HB-IKN McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Edelweiss Airlines ZRH 31AUG98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Apr-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 15-Aug-25.
Named: "Arosa", but only shown on the left side.
This aircraft was delivered to Irish Aerospace Ltd as G-GMJM in Nov-91 and was stored until it was leased to Airtours International Airways in Mar-92. They only kept it for 3.5 years and it was returned to the lessor in Dec-95.
It was leased to Edelweiss Air as HB-IKN in Jan-96. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-99, re-registered EI-CRW and leased to Meridiana SpA (Italy) in Apr-99. Meridiana was renamed Meridiana Fly in Feb-10.
It returned to the lessor in Mar-12 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA and re-registered N276CS. It was sold to Jetran LLC in Oct-12 and remained stored at Marana. It was sold to Marana Aerospace Solutions Inc in Jul-16 and permanently retired. It was later broken up (date unknown).
HB-IKN McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Edelweiss Airlines ZRH 31AUG98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 15-Apr-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 15-Aug-25.
Named: "Arosa", but only shown on the left side.
This aircraft was delivered to Irish Aerospace Ltd as G-GMJM in Nov-91 and was stored until it was leased to Airtours International Airways in Mar-92. They only kept it for 3.5 years and it was returned to the lessor in Dec-95.
It was leased to Edelweiss Air as HB-IKN in Jan-96. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-99, re-registered EI-CRW and leased to Meridiana SpA (Italy) in Apr-99. Meridiana was renamed Meridiana Fly in Feb-10.
It returned to the lessor in Mar-12 and was stored at Marana, AZ, USA and re-registered N276CS. It was sold to Jetran LLC in Oct-12 and remained stored at Marana. It was sold to Marana Aerospace Solutions Inc in Jul-16 and permanently retired. It was later broken up (date unknown).