MK Airlines - Fleet Details
In early 2003 freight company MK Airlines set up a maintenance base at Filton, using the centre bay and west bay of the main hangars. MK's fleet of Douglas DC-8's and Boeing 747's were frequent visitors to Filton.
MK Airlines surrendered its AOC on 12th April 2010, and the company is to be wound up.
| Registration | Type | c/n | First Visit to Filton |
Remarks | Image |
| 5R-MFT | Boeing 747 2B2M | 21614 | 15/12/2003 | ex Air Madagascar, acquired for parting out at Filton. | |
| 9G-MKA | Douglas DC-8F 55 | 45804 |
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ex N855BC; Stored Manston since August 2001. | |
| 9G-MKB | Douglas DC-8F 54 | 45860 |
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ex HC-BQH. W/O 15/02/1992 Kano, Nigeria. | |
| 9G-MKC | Douglas DC-8F 55 | 45692 | 23/12/2003 | ex 5V-TAF. Stored at Filton since 15/01/2005, source of spares. Fuselage broken up on 26/02/2008. | |
| 9G-MKD | Douglas DC-8-55F | 45965 |
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ex 5N-ATZ. W/O 17/12/1996 Port Harcourt, Nigeria. | |
| 9G-MKE | Douglas DC-8 55F | 45753 | 14/10/2004 | ex 5N-OCM. To Congo Air Force as 9T-TDA. | |
| 9G-MKF | Douglas DC-8F 55 | 45820 | 21/10/2003 | ex C-FIWW. To Hewa Bora Airlines on lease 04/04/2006. | |
| 9G-MKG | Douglas DC-8 62F | 46027 | 27/07/2003 | ex TF-MKG. Stored at Filton from 03/08/2005 to 22/10/2008. To Protocole Aviation, Congo, reported to be TN-AIE. | |
| 9G-MKH | Douglas DC-8 62AF | 46153 | 20/09/2003 | ex TF-MKH. All white livery. Stored at Filton since 08/04/2005. Reported to have been broken up late 2009. | |
| 9G-MKI | Boeing 747 246F | 22063 |
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ex N741SJ. W/O 27/11/2001 Port Harcourt, Nigeria. | |
| 9G-MKJ | Boeing 747 244SF | 22170 | 17/11/2003 | ex ZS-SAR. W/O 14/10/2004 Halifax, Canada. | |
| 9J-MKK | Douglas DC-8 62AF | 46022 | 29/08/2003 | ex 9G-MKK, N187SK. Re-registered in Zambia during 2007, and used on domestic cargo flights mainly between Lusaka and Ndola. Reported as stored at Lusaka. | |
| 9G-MKN | Douglas DC-8 63CF | 46151 | 05/01/2004 | ex N815CK. To Johnson Air as 9G-TOP on 22/04/2006. | |
| 9G-MKO | Douglas DC-8 63AF | 46147 | 22/06/2003 | ex N811CK. To Johnson Air as 9G-LIL on 03/02/2006. | |
| 9G-MKT | Douglas DC-8 55F | 45764 | 11/06/2004 | ex N812TC. Stored at Filton from 11/06/2004. To Hewa Bora Airlines on lease on 08/09/2006. | |
| 9G-MKV | H.S. 748 Srs.2B | 1736 |
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ex ZS-DBM. Registered to MK Airlines in May 2009. Used on flights between Ghana and Nigeria, in basic British Airways Landor livery. Returned Sept 2009 | |
| F-GCBD | Boeing 747 228M | 22428 | 08/07/2008 | Leased from Tiger Aircraft Trading from 21/07/2008 to 20/03/2009. All white | |
| G-MKAA | Boeing 747 254F | 22169 | 10/11/2003 | ex 9G-MKQ, N713BA Re-registered in UK 16/08/2006. Stored at Filton since 28/01/2008. | |
| G-MKBA | Boeing 747 2B5F | 22481 | 07/02/2004 | ex 9G-MKR, N778BA, Korean Airlines HL7452. Carried basic Korean Airlines livery from 02/2004 to 09/2005. Re-registered in UK 29/10/2007. | |
| G-MKCA | Boeing 747 2B5F | 22482 | 01/11/2003 | ex 9G-MKM, N207BA Re-registered in UK 30/01/2008. Stored at Kemble, arrived 07/08/2009. | |
| G-MKDA | Boeing 747 2B5F | 22486 | 28/04/2004 | ex 9G-MKS, N776BA, HL7459 Carried basic Korean Airlines livery from 11/2004 to late 2006, and carried Berkut Airline titles during 2006. Re-registered in UK 03/10/2007. Parked up at Filton since 15/08/2008. | |
| G-MKEA | Boeing 747 249F | 22237 | 09/10/2006 | ex 9G-MKU, N920FT. Re-registered in UK 24/10/2007. Arrived at Filton white with blue tail (ex Polar). Stored at Filton since 03/01/2008. Returned to service 12/09/2009. | |
| G-MKFA | Boeing 747 245F | 21841 | 01/09/2003 | ex 9G-MKP, N638FE. Re-registered in UK 16/11/2007. Parked up at Filton since 06/06/2008. Reported to have been broken up late 2009. | |
| G-MKGA | Boeing 747 2R7F | 21650 | 03/08/2003 | ex 9G-MKL, N639FE. Re-registered in UK 31/10/2007. Stored at Kemble, from 11/05/2009. | |
| G-MKHA | Boeing 747 2J6F | 23071 | 14/11/2007 | ex B-2446. Registered in UK 13/11/2007. Arrived in basic Air China colours. | |
| G-MKJA | Boeing 747 246F | 22477 | 16/10/2008 | ex HS-ORB, arrived in Orient Thai colours. Registered in UK 30/10/2008. Parked up at Manston Mid-June 2009. | |
| G-MKKA | Boeing 747 221F | 21940 | 26/10/2008 | ex HS-ORA, arrived in Orient Thai colours, now all white. Registered in UK 17/04/2009. | |
| G-MKLA | Boeing 747 236F | 23711 | 16/11/2009 | ex TF-ATX. Stored at Filton since 14/01/2010. | |
| N309TD | Boeing 747 269B | 22740 | - | Arrived Manston 11/11/2008 for spares. | |
| N748AA | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I | 197 | 21/10/2008 | Based at Biggin Hill, frequently at Filton, corporate work. Impounded at Lungi Airport, Sierra Leone on 20/08/2009 for illegal landing. Later returned to Filton. | |
| N748CK | Boeing 747 221F | 21744 | 02/11/2007 | ex JA8160. Registered to Kalitta Equipment LLC on 14/09/2007. Engines removed after arrival, and stored outside. Returned to Kalitta 04/09/2008. | |
| TF-ARW | Boeing 747 256F | 24071 | 12/12/2007 | Leased from Air Atlanta from 26/10/2007 to 28/01/2008. All white | |
| VP-CMN | Boeing 727 46 | 19282 | 24/03/2009 | Hangared at Filton, possibly as spares source for VP-CMO | |
| VP-CMO | Boeing 727 212ARE | 21948 | - | Based at Biggin Hill, corporate work |
lines in italic = no longer in fleet, on lease or stored.