Airbus Updates No.2363

A piece from an Airbus test aircraft was found in the garden of a residential area near Toulouse

Toulouse, France - An Airbus aircraft part was found 6,2 miles (10) km out of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. The part, which was found by an inhabitant, is likely to belong to a test aircraft of the European planemaker.

According to AFP, the one-meter (3.2 ft.) long and 19 inches (50 centimeters) wide piece was found in a garden within a residential area on Nov. 19, but it was made public on Nov. 27.

The incident was confirmed by Airbus. It reportedly did not cause any damage.

The French authorities and Airbus are investigating the incident.

Daux, where the fallen aircraft piece was found, has 2,300 inhabitants and located about 10 kilometers away from the Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.

Airbus Updates No.2362

SAS Scandinavian takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-900

Copenhagen, Denmark - First Airbus A350-900 named 'Ingegerd Viking' has joined the SAS Scandinavian's fleet.

The aircraft with registration SE-RSA (MSN358) is powered by Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB engines and configured to accommodate up to 300 passengers, including 40 in the Business Class and 32 in Premium Economy.

The widebody jet comes with the new corporate livery of the Nordic carrier. SAS presented its new livery to the public in September.

The airline has seven more A350-900 on order waiting to be delivered. The aircraft is the first new-generation long-haul aircraft to join the Scandinavian carrier's fleet.

SAS currently operates nine Airbus A330-300 and seven Airbus A340-300 on its long-haul routes.

Transatlantic routes on narrowbody jets

The operator has recently announced that it was planning to launch transatlantic flights with its upcoming three Airbus A321LR (LR for long-range) narrowbody jets.

The carrier expects to receive its first A321LR jet next year in September. That aircraft will be deployed on routes between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Scandinavian Airlines, usually known as SAS, is the flag carrier of Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. SAS is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden.

The airline is headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Its main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to 109 destinations across the globe.

Airbus Updates No.2361

Philippines AirAsia mulls transition to A321neo

Philippines AirAsia Airbus A320-200 © AirAsia

28.11.2019 - 11:50 UTC

Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) is contemplating a fleet roll-over from A320-200s to A321-200neo in the future as a means of coping with slot restrictions at the busiest gateways, Chief Executive Ricky P. Isla told the Manila Bulletin.

"AirAsia Philippines is still concretizing plans to purchase an A321neo. While we continue to achieve our operational goals with our existing twenty-four A320s, investing in newer additional aircraft will be advantageous for any airline in a slot-constrained environment," he said.

AirAsia Group has recently taken delivery of its maiden A321neo, 9M-VAA (msn 9139). The unit was placed with AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int'l) and started operating domestically in Malaysia on November 23, 2019, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The group has firm orders for a further 352 A321neo, including 253 orders previously converted from A320-200neo.

"This aircraft will be rolled across all of our AOCs moving forward over the next few years. In the Philippines, we see a big potential because we see constraints in Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l in terms of a number of aircraft operating. If we want to grow in this sort of market, we need a bigger aircraft because we cannot add any more flights," AirAsia Group Senior Manager (Aircraft Planning and Evaluation) Matthew Glaus said.

The Filipino unit of the group currently operates twenty-four A320-200s, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows. This makes it the second-smallest franchise in the group, ahead only of AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu). AirAsia India (I5, Chennai) is marginally larger with twenty-five A320-200s, while Indonesia AirAsia (QZ, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) operates twenty-seven such aircraft.

Airbus Updates No.2360

Airbus A321	-231	1950		TC-ETV	AtlasGlobal	ferried 27nov19 IST-AMM on return to lessor	ex EI-LVA
Airbus A321	-211	5603		C-FTXQ	Air Transat	seen regd at SNN 26nov19 prior delivery & paint (+ 6515 C-GTZX ex OE-IEI)	ex OE-IDS
Airbus A321	-211	6468		OY-TCI	Sunclass Airlines	delivery 29nov19 LFBF-CPH	ex EI-GRC
Airbus A321	-211	6548		C-FTXZ	Air Transat	regd 26nov19, delivery 27nov19 SNN-YUL	ex OE-IDF
Airbus A321	-251NX	8946		CS-TJP	TAP Air Portugal	delivery 28nov19 XFW-LIS	ex D-AVZA
Airbus A321	-271NX	9044		TC-LSM	Turkish Airlines	delivery 28nov19 XFW-IST	ex D-AYAP
Airbus A321	-271N	9059		VN-A531	VietJet Air	delivery 27-28nov19 XFW-AZI-SGN	ex D-AVZB
Airbus A321	-251NX	9204		G-UZMG	easyJet	delivery 26nov19 XFW-LGW	ex D-AZAL
Airbus A321	-253NXLR	9224		N412UW	American Airlines	delivery 29nov19 BFM-CLT	ex F-WZMT
Airbus A330	-322	96		9H-AGU	HiFly Malta	ferried 28nov19 BRU-CDT, for part-out & scrap	ex EI-FSP
Airbus A330	-342	99		B-HLC	Cathay Dragonex	ferried 27-28nov19 HKG-DWC-LETL, for part-out & scrap	ex VR-HLC
Airbus A330	-243	287		A9C-KD	Gulf Air	ferried 29nov19 BAH-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex A4O-KD
Airbus A330	-342	679		OO-SFH	Brussels Airlines	delivery 26nov19 HKG-AMM	ex B-LAC
Airbus A330	-243	729		A6-EYH	Etihad Airways	ferried 26nov19 AUH-LETL, for storage (+ 1486 A6-EYT)	ex F-WWKR
Airbus A330	-343	965		EI-GPJ	I-Fly	delivery 28nov19 BOD-VKO	ex F-OONE
Airbus A350	-941	358		SE-RSA	SAS	delivery 29nov19 TLS-CPH, new cs	ex F-WZHJ
Airbus A350	-1041	362		G-XWBC	British Airways	delivery 26nov19 TLS-LHR	ex F-WZFK
Airbus A350	-941	366		EC-NGT	Iberia	delivery 27nov19 TLS-MAD	ex F-WZGM
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55065		VP-BMZ	GTLK Europe	delivery 28nov19 YMX-MST	ex C-FOWF

Airbus Updates No.2359

Airbus A318	-111	2575		N589AV	Avianca Colombia	ferried 27nov19 BOG-IAH-MZJ, for part-out & scrap (+ 2328 N590EL MDE-IAH-MZJ))	ex XA-UBZ
Airbus A320	-211	622		ER-AXV	Air Moldova	to be ferried 29nov19 KIV-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WQSG
Airbus A320	-232	709		LY-VEQ	Avion Express	ferried / in svc** 27-29nov19 HHN-AMM-JIB-AMM-HHN	ex B-2459
Airbus A320	-214	936		ES-SAO	smartLynx Estonia	to be ferried 29nov19 DGX-KEF prior wet-lease to?	ex YL-LCK
Airbus A320	-214	1390		UR-AJD	AtlasGlobal Ukraine	ferried 27-28nov19 IST-TLS-LFBF on return to lessor	ex TC-ABL
Airbus A320	-233	1624		TC-ATT	AtlasGlobal	ferried 27mov19 IST-MPL on return to lessor	ex EI-TAB
Airbus A320	-214	4180		VQ-BEJ	Aeroflot	ferried 26nov19 MST-SVO after paint into new CSKA Moscow cs	ex D-AVVO
Airbus A320	-214	4887**		VT-AMD	AirAsia India	delivery 21nov19 XSP-HYD	ex F-WXAP
Airbus A320	-214	4936		VT-AGR	AirAsia India	air-test 28nov19 at XSP, F-reg prior delivery	ex F-WXAR
Airbus A320	-214	6110		PR-ONZ	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 27-29nov19 SJK-GIG-SJU-BGR	ex F-WWIU
Airbus A320	-271N	9079		VT-IJL	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 26nov19 XFW-DEL	ex D-AUBQ
Airbus A320	-271N	9093		B-30C2	Air China	delivery 28-29nov19 XFW-OVB-TSN	ex D-AUBH
Airbus A320	-251N	9132		VN-A593	Bamboo Airways	onward delivery 27-28nov19 MPL-GYD-HAN after paint	ex D-AXAC
Airbus A320	-271N	9272		N919NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 26nov19 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZMX
Airbus A320	-271N	9273		N920NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 28nov19 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZMY
Airbus A320	-271N	9328		CC-AWK	JetSmart	delivery 27-28nov1 TLS-NAT-SCL “Flamenco de James”	ex F-WWBY
Airbus A320	-251N	9367		VT-TNU	Vistara	delivery 28nov19 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWIX
Airbus A321	-211	675		TC-ATE	AtlasGlobal	ferried 29nov19 ISL-DGX on return to lessor	ex F-WTAX
Airbus A321	-231	1008		TC-AGS	AtlasGlobal	ferried 28nov19 IST-MPL on return to lessor	ex TC-OBR
Airbus A321	-231	1438		TC-ETF	AtlasGlobal	ferried 27nov19 IST-MPL on return to lessor (+ 1953 TC-ATH)	ex N585NK

Airbus Updates No.2358

Spain's Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas takes first A340-600

Plus Ultra Airbus A340-300 © Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas

25.11.2019 - 00:47 UTC

Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas (PU, Madrid Barajas) took delivery of its first A340-600(X), EC-NFP (msn 933), according to photos published online.

The 11-year-old ex-Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int'l) quadjet was ferried to Madrid Barajas from Teruel in Plus Ultra's livery on November 20, 2019. It is the first of a trio of A340-600s destined to join the Spanish carrier's fleet. Msn 929 is still undergoing pre-delivery maintenance in Tereul, and msn 1040 - at Lourdes/Tarbes.

All three A340-600s are owned by European Aviation, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.

Plus Ultra currently operates four A340-300s, including one wet-leased to Blue Panorama Airlines (BV, Rome Fiumicino).

Airbus Updates No.2357

Airbus A321	-271NXLR	8971		N2017J	jetBlue	delivery 23nov19 XFW-JFK	ex D-AVYK
Airbus A321	-271NXLR	9054		N2029J	jetBlue	delivery 25nov19 XFW-JFK	ex D-AVXU
Airbus A330	-243	313		4R-ALD	SriLankan Airlines	ferried 25nov19 CMB-DGX, for part-out &scrap	ex F-WWYP
Airbus A330	-223	362		TC-OCF	Onur Air	ferried 22-23nov19 ISL-BGR.MZJ on return to lessor	ex G-CINR
Airbus A330	-223	493		F-HUNO	Air Caraïbes Atlantique	ferried 25nov19 CHR-PGF, old F-reg by Azur Aviation for paint	ex F-HTAC
Airbus A330	-343	908		TC-OCS	Onur Air	delivery 24nov19 CAN-ISL	ex B-6098
Airbus A330	-243F	1386		B-308P	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 21nov19 CRK-CTU	ex D-ALAB
Airbus A330	-941	1943		CS-TUR	TAP Air Portugal	delivery 22nov19 TLS-LIS	ex F-WWCC
Airbus A350	-941	354		ZS-SDE	South African Airways	onward delivery 23nov19 XFW-JNB after paint	ex F-WZHG
Airbus A350	-941	364		9V-SJA	Singapore Airlines	delivery 22nov19 TLS-SIN	ex F-WZNT
Airbus A380	-861	40		F-HPJB	Air France	ferried 23nov19 CDG-MLA for paint into all white prior storage	ex F-WWSE
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55003		YL-CSA	AirBaltic	ferried 23nov19 RIX-BTS for paint, into new cs?	ex C-FOWY