G-BMZL Airbus A300B4-2C Orion Airways MAN SEP87
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Feb-14..
Seen at Manchester in Sep-87, still in basic Lufthansa livery with Orion titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WZEJ, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIBF in Apr-79. It was leased to Condor Flugdienst on delivery and returned to Lufthansa in Jan-80. After only eight years the aircraft was sold to Orion Airways (UK) as G-BMZL in May-87. Orion Airways was merged into Britannia Airways in Jan-89. As Britannia was an all Boeing operator, the two ex Orion A300's were sold to Iberia (Spain) in Apr-89, this aircraft initially being assigned the temporary Spanish registration EC-274. It was converted to A300B4-203 standard in May-89 and re-registered EC-EOO in Aug-89. The aircraft was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain in early 1999 and broken up there in Dec-99.
The registration D-AIBF is currently in use on a Lufthansa A319-112. Updated (Jun-19).
G-BMZL Airbus A300B4-2C Orion Airways MAN SEP87
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 20-Feb-14..
Seen at Manchester in Sep-87, still in basic Lufthansa livery with Orion titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WZEJ, this aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIBF in Apr-79. It was leased to Condor Flugdienst on delivery and returned to Lufthansa in Jan-80. After only eight years the aircraft was sold to Orion Airways (UK) as G-BMZL in May-87. Orion Airways was merged into Britannia Airways in Jan-89. As Britannia was an all Boeing operator, the two ex Orion A300's were sold to Iberia (Spain) in Apr-89, this aircraft initially being assigned the temporary Spanish registration EC-274. It was converted to A300B4-203 standard in May-89 and re-registered EC-EOO in Aug-89. The aircraft was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain in early 1999 and broken up there in Dec-99.
The registration D-AIBF is currently in use on a Lufthansa A319-112. Updated (Jun-19).