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AIRLINE NEWS
*Airseven B738 OY-ASG (35271/2551 ex B-5370) left Jinan yesterday routing through Ras Al Khaimah to Roskilde where it arrived on delivery today.
*American A/L B789s N845MD (66010/1203) & N846AN (66011/1207) were delivered from Paine Field to Dallas/Fort Worth? yesterday.
*Ascend A/W B738 G-HODL (38175/3877) ferried from Birmingham to Lasham yesterday & from there to Gatwick this evening. It is due to fly a Faro rotation for TUI A/W tomorrow.
*Avion Express A321 LY-NVH (2653) ferried from Stuttgart to Rotterdam on 28/4 for lease to Transavia.
*British A/W A21N G-TNEG (12484) made Its first flight today as D-AZYG.
*Centrum Air A20N UK32075 (12519) made its first flight today as F-WWDX, while A330F UK33030 (1074 ex HS-TES, VP-CRU) was delivered from Don Muang to Tashkent today.
*FedEx B763F N252FE (67541/1351) was delivered from Paine Field to Indianapolis yesterday.
*GetJet Latvia A320 YL-EMU (1087) ferried from Dakar to Casablanca yesterday & on to Siauliai today after winter lease to Air Senegal.
*Heston A/L A320 LY-NRU (3596) ferried from Cairo to Vilnius on 25/4 after lease to Nesma A/L & then ferried to Dusseldorf today for lease to Condor.
*Korean Air B748 HL7633 (40908/1525) ferried from Incheon to Dayton yesterday for the Sierra Nevada Corp & E-4 conversion for the USAF.
*SAS Connect. Adding to yesterday, A20N EI-SCF (12528) left Toulouse late yesterday evening on delivery to Stockholm/Arlanda where it arrived in the early hours of this morning.
*SmartLynx A321 YL-LDR (5025), which had been parked at Karlovy Vary since 24/1, ferried to Madrid today.
*Smartwings A320 C-GEXI (3762) left Montreal yesterday routing through Keflavik to Prague where it arrived today after winter lease to Air Transat & will presumably be restored as OK-IOO.
*Swiss International A20N HB-JDK (12565) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Zurich today.
*TUI A/W. As expected, B738s G-TAWK (37239/4253) & TUKX (35142/2660) were restored to the register yesterday. B738 C-FIZR (35145/2849) ferried from Toronto to East Midlands today after lease to Sunwing A/L & will be restored as G-FDZR.
*West Atlantic UK. Correcting info from the ¡®Net yesterday, B733F G-JMCL (23951/1532) was not at St Athan for scrapping. It positioned from there to Edinburgh this evening & is due back at East Midlands shortly after midnight before departing to Edinburgh again.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Islander G-BTLY (2253 ex G-BTLY, I-DEPE, D-IEST) was restored yesterday for Daniel Brem-Wilson with a Biggin Hill address.
GATWICK NEWS
Yet another blank day.
A319CJ D-ALEX ferried to Farnborough this morning.
April yielded a total of 48 first visits. Compared to last year, this number dropped almost further than Donald Trump¡¯s approval rating by a massive 47 from 95 in April 2024. Every one of this month¡¯s newcomers was an airliner & the list appears below.
CREDITS
Martin Chell, Alec Wilson, Alistair Ness, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, William Hartnell, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
GATWICK FIRST VISITS APRIL 2025
A220 ¨C YL-ABX
A320 ¨C EC-OGC, EC-OGD, G-UZEH, HB-JXV, OY-RUH
A321 ¨C TC-LPM, TC-LPO, 9H-WMA, 9H-WNY, 9H-WNZ
A350 ¨C TC-LGK
AT72 ¨C G-CMJL, G-CMJN, G-CMMN, G-CMMT
B738 ¨C EI-IKJ, EI-IKY, G-CRUX, G-DRTH, G-DRTP, G-TUMY, SP-LWC, SP-LWD, SP-RKM, TC-LCL, TC-LCS, TC-LCT, TC-SMP, 9H-QAK, 9H-QAP, 9H-QBM, 9H-QCQ, 9H-QDB, 9H-QDD, 9H-QDI, 9H-QEN, 9H-VUD, 9H-VUF, 9H-VUO
B739 ¨C PH-CDQ
B777 ¨C A7-BOG, TC-LJE
B787 ¨C A9C-FC, A9C-FE, A9C-FF, A9C-FH, B-20EP
