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AIRLINE NEWS
*Air Belgium. Having been stored at Woensdrecht since 27/2, A332F OO-LAJ (717) ferried to Brussels today. ?
*Animawings A320 YR-AGC (3621 ex RP-C8989, VN-A560, VP-CQA) was delivered from Francazal to Bucharest today.
*ASL A/L Belgium B738F OE-IWD (35550/2227) has been reregistered OO-IWD at Liege where it has been parked since 17/4.
*Aurigny. Adding to yesterday, DH8D D-AASH (4187) is due to ferry from Guernsey to Graz tomorrow afternoon to resume flying for Avanti Air.
*British A/W A21N G-TNEF (12481) was delivered from Finkenwerder to LHR this evening.
*Buraq Air Transport A320 RP-C3264 (4852) left Kuala Lumpur on 5/5 routing through Manila, Hyderabad & Dubai World Central to Antalya where it arrived today & is due to become 5A-BAE.
*China A/L. Previously attributed to an undisclosed customer in March, the carrier has announced an order for ten B779s & four B778Fs plus options for five more B779s & four B778Fs.
*DHL Air. Adding to 1/5,? B763F G-DHLL (28040/613) was cancelled yesterday at Budapest & should now be OE-LYB with DHL Air Austria.
*Fly One A319 ER-00002 (1618), which is parked at St Athan, was registered 2-AIRC on 18/4 for AAR International.
*FreeBird A/L is beginning to receive A320s back after lease to VietJet Air,
TC-FBV (4658) ferried from Ho Chi Minh City to Antalya via Hanoi & Almaty today
TC-FHC (3852) ferried from Ho Chi Minh City to Antalya via Hanoi & Almaty today
TC-FHF (3514) left Ho Chi Minh City for Antalya via Hanoi & Almaty today & due early tomorrow
TC-FHP (5906) left Ho Chi Minh City for Antalya via Hanoi & Almaty today & due early tomorrow
*IAG has announced an order for 32 B78Xs for British A/W along with 21 A339s (plus options for 13), probably for other carriers in the group. In addition, options exercised in March for six A359s (for Iberia), six A35Ks & six B779s (for BA) were disclosed.
*Play Europe. Adding to yesterday, A21N 9H-PEA (8008) continued from Ostrava to Chisinau today on lease to Sky Up Europe.
*SmartLynx A321Fs YL-LDO (1185) & YL-LDP (1241), which have been parked at Goodyear since February, were registered N851AS & N966AS respectively on 1/5 for AerSale.
*SmartLynx Malta A320 9H-SLH (3425) left Delhi on 25/4 routing through Dubai World Central to Riga where it arrived the following day after lease to IndiGo. 9H-SLJ (3880) ferried from Delhi to Amman on 8/3 after lease to Indigo & then to Sabiha Gokcen on 3/5 for lease to Ajet. 9H-SLE (3475) ferried from Delhi to Riga via Dubai World Central on 29/4 after lease to Indigo.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
Nothing today
AND FINALLY
Ooops!
GATWICK NEWS
9H-VVQ B38M (67102/8868) Ryanair/Malta Air from/to Dublin this morning (this leaves just 9H-VUK of the Malta Air B38Ms to visit)
9A-CTO A320 (2178 ex 9H-AER, CS-TNP, 9H-AER) Croatia A/L from/to Split this afternoon (the airframe first visited on 06/05/04 while 9H-AER with Air Malta & then on 17/07/06 while CS-TNP with TAP). See Dave Long¡¯s shot at
Correcting yesterday, Sundair A320 D-ANNA was a charter flight for fans of Djurgarden FC, while the team flew into Stansted on Danish Air Transport A321 OY-RUU the previous day.
CREDITS
Roy Blewett, Ben Sweeney, Tony Creasey, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Douglas Bader, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
