EC-881 early 1992, EHAM Schiphol

Flyboy · Post by **Flyboy** » 12 Mar 2013, 13:46

In my archive (scrapheap of slides) I stumbled onto a landing picture on Schiphol of an A320 in Iberia colours with the registration EC-881. Can someone enlighten me on the out of sequence registration of this airframe.

Some search on the net found Iberia Airbus A320-211 - cn 266 named Torcal de Antequera (which confirms with the picture)

phkza · Post by **phkza** » 12 Mar 2013, 14:52

What do you mean exactly? Aircraft is now EC-FLP with Iberia Express.

Flyboy · Post by **Flyboy** » 12 Mar 2013, 15:13

Like this.... What does EC-881 stand for??

Am I in the wrong Forum section now? Please feel free to move..

paul25 · Post by **paul25** » 12 Mar 2013, 15:43

Temporary register, curious system used during near ten years.
An EC- and three numbers register was asigned to each aircraft before to get the definitive registration.
This interim registration was valid for a maximun of three months.

Flyboy · Post by **Flyboy** » 12 Mar 2013, 16:02

Thanks Paul, that was quick.
I must have been lucky than, to have scored this picture.

phkza · Post by **phkza** » 12 Mar 2013, 16:28

The system is still being used actually, on this A330MRTT for example.

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