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ZK-TXB. Boeing 737-8BKF. c/n 29644-2231. Was also registered as: TC-SKH; EI-EZM; TC-SBE; OM-GTH; 2-DGMI. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Delta Air Lines but it was not taken up - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Renton) - March 2007 First flown at Seattle (Renton) as 'N1786B' - March 26, 2007 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-SKH - April ?, 2007 Accepted by Sky Airlines, Turkey at Seattle (Boeing Field) - April 11, 2007 The aircraft was named 'Rainbow' Wet-leased to Sama Airlines, Jeddah, Saudia Arabia - November 20, 2008 Returned to Sky Airlines at the end of the lease - December 22, 2008 Leased to Tabak Aviation, Amman, Jordan - July 27, 2011 Returned to Sky Airlines at the end of the lease - January ?, 2012 It was withdrawn from service by Sky Airlines - December 10, 2012 Cancelled from the Turkish Aircraft Register - February 12, 2013 Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Registrer as EI-EZM - February 12, 2013 Registered to BBAM Aircraft Leasing and Management, San Francisco, California, USA Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - June 07, 2013 Entered onto the Turkish Aircraft Register as TC-SBE - June 07, 2013 Leased to Sun Express, Antalya, Turkey - June 09, 2013 Sub-leased to AnadoluJet, Ankara, Turkey as the registered operator - June 09, 2013 Returned to Sun Express at the end of the sub-lease - September 16, 2018 It was withdrawn from service by Sun Express - December 19, 2018 Cancelled from the Turkish Aircraft Register - December 19, 2018 Entered onto the Slovakian Aircraft Register as OM-GTH - December 19, 2018 Registered to Go2Sky, Bratislava, Slovakia Wet-leased to Coredon Air, Istanbul, Turkey - April 11, 2019 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - March 16, 2020 Wet-leased to Air Mediterranean, Athens, Greece - June 28, 2020 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - June 28, 2020 Wet-leased to Coredon Air, Istanbul, Turkey - July 21, 2021 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - November 01, 2021 Wet-leased to Coredon Airlines Europe, Malta - March 31, 2022 Wet-lease was transferred to Coredon Air, Istanbul, Turkey - June ?, 2022 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - September 05, 2022 Wet-leased to AMC Aviation, Warsaw, Poland - September 12, 2022 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - September 27, 2022 Wet-leased to TUIfly, Cologne, Germany - September 27, 2022 Returned to Go2Sky at the end of the wet-lease - October 17, 2022 The aircraft was returned to BBAM Aircraft Leasing and Management - February 15, 2023 Cancelled from the Slovakian Aircraft Register - February 15, 2023 Entered onto the Guernsey Aircraft Register as 2-DGMI - February 15, 2023 Registered to BBAM Aircraft Leasing and Management, San Francisco, California, USA The aircraft was ferried to Kelowna (Canada) for conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration - February ?, 2023 Conversion completed as a Boeing 737-8BKF - February ?, 2024 Leased to Texel Air, New Zealand as the registered operator - ? It departed Kelowna (12:14 local) on the delivery flight to New Zealand - April 01, 2024 It arrived at Hamilton (14:06 local) having completed its delivery flight to New Zealand - April 04, 2024 Delivery route: Kelowna (Canada) - Honolulu - Hamilton (New Zealand) Cancelled from the Guernsey Aircraft Register - April 05, 2024 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TXB - April 08, 2024 Registered to Texel Air NZ Ltd, Auckland It was painted in the 'Team Global Express' livery and named 'Barbara' Ferried Hamilton - Brisbane as TEXEL99 - May 06, 2024 It entered service operating Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as 'TEAM AIR 403' - May 08, 2024 Flights using the prefix 'TNZ' are operated by Texel Air Australasia (previously Texel Air New Zealand) Flights using the prefix 'TFX' are operated by Texel Air Australasia on behalf of Toll Priority' Current with Texel Air Australasia |