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AIRLINE NEWS
*BA Euroflyer A320 G-GATH (1482) ferried from Gatwick to St Athan yesterday & is believed for scrapping.
*Enter Air B738 LY-BQM (42805/5184 ex VT-JTA, 2-BTTB, VT-TGF, 2-BTTB, 5W-TFL, 2-WTFL, VH-MFM, VP-BLI) reportedly left Denpasar yesterday routing through Chennai & Bahrain on delivery to Warsaw where it is due to have arrived today.
*Ethiopian A/L B38M ET-BAJ (62461/9175) made its first flight yesterday.
*Icelandair A21N TF-IAC (12452) was delivered from Finkenwerder to Keflavik today.
*ITA A/W A320 EI-DTH (3956) has become LY-MAD for Heston A/L.
*Lufthansa. Having been stored at Budapest since 02/04/24, A20N D-AINW (9251) ferried to Munich yesterday & immediately returned to service. A320 D-AIWF (8853) ferried from Munich to Norwich on 29/5, seemingly for painting for Discover A/L.
*Oneclick A/W B738 4L-TWO (unknown) left Guangzhou yesterday routing via Almaty to Tallinn where it arrived today for painting.
*RAM B38M CN-RHC (66443/9138) left Boeing Field yesterday for Gander where it arrived early this morning & then continued on delivery to Casablanca where it arrived at lunchtime.
*SmartWings B738 C-GKVV (38027/4030) ferried from Toronto to Prague on 29/5 after lease to Sunwing A/L & will be restored as?OK-TVV. This was the last one to return from winter lease.
*World2Fly A333 CS-WFP (1097) ferried from Jeddah to Palma on 29/5 after Hajj lease to Garuda.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*USA. Though unconfirmed, it is thought that KC-46As 21-46098 & 22-46101 mentioned yesterday have c/ns 41919 and 41922 respectively.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
No newcomers today but missed by us all yesterday was a first visit from former Volotea A320 EC-NUO (5232 ex VT-GOK, OE-IPA) now operated by Vueling, which appeared from/to Barcelona during the morning.
Gatwick received 46 first visits during May, which was 29 down on last May¡¯s total of 75. These broke down to 37 airliners, seven bizjets & two military transports. Only eight were not new airframes for the airport. The list may be found below.
CREDITS
Paul Clark, Mr? Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Loretta Swit (RIP), other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
GATWICK FIRST VISITS MAY 2025
A320 ¨C D-ANNA, EC-NUO, EC-OKI, EC-OKJ, HZ-ASD, 9A-CTO
A321 ¨C G-XLRA, N2193J, TF-IAB, 9H-WMB, 9H-WMC
A330 ¨C 5X-CRN, 5X-NIL
A380 ¨C VH-OQK, 9H-GLOBL
B738 ¨C C-GIWJ, EI-FFA, G-LESO, SP-EXH, SP-RSL, SP-RZP, SP-RZS, TC-LCE, TC-LCH, TC-LCJ, TC-LCO, TC-LCR, TC-SRE, 9H-CXB, 9H-QCE, 9H-VUQ, 9H-VVQ, 9H-VVR
B787 ¨C A9C-FB, A9C-FG, A9C-FJ
DHC8 ¨C 9H-LWA
BD700 ¨C N9PS
Ce560 ¨C D-CRTP
DA10 ¨C 9H-HMJ
G650 ¨C N136ZC
G700 ¨C EC-OJM
Lear - C-GNVI, ZS-TOW
A21N ¨C 15+10
A400 ¨C 54+43
