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AIRLINE NEWS
*Afriqiyah A/W A319 5A-ONI (4004) has been taken over by the Libyan Government & was noted at Tripoli on 10/4 after painting at Mitiga.
*Ascend A/W. Having been undergoing maintenance at Amman since 1/4 after lease to Oman Air, B38M G-WEAH (43340/8217) is currently airborne on its way back to Gatwick.
*Avion Express A321 LY-NVH (2653) ferried from Stuttgart to Vilnius yesterday & A320 LY-NVN (4448) ferried from Vilnius to Hannover today.
*BBN A/L A320 TC-GMB (2747) ferried from Sabiha Gokcen to Antalya via Mersin on 9/4 after lease to AJet for lease to Freebird A/L.
*BH Air A320 LZ-BHL (2987) ferried from Sofia to Antalya on 1/4 for lease to Corendon Air.
*Delta Air Transport A320 OY-RUH (6749) ferried from Tel Aviv to Billund via Prague on 31/3 after lease to Israir.
*Global A/W A320 LY-LGA (3927) ferried from Johannesburg to Antalya via Addis Ababa on 27/3 for lease to Corendon Air.
*HiFly Malta. Adding to 10/4, A343 9H-TQZ (202) ferried from Lourdes/Tarbes to Beja today (still due for scrapping?).
*Qatar A/W. Adding to 3/4, A320 A7-LAA (6347) was rolled out of the paint shop at Shannon yesterday after painting all white. It ferried to Doha today & will reportedly join Heston A/W as LY-MAU.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*India. Adding to 11/4, it is now reported that CASA 295 CA-7112 is c/n 244 rather than 246.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
SP-RKM B738 (44787/6376 ex EI-FZO) Ryanair/Buzz from/to Dublin this morning & again this evening. See Dave Long’s shot at
TC-LCL B38M (60054/7416) Turkish A/L on its way from Istanbul, std 05.30 tomorrow.
Beijing Capital? A/L is planning to operate flights from Qingdao to Gatwick on 28/6 & 20/9. It is unclear whether these will be one-off charters, route proving flights or just to try & gauge demand for a regular service.
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, Ming the Merciless, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
