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AIRLINE NEWS
*Avion Express Malta A320 9H-GKK (6865) ferried from Castellon to Brussels yesterday for lease to Transavia.
*BBN A/L T¨¹rkiye A321 TC-GPC (3302), which had been at Amman for work since 10/1, ferried to Sabiha Gokcen on 19/5 for lease to AJet.
*Brussels A/L A333 OO-SFQ (913 ex D-AIKM) was delivered from Woensdrecht to Brussels today (reg previously used on A332 c/n 290).
*Centrum Air A20N UK32075 (12519) was delivered from Toulouse to Tashkent today & is to be operated by My Freighter.
*CityJet. Further to 21/5, it is now reported that CRJ9 EI-HSA (15080) is at Dinard for maintenance by Sabena Technics & not for return to the lessor.
*Emirates A388 A6-EOZ (210) ferried from Dubai to Teruel today for work.
*GetJet A/L B738 LY-SEI (32692/2275) ferried from Vilnius to Iasi yesterday for lease to Wizz Air Malta.
*Royal Jordanian A20N JY-RAD (12304) was delivered from Toulouse to Amman today (the first of 34 on order).
*RwandAir A332 9XR-WX (1224) ferried from Teruel to Kigali today after work.
*SmartLynx Malta B38M 9H-LYR (43302/7166), which had been parked at Riga since 6/3 ferried to Warsaw today, while A320 9H-SLH (3425) ferried from Riga to Sabiha Gokcen yesterday for lease to Ajet. B38M 9H-CHA (62093/6713) ferried from Sabiha Gokcen to Warsaw on 22/5 after lease to Ajet.
*Smartwings B738 C-FKVU (38025/3968) ferried from Toronto to Keflavik yesterday, continued to Prague today after lease to Sunwing A/L & is to be restored as OK-TVU.
*Volotea A320 EC-NUO (5232), which had been parked at Castellon since 23/12, positioned to Barcelona today on transfer to Vueling.
*Wizz Air Malta A21N 9H-WME (12610) made its first flight today as D-AVZH.
*Yemenia A320 7O-AFF (5531) was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike at Sana¡¯a today.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*Germany. A400M 54+49 (143) was delivered from Seville to Wunstorf AB today for LTG62
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
A trio of newcomers today.
A9C-FG B789 (39986/901) Gulf Air from/to Bahrain this morning
N9PS BD700 (9526 ex N526GX) Lasai Aviation from Biggs Field this afternoon. This is an interesting company that does a lot of work for (but not exclusively) the US Army. It has three BD700s, two Challengers & a number of King Air 300s. Recent work has included training US Army bizjet pilots as part of the HADES (High Accuracy Detection & Exploitation System) program. Plenty more info on the ¡®Net for anybody interested.
TC-SRE B738 (39434/4337 ex LN-NIF, EI-GBI, 9H-CXC, LZ-DCX) Sun Express from/to Izmir this evening (the airframe first visited on 11/02/13 as LN-NIF for Norwegian, on 09/03/17 as EI-GBI also for Norwegian & on 30/05/23 as 9H-CXC for Corendon A/L Europe).
CREDITS
Dave Field, Mr? Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Elle MacPherson, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
