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AIRLINE NEWS
*Aegean A/L has been identified as the customer who ordered 11 A20Ns in March.
*Air Europe B38M EC-OGS (62918/9092) made its first flight today.
*Amelia International A320 F-HBNA (4335) ferried from Orly to Algiers on 15/4 for lease to Air Algerie.
*Braathens Regional. Correcting yesterday, A319 SE-RGV (2283) was at Tallinn for maintenance only & is still in basic Braathens scheme.
*Emirates A359 A6-EXE (704) made its first flight today as F-WZGX.
*FedEx B777F N899FD (66266/1784) made its first flight today.
*Flyadeal. A previously unannounced order for ten A339s has now been disclosed as for this carrier.
*GetJet A/L A320 LY-SPC (0415) was withdrawn from service at Kemble on 22/12/19 for scrapping & then allocated N678MK on 07/02/25 for Mohammed Al Khairy. Very surprisingly, especially given its age & length of time inactive, it was reported at Kemble yesterday all white & carrying YR-SEC along with Star East A/L titles. B738 LY-UNO (33801/1504) ferried from Cairo to Vilnius on 21/4 after lease to Nile Air.
*JAL A35K JA07WJ (679) left Toulouse today on delivery to Tokyo/Haneda.
*Loganair AT75F G-LMRY (855) ferried from Glasgow to Sofia on 6/4 for maintenance & was followed on 12/4 from Edinburgh by AT76 G-LMTC (1257).
*Luxwing. Adding to yesterday, AT76 9H-LWB (4332) has been on & off lease to SkyAlps since 25/2.
*Ryanair B38M EI-IKX (62389/9102) arrived at Dublin today on delivery from Boeing Field.
*Wizz Air Malta A320 9H-WZU (5608) ferried from Ostrava to Budapest via Gothenburg on 17/4 after painting for VivaAerobus.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Lear 45 G-OPUL? (45-163) was reregistered G-OJJP yesterday for the same owner.
Ryanair BD100 M-ABTE (21056) was delivered from Montreal to Stansted via Dublin on 17/4.
GATWICK NEWS
A tale of three little pigs making their debuts today.
9H-VUO B38M (65884/8132) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Dublin this afternoon
9H-QEN B738 (44827/6880 ex EI-GJM) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Shannon this evening?? ?
TC-LCS B38M (60060/7538) Turkish A/L on its way from Istanbul
Ryanair seems determined to send all its Maltese B737s to Gatwick, with a further 44 already making their first visits this year. An updated list of those yet to visit may be found below.
Lear 60 D-CFAR arrived from Palma this afternoon & is due to depart home to Nuremberg at 09.00 tomorrow. Citation 560XLS D-CDCM remains here.
Due to make its first visit tomorrow is Sun Express B38M TC-SMP, sta 10.35 as SXS1HV from Antalya. Beijing Capital A/L. Adding to 13/4, the carrier is also planning to operate a service from Qingdao on 13/7.
CREDITS
Richard Paulson, Jan Broe, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Lloyd Bridges, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
RYANAIR/MALTA AIR B737s YET TO VISIT GATWICK.
B738s ¨C 136 in fleet with 117 visited so far & 19 yet to appear
9H-QAB
9H-QBG/J/R
9H-QCE/G/H/M/O
9H-QDX/Z
9H-QEC/D/E/M/S
9H-QFK/N/O
B38Ms ¨C 43 in fleet? with 39 visited so far & 4 yet to appear
9H-VUK/Q
9H-VVQ/R
