last update: August 10, 2008

 

 

G-BIKV

23400/0081
 
Roll out 23/10/1985

 

First flight 20/11/1985
Type 236 (SF)
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535C
Selcal BH-FP
Configuration Special Freighter
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Date

Registration

 Remarks
09/12/1985 G-BIKV del British Airways; named "Raglan Castle".
10/12/1985 G-BIKV arr London/Heathrow as BA9696P.
20/07/1999 G-BIKV last service: Stockholm/Arlanda-London/Heathrow as BA777.
---/07/1999 G-BIKV repainted in new British Airways c/s with "Union Flag" tail c/s.
25/07/1999 G-BIKV in service: London/Heathrow-Hamburg as BA964.
14/11/2001 G-BIKV last service: Milan/Malpensa-London/Heathrow as BA573 (TT: 32.700 hours; 24.161 landings).
30/11/2001 G-BIKV ret Chase Manhattan Bank.
16/12/2001 G-BIKV ferried London/Heathrow-Mobile for freighter conversion.
23/12/2001 G-BIKV bt DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd., Hounslow.
24/12/2001 G-BIKV rgd to DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd., Hounslow.
04/02/2002 G-BIKV at Mobile being converted to freighter.
23/03/2002 G-BIKV ferried Boeing Field-Shannon as BOE222 (arrived 24/03/2002).
26/03/2002 G-BIKV ferried Shannon-Tel Aviv as BOE222.
14/08/2002 G-BIKV ferried Tel Aviv-Southend as BOE222; for repaint in DHL c/s.
30/08/2002 G-BIKV ferried Southend-London/Stansted as BOE222 in red & white DHL c/s.
11/09/2002 G-BIKV ferried London/Stansted-East Midlands as DHK99T.
13/09/2002 G-BIKV lt DHL Air Ltd., Diegem.
13/09/2002 G-BIKV rgd to DHL Air Ltd., Diegem.