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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air France A223 F-HPNR (55346) left Mirabel today on delivery to CDG where it is due to arrive later this evening, while F-HZUU (55123) ferried from Francazal to CDG via Toulouse today after storage since 16/04/24.
*Avion Express A320 LY-NVM (4628) ferried from Sofia to Vilnius today.
*CityJet CRJ9 OE-LOM (15088 ex D-ACKI) was delivered from Maastricht to Copenhagen today in SAS scheme & is to become EI-HSB or EI-HSE.
*Delta Air Transport yesterday should have read Danish Air Transport (new brain required!).
*ETF A/W B738 9A-KOR (34899/2128) ferried from Rijeka to Nador yesterday for lease to Air Arabia Maroc.
*German Wings E190 D-AJHW (19000061) ferried from Amsterdam to Basel today for lease to KLM Cityhopper.
*JetTime B738 OY-JYA (40253/4081) has been on lease to SAS since 8/4.
*KlasJet B738 LY-BBN (34903/2335) ferried from Kinshasa to Budapest via Tunis yesterday after lease to Congo A/W.
*SmartLynx A320 YL-LCT (2233) ferried from Madrid to Lagos today for lease to Air Peace, while A321 YL-LCV (2216) ferried from Karlovy Vary to Madrid on 12/4, operated a service to Luxor & ferried back to Karlovy Vary yesterday & A321 YL-LDV (1734) ferried from Sabiha Gokcen to Karlovy Vary today after lease to Ajet.
*WestJet B38M C-GEWJ (60554/9130) made its first flight today.
*Wizz Air Malta A21N HA-LGS (12568) made its first flight today as D-AVXQ.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
No first visits today & probably the only visitor worth mentioning was TUIfly Belgium B738 OO-JEF from Lanzarote to Brussels. This first visited on 03/10/15 from Brussels to Zurich when the carrier was still called Jetairfly.
Beijing Capital A/L. Adding to yesterday, another possible theory is that the first flight could be bringing students & the second taking them back home.
JetBlue is to return to Gatwick on 23/5
WestJet is to return to Gatwick on 28/5
CREDITS
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, Ben Kingsley, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
