In 1998 flying back into LGW from Gerona, Spain, I took from inside the aircraft of a Tristar sitting on the apron outside, that belonged to Peach Air. TF-ABM (ex-SE-DPP), leased from Air Atlanta.
In 1999, I saw that same aircraft again But in a Caledonian white livery. Then a coulpe of times there after I saw it a LGW.
I know that it has got around a bit in its life, with a few different airlines. It started out life with TWA.
Airlines it has been with include:
TWA
Hawaiian Airlines
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Iberia Airways
Caledonian
Peach Air
Istanbul Airlines
Air Ops
So as you can see a fair few names there.
What I care to know is where is it now… static, flying… or 🙁 scrapped?
Many thanks to anyone who can help the tristar that I seemed to following! :p
Pic below taken by me… from an BY aircraft in 1998.
By: LBARULES - 3rd May 2003 at 15:37
it was an air atlanta machine sorry i forgot to mention the airline..
By: EGNM - 3rd May 2003 at 15:35
TF-ABU Sounds like another of the Atlanta machines to me. Most of these have been passed on now or reuced to scrap metal…
By: LBARULES - 3rd May 2003 at 14:27
ive only flew on 1 tristar 🙁 a replacement for a broken down monarch a300 to larnaca.
anyone know the history of it? reg tf-abu thanks
By: wysiwyg - 2nd May 2003 at 15:00
It was aimed at the budget end of the package holiday market.
By: A330Crazy2 - 2nd May 2003 at 12:05
Lol. So thats what Peach (cheap) air were like then wys? :p
By: wysiwyg - 2nd May 2003 at 11:21
It has always been believed within the industry that the name was a deliberate attempt at being an anagram of ‘Cheap’!
By: EGNM - 1st May 2003 at 23:03
yea from what i know they were broken to spares which were then sold on to an American company – half of it is probably flying with ATA somewhere!
i’ve got a pic of her somewhere i can upload of her at LBA…
By: galdri - 1st May 2003 at 22:08
It is unfoutunatly dead 😡
Scrapped in 2001. Reported as destroyed to the Icelandic CAA on 14.01. 2002
By: A330Crazy - 1st May 2003 at 20:33
And finally a better pic of it in the Cal Livery in Palma also… 🙂
Once again thanks to anyone who can help. 🙂
By: A330Crazy - 1st May 2003 at 20:32
A better pic of TF-ABM in the Peach Air c/s.
By: A330Crazy - 1st May 2003 at 20:31
This picture is of TF-ABM in the Cal livery in Palma 1999. My Airtours 767 just to the Left. I know that it is TF-ABM cos we taxiied right past it, and I was able to get the reggie.
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