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LGW Roundup 2/4

 

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AIRLINE NEWS
*4 A/W B734 9H-FIT (25178/2199) ferried from Forli to Tel Aviv yesterday for lease to Arkia.
*Air Canada B38M C-FFJG (63388/9115) made its first flight yesterday & B789 C-FEGI (66993/1225) was delivered from Charleston to Toronto yesterday.
*Air Explore B738 OM-KEX (33018/1488) ferried from Lagos to Malta on 31/3 & continued to Budapest yesterday after lease to Air Peace. OM-OEX (38173/3011) ferried from Bratislava to Stansted yesterday for lease to Jet2.
*Ascend A/W?B38M?G-WEAH?(43340/8217) ferried from Muscat to Amman yesterday after lease to Oman Air.
*Avion Express Malta?A320?9H-AML?(2594) ferried from Monterrey to Keflavik via Montreal yesterday & continued to Sabiha Gokcen today after lease to VivaAerobus.
*BH Air A320 LZ-BHL (2987) ferried from Istanbul to Sofia on 31/3 after lease to UR A/L & then ferried to Antalya yesterday for lease to Corendon A/L. LZ-BHM (2457) ferried from Sofia to Istanbul on 31/3 for lease to UR A/L.
*Braathens Regional AT76 SE-MNP (1254 ex PK-GAL, M-ABRR) was registered at Francazal yesterday.
*Corendon Air B38Ms TC-MKD (65186/8304) & TC-MKE (43334/8143) along with B738 TC-TJR (40723/3622) all ferried from Delhi to Antalya yesterday after lease to IndiGo.
*Corendon A/L Europe?B738?TC-CXA?(42804/5068) ferried from Mumbai to Antalya yesterday after lease to SpiceJet & TC-TJC?(38012/3550) ferried from Cochin to Antalya via Mumbai yesterday also after lease to SpiceJet.
*Electra A/W A320 LZ-EAD (2717) ferried from Varna to Djerba yesterday for lease to Nouvelair Tunisie.
*European Air Charter A320 LZ-LAH (2540) ferried from Sofia to Munich on 31/3 for lease to Condor.
*Express Air Cargo of Tunisia has announced its intention to start passenger services & rebrand itself as Express A/L, though with all three of its current fleet of B737s grounded it is difficult to see how this would happen. More details at? .
*Go2Sky B738 OM-GTK (36809/2647) ferried from Bratislava to Amsterdam yesterday for lease to TUIfly Netherlands.
*ITA A/W A320 EI-EIB (4249) ferried from Rome/Fiumicino to Milan/Linate on 29/3 for lease to easyJet Europe.
*Korean Air B78X HL8538 (?????/1168) was delivered from Paine Field to Incheon today.
*Ryanair B38M EI-IKX (?????/9102) made its first flight yesterday.
*SkyUp A/L?B738?UR-SQC?(40146/4447) ferried from Dhaka to Hurghada via Bahrain today after lease to US-Bangla A/L.
*SmartLynx Estonia?A320?ES-SAF?(5348) ferried from Delhi to Dubai World Central on 31/3 & continued to Riga yesterday after lease to IndiGo.
*SmartLynx Malta B38M 9H-TAU (43001/7118), the future G-ULIT for Ascend A/W, ferried from Amman to Rijeka today. A321F 9H-CGB (1017) ferried from Cologne to Teesside on 31/3. B38M 9H-CHA (62093/6713) ferried from Riga to Tangier on 30/3 for lease to RAM.
*Sun Express. The following B738s have returned from lease to Ajet -? B738s TC-SEJ (61171/5517), TC-SEK (61172/5554), TC-SOF (61191/6377), TC-SOG (61179/6383) & TC-SPB (30272/824) all on 31/3 plus TC-SOH (61193/6398) & TC-SRB (39053/4270) yesterday.
*Tunisair. Adding to 31/3, A320 LY-NVG (4175) ferried from Vilnius to Tunis for lease to the carrier.
*Wizz Air Malta A21N 9H-XLA (12346) made its first flight today as D-AYAZ.

MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*Sweden. It was confirmed yesterday that Sweden has ordered four C-390Ms as C-130 replacements.

AND FINALLY
Ooops!

GATWICK NEWS
A good day for first visits with a most satisfactory five.
A9C-FH B789 (39987/997) Gulf Air from/to Bahrain this morning
9H-QDD B738 (44753/6110 ex EI-FTC) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Dublin this morning
TC-LPO A21N (12410) Turkish A/L from/to Istanbul this morning
PH-CDQ B39M (66347/8802) Corendon Dutch A/L from Tirana this afternoon, to Amsterdam this evening. See Dave Long's shot at?
G-DRTH B738 (33828/2124 ex B-5187) Jet2 from Glasgow this afternoon
Citation 560XLS D-CSUN departed to Northolt this morning.
Due to make another visit tomorrow is G600 N609GB, sta 06.24 from Stewart IAP.
Mavi Gok Aviation. This Turkish carrier’s web booking system shows that the airline plans to operate thrice-weekly B738 flights from Antalya to Gatwick from 16/6. One fly in the ointment is that these flights are not currently available for booking yet, so may not happen.? The arrival schedule is shown as:
MGH757 1955, std 21.00 as MGH758 day 7
MGH157 2035, std 21.40 as MGH158 day 1
MGH457 2040, std 21.40 as MGH458 day 4
The carrier’s fleet currently consists of nine B738s, three B739s, a single BBJ & a B773 that is leased out to SkyUp Europe.

CREDITS
Mark Watson, Dave Field, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Val Kilmer (RIP), other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.

STAY SAFE!
John

 

Correcting info received too late for me to check. Under Corendon A/L Europe, TC-CXA should read 9H-CXA & TC-TJC should read 9H-TJC
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John

On 02/04/2025 21:00 BST John Dyer <john.dyer@...> wrote:
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As I do not monitor emails on most of the sites that I post to, please send any constructive comments, corrections, additional information, etc direct to
john.dyer1329atgmail.com - replace at with @? as for reasons that I fail to understand, some mailing lists refuse to show my new email address in full
Please do not send emails to my Tiscali address but to the new one above.

AIRLINE NEWS
*4 A/W B734 9H-FIT (25178/2199) ferried from Forli to Tel Aviv yesterday for lease to Arkia.
*Air Canada B38M C-FFJG (63388/9115) made its first flight yesterday & B789 C-FEGI (66993/1225) was delivered from Charleston to Toronto yesterday.
*Air Explore B738 OM-KEX (33018/1488) ferried from Lagos to Malta on 31/3 & continued to Budapest yesterday after lease to Air Peace. OM-OEX (38173/3011) ferried from Bratislava to Stansted yesterday for lease to Jet2.
*Ascend A/W?B38M?G-WEAH?(43340/8217) ferried from Muscat to Amman yesterday after lease to Oman Air.
*Avion Express Malta?A320?9H-AML?(2594) ferried from Monterrey to Keflavik via Montreal yesterday & continued to Sabiha Gokcen today after lease to VivaAerobus.
*BH Air A320 LZ-BHL (2987) ferried from Istanbul to Sofia on 31/3 after lease to UR A/L & then ferried to Antalya yesterday for lease to Corendon A/L. LZ-BHM (2457) ferried from Sofia to Istanbul on 31/3 for lease to UR A/L.
*Braathens Regional AT76 SE-MNP (1254 ex PK-GAL, M-ABRR) was registered at Francazal yesterday.
*Corendon Air B38Ms TC-MKD (65186/8304) & TC-MKE (43334/8143) along with B738 TC-TJR (40723/3622) all ferried from Delhi to Antalya yesterday after lease to IndiGo.
*Corendon A/L Europe?B738?TC-CXA?(42804/5068) ferried from Mumbai to Antalya yesterday after lease to SpiceJet & TC-TJC?(38012/3550) ferried from Cochin to Antalya via Mumbai yesterday also after lease to SpiceJet.
*Electra A/W A320 LZ-EAD (2717) ferried from Varna to Djerba yesterday for lease to Nouvelair Tunisie.
*European Air Charter A320 LZ-LAH (2540) ferried from Sofia to Munich on 31/3 for lease to Condor.
*Express Air Cargo of Tunisia has announced its intention to start passenger services & rebrand itself as Express A/L, though with all three of its current fleet of B737s grounded it is difficult to see how this would happen. More details at? .
*Go2Sky B738 OM-GTK (36809/2647) ferried from Bratislava to Amsterdam yesterday for lease to TUIfly Netherlands.
*ITA A/W A320 EI-EIB (4249) ferried from Rome/Fiumicino to Milan/Linate on 29/3 for lease to easyJet Europe.
*Korean Air B78X HL8538 (?????/1168) was delivered from Paine Field to Incheon today.
*Ryanair B38M EI-IKX (?????/9102) made its first flight yesterday.
*SkyUp A/L?B738?UR-SQC?(40146/4447) ferried from Dhaka to Hurghada via Bahrain today after lease to US-Bangla A/L.
*SmartLynx Estonia?A320?ES-SAF?(5348) ferried from Delhi to Dubai World Central on 31/3 & continued to Riga yesterday after lease to IndiGo.
*SmartLynx Malta B38M 9H-TAU (43001/7118), the future G-ULIT for Ascend A/W, ferried from Amman to Rijeka today. A321F 9H-CGB (1017) ferried from Cologne to Teesside on 31/3. B38M 9H-CHA (62093/6713) ferried from Riga to Tangier on 30/3 for lease to RAM.
*Sun Express. The following B738s have returned from lease to Ajet -? B738s TC-SEJ (61171/5517), TC-SEK (61172/5554), TC-SOF (61191/6377), TC-SOG (61179/6383) & TC-SPB (30272/824) all on 31/3 plus TC-SOH (61193/6398) & TC-SRB (39053/4270) yesterday.
*Tunisair. Adding to 31/3, A320 LY-NVG (4175) ferried from Vilnius to Tunis for lease to the carrier.
*Wizz Air Malta A21N 9H-XLA (12346) made its first flight today as D-AYAZ.

MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*Sweden. It was confirmed yesterday that Sweden has ordered four C-390Ms as C-130 replacements.

AND FINALLY
Ooops!

GATWICK NEWS
A good day for first visits with a most satisfactory five.
A9C-FH B789 (39987/997) Gulf Air from/to Bahrain this morning
9H-QDD B738 (44753/6110 ex EI-FTC) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Dublin this morning
TC-LPO A21N (12410) Turkish A/L from/to Istanbul this morning
PH-CDQ B39M (66347/8802) Corendon Dutch A/L from Tirana this afternoon, to Amsterdam this evening. See Dave Long's shot at?
G-DRTH B738 (33828/2124 ex B-5187) Jet2 from Glasgow this afternoon
Citation 560XLS D-CSUN departed to Northolt this morning.
Due to make another visit tomorrow is G600 N609GB, sta 06.24 from Stewart IAP.
Mavi Gok Aviation. This Turkish carrier’s web booking system shows that the airline plans to operate thrice-weekly B738 flights from Antalya to Gatwick from 16/6. One fly in the ointment is that these flights are not currently available for booking yet, so may not happen.? The arrival schedule is shown as:
MGH757 1955, std 21.00 as MGH758 day 7
MGH157 2035, std 21.40 as MGH158 day 1
MGH457 2040, std 21.40 as MGH458 day 4
The carrier’s fleet currently consists of nine B738s, three B739s, a single BBJ & a B773 that is leased out to SkyUp Europe.

CREDITS
Mark Watson, Dave Field, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Val Kilmer (RIP), other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.

STAY SAFE!
John

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