OE-LMD 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Austrian Airlines MAN 13MAR01
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Mar-25.
Named: "Villach".
This aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LMD in Mar-91. It was wet-leased to Dinar Lineas Aereas, Argentina in Dec-96 and returned to Austrian Airlines in Apr-97.
On 26-Feb-04 at Al Hoceima, Morocco, a wing was hit by a fuel truck, killing the truck driver and badly damaging the wing. It took two months to do a temporary repair and the aircraft ferried back to Vienna in Apr-04 where further repairs were carried out. The aircraft returned to service on 09-May-04.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Zurich, Switzerland in Jun-05. It was sold to Aircraft & Engine Support LLC as N189AS in Sep-05. It was sold on to Stratus Investment Partners LLC in Dec-05 and leased to Map Jet, Austria as OE-LMH the following day.
It was due for wet-lease to Royal Wings, Jordan in Feb-06 but the lease was cancelled and instead it was wet-leased to Eritrean Airlines, short term, returning to Map Jet in Mar-06. It was wet-leased to FlyMe Sweden for 8 days in Mar/Apr-06.
Another short-term wet-lease took it Korek Air, Iraq in Apr/May-06. The aircraft was stored at Linz, Austria in Jul-07 awaiting a major overhaul.
This is where things get a little confusing. As far as I can make out, the aircraft was sold to Meelad Air, Jordan at some time during its overhaul (which took 10 months!!). In May-08 it was wet-leased to GainJet, Greece and was re-registered SX-DMH in Sep-08.
It was leased to Royal Falcon, Jordan as JY-JRC at the end of Nov-08 and returned to Meelad Air as SX-BLL in May-09. It was leased to Sky Express, Greece in Aug-09 and returned to Meelad Air in Nov-09 when it was abandoned at Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden. It never flew again.
In 2017 it was seized by the Arlanda Airport Authority and presented to the Arlandagymnasiet Aircraft Academy of Sweden as an instructional airframe and is preserved. In Jun-20 it was given the fictitious Swedish registration SE-AAS. Updated 14-Mar-25.
OE-LMD 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Austrian Airlines MAN 13MAR01
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Mar-25.
Named: "Villach".
This aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LMD in Mar-91. It was wet-leased to Dinar Lineas Aereas, Argentina in Dec-96 and returned to Austrian Airlines in Apr-97.
On 26-Feb-04 at Al Hoceima, Morocco, a wing was hit by a fuel truck, killing the truck driver and badly damaging the wing. It took two months to do a temporary repair and the aircraft ferried back to Vienna in Apr-04 where further repairs were carried out. The aircraft returned to service on 09-May-04.
The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Zurich, Switzerland in Jun-05. It was sold to Aircraft & Engine Support LLC as N189AS in Sep-05. It was sold on to Stratus Investment Partners LLC in Dec-05 and leased to Map Jet, Austria as OE-LMH the following day.
It was due for wet-lease to Royal Wings, Jordan in Feb-06 but the lease was cancelled and instead it was wet-leased to Eritrean Airlines, short term, returning to Map Jet in Mar-06. It was wet-leased to FlyMe Sweden for 8 days in Mar/Apr-06.
Another short-term wet-lease took it Korek Air, Iraq in Apr/May-06. The aircraft was stored at Linz, Austria in Jul-07 awaiting a major overhaul.
This is where things get a little confusing. As far as I can make out, the aircraft was sold to Meelad Air, Jordan at some time during its overhaul (which took 10 months!!). In May-08 it was wet-leased to GainJet, Greece and was re-registered SX-DMH in Sep-08.
It was leased to Royal Falcon, Jordan as JY-JRC at the end of Nov-08 and returned to Meelad Air as SX-BLL in May-09. It was leased to Sky Express, Greece in Aug-09 and returned to Meelad Air in Nov-09 when it was abandoned at Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden. It never flew again.
In 2017 it was seized by the Arlanda Airport Authority and presented to the Arlandagymnasiet Aircraft Academy of Sweden as an instructional airframe and is preserved. In Jun-20 it was given the fictitious Swedish registration SE-AAS. Updated 14-Mar-25.