collapse of one of Viking's major tour operators.

'Split Scimitar' winglets were added in Feb-14. In May-14 the aircraft was sub-leased to Thomson Airways (UK) for the summer, returning to Sunwing in Oct-14. This sub-lease to Thomson Airways was repeated between May/Oct-15, May/Oct-16 and May/Oct-17.

Thomson Airways was renamed TUI Airways UK in Oct-17 and Sunwing leased the aircraft to them again between May/Nov-18. It was returned to the lessor in Apr-19 and leased to SkyUp Airlines (Ukraine) as UR-SQH a few days later.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb-22 the aircraft was evacuated and initially parked at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. It was wet-leased to FreeBird Airlines (Turkiye) for the summer season between May/Oct-22 and operated services for Fly One Airlines (Moldova) and Air Moldova between Oct-22/Jan-23.

The aircraft was wet-leased to Sun Air (Sudan) a few days later. Sadly, on 15-Apr-23 the aircraft was destroyed on the ramp at Khartoum Airport during an attempted Coup d'etat by Sudan's 'Rapid Support Force' against the Sudanese Army. Updated 17-Apr-23.

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Operating for Thomson Airways on summer lease from Sunwing Airlines Canada. It's flying in full Sunwing livery and is based in Belfast, N.I. UK.

This aircraft was delivered to AWAS Ireland Ltd and leased to Sunwing Airlines as C-FFPH in May-14. It's standard winglets were replaced with new 'Split Scimitar' winglets after delivery. The aircraft was wet-leased to Thomson Airways (UK) between May/Oct-15 and again between May/Oct-16 and May/Oct-17. The aircraft was leased to TUI Airlines UK (previously Thomson Airways) between May/Oct-18 and and again between May/Oct-19. Current, updated (Sep-19).

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When I saw this lifting over the trees I thought "that's odd, the Spanish Air Force don't work weekends". Then I realised it was Belgian and wondered if there had been an invasion. Obviously the weekend would be the best time to do it...

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Operating a service on behalf of Jetairfly (TUI Airlines Belgium).

An aircraft with a very busy life... First flown with the Boeing test registration N6018N, this aircraft was delivered to AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aircraft Services and leased to TACA International Airlines as N768TA in May-93. It was returned to the lessor as VH-NOE in Oct-94 and leased to Vietnam Airlines between Nov-94/Oct-96. It was leased to Egyptair between Nov-96/Jan-97, then to Crown Express in Feb-97 (they only lasted a week!). It was leased to Air France in Mar-97 and re-registered F-GKAU in Apr-97. It was returned to AWAS as OO-VAS in Feb-98, in preparation for a lease to Challenge Air (Belgium) which was cancelled. The aircraft was transferred to Nordstress Australia (Pty) Ltd as VH-NOE again in Mar-98 and leased to Challenge Air at the end of that month when they operated it on behalf of Air Namibia as V5-NMB. It was returned to Challenge Air and the lessor in Apr-99 and was stored at Dublin, Ireland. The aircraft was re-registered VH-NOE again in Jan-90 and leased to Britannia Airways GmbH (Germany) between Feb/Apr-00, then to Air Seychelles between May/Jun-00 when it was stored. It was transferred back to AWAS in Oct-00 and leased to AVIANCA Colombia as N535AW. It was returned to AWAS in Nov-03 and stored again. The aircraft was leased to euroAtlantic Airways (Portugal) as CS-TLM in Jun-04 and returned to the lessor in Jun-05. It was leased to Martinair Holland as PH-MCJ in Jul-05 and returned to the lessor in Jun-11. It was leased to GMG Airlines (Bangladesh) as S2-AFX later that month and returned to the lessor as N535AW in Apr-12 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA. In Aug-13 it was leased to euroAtlantic Airways again, this time as CS-TRN. It was sub-leased to Med-View Airlines (Nigeria) between Oct/Dec-14. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Mar-17 and was stored at Istanbul-SAW, Turkey. It was leased to Azur Air Germany as D-AZUC in Jul-17 and was transferred to Azur Air Ukraine as U.R.-.A.Z.D in Aug-18. Current (Feb-19).

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