Today Gabe Leigh takes us to Caracas, Venezuela to continue on his mission to catch a 737-200, and in this video he’s flying on the 737-400, in the cockpit, with Avior Airlines. The destination? Barcelona, Venezuela, just a 30-minute hop to the east, where Avior has its main maintenance base.
And it’s here that we’ll find Avior’s 737-200, YV2794, 40 years young, which as it turns out is getting a new lease on life, with all new parts and even a very fancy new livery. Stay tuned for next week when we’ll go much more in-depth into all that is going into fixing up this beauty of a -200. It’s not flying just yet, but we’ll get a lot of quality time with the aircraft.