Airbus Updates No.782

Airbus A300  B4-203F  261     N261AX  Kalitta Turbine Leasing  ferried 30aug12 VCV-SFB, for Transcarga  ex OO-TZB
 Airbus A300  -622R(F)  679     D-AEAL  EAT Leipzig  ferried 28aug12 LEJ-DUB for paint into DHL cs  ex N4679
 Airbus A300  -622R(F)  729     D-AEAQ  EAT Leipzig  ferried 28aug12 DUB-LEJ after paint into DHL cs   ex N3729
Airbus A319  -112  3950     A5-RGI  Druk Air  delivery 31aug12 ATH-DEL-PBH  ex SX-OAG
 Airbus A319  -133  5267     B-6427  China Eastern  delivery 29aug12 XFW-OVB  ex D-AVYD
 Airbus A320  -211  215     N215AR  AAR A/c Sales   regd 29aug12, ferried 30aug12 MLA-MIR, all wh, orange cowlings   ex EI-DOE
 Airbus A320  -232  1424     G-MIDS  bmi British Midland  ferried 22/30aug12 MAN-MAD-LHR, paint into British Airways cs   ex F-WWBO
 Airbus A320  -232  1497     JY-  RayaJet  ferried 28aug12 SNN-DUB after paint, EI-reg  ex EI-EUS
Airbus A320  -232  5061     B-6910  China Southern  delivery 29aug12 ex TSN  ex B-517L
Airbus A321  -232  3034     VP-BGH  Nordwind Airlines  delivery 30aug12 TLS-SVO  ex EI-EWP
 Airbus A321  -231  3512     G-MEDN  bmi British Midland  ferried 30aug12 LHR-MAD for paint into British Airways cs   ex D-AVZK
 Airbus A321  -231  5269     N557UW  US Airways  delivery 29aug12 XFW-BGR-PIT  ex D-AZAC
 Airbus A330  -202  999     5A-ONF  Afriqiyah  ferried 30aug12 TIP-BOD  ex F-WWYV
 Airbus A330  -343  1329     G-VGBR  Virgin Atlantic  delivery 25/31aug12 TLS-ZRH-LHR  ex F-WWT
 Airbus A330  -243F  1332     TC-MCZ  MNG Airlines  delivery 30aug12 TLS-IST  ex F-WWTS
 Airbus A330  -223  1335     B-6548  China Southern  delivery 31aug12 TLS-CAN  ex F-WWTX
 Airbus A330  -323  1337     9M-MTI  Malaysian Airlines  delivery 31aug12 TLS-KUL  ex F-WWTZ
Airbus A380  -861  103     A6-EDW  Emirates  delivery 30aug12 XFW-DXB  ex F-WWAL

Airbus Updates No.781

Time of the week to look back through the archives and below is a log from Hamburg provided again by John Spencer this time from 7th Dec 2005........

Mexicana, Kingfisher, America West ..........all now blasts from the past

XFW  071205

FWXXL                                               A380                      002

DAVWJ/RPC3192                              A319                      2638                       CEBU

DAVWL/N377NB                              A319                      2641                       NW

DAVWH/GEZIY                                  A319                      2636                       EZ

ECJNI                                                  A321                      2270                       IB

DAVXR/B6215                                    A319                      2611                       HAINAN

DAVYC/N376NB                               A319                      2618                       JB

DAVYT/N510NK                               A319                      2622                       SPIRIT

FWWDX/N680AW                            A320                      2630                       AMERICA WEST

DAVWD/TCOGU                               A319                      2631                       ATLAS

DAVWG/VTKFI                                  A319                      2634                       KINGFISHER

DAVWH/GEZIY                                  A319                      2636                       EZ

DAVWK/B2300                                  A319                      2639                       SICHUAN

DAVWO/B6216                                 A319                      2643                       AIR CHINA

DAVWP/B6199                                  A319                      2644                       HAINAN

DAVWQ/GEZIZ                                  A319                      2646                       EZ

DAIJO/VPBEY                                     A319                      2675

DAVWT/PKVYA                                 A319                      2648                       BATAVIA

DAVYA/VTVJM                                 A319                      2650                       KINGFISHER

DAVZC/GMEDL                                 A321                      2653                       BM

DAVYJ/TCOGU                                  A319                      2655                       ATLAS

DAVYS/N511NK                                A319                      2659                       SPIRIT

DAVWU/PKYVL                                 A319                      2660                       BATAVIA

DAVWV/XAVER                                 A319                      2662                       MEXICANA

DAVWW/VTKFJ                                 A319                      2664                       KINGFISHER

DAVWX/N494TA                              A319                      2666                       TACA

DAVYG/B6219                                   A319                      2667                       CHINA SOUTHERN

FWWDZ/EIDES                                  A320                      2635                       AER LINGUS

DAVYO/N512NK                               A319                      2673                       SPIRIT

DAVYH/N839AW                              A319                      2669                       AMERICA WEST

FWWDY/9MAFB                               A320                      2633                       AIR ASIA

FWWBX/B6255                                  A320                      2637                       CHINA SOUTHERN

DAVYK/B6196                                    A319                      2672                       SHENZEN

Airbus Updates No.780

Details of Airbus A340 aircraft written off since production began..............

W/O	010	A340-211	F-GNIA	Air France	1993-05-13
W/O	036	A340-312	4R-ADD	Srilankan Airlines	1999-07-12
W/O	289	A340-313X	F-GLZQ	Air France	1999-09-07
W/O	731	A340-642	EC-JOH	Iberia	2006-03-27

Airbus Updates No.779

Details of Airbus A330 aircraft written off since production began.................

W/O	042	A330-321		Airbus Industries	Unknown
W/O	068	A330-322	9M-MKB	Malaysia Airlines	1995-02-23
W/O	336	A330-223	4R-ALE	Srilankan	2000-04-28
W/O	341	A330-243	4R-ALF	Srilankan Airlines	2000-06-15
W/O	660	A330-203	F-GZCP	Air France	2005-04-18
W/O	1024	A330-202	5A-ONG	Afriqiyah Airways	2009-09-08

Airbus Updates No.778

Details of Airbus A320 aircraft written off since production began.......................

W/O	009	A320-111	F-GFKC	Air France	1988-06-23
W/O	015	A320-111	F-GGED	Air Inter	1988-12-22
W/O	079	A320-231	VT-EPN	Indian Airlines	1989-12-23
W/O	092	A320-231	N635AW	US Airways	1990-09-28
W/O	105	A320-211	D-AIPN	Lufthansa	1990-04-10
W/O	374	A320-231	4R-ABA	SriLankan Airlines	1999-07-13
W/O	433	A320-231	F-OHMD	Mexicana	1994-03-15
W/O	481	A320-212	A4O-EK	Gulf Air	1994-09-29
W/O	536	A320-212	A4O-EM	Gulf Air	1995-06-27
W/O	547	A320-211	EK-32009	Armavia	2004-02-06
W/O	708	A320-214	RPC3222	Philippine Airlines	1997-08-21
W/O	753	A320-214	RP-C3224	Philippine Airlines	1997-12-08
W/O	789	A320-233	PR-MBK	TAM Linhas Aéreas	2007-01-01
W/O	1044	A320-214	N106US	US Airways	1999-08-02
W/O	1278	A320-214	EC-HKJ	Iberia	2000-08-09
W/O	1374	A320-233	EI-TAF	TACA International Airlines	2006-04-15
W/O	2500	A320-232	D-AXLA	XL Airways Germany	2006-11-22

Airbus Updates No.777

Details of Airbus A319 aircraft written off since production began.................

W/O	1186	A319-114	N313NB	Northwest Airlines	2000-03-13

Airbus Updates No.776

Below are details of Airbus A310 written off since production began...............

W/O 415 A310-204 HS-TIA Thai Airways International 1988-04-01 W/O 426 A310-304 5Y-BEN Kenya Airways 1986-09-24 W/O 438 A310-304 HS-TID Thai Airways International 1990-05-09 W/O 442 A310-324 F-OGYP Sibir Airlines 2004-06-18 W/O 450 A310-324 YR-LCC Tarom - Romanian Air Transport 1994-04-10 W/O 535 A310-304 7O-ADJ Yemenia - Yemen Airways 1999-09 W/O 596 A310-304 F-OGQS Aeroflot 1992-12-11

Airbus Updates No.775

Below details Airbus A300 aircraft that have been written off since production began....

W/O 022 A300B2-1C VT-ELV Indian Airlines 1986-08-22 W/O 025 A300B4-103 AP-BCP Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 1986-04-21 W/O 034 A300B2-101 VT-EDV Indian Airlines 1976-10-31 W/O 061 A300B2-203 EP-IBR Iran Air 1980-03-17 W/O 070 A300B4-203 F-BVGK Air France 1979-04-27 W/O 072 A300B4-2C HS-THO Thai Airways International 1989-09-15 W/O 104 A300B2-101 F-GBEC Air France 1980-04-08 W/O 111 A300B2-101 VT-EFW Indian Airlines 1980-07-18 W/O 115 A300B4-203 SU-BCA EgyptAir 1980-09-19 W/O 121 A300B4-203(F) TC-ACB ACT Airlines 2006-08-12 W/O 122 A300B2-320 OY-KAA Malaysia Airlines 1983-10-12 W/O 153 A300B4-203 TC-ALP Air Alfa 1995-04-08 W/O 186 A300B2-203 EP-IBU Iran Air 1982-04-30 W/O 214 A300B4-220 PK-GAI Garuda Indonesia 1982-11-16 W/O 268 A300B4-203 AP-BCJ Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 1985-05-15 W/O 282 A300B4-203 TU-TAT Air Afrique 1984-09-13 W/O 327 A300B4-620 9K-AHF Kuwait Airways 1984-05-30 W/O 332 A300B4-620 9K-AHG Kuwait Airways 1984-06-08 W/O 420 A300B4-605R N14053 American Airlines 1988-07-12 W/O 578 A300B4-622R B-1814 China Airlines 1990-12-14 W/O 580 A300B4-622R B-1816 China Airlines 1991-02-02 W/O 583 A300B4-622R HL7296 Korean Air 1991-02-26

Airbus Updates No.774

 Airbus A319  -132  2698     EI-ECX  WindJet  ferried by lessor 24aug12 MLA-DUB  ex N515NK
Airbus A320  -232  3748     SX-OAQ  Olympic Air  ferried 26aug12 KTW-ATH after wet-lease to Bingo Airways   ex F-WWBQ
Airbus A321  -231  1946     4R-MRD  Mihin Lanka  delivery 24-25aug12 PGF-SHJ-CMB  ex EI-EUJ
Airbus A330  -343  1329     G-VGBR  Virgin Atlantic  delivery 25aug12 TLS-ZRH  ex F-WWTT

Airbus Updates No.773

again from John Spencer, below some photos taken during one of his trips to Toulouse this time from 2009....

Airbus Updates No.772

Incident: TAP A320 at Faro on Aug 19th 2012, bird strike


A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TNK performing flight TP-1900 from Faro to Lisbon (Portugal), was climbing out of Faro's runway 28 when the crew levelled off at 3000 feet reporting a bird strike and returned to Faro for a safe landing on runway 28 about 12 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The incident aircraft resumed service about 30 hours after landing.



Incident: Easyjet A319 at London on Aug 17th 2012, bird strike



An Easyjet Airbus A319-100, registration G-EZDX performing flight U2-15 from London Luton,EN to Edinburgh,SC (UK) with 156 people on board, was climbing out of Luton's runway 26 when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds and ingested a number of birds into an engine (CFM56). The aircraft levelled off at FL050 and returned to Luton for a safe landing on runway 26 about 17 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration G-EZUU reached Edinburgh with a delay of 2.5 hours.

The incident aircraft returned to service 17 hours after landing.



Incident: Etihad A346 near Sofia on Aug 19th 2012, loss of cabin pressure



An Etihad Airbus A340-600, registration A6-EHE performing flight EY-38 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with 250 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 80nm east of Sofia (Bulgaria) when the crew initiated an emergency descent to FL120 reached FL120 7 minutes later (average rate of descent 3800 fpm). The crew subsequently turned south and diverted to Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, located 130nm south of their position, for a safe landing on runway 35R about 50 minutes after leaving FL390.

The passengers were taken to hotels over night.

The next day's planned rotation EY-97/EY-96 to Istanbul was upgraded to an Airbus A340-500 registration A6-EHA to take the passengers of EY-38 to Abu Dhabi. The passengers from Paris reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of 13 hours.

The incident aircraft was able to return to Abu Dhabi departing Istanbul about 14 hours after landing and reached FL410 during the positioning flight.

Airbus Updates No.771

Incident: Aeroflot A333 over Atlantic on Aug 16th 2012, bomb hoax

An Aeroflot Airbus A330-300, registration VQ-BPI performing flight SU-103 (dep Aug 15th) from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 236 people on board, was enroute over the Atlantic when American law enforcement received an anonymous message indicating five suitcases on board of the aircraft would carry explosives set to detonate upon arrival in Moscow. The crew was informed about that message and decided to divert to Keflavik (Iceland) where the aircraft landed safely on runway 20 about 2 hours after the crew declared emergency. The aircraft, luggage and passengers were searched, no explosives were found. The aircraft was released to continue the flight, however, due to crew duty time limitations did not continue the journey. A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration VQ-BPY was dispatched to Kelfavik and reached Moscow on Aug 17th at about 03:38L with a delay of 15:13 hours. On Aug 19th Rosaviatsia (Russia's Civil Aviation Authority) said New York Police received an anonymous phone call stating the aircraft VQ-BPI could possibly explode during flight SU-103 from New York to Moscow. At the time of the phone call the aircraft was already two hours into the flight. Upon being informed about the threat the crew decided to divert to Keflavik, where the aircraft and luggage was searched with no traces of explosives detected. Due to crew duty time limitations and required crew rest a replacement aircraft VQ-BPY was dispatched to Keflavik and reached Moscow as flight SU-2299 with a delay of 15:13 hours. The incident aircraft reached Moscow about 4 hours after VQ-BPY. A second bomb threat is being reported in Russia that was phoned in to Russian Authorities before Polet flight VQ-751 was able to depart Moscow Domodedovo towards Voronezh (Russia).

Airbus Updates No.770

A look back at some older logs which has been forwarded to me by John Spencer from several trips to Toulouse back in March 2004 and April 2005........seems a long time ago now the ones that stand out for me are the UPS A300F's....


TOULOUSE 17th MARCH 2004

FWWKL/B16306  A330          587
FWWTJ/CGKOM  A330         464
FWWCA  A340                        360
FWWKW/DAIKB  A330          576
FWWTE/A6ERF  A340            394
FWWTF/A7ACE  A330           571
FWWKG/DAIKC  A330         579
FGZCN A330                584
FWWCB/DAIHI  A340           569
FWWTM/9VSGD  A340         560
FWWJT/ZSSXB  A340            582
FWWKK/BHYQ  A330           581
FWWDR/A6ABB  A320         2161
FWWKD/N806NW  A330       578
FWWDC/9HAEI A320 2189
FWWDE/GTTOJ A320 2157
FWWBX/EIDEA A320 2191
FWQTB A310          404
FWHPS A310           238
FWWIT/N588JB A320 2201
FWWDZ/N672AW A320 2193
FWWIZ/9V-TAB A320      2195
FWWCH/VHJQX A320         2175
FGYAQ A321         827
FWWYM/B18301 A330         602
FWWYT/A6ERE A340 572
FWWYX/A7HHM  A330 605
FWWYA/VHQPG A330         603
FWWCR/B6055 A340 586
FWWYY/B18302 A330         607
FWWBT/HZXY7 A320 2165
FWWAF/N160UP A300         849
FWWAG/N161UP A300 850
FWWAV/N157UP A300 846
FWWDG/B6028 A320 2171

FWWDL/9HAEI A320         2189
FWWDE/GTTOJ A320         2157
FWWDC/9VVLA A320   2156
FWWKO/N808NW A330        591
FWWIF/9VVLB A320         2164
FWWDJ/ZKOJG A320         2173
FWWIL/N587JB A320         2177
FWWCR/VHQPF A330           595
FWWCK/GVEIL A340  575

ECILR/ILS both stored at this time.

TOULOUSE 18th APRIL 2005

FWWTA/HL7740                               A330                      676                         Asiana

FGZCP                                                   A330                      660                         AF

FWWYV/B6058                                  A330                      656                         China Southern

FWWIK/ECKOH                                 A320                      2248                       IB

FWWCG/ZSSNI                                 A340                      630                         SAA

FWWYY/B16309                                A330                      661                         EVA

FWWYZ/BHWG                                 A330                      662                         Dragonair

FWWYN/A6EYD                               A330                      658                         Etihad

FWWKQ/SUMSR                              A330                      666                         Egyptair

FWWCI/GVGAS                                A340                      639                         VS

FWWTO/HSTLB                                 A340                      628                         Thai

FWWBG/ECJDR                                 A320                      2347                       IB

FWWKN/B18305                               A330                      671                         China Airlines

FWWYB/B16316                                A330                      678                         EVA

FWWBO/RPC2496                            A320                      2439                       Cebu.....ntu

FWWIX/B2410                                   A320                      2437                       China Eastern

FWWBR/VTKFB                                A320                      2443                       Kingfisher

FWWCN/HSTNC                               A340                      689                         Thai

FWWCJ/HSTNA                                A340                      677                         Thai

FWWYD/B16310                               A330                      678                         EVA

FOLOV                                              A340                      668                         ATN

FWWYE/PHAOA                               A330                      682                         KLM

FWWYC/BLAC                                 A330                      679                         Cathay

FWWYD/A7AED                               A330                      680                         Qatar

FWWTQ/A6ERJ                                 A340                      694                         EK

FWWYF/SUGCH                               A330                      683                         Egyptair

FWWTR/HSTLC                                  A340                      698                         Thai

FWWYH/PHAOB                               A330                      686                         KLM

FWWYG/A7AFR                                A330                      684                         Qatar

FWWCK/HSTNB                               A340                      681                         Thai

FWWIC/9VJSF                                   A320                      2453                       Jetstar

FWWBH/CSTKL                                 A320                      2425                       SATA

FWWDL/N492TA                              A320                      2434                       TACA

FWWAL/N164UP                              A300                      853                         UPS

FWWBB/N676AW                            A320                      2422                       AW

FWWAE/N171UP                             A300                      866                         UPS

FWWKM/N809NW                          A330                      663                         NW