Originally Posted by
Flightwatch
I did hear that the 2 aircraft which were leased to Cyprus Airways kept their 520 engines whilst they were there at least. G-AOYJ/K? They lived in Nicosia and only returned to Heathrow for major maintenance, they were crewed by BEA pilots on a few weeks rotation with CY cabin crew. Otherwise the whole lot had their engines nicked.
Yes, both of those flew for Cyprus AW for 4-5 years before returning to BEA.
G-INFO has no engine details for YK and shows Dart 510G for YJ, but it's quite possible they had 520s during their spell in Cyprus.