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G-BYAF. Boeing 757-204. c/n 26266-514. Was also registered as: N923FD. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Britania Airways - ? Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle as 'G-BYAF' - November 30, 1992 First flown using the Boeing test registration - December 22, 1992 Powered by Rolls Royce RB-211-535-E4 engines Accepted by International Leased Finance Corporation (ILFC) at Seattle - January 13, 1992 Leased to Britannia Airways Limited as the registered operator Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BYAF (CofR G-BYAF/R1) - January 13, 1992 Registered to Britannia Airways Limited, Luton The aircraft arrived London (Luton) on delivery to Britannia - January 14, 1992 Operated its first revenue service - ? Sub-leased to Freedom Air International, Auckland as the registered operator - December 02, 1995 Departed London (Luton) on the ferry flight to New Zealand - December 02, 1995 It arrived at Hamilton on completion of the ferry flight - December 04, 1995 Ferry route: London - Abu Dhabi - Singapore - Cairns - Hamilton This was the first Freedom Air aircraft and it was configured with 235 economy seats Operated a proving flight - Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as NZ757/758 - December 07, 1995 Operated its first revenue service Auckland - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland as NZ940/941 - December 08, 1995 Freedom Air commenced operations using its IATA code 'SJ' - December 11, 1995 Operated its last revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hamilton - Auckland - April 22, 1996 Departed Auckland on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom - April 27, 1996 It arrived at London (Luton) on completion of the ferry flight - April 28, 1996 Ferry route: Auckland - Cairns - Singapore - Abu Dhabi - London Returned to Britannia Airways at the end of the sub-lease - April 28, 1996 Returned to service with Britannia London (Loton) - Alicante - April 30, 1996 The aircraft arrived at Maastricht for repainting - January 12, 2003 Departed Maastricht in the 'World of TUI' livery with red 'Britannia' titles - January 20, 2003 It was observed at Manchester in the 'World of TUI' livery with 'Thomson.co.uk' titles - June 13, 2004 It was observed at Manchester in the 'World of TUI' livery with 'Thomonfly' titles - May 02, 2005 Britannia Airways was renamed Thomson Airways Limited t/a Thomsonfly - May 09, 2005 The U. S. registration 'N923FD' was reseved by Federal Express Corporation - July 16, 2007 The aircraft was withdrawn from service - April 2008 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - May 07, 2008 The aircraft was sold to Federal Express - May 08, 2008 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N923FD - May 08, 2008 Registered to Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN Departed London (Luton) on the ferry flight to the United States as FDX9088 - May 10, 2008 It arrived at Victorville in the basic 'Thomsonfly' livery - May 11, 2008 Ferry route: London - Bangor - Victorville Departed Victorvill on the ferry flight to Philippines as FDX9043 - May 23, 2008 It arrived at Subic Bay on completion of the ferry flight - May 26, 2008 Ferry route: Victorville - Seattle - Anchorage - Sapporo - Subic Bay The aircraft was converted to freighter configuration Ferried Subic Bay - Singapore (Seletar) for completion of freighter conversion - ? Departed Singapore (Seletar) on the ferry flight to the United States as FDX9118 - March 19, 2009 It arrived at Memphis on completion of the ferry flight - March 20, 2009 Ferry route: Singapore - Osaka (Kansai) - Anchorage - Memphis It was observed at Reno Nevada now named 'Raquel' - September 27, 2009 Current with Fedex |
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G-BYAF. Britannia - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, February 1993. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-012.) |
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G-BYAF. Freedom Air International - in the basic 'Britannia' livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, March 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4640-013.) |
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G-BYAF. Freedom Air International - in the basic 'Britannia' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1996. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4640-014.) |