File:C-FTDF 1 A320-231 Skyservice Airlines MAH 14MAY04 (11399754814).jpg

English: Seen here at Mahon, Menorca, Spain, operating for MyTravel Airways in full Skyservice c/scheme. This aircraft had 'been around' as the saying goes. Built in Jun-93 for Orix Leasing, it was originally stored at Toulouse (TLS). In Mar-94 it was briefly registered N437RX before being leased to Airworld, a UK charter airline as G-BVJV. It was returned to Orix in Nov-94 at the end of the summer season and stored at Stansted (STN) before being leased to Airworld again in Apr-95. In Dec-95 it it spent the first of many winters in Canada, being sub-leased to Skyservice Canada as C-FWOQ, returning to Airworld in Apr-96 as G-BVJV. In Nov-96 it was sub-leased to TransMeridian in the USA for the winter as N437RX and returned to the UK in Apr-97 as G-BVJV. It was returned to Orix in Nov-97 and immediately leased to Airtours International as G-EPFR. It only stayed as G-EPFR for less than a month before it was sub-leased to Skyservice Canada in Dec-97 for the winter, as C-FTDF. It returned to Airtours in Apr-98 as G-EPFR. In Nov-98 it was sub-leased to another Airtours subsidiary, Skyservice USA (operated by Airtours, still as G-EPFR), returning to Airtours in Apr-99. In Mar-00 it was transferred to Airtours short-lived German subsidiary, FlyFTI (Frosch Touristic Intl) as D-AAMS and returned to Airtours in Jan-01, still as D-AAMS. It was immediately leased to Skyservice Canada again as C-FTDF. It was operated by Skyservice until May-05, spending the winters in Canada and the summers in the UK sub-leased to Airtours but operated by Skyservice. In Spring 2003 Airtours was renamed MyTravel Airways and the summer sub-leases continued. In May-05 it was sub-leased to MyTravel as G-FDTF, returning to Skyservice in Nov-05 as C-FTDF and the same procedures happened in 2006. In Apr-07 it was again sub-leased to MyTravel Airways as G-FTDF. That summer, MyTravel was merged into Thomas Cook Airlines UK and G-FTDF remained in the UK with Thomas Cook. It continued to operate with Thomas Cook until Jan-11 when it was retired and stored at Manchester (MAN). It was returned to the lessor in Jul-11 and ferried to Greenwood (GWO), MS, USA. The registration was cancelled in Aug-11 and the aircraft was permanently retired.