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AIRLINE NEWS
*Avion Express A320 LY-NVG (4175) entered service with Sun Express today & is due to be followed by LY-MLF (2828) tomorrow.
*CityJet CRJ9 EI-HSA (15080) ferried from Maastricht to Dinard yesterday on return to the lessor.
*Delta A/L A339 N436DX (2094) left Toulouse today on delivery to Tokyo/Narita.
*ITA A/W A223 EI-HHW (55358) made its first flight today as C-FPBQ.
*Plus Ultra A332 EC-OAQ (901) ferried from Madrid to Algiers on 14/5 for lease to Air Algerie.
*Turkish A/L A321 TC-LBC (6009 ex B-22608, N805AV, D-AAAU, OE-IZR) was delivered from Sofia to Istanbul today. A359 TC-LHE (727) left Toulouse this evening on delivery to Istanbul.
*WestJet has acquired another B38M, C-FTXE (43301/7483), from Sunwing A/L.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*USA. The US Government has decided to accept the gift of B748BBJ P4-HBJ (37075/1449), currently parked at San Antonio, from the Qatari Government for use as Air Force One. Given the amount of work that would be required to convert it, I can¡¯t see it being ready any sooner than the two delayed models being worked on by Boeing.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
No first visits today.
Leav Aviation A320 D-ANNE arrived from Cologne in the early hours & departed to Vitoria, doubtless with Spurs supporters attending this evening¡¯s UEFA Europa League final versus Manchester United in Bilbao & it is due back in the early hours of tomorrow. Making what is becoming one of its regular visits this morning was G600 N609GB from Rome/Ciampino.
If FR24 is to be believed, we could see first visits from the following tomorrow. Vueling A320 EC-OKG, sta 08.30 as VLG7830 from Barcelona, Lear 35 ZS-TOW, sta 11.02 as SLE476 from Ghardaia (Algeria) & Icelandair A21N TF-IAB, sta 11.45 as ICE6H from Keflavik. ?
CREDITS
Dave Field, Dave Long, Mr? Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Mr T, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
