G-BIKA 1 Boeing 757-236 British Airways (England World Tail) MAN 07NOV98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Jun-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Sep-23.
'Blue Poole', England World Tail livery. The tail scheme appears to be a lighter blue compared to the same livery on other aircraft.
First flown in Oct-82, this was a very early B757 (c/n 9), it was British Airways first Boeing 757 (although it was the fourth to be delivered after G-BIKB/C/D) and was delivered as G-BIKA in Mar-83.
It was sold to DHL (Holdings) UK in Jul-00 and stored at Wichita, KS, USA until it was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Feb-01. It was leased to EAT European Air Transport as OO-DLN in Mar-01 and operated on behalf of DHL Europe.
The aircraft was transferred to EAT Leipzig GmbH (European Air Transport Germany) as D-ALEA in Mar-10 while operations for DHL Europe continued. In Mar-16 it was transferred to DHL (Holdings) UK as G-BIKA again and continued until it was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain, in Dec-16 after almost 34 years in service. The registration was cancelled in Aug-17.
G-BIKA 1 Boeing 757-236 British Airways (England World Tail) MAN 07NOV98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 10-Jun-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Sep-23.
'Blue Poole', England World Tail livery. The tail scheme appears to be a lighter blue compared to the same livery on other aircraft.
First flown in Oct-82, this was a very early B757 (c/n 9), it was British Airways first Boeing 757 (although it was the fourth to be delivered after G-BIKB/C/D) and was delivered as G-BIKA in Mar-83.
It was sold to DHL (Holdings) UK in Jul-00 and stored at Wichita, KS, USA until it was converted to freighter configuration with a main deck cargo door in Feb-01. It was leased to EAT European Air Transport as OO-DLN in Mar-01 and operated on behalf of DHL Europe.
The aircraft was transferred to EAT Leipzig GmbH (European Air Transport Germany) as D-ALEA in Mar-10 while operations for DHL Europe continued. In Mar-16 it was transferred to DHL (Holdings) UK as G-BIKA again and continued until it was permanently retired at Madrid, Spain, in Dec-16 after almost 34 years in service. The registration was cancelled in Aug-17.