| Line number | 0163 |
| Type | 236 F |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535E4 |
| Mode S | AD9E27 |
| Configuration | Freighter |
| Name | "Gatten" |
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| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 07/01/1988 | G-BNSD | roll out. |
| 01/02/1988 | G-BNSD | first flight. |
| 01/03/1988 | G-BNSD | del Air Europe. |
| 01/03/1988 | G-BNSD | rgd to AE Finance Ltd. |
| 03/03/1988 | G-BNSD | arr London/Gatwick as AE001P. |
| 13/12/1988 | G-BNSD | registration cancelled. |
| 13/12/1988 | EC-204 | sub-lt Air Europa. |
| 00/12/1988 | EC-EMA | Air Europa; re-rgd. |
| 09/11/1989 | EC-EMA | ret Air Europe. |
| 20/11/1989 | G-BNSD | rgd to AE Finance Ltd. |
| 12/03/1990 | G-BNSD | ferried London/Gatwick-Dusseldorf as AOE964P; for sub-lt Air Europe Germany/NFD. |
| 17/03/1990 | G-BNSD | sub-lt Nurnberger Flugdienst. |
| 00/00/1990 | D-AOEA | Nurnberger Flugdienst - not taken up. |
| 03/04/1990 | G-BNSD | at Frankfurt with blue sun logo on tail. |
| 05/11/1990 | G-BNSD | ret Air Europe; ferried Cologne-London/Gatwick as NFD6023. |
| 07/03/1991 | G-BNSD | last service: Lanzarote-London/Gatwick as AOE081. |
| 08/03/1991 | G-BNSD | Air Europe ceased operations due to bankruptcy of its parent International Leisure Group. |
| 15/03/1991 | G-BNSD | repossessed by Citibank. |
| 28/03/1991 | G-BNSD | ferried London/Gatwick-Lasham; for storage. |
| 20/04/1991 | G-BNSD | at Lasham in basic Air Europe c/s. |
| 05/07/1991 | G-BNSD | bt Jerdan Ltd., Bermuda. |
| 21/11/1991 | G-BNSD | bt Entrepot Aircraft Ltd., St. Hellier, Jersey. |
| 00/12/1991 | G-BNSD | at Lasham; missing both engines. |
| 11/03/1992 | G-BNSD | ferried Lasham-London/Stansted as BOE757; for repaint. |
| 08/04/1992 | G-BNSD | ferried London/Stansted-Amsterdam in full Transavia Airlines c/s. |
| 10/04/1992 | G-BNSD | registration cancelled. |
| 13/04/1992 | PH-TKY | lt Transavia Airlines. |
| 18/03/1993 | PH-TKY | ret to lessor. |
| 26/03/1993 | N769BE | bt Boeing Equipment Holding Company. |
| 00/03/1993 | N769BE | at Wichita; for maintenance. |
| 29/07/1993 | N769BE | rgd to Wilmington Trust Company. |
| 01/08/1993 | N769BE | lt China Southern Airlines. |
| 03/09/1993 | N769BE | at Hong Kong in full China Southern Airlines c/s. |
| 00/10/1994 | N769BE | bt Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management; opb China Southern Airlines on lease. |
| 03/08/1998 | N769BE | ret Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management. |
| 20/09/1998 | N769BE | at Everett in all white c/s. |
| 22/10/1998 | N769BE | bt BBAM Aircraft Holdings 26 Inc. |
| 22/10/1998 | N769BE | registration cancelled. |
| 04/11/1998 | C-GRYO | lt & rgd to Royal Aviation Inc. |
| 24/03/1999 | C-GRYO | bt PALS I Inc; opb Royal Aviation on lease. |
| 00/03/2001 | C-GRYO | Royal Aviation merged into Canada 3000 Airlines. |
| 00/00/2001 | C-GRYO | at ? in basic Royal Aviation c/s with "Canada 3000" titles & tail logo. |
| 16/10/2001 | C-GRYO | ferried Toronto-Southend; for repaint. |
| 27/10/2001 | C-GRYO | ferried Southend-Toronto in full Canada 3000 Airlines c/s. |
| 09/11/2001 | C-GRYO | Canada 3000 Airlines ceased operations due to financial difficulties. |
| 00/11/2001 | C-GRYO | at Toronto; parked. |
| 20/11/2001 | C-GRYO | at Toronto; parked. |
| 22/01/2002 | C-GRYO | registration cancelled. |
| 22/01/2002 | N958PG | ret to PALS I. |
| 23/01/2002 | N958PG | rgd to PALS I Inc. |
| 27/01/2002 | N958PG | at Goodyear; stored. |
| 18/03/2002 | N958PG | at Goodyear in full Canada 3000 Airlines c/s; stored. |
| 02/06/2002 | N958PG | at Goodyear; stored. |
| 00/06/2002 | N958PG | ferried Goodyear-Everett. |
| 14/08/2002 | N958PG | at Everett with blue tail c/s and "TMA" titles. |
| 11/09/2002 | N958PG | at Atlanta in full TransMeridian Airlines c/s. |
| 16/09/2002 | N958PG | at Atlanta; inside Delta hangar for emergency evacuation training. |
| 20/09/2002 | N958PG | lt TransMeridian Airlines c/s. |
| 15/09/2003 | N958PG | sub-lt Avianca Colombia. |
| 26/09/2003 | N958PG | at Panama City in basic TransMeridian Airlines c/s with "Avianca" titles. |
| 31/01/2004 | N958PG | ret TransMeridian Airlines. |
| 10/03/2004 | N958PG | at Miami in full TransMeridian Airlines c/s. |
| 09/05/2004 | N958PG | at Miami in full 'John Kerry' c/s Democrat presidential candidate. |
| 29/06/2004 | N958PG | arr Phoenix; name "Edwards" was added behind "Kerry". |
| 21/11/2004 | N958PG | at Miami without "Kerry-Edwards" titles (removed after 08/11/2004). |
| 04/02/2005 | N958PG | at Jacksonville in basic 'Kerry' c/s with "TransMeridian" titles and tail logo. |
| 01/09/2005 | N958PG | opf TCS Expeditions; dep Boston for 23 day roundtrip to Funchal, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Egypt, Morocco and back to Boston in basic 'John Kerry' c/s with "TCS Expeditions" titles. |
| 30/09/2005 | N958PG | TransMeridian Airlines suspended operations. |
| 14/01/2006 | N958PG | at Miami in basic 'John Kerry' c/s without titles. |
| 08/03/2006 | N958PG | at Miami in basic 'John Kerry' c/s without titles. |
| 02/09/2006 | N958PG | at Miami; stored. |
| 03/10/2006 | N958PG | registration cancelled. |
| 06/10/2006 | YV2243 | lt Santa Barbara Airlines. |
| 00/10/2006 | YV2243 | at Caracas. |
| 18/10/2006 | YV2243 | in service: |
| 30/09/2008 | YV2243 | at Miami in 2008 Santa Barbara Airlines c/s. |
| 17/11/2010 | YV2243 | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s; stored. |
| 18/02/2011 | YV2243 | at Miami; in maintenance area. |
| 16/07/2011 | YV2243 | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s; stored. |
| 27/07/2011 | YV2243 | at Miami; in service. |
| 20/10/2011 | YV2243 | at Miami; in maintenance area; stored. |
| 16/02/2012 | YV2243 | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s; stored. |
| 11/10/2012 | YV2243 | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s; missing both engines. |
| 14/03/2013 | YV2243 | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s; stored. |
| 04/11/2013 | N630SH | rgd to PALS I, San Francisco, CA. |
| 06/12/2013 | N630SH | at Miami in full Santa Barbara Airlines c/s. |
| 19/12/2013 | N630SH | bt Federal Express Corporation (from Sky Holdings); ferried Miami-Victorville as FDX9056. |
| 20/12/2013 | N630SH | rgd to Federal Express Corporation. |
| 09/01/2014 | N630SH | ferried Victorville-Anchorage-Osaka/Kansai-Singapore/Seletar as FDX9081 (arrived 13/01/2014); for conversion to freighter. |
| 02/06/2014 | N977FD | registration reserved by Federal Express Corporation. |
| 00/06/2014 | N630SH | registration cancelled. |
| 25/06/2014 | N977FD | Federal Express Corporation; re-rgd. |
| 00/12/2014 | N977FD | conversion to freighter completed. |
| 09/06/2015 | N977FD | at Fort Lauderdale; in service. |
| 12/06/2015 | N977FD | at Grand Junction; named "Gatten". |
| 04/10/2023 | N977FD | aircraft made a main gear up landing at Chattanooga/CHA and overran runway; no injuries. |
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