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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Explore B738s OM-NEX (29636/3197) & OM-OEX (38173/3011) ferried from Lagos to Bratislava today after lease to Air Peace.
*Amelia International A320 F-HBNA (4335) ferried from Bangkok to Muscat on 30/3 & then on to CDG via Chania yesterday after lease to Bangkok A/W.
*Avion Express A321 LY-NVH (2653) ferried from Katowice to Antalya on 5/3 after lease to SkyUp Europe & then ferried to Stuttgart yesterday. A320 9H-SWK (4008) ferried from Sofia to Dusseldorf yesterday.
*British A/W A20N G-TTSD (12453) made its first flight today as F-WWBT. Rumour has it that G-TTSB (12416), which made its first flight on 4/2, has suffered a ground accident.
*Bulgaria Air A320 LZ-FBI (7264) ferried from Sofia to Brussels today for lease to TUIfly Belgium.
*Buzz/Ryanair Sun B38M SP-RZU (62388/9090) arrived at Dublin today on delivery from Boeing Field.
*Carpatair A319 YR-ABB (3818) & A320 YR-ABC (37290 ferried to Riga on 29/3 for lease to Air Baltic, the former from Timisoara & the latter from Arad.
*Emirates A359 A6-EXG (713) made? its first flight today as F-WZFK.
*European Air Charter A320 LZ-LAI (1873) ferried from Sofia to Munich yesterday for lease to Condor.
*Fly2Sky news:
LZ-FSA A320 (4247) ferried from Lagos to Sofia today after lease to United Nigeria A/L.
LZ-FSB A320 (3055) entered service with TUIfly Belgium today.
LZ-FSG A320 (5228) ferried from Tel Aviv to Sofia on 27/3 after lease to Arkia lease & then ferried to Brussels yesterday for lease to TUIfly Belgium
LZ-FSH A321 (1932) ferried from Rzeszow to Sofia on 28/3 after lease to SkyUp Europe.
*Hi Fly Malta A332 9H-HFL (1002) ferried from Toronto to Beja on 29/3 after lease to Sunwing A/L.
*Iberia A21N EC-ONR (12085) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Madrid today.
*ITA A/W leased the following A320s to easyJet Europe from 29/3:
ET-DTM (4119) ferried from Rome/Fiumicino to Milan/Linate
EI-DTN (4143) ferried from Rome/Fiumicino to Milan/Linate
EI-DTO (4152) ferried from Olbia to Milan/Malpensa
*KlasJet B738 LY-LOC (33980/2245) ferried from Rijeka to Tel Aviv yesterday for lease to El Al/Sun d'Or.
*KLM A21N PH-AXF ( 12472) made its first flight today as D-AZYI.
*Lufthansa B789 D-ABPR (?????/1199) made its first flight today.
*Nouvelair Tunisie A320 TS-INR (3487) ferried from Algiers to Tunis on 29/3 after lease to Air Algerie.
*SmartLynx Estonia A320 ES-SAG (5407) left Delhi yesterday for Riga via Dubai World Central after lease to IndiGo, while ES-SAZ (3308) undertook the same journey today also after lease to IndiGo.
*Sun Express B738 TC-SEM (61173/5599) finished its lease to AJet yesterday. TC-SOC (61333/6309) ferried from Johannesburg to Antalya via Nairobi yesterday after lease to SAA.
*Swiss A21N HB-JPE (12436) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Zurich today.
*TUIfly Belgium B738 OO-TUV (36883/3709) ferried from Chicago/O’Hare to Brussels via Keflavik today after lease to GlobalX.
*Wamos Air A332 EC-NBN (818) ferried from Santiago to Madrid on 27/3 after lease to LATAM A/L Chile.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*India. In addition to leasing an A330MRTT from the French A/F, the Indian A/F is also to lease a KC-135R from Metrea. More at
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
G-CMJN AT76 (1471 ex B-28088, OY-YCE, EI-GZY) Aer Lingus Regional from/to Glasgow this morning for British A/W
B-20EP B789 (63988/1020) China? Southern from/to Zhengzhou this evening (switch from a B788 to B789 on this service for the summer). See Dave Long's shot at
Executive visitors were Citation 560XLS D-CSUN from St Moritz & B737 G-NEWG from Birmingham, the latter bringing Aston Villa FC for tomorrow evening’s Premiership match against Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
Due later this evening is Turkish A/L B39M TC-LYD on THY3EY. Not a first visit, but FR24 is showing another B39M due tomorrow evening, though all five delivered to date have visited Gatwick in the past.
Predicted to make its first visit tomorrow is Gulf Air B789 A9C-FH, sta 06.55 as GFA9 from Bahrain.
CREDITS
David Barnes, Malcolm Baldry, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Captain Nemo, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
