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AIRLINE NEWS
*AeroLogic. Correcting duff info taken from the ‘Net yesterday, B777F D-AALY is 68146/1786.
*Air Nostrum is to add two more CRJXs to its fleet, EC-OOQ (19014 ex F-HMLI, 9H-AJZ) & EC-OOR (19041 ex F-HMLO, 9H-AKV). Both are currently parked at Valencia.
*ASL A/L is offering two B734Fs for sale or lease. EI-STS (25773/2905) from 30/11 & OO-TNP (27256/2589) from 1/6.
*Avion Express A320 LY-MLG (2863) ferried from Vilnius to Tunis today for lease to Tunisair.
*Avion Express Malta A320 9H-AMJ (3531) ferried from Katowice to Dusseldorf yesterday.
*China Cargo A/’L B777F B-226V (69512/1791) left Paine Field yesterday on delivery to Shanghai/Pudong.
*CityJet CRJX EI-HBA (19020), which was on lease to Lufthansa from 19/04/24 to 30/3, ferried from Frankfurt to Valencia on 1/4 & is to be restored to Air Nostrum as EC-LOX.
*Delta A/L A339 N434DX (2089) made its first flight today as F-WWYL.
*Electra A/W A320 LZ-EAE (1009) ferried from Ostrava to Katowice yesterday after painting for Air 001.
*EuroAtlantic A/W?B772?CS-TSW?(32782/463) ferried from Warsaw to Hahn yesterday after lease to LOT lease & was replaced by B772?CS-TSX?(32784/477), which ferried from Lisbon to Warsaw the same day for lease to LOT.
*European Air Transport A333F M-SVGS (1338 ex HS-TBD, D-AAAQ, VP-CSB) flew an air test from Dresden yesterday prior to delivery.? A difference of opinion has arisen over the pedigree of A330F B-LKB mentioned yesterday as some sources now state that it is the former A332F EI-LKC (1688).
*EVA Air B789 B-17886 (63522/1210) left Paine Field today on delivery to Taipei.
*Iberia. Two reservations for the carrier are EC-OOJ A21N (12375) & EC-OOL A359 (741).
*Qatar A/W B789 A7-BHU (?????/1228) made its first flight today.
*Royal Jordanian A20N JY-RAC (12384) made its first flight today as F-WWIF.
*Smartwings B738 OK-TVT (39394/3899) ferried from Prague to Cologne today for lease to Eurowings. A223 OK-EYC (55347) made its first flight today as C-FPGP.
*Swiftair is due to receive B738F EC-OOU (34013/1573 ex VH-VUB, ZK-PBJ, VH-VUB, 2-VVUB, 2-BUHV, LY-TRE, N341WS), which is thought to be still at Yueyang/Sanhe for freighter conversion.
*Transavia France A20N F-HXSO (12548) made its first flight today as D-AUAT.
*Unknown. Reserved for an unidentified carrier is AT76 EC-OOP (1056 ex VT-JCX, EI-GIV, ES-ATJ, OE-LTJ, OY-NZC), which is parked at Sonderborg.
*UPS MD11F N291UP (48477/511) ferried from Louisville to Roswell yesterday for storage or scrapping.
*Vueling. Another secondhand A320 allocation for the carrier is EC-OOV (7695 ex HA-LYW, 9H-WBO).
*Wizz Air Malta A320 9H-WZU (5608 ex HA-LWS) ferried from Budapest to Ostrava today for painting for a new operator.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
None today
AND FINALLY
During March Airbus delivered 67 aircraft – 7xA223, 1xA19N, 18xA20N, 33xA21N, 2xA339, 6xA359
During March Boeing delivered 41 aircraft – 33xB737MAX, 4xB777F. 1xB788, 3xB789
GATWICK NEWS
Two more first visits today thanks to Mr O’Leary & his merry band.
EI-IKY B38M (62387/9106) Ryanair from/to Dublin this afternoon on its first revenue flight
9H-QBM B738 (44708/5665 ex EI-FOA) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Shannon this evening
BD700 9H-VJO arrived from Luton at lunchtime & departed to Riyadh this afternoon.
Predicted to make its first visit tomorrow is Aer Lingus Regional AT76 G-CMJL, sta 09.25 as SHT1481 from Glasgow.
Qatar A/W is to switch from a B788 to a B789 on its twice-daily service from Doha from 16/7. The first six of a current fleet of 20 B789s (with ten more on order) visited Gatwick in the summer of 2022.
CREDITS
James Rose, Lee Botham, Ian Field, Malc Porter, Shane Murphy, Adrian Benson, Paul Dopson, 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, Herman’s Hermits, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
