April 1988, Finnish aviation authorities forbid use Airfast B720 (N8790R) to fly Finnish tourist to Rodos and Cyprus. Travel agent (Hassen Matkat) had urgently find replacement for rest of just started season. First a month or so, covered by MEA 707s, but then a new operator came in. Air Atlanta Icelandic brought its brand-new acquisition (former Air India VT-DPM) together with TF-IUG on route between North and South Europe. July 1989 as N8880A for Omega Air. WFU at Davis-Monthan AFB, where used as spare parts for KC-135. TF-IUE is reported been shortly used also another B707 (cn 19372).

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