N648US Boeing 767-201ER US Airways FRA 22JUL98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-25.
Fleet No: "648".
First flown in Dec-87, this aircraft was delivered to Piedmont Airlines as N608P in Feb-88. It was re-registered N648US in Nov-88 prior to Piedmont being merged into US Air in Aug-89.
US Air was renamed US Airways in Feb-97. The aircraft was sold to Castlelake Leasing in Aug-05 and leased back to US Airways. It was re-registered N248AY in Dec-06.
It was withdrawn from service in Nov-14 and stored at Mobile-Downtown Airport, AL, USA. After 26 years it had 104,750 hours and 20,740 cycles on the clock! The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-15, moved to Victorville, CA, USA and permanently retired.
In Sep-15 the aircraft was sold to the Jet Midwest Group for parting out and was eventually scrapped at Victorville.
Note: In Dec-13 US Airways agreed a merger with American Airlines. However, the two airlines continued to operate as separate companies until the official merger date of 08-Apr-15.
N648US Boeing 767-201ER US Airways FRA 22JUL98
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 28-Mar-25.
Fleet No: "648".
First flown in Dec-87, this aircraft was delivered to Piedmont Airlines as N608P in Feb-88. It was re-registered N648US in Nov-88 prior to Piedmont being merged into US Air in Aug-89.
US Air was renamed US Airways in Feb-97. The aircraft was sold to Castlelake Leasing in Aug-05 and leased back to US Airways. It was re-registered N248AY in Dec-06.
It was withdrawn from service in Nov-14 and stored at Mobile-Downtown Airport, AL, USA. After 26 years it had 104,750 hours and 20,740 cycles on the clock! The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Feb-15, moved to Victorville, CA, USA and permanently retired.
In Sep-15 the aircraft was sold to the Jet Midwest Group for parting out and was eventually scrapped at Victorville.
Note: In Dec-13 US Airways agreed a merger with American Airlines. However, the two airlines continued to operate as separate companies until the official merger date of 08-Apr-15.