An early build A340, this aircraft was delivered to Virgin Atlantic in Jan-94 as G-VSKY and served with them for almost 10 years until it was returned to the lessor in Nov-03. It was leased to BWIA West Indies as 9Y-JIL in Jan-04 and operated with them until it was returned to the lessor in Jan-07. It was stored at Munich (MUC) for a couple of months and re-registered D-AIEL in Mar-07. It was then stored at Hamburg (HAM) until Jul-07 when it was ferried to Goodyear (GYR), AZ, USA. The aircraft was broken up at Goodyear in early 2009.