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Boeing 737-405 (24270)

 

 

Date: 29/07/1999

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: this second hand B737-400 airframe for Virgin Express arrived at Brussels on May 4 1999 in this hybrid livery (partly Braathens colors).

Date: 2000

Location: DUS/EDDL

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: since end of 1999 with red nose

Date: 11/2001

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: it was leased to CityBird between November 1 2000 and the airlines closure on October 4 2001 and baptized "Kittiwake". The first couple of weeks it was operational in this white livery.

Date: 06/2001

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: from December 19 2000 onwards in their full markings.

Date: 10/2001

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: after its return to Virgin Express, for a month operational in this hybrid livery.

Date: -

Location: FAO/LPFR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: since November 11 2001 repainted in the full red livery, here also depicted with additional small "Belgium's value for money" titles.

Date: 06/06/2004

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on June 6 2004, it appeared exactly one day with "Q-music Airlines" titles and additional "Roel Beckers" titles, name of a winner of a contest by this Belgian radio station.

Date: 08/10/2006

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: updated livery since January 29 2006.

Date: 27/08/2007

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: since March 25 2007 merged into Brussels Airlines and changed already to these colors on November 22 2006. On June 28 2012, it made its final commercial flight. After a short period of storage at Brussels, it left for Canada on July 17 2012 in neutral markings without titles.

 

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