| N974FD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Line number | 0526 | |
| Type | 2Y0 F | |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535E4 | |
| Mode S | AD9302 | |
| Configuration | Freighter | |
| Name | "Eva" | |
| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 19/01/1993 | G-OOOX | roll out. |
| 09/02/1993 | G-OOOX | first flight. |
| 24/02/1993 | G-OOOX | del GPA Group (later named GECAS). |
| 24/02/1993 | G-OOOX | lt & rgd to Air 2000 Ltd. |
| 25/02/1993 | G-OOOX | arr Manchester on ferry flight from U.S.A. |
| 26/02/1993 | G-OOOX | first service: Manchester-Luxor. |
| 27/12/1994 | G-OOOX | dep Manchester on ferry flight to Brasil. |
| 28/12/1994 | G-OOOX | sub-lt Dinar Lineas Aereas. |
| 31/12/1994 | G-OOOX | in service: Buenos Aires-Rosario-Florianopolis-Buenos Aires. |
| 07/03/1995 | G-OOOX | ret Air 2000 in basic Air 2000 c/s with "Dinar" titles; ferried Buenos Aires-Ilha do Sal-Manchester. |
| 11/03/1995 | G-OOOX | at Salzburg in Air 2000 c/s without titles. |
| 17/01/1996 | G-OOOX | dep Manchester with "Stanford" titles on a month long charter taking former students of the American Stanford University on a round the world tour. |
| 20/10/1996 | G-OOOX | ferried Southend-Eindhoven; for repaint. |
| 30/10/1996 | G-OOOX | ferried Eindhoven-London/Gatwick in new Air 2000 c/s (first aircraft in new c/s). |
| 11/01/1997 | G-OOOX | at London/Stansted with additional "American Museum of Natural History" titles; chartered by the museum on a month long tour of Africa. |
| 03/02/1997 | G-OOOX | flew Marrakesh-London/Gatwick; "American Museum of Natural History" titles removed and "TCS Expeditions" titles applied. |
| 04/02/1997 | G-OOOX | dep London/Gatwick on a world tour. |
| 24/05/1997 | G-OOOX | at Salzburg in full Air 2000 c/s. |
| 14/01/1998 | G-OOOX | at Manchester in basic Air 2000 c/s with "TCS" titles on tail and nose; ferried Manchester-London/Gatwick. |
| 07/02/1998 | G-OOOX | at London/Gatwick with "TCS" titles on the tail and "TCS Expeditions" titles on nose; named "Explorer I". |
| 00/04/1998 | G-OOOX | converted back to full seating after operations for TCS Expeditions. |
| 08/04/1998 | G-OOOX | in service: Manchester-Ibiza. |
| 31/10/1998 | G-OOOX | at Muscat in basic Air 2000 c/s with "TCS Expeditions" titles. |
| 23/11/1998 | G-OOOX | tfd to AerFi Group; lease to Air 2000 continues. |
| 09/01/1999 | G-OOOX | at Salzburg in full Air 2000 c/s. |
| 27/10/1999 | G-OOOX | last service: Paphos-Manchester. |
| 02/11/1999 | G-OOOX | at Manchester with "Zegrahm Expeditions" titles; ferried Manchester-London/Luton as AMM068F. |
| 00/12/1999 | G-OOOX | repainted with "TCS Expeditions" titles. |
| 08/12/1999 | G-OOOX | ferried Manchester-Winnipeg-Los Angeles. |
| 00/12/2000 | G-OOOX | sub-lt Dinar Lineas Aereas in Air 2000 c/s with small "Dinar" titles near nose. |
| 00/00/2001 | G-OOOX | ret Air 2000. |
| 00/08/2002 | G-OOOX | at Kerkyra in 1998 Air 2000 c/s. |
| 19/12/2002 | G-OOOX | at Manchester in 2002 Air 2000 c/s. |
| 05/02/2003 | G-OOOX | at Phnom Penh in Air 2000 c/s with "TCS Expeditions" titles. |
| 15/02/2003 | G-OOOX | at Manchester in full Air 2000 c/s. |
| 13/01/2004 | G-OOOX | Air 2000 renamed First Choice Airways. |
| 03/04/2004 | G-OOOX | at Salzburg with "First Choice" titles. |
| 22/02/2007 | G-OOOX | at London/Gatwick with 'red nose' stickers, red nose cone and "Official Holiday Partner of Red Nose Day 2007" titles on forward fuselage. |
| 09/08/2008 | G-OOOX | rgd to Thomson Airways Ltd. |
| 01/11/2008 | G-OOOX | First Choice Airways merged with Thomsonfly into Thomson Airways. |
| 16/12/2008 | G-OOOX | registration cancelled. |
| 16/12/2008 | C-FLOX | sub-lt & rgd to Skyservice Airlines Inc.; ferried London/Luton-Winnipeg as SSV394. |
| 30/04/2009 | C-FLOX | ferried Toronto-Amsterdam as SSV390 in white fuselage c/s with "Arkefly" titles, blue tail c/s with Arkefly logo; small "operated by Skyservice on behalf of Arkefly" titles near front door. |
| 01/05/2009 | C-FLOX | sub-lt Arkefly. |
| 26/10/2009 | C-FLOX | ret Skyservice Airlines; ferried Amsterdam-Toronto. |
| 23/11/2009 | C-FLOX | at Toronto in white fuselage c/s with "Skyservice" titles and blue tail c/s with Arkefly logo. |
| 09/01/2010 | C-FLOX | at Toronto in white fuselage c/s with "Skyservice" titles and blue tail c/s with Arkefly logo; Signature logo on aft fuselage with "signaturevacations.com" titles below logo. |
| 30/03/2010 | C-FLOX | last service: Santa Clara-Toronto as SSV3007. |
| 31/03/2010 | C-FLOX | Skyservice Airlines suspended operations due to financial difficulties. |
| 16/04/2010 | C-FLOX | ret Thomson Airways; ferried Winnipeg-Keflavik-Prestwick-Manchester (arrived 20/04/2010). |
| 28/04/2010 | C-FLOX | registration cancelled. |
| 29/04/2010 | G-OOOX | rgd to Thomson Airways Ltd. |
| 15/05/2010 | G-OOOX | at Manchester in full First Choice Airways c/s (never got Thomson Airways livery). |
| 30/10/2012 | G-OOOX | last service: Arrecife-Manchester as TOM2251. |
| 12/12/2012 | G-OOOX | registration cancelled. |
| 12/12/2012 | N974FD | bt & rgd to Federal Express Corporation (from AerCo Ltd). |
| 13/12/2012 | N974FD | ferried Manchester-Bangor-Victorville as FDX9083 (arrived 14/12/2012). |
| 08/03/2013 | N974FD | ferried Victorville-Anchorage-Osaka/Kansai-Singapore/Seletar as FDX9089 (arrived 10/03/2013); for conversion to freighter. |
| 09/08/2013 | N974FD | ferried Singapore/Seletar-Osaka/Kansai-Anchorage-Memphis as FDX9086 (arrived 11/08/2013); after conversion to freighter; "974". |
| 30/07/2014 | N974FD | at Norfolk; named "Eva". |
| 28/09/2023 | N974FD | last service: Huntington/HTS-Memphis/MEM as FDX826; ferried Memphis/MEM-Victorville/VCV as FDX9030; for storage and possible part out/scrapping. |
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