OO-CTG 1 Boeing 737-43Q City Bird Airlines MAN 27MAY00-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-May-24.
Named: "Parrot".
This aircraft was delivered to GECAS and leased to China Airlines as B-18673 in Nov-96. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Dec-98. It was leased to Istanbul Airlines as TC-IAG the following day.
It didn't stay in Türkiye long either and returned to the lessor in Apr-00 (Istanbul ceased operations in Aug-00). The aircraft was leased to City Bird Airlines (Belgium) in May-00. It was transferred to City Bird France as F-GLTG in Apr-01. City Bird and City Bird France were declared bankrupt in Oct-01 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor as N120AF in Nov-01 and stored.
In Apr-02 it was leased to SATA International (Azores/Portugal) as CS-TGZ in Apr-02 and returned to the lessor in Aug-05. In Sep-05 it was re-registered VT-SJC and leased to Air Sahara (India). Air Sahara was sold to Jet Airways (India) and was eventually renamed Jet Lite as Jet Airways 'low-cost' division.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N491MT in Apr-09 and stored at Kuala Lumpur-Subang. In Sep-09 it was leased to Skynet Asia Airways (Japan) as JA737G. Skynet was renamed Solaseed Air in Jul-11. It was sold to Solaseed Air in Jul-14 and a week later the aircraft permanently retired at Chateauroux, France.
In Jul-15 the aircraft was preserved at Chateauroux as a crash rescue mock-up for Fire Service training. Updated 26-May-24.
OO-CTG 1 Boeing 737-43Q City Bird Airlines MAN 27MAY00-DeNoiseAI-severe-noise
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 27-May-24.
Named: "Parrot".
This aircraft was delivered to GECAS and leased to China Airlines as B-18673 in Nov-96. It didn't stay long and was returned to the lessor in Dec-98. It was leased to Istanbul Airlines as TC-IAG the following day.
It didn't stay in Türkiye long either and returned to the lessor in Apr-00 (Istanbul ceased operations in Aug-00). The aircraft was leased to City Bird Airlines (Belgium) in May-00. It was transferred to City Bird France as F-GLTG in Apr-01. City Bird and City Bird France were declared bankrupt in Oct-01 and the aircraft was returned to the lessor as N120AF in Nov-01 and stored.
In Apr-02 it was leased to SATA International (Azores/Portugal) as CS-TGZ in Apr-02 and returned to the lessor in Aug-05. In Sep-05 it was re-registered VT-SJC and leased to Air Sahara (India). Air Sahara was sold to Jet Airways (India) and was eventually renamed Jet Lite as Jet Airways 'low-cost' division.
The aircraft was returned to the lessor as N491MT in Apr-09 and stored at Kuala Lumpur-Subang. In Sep-09 it was leased to Skynet Asia Airways (Japan) as JA737G. Skynet was renamed Solaseed Air in Jul-11. It was sold to Solaseed Air in Jul-14 and a week later the aircraft permanently retired at Chateauroux, France.
In Jul-15 the aircraft was preserved at Chateauroux as a crash rescue mock-up for Fire Service training. Updated 26-May-24.