OE-LMM McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Austrian Airlines LHR 15AUG00
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 27-Aug-18.
Named: "Innsbruck".
This aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LMM in Mar-90. It was sold to a lessor in Jul-01 and immediately leased to Vanguard Airlines (USA) as N136NJ. Vanguard ceased operations at the end of Jul-02. It was returned to the lessor and initially stored at Kansas City, MO, USA before being moved to Tucson, AZ, USA in Oct-02 for further storage. The aircraft was leased to AeroMexico XA-TXH in May-03 and returned to the lessor in Feb-09. It was sold to Allegiant Air for spares as N399NV the following week and ferried to Mojave, CA, USA where it was permanently retired. The aircraft was last noted at Mojave in Apr-10 with both sides of the fuselage cut out.
Note: The registration OE-LMM was used again by Austrian charter airline MAP Jet between Dec-06/Sep-08. That aircraft, an MD-83, had previously been operated by Austrian Airlines as OE-LME.
OE-LMM McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Austrian Airlines LHR 15AUG00
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 27-Aug-18.
Named: "Innsbruck".
This aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LMM in Mar-90. It was sold to a lessor in Jul-01 and immediately leased to Vanguard Airlines (USA) as N136NJ. Vanguard ceased operations at the end of Jul-02. It was returned to the lessor and initially stored at Kansas City, MO, USA before being moved to Tucson, AZ, USA in Oct-02 for further storage. The aircraft was leased to AeroMexico XA-TXH in May-03 and returned to the lessor in Feb-09. It was sold to Allegiant Air for spares as N399NV the following week and ferried to Mojave, CA, USA where it was permanently retired. The aircraft was last noted at Mojave in Apr-10 with both sides of the fuselage cut out.
Note: The registration OE-LMM was used again by Austrian charter airline MAP Jet between Dec-06/Sep-08. That aircraft, an MD-83, had previously been operated by Austrian Airlines as OE-LME.