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G-CDPT B767-319ER flyGlobespan MAN 25JUL09

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-Feb-22.

 

This aircraft has a long history, it was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Air New Zealand as ZK-NCN in Apr-00. It was returned to the lessor at the end of Mar-06.

 

It was leased to flyGlobespan as G-CDPT in Apr-06. The aircraft was wet-leased to Air India in Nov-06 and returned to flyGlobespan in Mar-08. It was briefly wet-leased to Air India again for two weeks in Sep-08.

 

In Nov-08 the aircraft was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation, returning to flyGlobespan in Jan-09. At the beginning of Feb-09 it was wet-leased to Air Gabon for five weeks, returning in mid Mar-09.

 

Shortly after returning from Gabon the aircraft was wet-leased to Air Austral (La Reunion, Indian Ocean) in Mar-09 and returned to flyGlobespan in May-09. In Oct-09 it was wet-leased to NAS National Air Services (Saudi Arabia) for a Haj Pilgrimage operation. Before the Haj lease was finished flyGlobespan ceased operations (16-Dec-09). Their AOC was withdrawn by the UK CAA. The aircraft was impounded at Medina, Saudi Arabia.

 

The aircraft was repossessed by ILFC in Jan-10 and ferried to Miami, FL, USA for storage. It was re-registered N381LF in Mar-10. In Jun-10 it was due for lease to a new airline, Oxygene Africa Airways. However they were unable to get started and the lease was cancelled.

 

In Aug-10 the aircraft was transferred to ILFC Ireland as EI-UNC and two days later it was leased to Transaero Airlines, Russia and delivered Miami / Moscow-DME. The aircraft was repainted into full Icelandair livery at Manchester UK in Sep-15 and ferried to Shannon, Ireland for lease return at the beginning of Oct-15.

 

It was stored at Shannon before being delivered to Icelandair as TF-ISO in mid Feb-16. It was fitted with blended winglets in May-16. Current, updated 25-Jul-24.

 

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Taken on July 25, 2009