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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Explore B738F OM-EDD (28328/1424) ferried from Cologne to Forli today.
*Aurigny E195 G-NSEY (19000671) flew its final service for the carrier on 31/05/24 from Gatwick to Guernsey & ferried to Exeter the same day. Apart from a short spell at East Midlands for painting all white, it has remained there ever since. However, it should soon be back earning its keep as its was cancelled yesterday as transferred to Serbia.
*Avion Express Malta A320 9H-SWC (3734) ferried from Monterrey to Keflavik via Montreal on 9/4 & continued to Larnaca on 10/4 after lease to VivaAerobus.
*Buraq Air Transport A320 5A-BAC (4993 ex RP-C3268) was delivered from Antalya to Tripoli via Benghazi yesterday.
*easyJet. As expected, A20N G-UZEH (12551) arrived at Gatwick this afternoon on delivery from Astana.
*One Air B744F G-ONEE (24998/840) ferried from Victorville to Seattle yesterday after work & continued to Zhengzhou today.
*Transavia France A20N F-HXSN (12502) was delivered from Toulouse to Orly today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*New Zealand has sold C-130Hs NZ7002 (4053), NZ7003 (4054), NZ7004 (4312) & NZ7005 (4323) to Coulson Aviation for conversion to the aerial firefighting role - more detail at
*Spain. Correcting info from the ‘Net yesterday, A332MRTT TK.24-03 was, unsurprisingly, delivered to Torrejon AB & not Madrid.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
Four first visits today.
G-UZEH A20N (12551) easyJet on delivery this afternoon from Astana
EI-IKJ B38M (67120/9037) Ryanair from Alicante this evening & seems to have gone tech as it has failed to depart
9H-WNY A21N (12480) Wizz Air Malta from/to Vienna this evening
G-CRUX B38M (44863/7085 ex VT-JXE, 2-JXEE, OE-LAH, 9H-ORN) Ascend A/W positioned from Biggin Hill this evening
Falcon 2000EX CS-DLC arrived from Stockholm & departed to Northolt this morning
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, Professor Moriarty, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
