G-ASJI 2 BAC One-Eleven 201 British Caledonian Airways LPL 15MAR74
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI)
Named: "Royal Burgh of Nairn".
G-ASJI was delivered new to British United Airways in Apr-65. British United merged with Caledonian Airways to form Caledonian//BUA in Nov-70 and became British Caledonian Airways in Sep-71.
The aircraft was sold to the British Jet Aircraft Company in Jan-82 and leased to Pacific Express as N106EX. Pacific Express didn't keep up the payments and it was repossessed in Mar-84.
After 6 months in storage it was leased to Cascade Airways in Sep-84 and was returned to the British Jet Aircraft Co in Jan-86. It was sold to Florida Express the same month. Florida Express merged into Braniff Airways in Mar-88.
It was sold to the GPA Group Ltd (which later became part of GECAS) in Jul-88 as EI-BWM while the lease to Braniff continued. It was repossessed in Dec-89 and stored at Kansas City, USA.
In Mar-91 it was leased to Shabair, Zaire as 9Q-CSJ. It was sold to ITAB Cargo in Jan-96 (Zaire became the Democratic republic of Congo in 1997) and to Air Katanga in Jun-98. The aircraft was still in service with Air Katanga as late as Apr-05 although it was thought to be stored at Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of Congo, by 2009.
G-ASJI 2 BAC One-Eleven 201 British Caledonian Airways LPL 15MAR74
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 28-Oct-21 (DeNoise AI)
Named: "Royal Burgh of Nairn".
G-ASJI was delivered new to British United Airways in Apr-65. British United merged with Caledonian Airways to form Caledonian//BUA in Nov-70 and became British Caledonian Airways in Sep-71.
The aircraft was sold to the British Jet Aircraft Company in Jan-82 and leased to Pacific Express as N106EX. Pacific Express didn't keep up the payments and it was repossessed in Mar-84.
After 6 months in storage it was leased to Cascade Airways in Sep-84 and was returned to the British Jet Aircraft Co in Jan-86. It was sold to Florida Express the same month. Florida Express merged into Braniff Airways in Mar-88.
It was sold to the GPA Group Ltd (which later became part of GECAS) in Jul-88 as EI-BWM while the lease to Braniff continued. It was repossessed in Dec-89 and stored at Kansas City, USA.
In Mar-91 it was leased to Shabair, Zaire as 9Q-CSJ. It was sold to ITAB Cargo in Jan-96 (Zaire became the Democratic republic of Congo in 1997) and to Air Katanga in Jun-98. The aircraft was still in service with Air Katanga as late as Apr-05 although it was thought to be stored at Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of Congo, by 2009.