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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
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Series 300

CF-FTC • (N*****) • 5N-AMO • 8Q-HIK • 5N-BBT • D-IXXY • PK-LTX

HB-LUE

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• CF-FTC de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date 11-Jun-1969. First flight 11-Jun-1969.

• N***** ntu by Executive Airlines, Boston, MA. Jan-1970.

Note: Repainted for Executive Airlines Oct-1969, and removed Oct-1970

• 5N-AMO Mobil Oil Nigeria, Lagos. (Mobil Producing Nigeria).  Delivered 30-Dec-1970.

Flew Via London-Gatwick, UK 06-Aug-1975 & noted at Calgary, AB 06-Oct-1975

Flew Via Palma, Spain – Prestwick, UK – Reykjavik, Iceland 23-May-1980 & noted at Calgary, AB 28-May-1980.

Flew Via Palma, Spain – Prestwick, UK 24-Jun-1984

• 5N-AMO Sold to ACN - Aerocontractors of Nigeria, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria 05-Sep-1998.

• 8Q-HIK Hummingbird Island Airlines, Male, MI. Regd 24-Feb-2000.

• 8Q-HIK Trans Maldivian Airways, Malé, MI. Regd Jun-2000.

Noted at Malta 09-Jun-2000, and parked at Maastricht, Netherlands 11-Jun-2000 through Nov-2000.

• 5N-BBT Returned to ACN - Aerocontractors of Nigeria, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. (Schreiner Airways, BV).Regd Nov-2000.

Flew Maastricht, Netherland – Palma de Mallorca, Spain 10-Nov-2000 to Nigeria on delivery.

5N-BBT Renamed Aerocontractors, Ikeja [Schreiner Airways BV, Maastricht] 01-Feb-2002

5N-BBT Schreiner Airways BV, Maastricht, Netherlands. Returned Jun-2002.

• D-IXXY Nordic Aviation Leasing, Billund, Denmark, 22-Jul-2003.

Repainted as such 22-Jul-2003, ferry permit issued 25-Jul-2003 & flew Maastricht-Skive, Denmark 06-Aug-2003.

• PK-LTX Sold to GT Air - Germania Trasilia Air Jakarta. Operated in United Nations Humaritarian Air Service colour scheme. Named “Agapa”. Regd Dec-2003.

• HB-LUE Zimex Business Aviation AG., Zug, Switzerland. Operated by Zimex Aviation Ltd., Glattburg, Switzerland. Regd 09-Jul-2006.

Flew Jakarta-Halim, Indonesia – Colombo, Sri Lanka – Muscat, Oman – Larnaca, Cyprus – Altenrhein, Switzerland 12/15-Jul-2006

Flew 10-Jul-2014, Hassi Messaoud, Algeria - Altenrhein-St. Gallen, Switzerland.

• Current •

5N-AMO of Mobil at Calgary - CYYC, Alberta.
Photo: Anthony J. Hickey © June 1980 - Michael J. Ody Collection
8Q-HIK shown here in a magazine clipping.
Photo: Unknown photographer © early 2000 - Michael J. Ody Collection
5N-BBT leased to aero Contractors - Schreiner Airways tail logo.
Photo: Unknown photographer © c. 2000 - Michael J. Ody Collection
PK-LTX at Jakarta, Malaysia.
Photo: Unknown photographer © May 2006 - Erik Johannesson Collection
HB-LUE at Hassi Messoud, Algeria.
Photo: Arron Mulder © 14 December 2007