This aircraft was built for Celestial Aviation Trading 14 Ltd, Shannon, Ireland - 2002

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - April 2002

Powered by CFMI CFM56-7B26 engines

First flown at Seattle (Renton) - April 12, 2002

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-XLAG (CofR G-XLAG/R1) - April 29, 2002

Registered to XL Airways UK Ltd, Crawley, England

Leased to XL Airways, Crawley, England as the registered operator

Sub-leased to Ryanair, Dublin - October ?, 2003

Returned to XL Airways at the end of the Ryanair sub-lease - March 14, 2004

Sub-lesased to Extra Airways, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A. - November 27, 2005

Returned to XL Airways at the end of the Extra Airways sub-lease - May 08, 2006

Sub-lesased to Extra Airways, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A. - December 13, 2006

Returned to XL Airways at the end of the Extra Airways sub-lease - April 29, 2007

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 13, 2007

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FEAG - December 13, 2007

Registered to Sunwing Airlines, Toronto, Canada

Entered service with Sunwing Airlines - ?

It was withdrawn from service by Sunwing Airlines - May 14, 2008

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - May 22, 2008

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-XLAG (CofR G-XLAG/R2) - May 23, 2008

Registered to XL Airways Ltd, London, England

It was withdrawn from service by XL Airways and stored - September 02, 2008

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-GEJ - May 06, 2009

Leased to Garuda Airways, Indonesia as the registered operator - June 05, 2009

It was withdrawn from service by Garuda Airways and stored - February 26, 2016

Reregistered as PK-CMU to Sriwijaya Air, Indonesia - August 26, 2016

It was withdrawn from service by Sriwijaya Air and stored at Jakarta - July 07, 2019

Ferried Indonesia (Jakarta) - Czech Republic (Ostrava) - September 29 / 30, 2021

Cancelled from the Indonesian Aircraft Register - October 22, 2021

Sold to Merx Aviation Finance, New York, U.S.A. - October 22, 2021

Entered onto the Bulgarian Aircraft Register as LZ-MRX - October 22, 2021

Ferried Czech Republic (Ostrava) - Ireland (Shannon) for storage - November 11, 2021

Ferried Ireland (Shannon) - United States (Dothan, Alabama) for freighter conversion - January 15, 2022

It was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration (B-737-86N(SF)w) at Dothan, Alabama

Conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration completed - November 28, 2022

The intended lease to Wiseway Cargo Airlines, Australia did not proceed

The aircraft remained stored at Dothan, Alabama

Leased to Nauru Airlines, Australia - July 11, 2023

Departed (Dothan, Alabama - 17:05 local) on the ferry flight to Australia - July 11, 2023

It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight to Australia - July 14, 2023

Ferry route: United States (Dothan) - Mexico (Tijuana) - Honolulu - Fiji (Nadi) - Brisbane

The aircraft was placed into storage on its arrival at Brisbane

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-8TG - August 01, 2023

Registered to Nauru 33003 Leasing Corporation, Yaren District, Nauru

Leased to Nauru Air Corporation, Brisbane, Queensland as the registered operator

Operated its first revenue service - October 18, 2023

Current with Nauru Airlines