9M-MNF 1 Airbus A380-841 Malaysia Airlines(100th A380) MAN 29MAR16
Finally departing Manchester after diverting in the previous day (28-Mar-16) because of storm force winds at London-Heathrow. It was ferrying back to Kuala Lumpur empty.
With additional '100th A380' titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWSG in Oct-12, the aircraft was ferried to the Airbus airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder for interior fitout and painting.
It was delivered to Malaysia Airlines as 9M-MNF in Mar-13. It was wet-leased to NAS National Air Services (Saudi Arabia) between Jul/Sep-19 on Haj Pilgrimage services.
The aircraft was contracted by the UK CAA for two weeks between Sep/Oct-19 to operate repatriation flights after Thomas Cook Airlines UK ceased operations. It was based at Manchester and operated twice daily, returning Thomas Cook passengers from Palma, Majorca, Spain.
At the start of the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic, in Apr-20, the aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It didn't returned to service. It was ferried to Lourdes, France in mid Dec-22 and permanently retired.
9M-MNF 1 Airbus A380-841 Malaysia Airlines(100th A380) MAN 29MAR16
Finally departing Manchester after diverting in the previous day (28-Mar-16) because of storm force winds at London-Heathrow. It was ferrying back to Kuala Lumpur empty.
With additional '100th A380' titles.
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWSG in Oct-12, the aircraft was ferried to the Airbus airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder for interior fitout and painting.
It was delivered to Malaysia Airlines as 9M-MNF in Mar-13. It was wet-leased to NAS National Air Services (Saudi Arabia) between Jul/Sep-19 on Haj Pilgrimage services.
The aircraft was contracted by the UK CAA for two weeks between Sep/Oct-19 to operate repatriation flights after Thomas Cook Airlines UK ceased operations. It was based at Manchester and operated twice daily, returning Thomas Cook passengers from Palma, Majorca, Spain.
At the start of the worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic, in Apr-20, the aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It didn't returned to service. It was ferried to Lourdes, France in mid Dec-22 and permanently retired.