|
DATE |
REMARK |
|
September 1979 |
It was one of the five original L-1011-500 ordered by TAP Air Portugal |
|
16 March 1983 |
Delivered to TAP Air Portugal; registered CS-TEC; named
"Gago Coutinho" |
|
January 1990 |
Leased to TAAG Angola Airlines till June 1997 when it
returned to TAP; kept CS-TEC registration during leasing |
|
October 1997 |
Sold to Finans
Skandic and leased to Novair; re-registered SE-DVF |
|
April 2000 |
Bought by Air
Luxor; leased to Novair |
|
June 2000 |
Leased to YES -
Linhas Aéreas Charter; re-registered CS-TMR |
|
May 2002 |
Sub-leased to
BWIA during a month, replacing a BWIA's L-1011 which was in
heavy maintenance |
|
May 2003 |
Returned to Air
Luxor |
|
January 2004 |
Transferred to
LUZair; operating under Air Luxor's AOC; blue
tail and no titles |
|
June 2004 |
Seen operating
for DCA - Dutch Caribbean Airlines between Curaçao and
Amsterdam |
|
6 July 2004 |
Aircraft suffered
a compressor stall in engine #1 and sustained heavy damage
in the landing gear after high energy RTO |
|
31th July 2004 |
After repairs,
another stall in the same engine led to AOG condition; stored at AMS since
then; waiting for new engines |
|
October 2006 |
Beginning of
reactivation works at AMS to put the aircraft again in the air |
|
January 2007 |
Finally with three
new engines fitted |
|
20 July 2007 |
Ferry flight from
AMS to LIS |
|
18 August 2007 |
Ferried to VCV
for C-check |
