ABOUT EP-TTA

This aircraft was built with serial number 393 and made its first flight on 09/12/1992. From the beginning, it was purchased by ILFC or International Lease Finance Corporation, which is one of the largest aircraft leasing companies in the world, and was leased to Hong Kong Dragonair on 02/26/1993 with the registration VR-HYO. He flew for this company for five years and during this time he changed his registration once in August 1997 to B-HYO. On 02/24/1998, it was leased by the English company Caledonian Airways and its register was changed to G-CVYD and its layout was changed to Y180. This company also provided the aircraft to Ryan International Airlines from November 1998 to April 1999 to hand over to Trans Global International for operation.

Some time later, Caledonian Airways merged with Thomas Cook Group and this company also created a new company called JMC Air to carry out its charter flights. From 16.12.1999 the aircraft was handed over to JMC Air and this company also extended the lease of the aircraft to Trans Global International until 22.04.2002. On this date, the plane was purchased by AWAS, which is also one of the largest aircraft leasing companies in the world, but it was still owned by JMC Air and then Thomas Cook Airlines UK until it was transferred to Dublin Airport for parking on 04/10/2003. Three months later, on 07/17/2003, the aircraft with the registration I-LINF was leased to the Italian company Wind Jet, and after six years, in July 2009, after the lease ended, the aircraft with the registration EI-EEX was transferred to Chateauroux Airport in France and in Parked there.

From 03/16/2010 to 09/26/2011, it was leased to the Greek company Viking Hellas with the registration SX-SMT, which was later renamed to Fly Hellas, and then returned to the AWAS company, and the EI-EEX registration was registered for it again. . With the beginning of Eterek's efforts to acquire this aircraft, it was first purchased by the Ukrainian company Aviatrans K on 05/25/2012 and its registry was changed to UR-CKA. A few days later, it was transferred to Khors Aircompany and its registration was changed to UR-MUS. Due to the delay in issuing the AOC license of atrak company, the aircraft entered Mehrabad airport on 08/14/2012 [corresponding to August 24, 2012] and was leased to Zagros company. The plane flew to Zagros until the end of April 2012, and then on the 26th of this month, it was transferred to Farsko for painting and preparations for transfer to atrak, and the EP-TTA register was stamped on the plane.
After about four years of non-stop activity for atrak and numerous storings during this period, it was parked at Mehrabad airport since November 2016 due to the closure of atrak until Airtour purchased all three Airbus 320 atrak aircraft including this plane and The test flight of this plane was carried out on the first day of August 2017 after the company checked and painted the plane and started flying for the new owner from the end of the same month.

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