The history of the UR-WRQ!

Our former Windrose Airlines Airbus A330 is a real globetrotter! In this post, we look back on 20 years of aviation history for you, in which the A330 had no less than 7 different registrations and 8 operators! But first things first: In October 1999, the Airbus A330-200 with the manufacturer serial number (MSN) 296 left the factory doors in Toulouse for the Belgian company Sabena in Brussels, where it was registered as OO-SFR, having already sported the registration F-WWKO during testing. After the Belgian national carrier went bust, the Airbus A330 changed hands to VG Airlines in 2002, which then changed its name to Delsey Airlines in August of the same year. On 24 October 2002, it ceased operations on economic grounds and Delsey Airlines was declared bankrupt on 5 November 2002. International Lease Finance Corporation, the owner of the aircraft, registered it briefly under the Irish registration EI-CZS, leasing it to Malaysia Airlines in May 2003. In Malaysia our globetrotter was given the registration 9M-MKV and spent the next 10 years flying for the Malaysian flag carrier.