Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Apr 24, 2024 5:38:38 GMT
A recent flight report in regard to what's "POSSIBLY" one of the last remaining B737-200's in "commercial PAX service" (certainly within the Latin American region at least) at the moment .... this particular aircraft being operated by Maracaibo, Venezuela, based VENEZOLANA DE AVIACION (YV3471) ....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7enUeReuY
There are apparently a couple of other B737-200's owned by Barcelona, Venezuela, based AVIOR AIRLINES which are apparently out of service but at least one of which is/was apparently being overhauled with the intention of it being returned to commercial PAX service.
B737-200 YV3471 HISTORY
C/N # 21598
L/N # 512
This particular aircraft was first delivered to FRONTIER AIRLINES (N7341F) during April 1978. It was sold to UNITED AIR LINES (N976UA) during November 1975. Then sold to AIR ONE LLC during July 2011. It was then sold to VENEZOLANA DE AVIACION (YV502T) during August 2011 .... and re-registered "YV3471" during January 2020. In VENEZOLANA service this particular was involved in ground incident at Las American International Airport, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana on June 9th 2023 .... the standing aircraft apparently rolled into ground equipment resulting in damage to its nose and one of its engine nacelles and cancellation of its return service to Venezuela that same day ....
.... but was repaired and returned to VENEZOLANA service on June 24th 2023 and with whom it continues to operate today.
AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK REPORT: VENEZOLANA DE AVIACION B737-291 ADV YV3471, JUNE 9TH 2023
aviation-safety.net/wikibase/315015
INDEPENDENT NEWS ITEM
airlive.net/emergency/2023/06/10/ground-incident-occurred-at-santo-domingo-airport-involving-aerolineas-venezolana-de-aviacion-boeing-737/
There are apparently couple of other B737-200's owned by Barcelona, Venezuela, based AVIOR AIRLINES which are currently out of service .... but ..... at least one of which is/was being overhauled recently with the intention of it being returned to commercial service with AVIOR.
Got an HJG painter whom may already be working up B732 textures for both of these operators.
Mark C
AKL/NZ