Airbus Updates No.1599

Aircraft Type	Series	c/n	s/n	Registration	Airline	Remarks	ex Registration
Airbus A300	-605R	721		9K-AME	Kuwait Airways	ferried 12mar17 KWI-STN-PSM-ROW for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWAG
Airbus A300	-605R	699		9K-AMC	Kuwait Airways	ferried 14mar17 KWI-STN-PSM-ROW for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWAM
Airbus A319	-112	1886		HB-JVK	Helvetic Airways	ferried 14mar17 ZRH-MLA prior return to lessor	ex VP-CAN
Airbus A319	-112	3245		D-ABGH	Air Berlin	ferried 14mar17 DUS-OSR for paint prior Eurowings ops	ex HB-JOY
Airbus A319	-112	3704		D-ABGR	Air Berlin	ferried 13mar17 WAW-DUS prior paint prior Eurowings ops	ex EC-LRS
Airbus A320	-212	427		2-TGXE	Regio Lease	ferried 13mar17 MPL-ATH, all white on delivery to?	ex 9Q-CHB
Airbus A320	-232	573		P4-AAC	Aruba Airlines	ferried 11mar17 MEX-TUS-GYR on return to lessor	ex N181LF
Airbus A320	-214	984		ES-SAQ	smartLynx Estonia	ferried 14mar17 XCR-CHR,YL-reg prior transfer	ex YL-LCR
Airbus A320	-214	2749		D-ABHF	Air Berlin	ferried 11mar17 ZRH-OSR, flyNiki cs for paint into Eurowings cs	ex OE-LEE
Airbus A320	-214	2867		D-ABHG	Air Berlin	ferried 13mar17 DUS-SNN for paint prior Eurowings ops	ex OE-LEX
Airbus A320	-214	3121		D-ABDQ	Air Berlin	ferried 11mar17 STR-NWI for paint prior Eurowings ops	ex F-WWBD
Airbus A320	-214	3972		VT-GOS	GoAir	delivery 11mar17 OSR-DEL	ex OE-IFN
Airbus A320	-214	4100		HC-CSF	Avianca Ecuador	first in svc 10mar17 UIO-CUE-UIO	ex HK-4659
Airbus A320	-214	4631		D-ABFR	Air Berlin	ferried 13mar17 SNN-STR after paint prior Eurowings ops	ex HB-JOZ
Airbus A320	-214	4742		CS-TNY	TAP Air Portugal	ferried 13mar17 BCN-OSR, EC-reg for paint prior delivery	ex EC-LML
Airbus A320	-232	7442		B-8743	Air China	delivery 10mar17 TSN-HGH	ex B-000M
Airbus A321	-231	1060		SX-ABQ	Olympus Airways	ferried 03/10mar17 ATH-THR-ATH prior wet-lease to Atrak Air	ex EI-FBF
Airbus A321	-231	1946		4R-MRD	Sri Lankan	left hand side to be painted mid-2017 in Air Ceylon cs for 70 years celebrations	ex EI-EUJ
Airbus A321	-211	2957		UR-CPY	Khors Air	ferried 10mar17 KBP-THR on wet-lease to Kish Air, c/n tbc	ex UR-CPH
Airbus A321	-211	2965		UR-CQB	Khors Air	ferried 14mar17 KBP-THR on wet-lease to Kish Air, c/n tbc	ex UR-CPM

Airbus Updates No.574

Incident: Kuwait A306 near Kuwait on Dec 25th 2011, technical problem

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Dec 26th 2011 12:12Z, last updated Monday, Dec 26th 2011 12:12Z A Kuwait Airways Airbus A300-600, registration 9K-AMC performing flight KU-103 from Kuwait City (Kuwait) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing through FL320 out of Kuwait when the crew initiated a rapid descent and returned to Kuwait City for a safe landing about 40 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A300-600 registration 9K-AMD reached London with a delay of 4 hours. Incident: Air France A332 near Paris on Dec 25th 2011, anti-ice problem By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Dec 26th 2011 14:52Z, last updated Monday, Dec 26th 2011 14:52Z An Air France Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCO performing flight AF-8 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 187 passengers and 12 crew, was climbing out of Paris when the crew detected a problem with an engine anti-ice system, levelled off at FL230 and decided to return to Paris for a safe landing on runway 27L about 2.5 hours after departure. The airline reported the aircraft returned to Paris due to a minor incident involving an engine (CF6) valve supplying anti-ice systems. The aircraft was able to depart again after 2 hours on the ground and reached New York with a total delay of 4:20 hours. Incident: Lufthansa A343 near Goose Bay on Dec 26th 2011, electrical smell in cabin By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Dec 27th 2011 08:56Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 27th 2011 08:56Z A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGV performing flight LH-435 from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Munich (Germany), was enroute at FL350 about 180nm southwest of Goose Bay,NL (Canada), when the crew reported an electrical smell in the aft galley, decided to divert to Boston, descended the aircraft to FL260 and further to FL200 but did not request any assistance. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 22L about 100 minutes later. While taxiing towards the apron the crew requested emergency services to attend the aircraft reporting the electrical smell in the aft galley still persisted. Incident: TAME A320 near Guayaquil on Dec 26th 2011, technical problem By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Dec 27th 2011 09:10Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 27th 2011 09:10Z A TAME Linea Aerea Airbus A320-200, flight EQ-300 from Guayaquil to Quito (Ecuador) with 131 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Guayaquil when the crew requested to return to Guayaquil due to a technical problem. The aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flights EQ-302 and EQ-304.