Remarks: Manufactured summer 1990. First flight August 22 with Boeing’s N6018N test registration. Delivered Aeromaritime International September 28 as F-GHGE, the to Air France October 1 1990. Between May 15 1992 and March 10 1999 BALKAN leased with the same registration. “Preslav” seen here taxiing in to her stand in the very busy Jan Smuts airport, after a very long flight from Sofia, while Cathay Pacific's old fashioned 747-467 is on boarding for a return flight to Hong Kong, and British Airways 747-436 is just took-off for London-Heathrow. As 767-300s could be considered as nontraditional type for Air France, they sold it to EL AL nearly instantly on her arrival back from BALKAN. Since April 2 1999 this beauty is operated by the Israeli national carrier as 4X-EAF. Scanned from an old slide.
Remarks: Manufactured late 1991 for Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). First flight on November 13 1991. As the first Western type of the Bulgarian national carrier, delivered to BALKAN December 6, as LZ-BOC. “City of Varna” is seen here taxiing to 31L to take-off for Sofia. Back to the lessor March 7 2001. AWMS bought on the same day as N425AN, and leased to Nordeste Linhas Aereas as PT-MNI. Flew for Aerolineas Argentinas since August 11 2007 as LV-BIM. Stored since October 2012. Scanned from an old slide.
Remarks: Manufactured late 1991 for Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). First flight on November 13 1991. As the first Western type of the Bulgarian national carrier, delivered to BALKAN December 6, as LZ-BOC. “City of Varna” is seen here taxiing in to Ferihegy Terminal 1 – then used exclusively by the foreign carriers – after a 13R landing from Sofia. Please note the cyrillic title. Back to the lessor March 7 2001. AWMS bought on the same day as N425AN, and leased to Nordeste Linhas Aereas as PT-MNI. Flew for Aerolineas Argentinas since August 11 2007 as LV-BIM. Stored since October 2012. Scanned from an old slide.
