Airbus Updates No.2490

Airbus A300	B4‑622R(F)	581		N728FD	FedEx	ferried 01feb20 MEM-VCV, for storage (+ 555 N750FD 09jan20)	ex SU-GAW
Airbus A310	-304	497		YA-CAV	Ariana Afghan Airlines	ferried 04feb20 SAW-KBL after storage since 23aug19	ex TC-JDB
Airbus A319	-112	1155		D-AKNP	germanwings	ferried 04feb20 CGN-NWI for paint into Eurowings cs	ex N728UW
Airbus A319	-132	3839		D-AGWM	germanwings	ferried 04feb20 NWI-CGN after paint into Eurowings cs	ex D-AVYQ
Airbus A319	-132	4282		YU-	Air Serbia	for delivery mar20 ex LFBF (+ 4301 ex OE-IKF)	ex OE-IKE
Airbus A320	-214	1571		LY-VEB	Avion Express	posn 01feb20 CHR-WAW on wwt-lease to LOT Polish Airlines	ex G-OZBW
Airbus A320	-214	1725		ES-SAS	smartLynx Estonia	ferried 05feb20 SGN-AMD-DWC-RIX after wet-lease to Jetstar Pacific Airlines	ex HK-4817
Airbus A320	-232	2401		TC-JUI	Turkish Airlines	ferried 03feb20 ISL-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex 9V-JSD
Airbus A320	-233	3378		N497TA	UMB Bank NA Trustee	ferried 05feb20 GYR-ONT	ex F-WWDK
Airbus A320	-216	5906		EI-GRZ	?	seen regd 31jan20 at LFBF	ex F-HZPG
Airbus A320	-214	8604		OE-IES	Sky High Leasing	ferried 04feb20 LDE-LFBF prior delivery to?	ex EI-LIX
Airbus A320	-251N	9225		HZ-NS26	Flynas	delivery 06feb20 XFW-RUH	ex D-AVVY
Airbus A320	-251N	9505		PK-BDF	Batik Air	delivery 01-02feb20 TLS-AZI-KUL-CGK	ex F-WWBO
Airbus A320	-271N	9511		VP-BVJ	S7 Airlines	delivery 03feb20 TLS-DME	ex F-WWIB
Airbus A321	-211	1006		G-TCDZ	Thomas Cook Airlines	reg canx 04feb20 during part-out & scrap at CDT	ex F-HBAF
Airbus A321	-211	1503		OE-IIY	Celestial Aviation	regd 05feb20, parked at MPL	ex TC-ATB
Airbus A321	-211	1607		9H-VDB	Galistair	posn 02feb20 MAD-DUS on wet-lease to TUIfly	ex CS-TKU
Airbus A321	-211	6122		C-	Air Transat	ferried 02feb20 RFD-LCQ, G-reg for paint prior delivery	ex G-TCDG
Airbus A321	-211	6639		G-HLYF	Jet2	delivery 03feb20 SNN-BOH, for paint into Jet2 holidays cs	ex OE-IDR
Airbus A321	-253NX	9359		N414AL	American Airlines	delivery 31jan20 BFM-TUL	ex F-WZME

Airbus Updates No.2471

Airbus A310	-324	576		EY-707	Asian Express Airline	ferried 23jan20 TAS-THR	ex UK31002
Airbus A310	-324	706		EY-704	Asian Express Airline	ferried 23jan20 THR-IKA	ex UK31003
Airbus A319	-132	2574		N883UA	United Airlines	delivery 21-23jan20 SHE-NRT-ANC-PHX-GYR	ex B-6206
Airbus A319	-132	3839		D-AGWM	germanwings	ferried 25jan20 CGN-NWI for paint into Eurowings cs	ex D-AVYQ
Airbus A319	-132	3841		D-AGWN	germanwings	ferried 14/25jan20 CGN-NWI-CGN, paint into Eurowings cs	ex D-AVYS
Airbus A319	-132	4282		OE-IKE	Carlyle Aviation Partners	ferried 28jan20 ISE-LFBF for paint prior delivery to?	ex S5-AAP
Airbus A320	-233	1624		OE-IKW	Avolon Aerospace	ferried 24jan20 MPL-EGBP, for part-out & scrap?	ex TC-ATT
Airbus A320	-214	1885		OK-HEU	CSA Czech Airlines	ferried 28jan20 OSR-BRU, OO-reg after paint into basic cs prior delivery	ex OO-SNG
Airbus A320	-214	2144		N239NV	Allegiant Air	ferried 25jan20 MRV-OSR, VP-reg prio delivery	ex VP-BWF
Airbus A320	-214	3289		D-ANNA	Sundair	delivery 29jan20 WOE-BRE, EI-reg	ex EI-GKK
Airbus A320	-232	3414		VT-INQ	IndiGo Airlines	ferried 16jan20 DEL-CGK prior return to lessor	ex F-WWIM
Airbus A320	-214	4498		VQ-BHN	Aeroflot	ferried 14-15jan20 SVO-KJA-TNA on return to lessor	ex D-AUBL
Airbus A320	-214	5278		OE-LZC	Austrian Airlines	delivery 24jan20 WOE-VIE	ex N642AC
Airbus A320	-214	5587		EC-LVP	Vueling	posn 29jan20 BCN-JED, Flyadeal decals on wet-lease	ex F-WWBY
Airbus A320	-214	6125		VQ-BXT	GECAS	ferried 24jan20 LDE-SOF	ex PR-OCA
Airbus A320	-214	7543		F-WXAJ	Airbus	ferried 26-27jan20 KUK-DWC-HER-TLS	ex JA12VA
Airbus A320	-214	8604		OE-IES	Sky High Leasing	regd 23jan20, parked at LDE	ex EI-LIX
Airbus A320	-251N	9119		9K-AKM	Kuwait Airways	delivery 24jan20 XFW-KWI	ex D-AXAA
Airbus A320	-271N	9353		RP-C4110	Cebu Pacific	delivery 28-29jan20 XFW-MCT-MNL	ex D-AUAW
Airbus A320	-271N	9463		CC-AWN	JetSmart	delivery 24jan20 TLS-YQX-PTY-SCL “Carpintero Negro”	ex F-WWBM

Airbus Updates No.1009

Airbus A319  -111  2186     OY-RCH  Atlantic Airlines  delivery 22may13 MLA-NWI for paint prior summer-lease   ex 9H-AEJ
 Airbus A319  -132  2813     D-AGWA  germanwings  ferried 21may13 CGN-OSR for paint into new cs   ex D-AVWM
 Airbus A319  -132  3839     D-AGWM  germanwings  ferried 21may13 OSR-CGN after aint into new cs  ex D-AVYQ
 Airbus A319  -132  4227     D-AGWP  germanwings  ferried 19may13 CGN-OSR for paint into new cs   ex D-AVYK
 Airbus A319  -115ACJ  4822     A6-CJE  Govt of UAE  delivery 18may13 TLS-DXB after cabin config  ex F-WHUL
 Airbus A320  -211  220     VP-BPU  Ural Airlines  ferried 17-18may13 BUD-KEF-YQX after storage on return to lessor   ex F-GLGH
 Airbus A320  -211  311     YL-LCE  smartLynx Airlines   Travel Service titl applied 21may13 at PRG  ex F-HDCE
 Airbus A320  -231  429     VH-FNP  Virgin Australia Regional Airlines   ferried 16/19may13 PER-XSP-PER for paint   ex G-BYTH
 Airbus A320  -231  476     XU-ZAB  Skywings Asia  ferried 21may13 LHE-IEV on delivery to Khors Air?   ex N476PB
 Airbus A320  -233  1624     EI-TAB  CIT Aerospace  ferried 18may13 GYR-BGR-SNN, all white, Turkish TC-JBO ntu   ex F-WWIZ
 Airbus A320  -232  1715     LY-SPA  Small Planet Airlines  ferried 19may13 SNN-NWI, EI-reg for paint  ex EI-EZN
 Airbus A320  -232  1723     SP-  Bingo Airways  ferried 22may13 SNN-NWI, EI-reg for paint  ex EI-EZO
 Airbus A320  -214  2011     CS-TKP  SATA Internacional   delivery 21may13 AUH-ATH-LIS  ex EC-ONZ
Airbus A320  -214  4055     M-ABGC  Celestial Aviation  ferried 18may13 OSR-WOE, basic Bahrain Air cs  ex A9C-BAU
 Airbus A320  -233  5595     N520VL  Volaris  delivery 21may13 XFW-KEF-BGR-TLC   ex D-AUBI
Airbus A320  -232  5599     EC-LVS  Vueling  delivery 21may13 XFW-BCN  ex D-AUBK
 Airbus A321  -211  5588     N152UW  US Airways  delivery 18may13 XFW-BGR-PIT  ex D-AVZK
 Airbus A321  -211  781      UR-WRO  Windrose Air  ferried 20may13 MPL-KBP after paint into full cs  ex G-OOPH
 Airbus A330  -343  670     EC-LXA  Air Europa  ferried 19may13 PMI-CHR for paint, OE-reg  ex OE-ICB
 Airbus A330  -243(MRTT)  1334     ZZ335  Royal Air Force  ferried 16may13 LGT-MAN for paint, EC-reg  ex EC-338
 Airbus A330  -343  1413     B-5919  Air China  delivery 18may13 TLS-TSN  ex F-WWTJ
 Airbus A330  -243  1416     DQ-FJU  Fiji Airways  delivery 21may13 TLS-LAX  ex F-WWTK

Airbus Updates No.1005

Airbus A319  -112  654     D-AKNG  germanwings  ferried 14may13 OSR-CGN after paint  ex D-AVYK
Airbus A319  -132  3839     D-AGWM  germanwings  ferried 14may13 CGN-OSR for paint into new cs  ex D-AVYQ
 Airbus A320  -211  142     YL-BBC  smartLynx Airlines  ferried 15may13 JED-AYT after wet-lease to Nas Air   ex SX-BVD
 Airbus A320  -211  311     YL-LCE  smartLynx Airlines   ferried 14may13 AYT-PRG on summer-lease to Travel Service   ex F-HDCE
 Airbus A320  -211  359     YL-LCD  smartLynx Airlines  ferried 15may13 RIX-PRG on summer-lease to Travel Service   ex C-FMSV
Airbus A320  -212  419     LY-VEY  Avion Express  ferried 15may13 IST-PRG on summer-lease to Travel Service   ex N419AG
 Airbus A320  -212  528     LY-COM  Avion Express  ferried 14may13 ORY-PRG on summer-lease to Travel Service   ex VP-BRB
Airbus A320  -232  2732     LZ-MDA  Via Airlines  ferried 16may13 RUH-CHR for paint into? after wet-lease to Nas Air  ex F-WWBE
Airbus A320  -232  4296     OD-MRO  MEA Middle East  F-reg canx 13may13, re-regd in svc 14may13 BEY-CAI vv   ex F-OMRO
 Airbus A320  -232  5158     LZ-MDR  Via Airlines  ferried 16may13 RUH-VAR after wet-lease to Nas Air   ex D-AXAC
 Airbus A320  -232  5577     VT-IFN  IndiGo Airlines  delivery 14-15may13 XFW-BAK-DEL   ex D-AUBD
 Airbus A320  -216  5590     EC-LVQ  Iberia Express  delivery 16may13 XFW-MAD  ex D-AUBG
 Airbus A320  -214  5592     G-EZWI  easyJet  delivery 15may13 XFW-LGW  ex D-AUBH
 Airbus A321  -211  5594     N153UW  US Airways  delivery 16may13 XFW-BGR-PIT  ex D-AVZL
Airbus A330  -323  425     OK-YBA  CSA Czech Airlines  delivery 14may13 SEL-PRG  ex HL7701
 Airbus A330  -243  926     OD-MED  MEA Middle East  F-reg canx 13may13, re-regd in svc 15may13 BEY-CDG-BEY   ex F-ORMA

Airbus Updates No.833

Incident: China Eastern A320 near Nanking on Oct 22nd 2012, flock of birds

By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Oct 24th 2012 19:55Z, last updated Wednesday, Oct 24th 2012 19:55Z A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A320-200, flight MU-771 from Nanking (China) to Singapore (Singapore), was in the initial climb out of Nanking when the aircraft flew through a flock of birds. With all cockpit indications remaining normal the crew decided to continue the flight, however, after the aircraft had reached cruise flight the right hand engine began to run rough prompting the crew to return to Nanking for a safe landing about 75 minutes after departure.   Incident: Spirit A319 at Fort Lauderdale on Oct 25th 2012, stuck throttle By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Oct 26th 2012 11:00Z, last updated Friday, Oct 26th 2012 11:01Z A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N534NK performing flight NK-946 from Cartagena (Colombia) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 54 people on board, was on final approach to Fort Lauderdale's runway 09L when the crew went around, after checking in with departure declared emergency and requested vectors to keep them in the area while working checklists. In the view of weather conditions at Fort Lauderdale, tower reported winds from 060 degrees at 18 knots gusting 22 knots and windshear alert 20 knots loss at 3nm final, the crew checked weather at Miami International, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers Airports (all Florida). The crew subsequently decided to divert to West Palm Beach advising they were still working on the trouble and landed safely on West Palm Beach's runway 10L about 22 minutes after going around at Fort Lauderdale. The FAA reported the throttle controlling the right hand engine became stuck.   Incident: Jetstar A320 near Christchurch on Oct 26th 2012, smokey odour in cockpit By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Oct 26th 2012 14:05Z, last updated Friday, Oct 26th 2012 14:05Z A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VFD performing flight JQ-288 from Christchurch to Wellington (New Zealand), was climbing out of Christchurch about 13 minutes into the flight when the crew stopped the climb at FL230 and returned to Christchurch due to a smokey odour in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely on Christchurch's runway 02 about 30 minutes after departure. The flight was subsequently cancelled, the passenger were rebooked onto other flights. The airline confirmed the aircraft returned due to engineering difficulties. Passengers said a flight attendant noticed a strange odour in the cabin which prompted the crew to return to Christchurch. The odour was very faint like burning fabric. Emergency services said they were told there was smoke in the cockpit.   Incident: Germanwings A319 at Cologne on Oct 26th 2012, bird strike By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Oct 26th 2012 15:38Z, last updated Friday, Oct 26th 2012 15:38Z A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWS performing flight 4U-602 from Cologne/Bonn (Germany) to Lisbon (Portugal) with 128 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Cologne's runway 14L when an engine (V2524) ingested a bird prompting the crew to stop the climb at 4000 feet, shut the engine down and return to Cologne for a safe landing on runway 14L about 20 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration D-AGWM reached Lisbon with a delay of 2.5 hours.   Incident: WOW A320 near Bergen on Oct 26th 2012, loss of cabin pressure By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Oct 27th 2012 14:17Z, last updated Saturday, Oct 27th 2012 14:17Z A WOW Air Airbus A320-200, registration LY-COS performing flight X9-126 from Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) to Keflavik (Iceland), was enroute at FL340 about 100nm east of Bergen (Norway) when the crew initiated a descent due to cabin pressure problems which subsequently accelerated into an emergency descent to FL100. The aircraft diverted to Bergen's Flesland Airport for a safe landing about 25 minutes later. A replacement Samair Boeing 737-400 registration OM-SAA positioned from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Bergen, resumed the flight after about 8.5 hours on the ground in Bergen and reached Keflavik with a delay of 10 hours.   Incident: Thomas Cook A332 over Atlantic on Oct 26th 2012, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Oct 27th 2012 23:17Z, last updated Saturday, Oct 27th 2012 23:18Z A Thomas Cook Airbus A330-200, registration G-OMYT performing flight MT-246 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Orlando Sanford,FL (USA) with 338 people on board, was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean about 2 hours into the Atlantic crossing when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (Trent 772) down and diverted to Keflavik (Iceland) for a safe landing about 2 hours later. A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration G-TCCA resumed the flight 29 hours after landing and is estimated to reach Sanford Airport with a delay of 32 hours.