Ex Ryanair Aircraft

Take a look at this shot, the very first Ryanair 737-800 (EI-CSA) now in Varig service:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1301181&size=L&width=1024&height=713&sok=&photo_nr=

The ex EI-CJD (B737-204 msn 22966) in eircell colors (blue and mauve) is still parked at Dublin Airport, as a fire trainer I am told. I have seen it last week.
It was parked on the south side, not where it lies on the pic below :

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Boeing-737-204-Adv/1013337

atoutprix wrote:The ex EI-CJD (B737-204 msn 22966) in eircell colors (blue and mauve) is still parked at Dublin Airport, as a fire trainer I am told. I have seen it last week.
It was parked on the south side, not where it lies on the pic below :

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Boeing-737-204-Adv/1013337

Wow that one looks cool! Nevertheless Ryanair colors are better!

The -200 had quite a few remarkable c/s :
- EI-CNT : Vodaphone, white with red tail
- EI-CJE : Jaguar silver and black with a jaguar
- EI-CKS : celebrated Valentine's day
- EI-CJC : Hertz, yellow
- EI-CNY : dark red with white nose : Kilkenny, the cream of Irish beer
- EI-CNT : white, red tail and belly : The Sun (newspaper)
- EI-CNX : mainly white, normal tail, Tipperary Crystal
It was quite spectacular, it's a pity they have discontinued that custom !
Now, with the -800, there is just EI-DCL in Boeing Dreamliner colors (I have seen it at STN last week, it has, at the moment, an all-white radome not in the exact colors of the fuselage)

There are also some other special -800's, like 'Pride of Scotland', 'Frankfurt-Hahn', 'Girona-Costa Brava' (or something like that), 'Up Munster' (footballclub) and a few others but I don't know exactly wich.

EI-CSI "Frankfurt Hahn" including to german flags
EI-CSW "Catalunya, Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona"
EI-CSZ "Arrivederci Alitalia
EI-CTB "SAY NO to BA fuel levy"
EI-DAD "NEIN zum lufthansa kerosinzuschlag"
EI-DAE "Up Munster & Catalunya, Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona"
EI-DAF "City of Nykoping"
EI-DAI " Nykoping & www.nykoping.se"
EI-DAO "Pride of Scotland"
EI-DCD "Pride of Scotland"
EI-DCL Boeing dreamliner colors
EI-DCP "City of Nykoping"
EI-DLF "Bye Bye Skyeurope"
EI-DLG "Zegnamy Pll lot!"
EI-DLM "Bye Bye Latehansa"
EI-DLN "Bye Bye Baby"
EI-DLO "Bye Bye EasyJet"

Some aircraft flew with other text too, but the texts where removed long time ago or the aircraft was withdrawn from use

Any corrections or other planes?

We got EI-CSF a couple of months ago, it had the new livery and everything but the flight deck and the inside revealed the age, it has now gone to CanJet of Canada, picture can be seen here -> http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1340068&size=L&width=1200&height=812&sok=&photo_nr=

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing the picture!

Thank you! I am quite amazed at the rate that FR takes delivery of it's new aircraft. Flew with EI-DYF yesterday GSE-STN, loved the new-plane smell.

I see FR planes every day at work and more and more of these planes are the newer ones, the older EI-CS... ones are more rare, still remember the EI-CSA.

EI-DCL is still the favourite, hope they do something about the white radome...

EI-CSG is going to Mongolian Airlines, will stay on the irish register http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mongolian-Airlines/Boeing-737-8AS/1347049/L/

and

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Mongolian-Airlines/Boeing-737-8AS/1347049/M/

A list of ex-Ryanair sold (or leased) to other operators, found on an Italian forum :
http://www.aviazionecivile.com/vb/showthread.php?t=86070

EI-CSA, B, C, D, E : PR-VBA, B, C, D, E - Varig
EI-CSF, H : C-FTCX, Z - Canjet
EI-CSG as same to MIAT Mongolian
EI-CSI : VP-BPG - Orenburg Airlines
EI-CSJ : YR-BIA - Blue Air

Pictures now available of former EI-CSJ now flying for the romanian low cost carrier Blue Air as YR-BIA -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristiqs/2654893287/in/set-1744855/

and here http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6294357&nseq=0

http://www.airpics.gr/photo/2955 & http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=&picid=4933&SkyID=83dfe4f86f9c371676655ba891b0947e

and the best one -> http://airnews.pl/view/show/4442

Looks like they kept the old interior. Were nice colour scheme!

Former EI-CSI now flying for Russian Orenair as VP-BPG

http://www.airplanephotozone.com/photos.php?id=31471

http://www.airplanephotozone.com/photos.php?id=31320

It was a very cheap painting : They could keep the blue under and the "air" letters xD

Again seen on
www.aviazionecivile.com :


Al momento :
EI-CSM Fermo a NWI (In colorazione per Blue Air)
EI-CSN Fermo a PIK (Per garuda)
EI-CSX/Y/Z Fermi a CHR (STORED);
EI-DYG Fermo a CIA (In riparazione);
EI-CSS/T/U/W verranno messi a terra entro fine anno;
EI-CSO/P/Q/R tra Febbraio e maggio lasceranno FR per Garuda;

Meaning :
EI-CSM being painted for Blue Air at Norwich
EI-CSN stored at Prestwick for Garuda
EI-CSX/Y/Z stored at Châteauroux (France)
EI-DYG being repaired at Roma Ciampino (after its hard landing)
EI-CSS/T/U/W grounded before year end
EI-CSO/P/Q/R to Garuda between February and May.

In "Airliner World" for March 2011, page 74 : a picture of B-5575 departing Dublin on December 24, 2011, destined for Chinese carrier OK Air.
The aircraft is ex-Ryanair EI-DAT.

http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/737/33554,B-5575-Okay-Airways.php

http://aviationireland2010.blogspot.com/2010/12/photo-of-boeing-737-8as-b-5575-ok-air.html

Ex-Ryanair EI-CJD still at Dublin - seen there yesterday :

According to
http://www.jethros.org.uk/fleets/fleet_listings/ryanair_on_order.htm
the aircraft that should have been EI-ESL, M, N, O and P and delivered to Ryanair this year will go to Avolon.

"Avolon provides aircraft leasing and management services to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide".
http://www.avolon.aero/index.htm
It could be RYR selling them to Avalon and then leasing them back ?

I don't think so. When you look to the site of Avolon and Clients, you don't see Ryanair.

http://www.avolon.aero/ourclients.php

Don't forget FR could buy these on such interesting conditions, that it's possible to sell them very quickly to other companies - even without using them.

Seems it is a sale and lease back :

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0926/1224304754614.html

IRISH AIRCRAFT leasing group Avolon will today announce significant sale and leaseback deals with Ryanair and AirAsia that will see it deliver nine planes to the low-cost airlines by early 2012.
Avolon has agreed to lease five Boeing 737-800s to Ryanair and four Airbus A320s to AirAsia. These form part of sale and leaseback deals with the airlines.
Seven of the planes will be delivered to the airlines this week – including the five to Ryanair – with the other two early next year.
Avolon has signed seven-year lease agreements with Ryanair while the AirAsia deals will have a 12-year duration