About Ryanair…

Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland. The parent company Ryanair Holdings plc includes subsidiaries Ryanair DAC, Malta Air, Buzz, Lauda Europe and Ryanair UK. Ryanair DAC, the oldest airline of the group, was founded in 1984. Ryanair Holdings was established in 1996 as a holding company for Ryanair with the two companies having the same board of directors and executive officers. In 2019 the transition began from the airline Ryanair and its subsidiaries into separate sister airlines under the holding company. Later in 2019, Malta Air joined Ryanair Holdings.

Ryanair has been characterised by its rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the aviation industry in Europe in 1997 and the success of its low-cost business model. The group operates more than 500 planes. Its route network serves over 40 countries in Europe, North Africa (Morocco and the Middle East (Israel, Jordan and Turkey). The primary operational bases are at Dublin, London Stansted and Milan Bergamo airports. Ryanair is Ireland's biggest airline and in 2016 became the world's largest airline by scheduled international passengers. Almost all the group's fleet are Boeing 737s.

The company has at times been criticised for its refusal to issue invoices for the VAT-exempt services it provides (airfares), poor working conditions, heavy use of extra charges, poor customer service, and tendency to intentionally generate controversy in order to gain publicity.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair#

About the Boeing 737-200:

The 737-200 was a 737-100 with an extended fuselage, launched by an order from United Airlines in 1965 and entered service with the launch customer in April 1968. Its unit cost was US$4.0M (1968) ($35M today). The -200's unit cost was US$5.2M (1972) ($37.9M today). The 737-200 Advanced is an improved version of the -200, introduced into service by All Nippon Airways on May 20, 1971. After aircraft #135, the 737-200 Advanced has improved aerodynamics, automatic wheel brakes, more powerful engines, more fuel capacity, and hence a 15% increase in payload and range over the original -200s and respectively -100s. The 737-200 Advanced became the production standard in June 1971. Boeing also provided the 737-200C (Combi), which allowed for conversion between passenger and cargo use and the 737-200QC (Quick Change), which facilitated a rapid conversion between roles. The 1,114th and last delivery of a -200 series aircraft was in August 1988 to Xiamen Airlines.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing737#737Original(firstgeneration)

About EI-CNT:

EI-CNT is one of 21 Boeing 737-200’s to be in Ryanair’s fleet, and one of 8 “Logojet” liveries. This specific plane actually had 2 Logojet liveries in total, including the Vodafone colour scheme.

This specific aircraft has its first flight on 20/11/1980, was 43.6 years old before the end of its life, and was tested at Renton Municipal Airport with an unknown test registration.

The aircraft (before being scrapped) has been with the following airlines: Note: It’s listed as DD/MM/YYYY.

• Lufthansa, from 19/12/1980 - 5/12/1996, with the registration D-ABFC
  
  
  
  • It was known as “Würzburg”, after the city in Germany.
  
  
• Ryanair, from 5/12/1996 - 28/10/2005, with the registration EI-CNT
  
  
  
  • It had the “The Sun / News of the World” colour scheme, from ??/3/1997 - ??/2/2002
  
  
  • Then, the Vodafone colour scheme, from ??/2/2002 - 28/10/2005
  
  
• Autodirect Aviation LLC, from 28/10/2005 - 9/11/2005, with the registration N115AD
• LAN Airlines, from 9/11/2005 - 15/5/2008, with the registration CC-CQQ
• Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, from 15/5/2008 - 10/11/2008, with the registration N115AD
• Rutaca Airlines, from 10/11/2008 - ??/??/2011, with the registration YV379T
  
  
  
  • It was sorted at Ciudad Bolivar’s Tomás de Heres Airport (CBL/SVCB) in 2011.
  
  

It was later scrapped at that same airport in ??/5/2024, ending its life after 43.6 years.

Photos of EI-CNT’s Vodafone livery:

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