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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Algerie has reportedly leased B738 7T-VKQ (60753/6145) to the Algerian government.
*Air France A223 F-HPNS (55353) made its first flight today as C-FOVD.
*Croatia A/L A223 9A-CAL (55350) is due to leave Mirabel later routing through Copenhagen to Zagreb.
*Fly2Sky A320 LZ-FSA (4247) ferried from Tirana to Sofia on 1/5 for work & returned to Tirana on 10/5 to continue its lease to Air Albania. LZ-FSJ (3570) ferried from Wroclaw to Tirana on 1/5 to cover for it & then ferried from Tirana to Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday.
*Icelandair A21N TF-IAC (12452) made its first flight today as D-AZXN.
*KLM B789 PH-BKP (42507/1232) made its first flight yesterday.
*SmartLynx Estonia A320 ES-SAB (3644) ferried from Lagos to Amman via Monastir yesterday after lease to Air Peace.
*SmartLynx Malta A321F 9H-CGG (0961) ferried from Karlovy Vary to Castellon today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
A single newcomer this evening.
TC-LCO B38M (60057/7453) Turkish A/L on its way from Istanbul
Citation 525A D-IKCG arrived from Hahn late morning & departed to Rome/Ciampino at lunchtime. This was not a first visit, as I incorrectly posted earlier today (having looked it up as D-ICKG)? ¨C its first appearance was on 06/11/24.
CREDITS
Peter Collins, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Alec Guinness, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
