F-OHPT 1 Airbus A310-304 MIAT Mongolian Airlines KIX 16JUL01
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Nov-24.
Named: "Chenggis Khaan".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCC in Oct-89, this aircraft was stored at Toulouse, France before being leased to Lufthansa as D-AIDK at the end of Mar-90.
It was wet-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines, short-term, between 12/22-Feb-93. It was returned to Airbus Financial Services in Oct-97 and stored at Hamburg, Germany.
The aircraft was re-registered F-WHPT in May-98 and became F-OHPT (a French Overseas registration) a week later. It had been due for delivery to Mongolian Airlines as JU-1069 but that was used. Because it was leased in France it was delivered to MIAT as F-OHPT in Jun-98.
It was sold to MIAT in May-08 and the aircraft was re-registered JU-1010. It was withdrawn from service and put up for sale in 2011 with 56,276hrs / 14,283cycles on the clock.
The aircraft was sold to Mahan Air, Iran as EP-MMJ at the end of Nov-14. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Tehran-IKA in early May-22. At almost 33 years old it was thought to have been permanently retired.
However, as frequently happens in Iran, it was re-registered EP-DZA in Jun-23 and transferred to Yazd Airways. It operated its last service on 07-Jul-24 from Tehran-IKA to Latakia, Syria and returned to Tehran-IKA the following day using a Mahan Air flight code. The aircraft appears to have been stored at Tehran-IKA since Jul-24. Will it return to service again? Who knows! Updated 22-Nov-24.
F-OHPT 1 Airbus A310-304 MIAT Mongolian Airlines KIX 16JUL01
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 22-Nov-24.
Named: "Chenggis Khaan".
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWCC in Oct-89, this aircraft was stored at Toulouse, France before being leased to Lufthansa as D-AIDK at the end of Mar-90.
It was wet-leased to SABENA Belgian World Airlines, short-term, between 12/22-Feb-93. It was returned to Airbus Financial Services in Oct-97 and stored at Hamburg, Germany.
The aircraft was re-registered F-WHPT in May-98 and became F-OHPT (a French Overseas registration) a week later. It had been due for delivery to Mongolian Airlines as JU-1069 but that was used. Because it was leased in France it was delivered to MIAT as F-OHPT in Jun-98.
It was sold to MIAT in May-08 and the aircraft was re-registered JU-1010. It was withdrawn from service and put up for sale in 2011 with 56,276hrs / 14,283cycles on the clock.
The aircraft was sold to Mahan Air, Iran as EP-MMJ at the end of Nov-14. It was withdrawn from service and stored at Tehran-IKA in early May-22. At almost 33 years old it was thought to have been permanently retired.
However, as frequently happens in Iran, it was re-registered EP-DZA in Jun-23 and transferred to Yazd Airways. It operated its last service on 07-Jul-24 from Tehran-IKA to Latakia, Syria and returned to Tehran-IKA the following day using a Mahan Air flight code. The aircraft appears to have been stored at Tehran-IKA since Jul-24. Will it return to service again? Who knows! Updated 22-Nov-24.