Delivered to Air Canada on May 17, 1972, C-FTMV made it's last revenue flight with the airline January 13, 2002. It was ferried to Mojave, CA the following month as the remaining DC-9s were retired from Air Canada. Bought by Jet Midwest Group in early 2007, the aircraft was sold to Global Aviation Investments for use in South Africa. It remained stored with the registrations N895JM and ZS-ZBF respectively never applied.