DQ-FJD 2 Boeing 737-33A Royal Tongan Airlines (Air Pacific-Fiji) AKL 08JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 29-May-22 (DeNoise AI)
Operated by Air Pacific's DQ-FJD, it had the Royal Tongan Airlines livery on the right side and the Air Pacific-Fiji livery on the left side.
This aircraft was delivered to AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services and leased to Air Columbus (Portugal) as CS-TKG in May-94. Unfortunately, Air Columbus ceased operations just six months later, on 26-Nov-94, and the aircraft was repossessed and stored.
It was leased to Air Pacific as DQ-FJD in Jan-95 and returned to AWAS in May-99 (I was just in time to photograph both sides before it went back to the lessor!).
The aircraft was leased to Titan Airways as G-ZAPM the following month. It was operated on behalf of many different airlines during it's time with Titan, including CityFlyer Express for a couple of weeks in Aug-99 and Tyrolean Airways between Mar/May-00.
It was returned to AWAS in Sep-07 and was leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle as LN-KKE in Oct-07. In Oct-11, the aircraft was returned to AWAS and immediately leased to VivaAerobus (Mexico) as XA-VIR.
It was withdrawn by VivaAerobus in Oct-16 and stored at Mexico City. It was returned to the lessor as N813HA in Mar-17 and ferried to Tucson, AZ, USA for further storage. The aircraft ferried to Caracas, Venezuela in late May-17 and was leased to Estelar Latinoamerica (Venezuela) as YV630T. Current, updated 19-Feb-22.
DQ-FJD 2 Boeing 737-33A Royal Tongan Airlines (Air Pacific-Fiji) AKL 08JAN99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 29-May-22 (DeNoise AI)
Operated by Air Pacific's DQ-FJD, it had the Royal Tongan Airlines livery on the right side and the Air Pacific-Fiji livery on the left side.
This aircraft was delivered to AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services and leased to Air Columbus (Portugal) as CS-TKG in May-94. Unfortunately, Air Columbus ceased operations just six months later, on 26-Nov-94, and the aircraft was repossessed and stored.
It was leased to Air Pacific as DQ-FJD in Jan-95 and returned to AWAS in May-99 (I was just in time to photograph both sides before it went back to the lessor!).
The aircraft was leased to Titan Airways as G-ZAPM the following month. It was operated on behalf of many different airlines during it's time with Titan, including CityFlyer Express for a couple of weeks in Aug-99 and Tyrolean Airways between Mar/May-00.
It was returned to AWAS in Sep-07 and was leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle as LN-KKE in Oct-07. In Oct-11, the aircraft was returned to AWAS and immediately leased to VivaAerobus (Mexico) as XA-VIR.
It was withdrawn by VivaAerobus in Oct-16 and stored at Mexico City. It was returned to the lessor as N813HA in Mar-17 and ferried to Tucson, AZ, USA for further storage. The aircraft ferried to Caracas, Venezuela in late May-17 and was leased to Estelar Latinoamerica (Venezuela) as YV630T. Current, updated 19-Feb-22.