last update: November 18, 2008

 

 

XA-CUN

22612/0114
 
Roll out 03/10/1986

First flight 05/11/1986
Type 225
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Selcal FH-MQ
Configuration Y233
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Photos photo 1 photo 2    

 

Date

Registration

 Remarks
26/11/1986 N523EA del Eastern Air Lines; '523'.
29/09/1988 N523EA aborted take-off at San Jose, Costa Rica; the undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft was substantially damaged.
07/04/1990 N523EA ferried Bangor-London/Stansted as AMM757P.
20/04/1990 N523EA bt United Aviation Services Inc.
20/04/1990 G-OOOM lt Air 2000.
20/04/1990 G-OOOM rgd to Air 2000 Ltd.
12/05/1990 G-OOOM ferried London/Stansted-London/Gatwick as AMM162P.
---/10/1991 G-OOOM bt Airfund Corporation (CIT Group).
---/10/1991 G-OOOM lease to Air 2000 continues.
10/10/1996 G-OOOM last service: Lanzarote-Manchester.
24/10/1996 G-OOOM r/o at Manchester in full Blue Scandinavia c/s.
31/10/1996 G-OOOM ret Airfund Corporation (CIT Group).
03/11/1996 G-OOOM lt Blue Scandinavia & ferried Manchester-Stockholm as TWE006.
06/11/1996 SE-DUN rgd to First Security Bank of Utah.
06/11/1996 SE-DUN Blue Scandinavia; re-rgd.
01/01/1998 SE-DUN operational name change to Britannia Airways AB.
31/07/1998 SE-DUN sub-lt Britannia Airways & based at Newcastle.
---/04/1999 SE-DUN ret Britannia Airways AB.
17/10/1999 SE-DUN last service: Rhodes-Stockholm/Arlanda as BLX252.
18/10/1999 SE-DUN ferried Stockholm/Arlanda-London/Luton.
18/10/1999 SE-DUN ret Airfund Corporation (CIT Group).
---/10/1999 SE-DUN titles & tail logo removed at London/Luton whilst on maintenance (in hangar).
---/11/1999 SE-DUN parked outside at London/Luton early November; approx. 10 days later aircraft returned to hangar to fix a fuel leak.
14/11/1999 SE-DUN ret Airfund Corporation.
26/11/1999 SE-DUN ferried London/Luton-Maastricht/Aachen as BY999F for repaint in Air 2000 c/s.
04/12/1999 SE-DUN ferried Maastricht/Aachen-London/Luton in full Air 2000 c/s & extra "www.Air2000.com" titles as BY990F.
07/12/1999 SE-DUN ferried London/Luton-Manchester as BY757F.
13/12/1999 SE-DUN registration cancelled.
13/12/1999 G-OOOM lt Air 2000.
14/12/1999 G-OOOM rgd to Air 2000 Ltd.
16/12/1999 G-OOOM in service: Manchester-Alicante.
25/01/2003 G-OOOM ferried Manchester-Abu Dhabi as AMM757M; for heavy maintenance by GAMCO & storage.
11/06/2003 G-OOOM ferried Abu Dhabi-Manchester as AMM757M.
03/07/2003 G-OOOM in service: Manchester-Faro-Manchester as AMM835C/835D.
01/11/2003 G-OOOM last service: Manchester-Alicante-Manchester as AMM806/807.
21/11/2003 G-OOOM ferried Manchester-Norwich as AMM757M.
30/11/2003 G-OOOM ret Airfund Corporation.
30/11/2003 G-OOOM ferried Norwich-Manchester as AMM100M in all white c/s & no titles.
01/12/2003 G-OOOM registration cancelled.
---/12/2003 TF-ARK lt Air Atlanta Icelandic.
03/12/2003 TF-ARK at Manchester in all white c/s.
06/12/2003 TF-ARK ferried Manchester-Gander as ABD43P.
10/12/2003 TF-ARK ferried Gander-Marana as ABD37P; for storage.
20/04/2004 TF-ARK ferried Marana-Keflavik-Shannon as ABD46P.
22/04/2004 TF-ARK ferried Shannon-Manston.
31/05/2004 TF-ARK at Manchester in full Excel Airways c/s & Excel Airways.com titles.
---/11/2004 TF-ARK ret Air Atlanta Icelandic.
05/11/2004 TF-ARK ferried London/Gatwick-Gander as ABD46P.
06/11/2004 TF-ARK ferried Gander-Marana as ABD46P; for winter storage?
24/12/2004 TF-ARK ferried Marana-Gander-Algiers as ABD046P (arrived 25/12/2004); for lease to Air Algeria.
---/12/2004 TF-ARK sub-lt Air Algeria.
10/01/2005 TF-ARK at Paris/Charles de Gaulle in basic Excel Airways c/s, no titles & no tail logo.
---/---/2005 TF-ARK ret Air Atlanta Icelandic.
----/05/2005 TF-ARK sub-lt Excel Airways.
11/06/2005 TF-ARK at Manchester in Excel Airways c/s, Excel Airways titles & XL.com titles on engines.
17/11/2005 TF-ARK ret Air Atlanta Europe & ferried London/Gatwick-Lasham as XLA056P for maintenance.
23/11/2005 G-VNKD rgd to Excel Airways Ltd.
03/12/2005 G-VNKD ferried Lasham-London/Gatwick after maintenance.
01/05/2006 G-VKND Air Atlanta Europe merged into Excel Airways.
03/06/2006 G-VKND at Malta; with XL.com titles in tail, was Excel titles (applied after 10/04/2006).
---/11/2006 G-VKND airlines renamed XL Airways.
16/03/2007 G-VKND ferried London/Gatwick-Bristol/Filton as XLA170P; for repaint.
20/03/2007 G-VKND ferried Bristol/Filton-Manchester as XLA171P in full XL Airways c/s.
---/09/2007 G-VKND ret to lessor.
10/12/2007 G-VKND ferried Southend-Manchester as XLA077P in XL Airways c/s.
18/12/2007 G-VKND ferried Manchester-Bangor-Goodyear as XLA9000.
19/12/2007 G-VKND registration cancelled.
02/02/2008 XA-CUN at Goodyear in full Aladia c/s.
26/02/2008 XA-CUN lt Aladia & ferried Goodyear-Monterrey.
21/10/2008 XA-CUN Aladia suspended operations.