Airfast Indonesia (AFE, Jakarta Halim) has ferried its first B737-8 to San Bernardino for repainting ahead of entering into service with the passenger charter operator. ADS-B flight tracking data shows T7-OFI (msn 63970) flew from a storage facility at Marana to its present location on December 18, 2023. Southern Cross International operated the ferry flight.
T7-OFI entered into service in 2018 with Norwegian Air Shuttle as LN-BKE before switching to Norwegian Air Sweden the following year. In July 2021, the aircraft went into storage at Lleida. A plan to lease the plane to Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) fell through. The aircraft was handed over to Airfast Indonesia in September 2023, at which time it transferred to Marana.
Airfast did not respond to a request for comment.
Established 50-plus years ago, Airfast has extensive rotary and fixed-wing operations across Indonesia. According to its website, its rotary wing fleet includes Eurocopter AS350-B3s, Bell Helicopter 412s, and Russian-manufactured Mi-171 Mil Helicopters. The fixed-wing operations include DHC-6-300s, DHC-6-300s (Amphibious), DHC-6-400s, a single B737-300(QC), two MD-82s, two MD-83s, and two EMB-145LIs. The airline has also acquired two B737-8s, of which T7-OFI will be the first to enter into service. The second B737-8, T7-OFM (msn 64993), is also stored at Marana, having been handed over to Airfast in October. Both aircraft are at Airfast on operating leases. The ch-aviation fleets module reveals the B737-8s are owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing, and managed by M&T Aviation Finance.
