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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Europa. A future B38M allocation is EC-OPA (43571/????).
*AirTanker A332 G-VYGL (1555), which had been parked at Prestwick since 8/4, ferried to Manchester today for continued lease to Jet2.
*Avion Express A320s LY-MLF (2828) & LY-NVM (4628) ferried from Vilnius to Antalya yesterday.
*DHL Air B777F G-DHLU (37717/949) ferried from Marana to Cincinnati yesterday after maintenance.
*GetJet A/L A320 LY-NOW (4328) ferried from Barcelona to Copenhagen yesterday after lease to Vueling & B738 LY-UNO (33801/1504) ferried from Barcelona to Vilnius today also after lease to Vueling.
*Jet2 A21N G-HLYL (12553) made its first flight today as D-AZYX.
*Korean Air. Adding to 30/4, B748 HL7633 (40908/1525) was registered N747GM yesterday for the Sierra Nevada Corp.
*Lufthansa A346 D-AIHU (848) ferried from Frankfurt to Teruel yesterday for scrapping.
*Neos B38M EI-RZH (66468/9151) made its first flight today.
*Play Europe A21N 9H-PEA (8008) ferried from Keflavik to Ostrava on 2/5 (reason?).
*SmartLynx A320 YL-LDU (6306) left Delhi 1/5 routing through Dubai World Central to Riga where it arrived The following day after lease to IndiGo. YL-LDX (3221) also flew the same route yesterday/today after lease to IndiGo & YL-LDW (3215) ferried from Delhi to Karlovy Vary via Dubai World Central today? after lease to IndiGo.
*Swiss. Although only delivered on 30/4, A20N HB-JDK (12565) was ferried to Ljubljana yesterday for storage.
*Titan A/W. Correcting info received, A21N G-OATW (10238) flew its own service today & then returned to Wizz Air UK lease.
*ULS A/L Cargo. Adding to 10/4, A333F N804CM (356) has been registered TC-GOL & was delivered from Istanbul/Ataturk to Istanbul (IST) today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*Spain. CL-215Ts UD.13-16 (1057) & UD-13-17 (1061) have been allocated EC-OPE & EC-OPF respectively for Avinsis Aviation Espana.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
Three first visit so far today & a fourth due later
C-GIWJ B38M (65425/8466) WestJet from/to Halifax this morning
D-ANNA A320 (3289 ex D-ABDS, F-HBTB, EI-GKK) Sundair from Stockholm/Arlanda this morning with Djurgarden FC to play Chelsea this evening in their UEFA Conference League semi-final match & due to depart at 02.20 tomorrow (the airframe first visited on 19/03/11 while D-ABDS with Air Berlin)
HZ-ASD A320 (4364) Saudia from/to Neom Bay this afternoon/evening (all seven of the carrier¡¯s ¡°European¡± A320s have now visited) ?
TC-LCE B38M (60036/7180) Turkish A/L on its way from Istanbul
Photos of two of today¡¯s newcomers from Dave Long may be found at &
CREDITS
Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Roald Amundsen, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
