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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Astana E290 EI-KHE (19020019), which had been parked at Almaty since 18/8, ferried to Maastricht via Aktau today reportedly for return to the lessor.
*ASL A/L Ireland A306F EI-LDH (871 ex B-LDH) was registered on 9/4.
*ASL A/L UK AT75F G-OASB (679) ferried from East Midlands to Sofia today, presumably for maintenance.
*Avion Express Malta A320 9H-GKJ (7163) ferried from Monterrey to Keflavik via Dorval yesterday & continued to Rijeka today after lease to VivaAerobus.
*Binter Canarias E295 EC-ONG (19020175) ferried from Sao Jose dos Campos to Recife yesterday & is/was due to continue on delivery to Gran Canaria today.
*British A/W A320 G-EUUV (3468) ferried from LHR to Gatwick yesterday for transfer to BA Euroflyer.
*Bul Air A320 LZ-FBE (3780) ferried from Pristina to Sofia on 24/4 after lease to GP Aviation & then ferried from Sofia to Dortmund today for lease to Marabu A/L.
*Bulgaria Air A320 LZ-FBD (2596) ferried from Sofia to Friedrichshafen yesterday for lease to Marabu A/L, while LZ-FBG (6012) & LZ-FBK (7345) ferried from Sofia to Stuttgart yesterday for lease to Condor.
*Centrum Air. A small correction to yesterday, UK33030 is a pax A330 & not an A330F.
*CityJet CRJX EI-HBA (19020) was restored to Air Nostrum as EC-LOX at Valencia on 29/4.
*Danish Air Transport AT76 OY-RUN (1519) ferried from Copenhagen to Dublin yesterday for lease to Emerald A/L.
*DHL Air B763F G-DHLL (28040/613) ferried from Shannon to East Midlands yesterday after a repaint & is due to transfer to DHL Air Austria as OE-LYB.
*European Air Charter A320s LZ-LAJ (2764) & LZ-LAK (1615) ferried from Sofia to Munich yesterday for lease to Condor.
*Fly Air41 has leased the following aircraft to Condor.
9A-BWK A319 (4663) ferried from Munster to Dusseldorf on 29/4 after lease to Sundair
9A-MUC A319 (4691) ferried from Munster to Dusseldorf on 28/4 after lease to Sundair
9A-SHO A320 (3840) ferried from Leipzig to Dusseldorf on 28/4 after lease to Sundair
*Fly4 A/L B738 EI-FFA (38097/3548) ferried from East Midlands to Norwich on 29/4 for lease to TUI A/W.
*Heston A/L A320 LY-MAF (1922 ex G-MEDH, VH-YUD, LZ-MAF, YR-BUZ) ferried from Varna to Munster today for painting.
*KlasJet B738 LY-MGM (34274/2468) ferried from Rijeka to Sharm el-Sheikh today for lease to SkyUp Europe.
*Korean Air B78X HL8570 (?????/1224) was delivered from Charleston to Incheon today.
*Kuwait A/W A320 9K-AKF (6375), which, apart from on air test on 21/3, had been parked at Bodrum since 3/11, ferried to Prague on 29/4 & was noted carrying EI-HNT there today. Similarly, 9K-AKI (6500), which, apart from an air test on 21/3, had been parked at Bodrum since 23/12, ferried to Prague on 22/4 & was registered EI-HNU on 25/4.
*SmartLynx Estonia A320 ES-SAD (5931) ferried from Hyderabad to Riga via Dubai on 29/4 after lease to IndiGo.
*Sun Express B38M TC-SMR (65327/9147) made its first flight today.
*Titan A/W A21N G-OATW (10238) ferried from Gatwick to Luton yesterday after lease to BA Euroflyer & commenced operations for Wizz Air UK today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
Nothing? today
GATWICK NEWS
A much improved day for newcomers to start the month.
EC-OJM G700 (87047) Gestair from Santiago de Compostella to Luton this morning (only delivered from Savannah on 2/4 & first of type to visit Gatwick)
SP-RZP B38M (67117/9096) Ryanair/Buzz from/to Dublin this afternoon
9H-VUQ B38M (65885/8137) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Dublin this evening
Predicted to make its first visit tomorrow is Gulf Air B789 A9C-FB, sta 06.55 as GFA9 from Bahrain.?
CREDITS
Tom Milliken, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Glen Ford, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
