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AIRLINE NEWS
*AirExplore B738 OM-KEX (33018/1488) ferried from Budapest to Birmingham on 13/4 & departed on a Jet2 service to Corfu. The return flight diverted to Bari & the aircraft ferried to Forli today.
*ASL A/L B738F N916SC (30498/450) left Marana yesterday for Bangor & on to Shannon where it arrived on delivery today & is due to become EI-HRD.
*Aurigny. Adding to 12/4, E195 G-NSEY (19000671) was noted all white at Exeter today as YU-ATC prior to delivery to Air Serbia.
*Avion Express A320 LY-NVF (4094) ferried from Vilnius to Malta for KM Malta A/W, while A321 LY-NVH (2653) ferried from Vilnius to Tallinn yesterday then operated a service to Antalya today using a Mavi G?k A/L flight number.
*Avion Express Malta A320 9H-MLU (4621) ferried from Katowice to Montreal via Keflavik today, probably continuing to Monterrey for lease to VivaAerobus after work. 9H-SWJ (3354) ferried from Hamburg to Stuttgart yesterday after lease to Eurowings & then ferried to Malta for a KM Malta A/L service & then ferried to Katowice today.
*CityJet CRJ9 update.
D-ACKF (15083) ferried from Frankfurt to Maastricht today for CityJet (future reg unknown)
EI-FPI (15425) was withdrawn from service yesterday & ferried from Copenhagen to Valencia
EI-HSC (15084) currently undergoing work at Maastricht as OE-LON & will be delivered in SAS scheme
EI-HSE (15088) is confirmed as being the next registration for OE-LOM
*Delta A/L A339 N436DX (2094) made its first flight today as F-WWYZ.
*Electra A/W A320 LZ-EAF (1571) ferried from Katowice to Barcelona today for lease to Vueling.
*EVA Air B789 B-17888 (?????/1227) was delivered from Charleston to Taipei today.
*KLM A21N PH-AXF (12472) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Amsterdam today.
*Kuwait A/W A21N 9K-AQA (12345) made its first flight today as D-AXXD.
*Ryanair B38M EI-IKZ (62386/9112) arrived at Dublin today on delivery from Boeing Field.
*Transavia France A20N F-HXSP (12555) made its first flight today as D-AUAH.
*Wizz Air Malta A21N 9H-WNZ was delivered from Finkenwerder to Rome/Fiumicino today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Another victim arriving at St Athan today for the scrapman was former China Southern B737 N568FA (35368/2264 ex B-5240) from Zhengzhou via Tbilisi.
More bother for Boeing:
GATWICK NEWS
Just one newcomer today.
EC-OGD A320 (2911 ex VT-IND, OE-IBL, OY-KAM) Vueling from/to Orly at lunchtime
Predicted to make its debut tomorrow is Gulf Air B789 A9C-FF, sta 06.55 from Bahrain
Air Sierra Leone. Updating 28/3, the carrier¡¯s service from Freetown to be operated by an Ascend A/W B38M on days 2,4,6 is due to commence on 16/6
SYG201 17.00, std 23.00 as SYG200
A proving flight is due to take place leaving Gatwick at 06.00 on 26/4 & returning at 16.00 the following day.
ITA A/W is to return to Gatwick on 1/6 with a daily A320 family service from Rome/Fiumicino
ITA216 11.14, std 12.05 as ITA215
WestJet. Correcting info received yesterday, the carrier returns to Gatwick on 28/4.
CREDITS
Andrew & Jackie, Kevin Reeves, 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, Quentin Tarantino, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
