Air Astana 757-200 P4-KCU.

Air Astana Boeing 757-23N(WL) P4-KCU on finals to London Heathrow's runway 09R after the long flight from Almaty. 12/04/18.

 

c/n 27971 first flew at Renton on the 15th of September 1995 before being delivered to GATX and leased to American Trans Air (ATA) as N514AT on the 26th of September 1995. The aircraft was sold to Macquarie AirFinance though still leased to ATA. ATA was liquidated in April 2008 and the aircraft was stored as N514AT. The aircraft was due to be delivered to Astraeus (UK/Gatwick) as G-STRW though the deal fell through. The aircraft was finally leased to Onmi International as N558AX to be used for flights to the Middle East operated for the US Government. The aircraft was stored in mid 2011 before being leased to Air Astana as P4-KCU on the 17th of November 2011. Winglets were fitted to the aircraft in December 2011 at London Southend before the aircraft entered service in late January 2012. Currently 22.5 years old, the aircraft continues in service. Current. April 2018.

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