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OM-GTF Boeing 737-86JW Travel Service Airlines (Go2Sky Airlines) MAN 05OCT17

This is complicated, ready? OK! This aircraft was on wet lease to Travel Service Airlines for the summer season, operated by Go2Sky Airlines. Travel Service Airlines have sub-leased it to Titan Airways (UK) (still operated by Go2Sky) to operate some of Titan's UK CAA contract flights repatriating Monarch Airlines returning passengers.

 

Quite an early Boeing 737NG (Line No: 106), this aircraft was delivered to Air Berlin as D-ABAP in Oct-98. In was sold on delivery to Joachim Hunold & Company (Air Berlin's founder) and leased back to Air Berlin.

 

It was sold to SALE Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise in Nov-01 while the lease to Air Berlin continued. Blended winglets were added in 2005. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Jun-12 and immediately leased to SunExpress Airlines - Germany as D-ASXK.

 

It was returned to the lessor in Jan-17 and leased to Go2Sky Airlines (Slovakia) as OM-GTF 10 days later. It's first sub-lease was to Air Berlin for 4 weeks in Feb/Mar-17. On it's return to Go2Sky it was sub-leased to Fly Niki (Austria) for 4 weeks in Apr-17.

 

At the beginning May-17 it spent 11 days sub-leased to TUI Airlines Belgium before being sub-leased to Travel Service Airlines (Czech Republic) in mid May-17. The aircraft returned to Go2Sky on 01-Oct-17 and was immediately wet-leased to Titan Airways (UK) for two weeks to operate repatriation flights for Monarch Airlines passengers. It returned to Go2Sky in Mid Oct-17.

 

The aircraft was wet-leased to Sunrise Airways (Haiti) between Dec-17/Feb-18. It was leased to Travel Service Airlines-Poland for the summer season between Mar/Oct-18.

 

The aircraft was operated on many short-term leases for other airlines during the 2019/2020 winter season but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, their summer season contracts were cancelled.

 

They operated some sub-charters and some PPE flights to China but were forced to cease operations in Aug-20. The aircraft was parked at Piest'any, Slovakia and Go2Sky temporarily ceased operations.

 

The aircraft returned to service in Aug-21. It was wet-leased to SmartWings Airlines in May-23 for the summer season. Current, updated 05-Oct-23.

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Taken on October 5, 2017