Airbus Updates No.2251

Airbus A319	-111	2198		N	American Airlines	ferried 05aug19 TPA-GYR, old N-reg, for paint prior delivery	ex N926FR
Airbus A319	-115	2762		JY-	Royal Jordanian	delivery 04aug19 SHJ-AMM, EI-reg	ex EI-GOF
Airbus A319	-112	3139		EI-GOH	STLC Euope Leasing	ferried 07aug19 NUE-KUN	ex LZ-AOA
Airbus A319	-132	3463		RP-C9388	Royal Air Charter Services	delivery 10aug19 KOS-CRK	ex XU-963
Airbus A319	-115CJ	3542		LX-GVV	GlobalJet Luxembourg	ferried 10aug19 BSL-NWI for paint into?	ex 9H-GVV
Airbus A319	-115	4336		PR-AVD	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 05-06aug19 CGH-GIG-CLO after storage	ex D-AVXG
Airbus A319	-112	4663		LY-KIT	GetJet Airlines	posn 07/08aug19 VNO-CRL-VNO on short wet-lease to TUI Airlines Belgium	ex D-ASTA
Airbus A320	-211	209		D-AIQE	Lufthansa Technik	last in svc 13nov18, transferred 01aug19 for use as ground trainer at HAM	ex F-WWDY
Airbus A320	-214	3206		OE-LOR	Laudamotion	regd 06aug19, delivery 07aug19 CTU-OMS-VIE	ex B-6316
Airbus A320	-214	3242		XY-	Myanmar Airways International	air-test at WOE, LZ-reg prior delivery	ex LZ-AWW
Airbus A320	-214	4273		HZ-AS32	Saudi Arabian	ferried 12aug19 SAW-MPL prior delivery to?	ex F-WWBY
Airbus A320	-214	4519		HZ-AS23	Saudi Arabian	ferried 04aug19 JED-SAW after storage, still for Allegiant Air as N270NV?	ex F-WWDE
Airbus A320	-214	5167		VQ-BPN	S7 Airlines	ferried 09/12aug19 DME-MRV-DME, S7 titl/ logo temporarily replaced by Sibiria titl on fuselage and full tail cs	ex F-WWBV
Airbus A320	-214	6561		PR-TYM	Latam Brasil	posn / first in svc 02/04aug19 QSC-CGH-LDB-CGH	ex PR-OCM
Airbus A320	-214	6689		PR-OCQ	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 03aug19 GIG-QSC	ex F-WWIS
Airbus A320	-251N	7175		PR-YYL	Azul Linhas Aéreas	delivery 13aug19 LETL-SID-CNF, VQ-reg	ex VQ-BXA
Airbus A320	-214	7411		F-WHUS	Airbus	ferried 09aug19 NRT-KUL	ex JA10VA
Airbus A320	-251N	7514		PR-YYI	Azul Linhas Aéreas	ferried 13aug19 SNN-LETL, VQ-reg after paint prior delivery	ex VQ-BXF
Airbus A320	-214	8911		D-AIWH	Lufthansa	delivery 12aug19 XFW-SXF	ex D-AXAG
Airbus A320	-251N	9136		VP-BRX	Ural Airlines	delivery 07aug19 TLS-SVX	ex F-WWBV

Airbus Updates No.2240

Airbus A319	-112	1016		D-AKNI	germanwings	ferried 03aug19 CGN-LETL, for part-out & scrap	ex D-AVYK
Airbus A319	-111	2198		N	American Airlines	ferried 05aug19 TPA-GYR, old N-reg, for paint prior delivery	ex N926FR
Airbus A319	-112	2836		N177XF	American Airlines	posn 03aug19 GYR-CLT	ex N948FR
Airbus A320	-211	209		D-AIQE	Lufthansa Technik	last in svc 13nov18, transferred 01aug19 for use as ground trainer	ex F-WWDY
Airbus A320	-232	934		HC-CID	TAME	ferried 31jul19 UIO-MZJ on return to lessor	ex N934BV
Airbus A320	-214	4519		HZ-AS23	Saudi Arabian	ferried 04aug19 JED-SAW after storage, still for Allegiant Air as N270NV?	ex F-WWDE
Airbus A320	-214	5320		N280NV	Allegiant Air	delivery 26-28jul19 MNL-GUM-HNL-ONT-LCQ, regd 01aug19	ex RP-C3270
Airbus A320	-214	5673		TC-FHN	Freebird Airlines	delivery 02aug19 OSR-AYT	ex EC-LVX
Airbus A320	-214	6561		PR-TYM	Latam Brasil	posn / first in svc 02/04aug19 QSC-CGH-LDB-CGH	ex PR-OCM
Airbus A320	-214	6689		PR-OCQ	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 03aug19 GIG-QSC	ex F-WWIS
Airbus A320	-214	6712		PR-OCR	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 29jul19 GIG-CNF-QSC	ex F-WWDC
Airbus A320	-251N	7514		PR-YYI	Azul Linhas Aéreas	ferried 30jul19 LETL-SNN, VQ-reg for paint prior delivery	ex VQ-BXF
Airbus A320	-271N	8844		N541VL	Volaris	delivery 02-03aug19 XFW-KEF-BGR-MEX	ex D-AXAF
Airbus A320	-251N	8940		9H-NEB	Air Malta	delivery 31jul19 XFW-MLA	ex D-AUAC
Airbus A320	-251N	8962		TC-NCH	Pegasus Airlines	delivery 31jul19 XFW-SAW	ex D-AUAM
Airbus A320	-251N	8972		S7-VEV	Air Seychelles	delivery 01aug18 XFW-AUH	ex D-AUAR
Airbus A320	-271N	9029		B-309R	Air China	delivery 31jul19 TSN-HGH	ex B-000D
Airbus A320	-271N	9096		EC-NFI	Vueling	delivery 30jul19 TLS-BCN	ex F-WWIA
Airbus A320	-251N	9110		G-UZLH	easyJet	delivery 30jul19 TLS-LTN	ex F-WWDV
Airbus A321	-211	5044		VQ-BOH	Aeroflot	ferried 31jul19 OSR-KUN prior paint and delivery to?	ex D-AZAP

Airbus Updates No.1655

Airbus A319	-132	3144		N896UA	United Airlines	ferried 26aug17 LCQ-VCV for paint prior entry to svc	ex B-6239
Airbus A320	-211	201		D-AIQC	germanwings	ferried / in svc 27aug17 SOF-CGN-BUD-CGN	ex F-WWDL
Airbus A320	-211	209		D-AIQE	germanwings	ferried 25aug17 LETL-SOF	ex F-WWDY
Airbus A320	-201	401		D-AIQS	germanwings	ferried 28aug17 HAJ-LJU after storage since 01jan17	ex F-WWBD
Airbus A320	-211	482		JA8396	ANA All Nippon	ferried 30-31aug17 HND-PKC-ANC-VCV for part-out scrap	ex F-WWIO
Airbus A320	-232	1566		A7-ADA	Qatar Airways	ferried 26aug17 DOH-IST on new wet-lease to British Airways	ex F-WWBG
Airbus A320	-232	2161		A7-ADI	Qatar Airways	ferried 26aug17 IST-DOH after wet-lease to British Airways	ex F-WWBK
Airbus A320	-232	2482		VT-IHF	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 16/20-22aug17 SAL-MIA-YYR-HEL-DEL, N-reg canx 23aug17	ex N678AW
Airbus A320	-214	3931		HK-5223	Viva Colombia	delivery 26-27aug17 SAW-TFS-BGI-MDE, LZ-reg	ex LZ-AWK
Airbus A320	-214	4815		VT-DEL	AirAsia India	posn 28aug17 HYD-DEL	ex EI-GCL
Airbus A320	-232	7724		N650NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 29aug17 BFM-DFW, 1st US assembled A320	ex F-WZMK
Airbus A320	-214	7748		B-8700	Spring Airlines	delivery 28aug17 TSN-PVG	ex B-000E
Airbus A320	-232	7796		VN-A572	Jetstar Pacific Airlines	delivery 25-26aug17 TLS-DWC-SGN	ex D-AVVH
Airbus A321	-231	908		B-MAJ	Air Macau	ferried 26-27aug17 MFM-NRT-ANC on return to lessor	ex CS-MA
Airbus A321	-211	2330		UR-CQK	Dart Airlines	in svc for Windrose Air from 24aug17	ex VP-BWN
Airbus A321	-251N	7697		4R-AND	Sri Lankan	for delivery 30-31aug17 XFW-DXB-CMB	ex D-AZAB
Airbus A321	-211	7830		B-8569	China Eastern	delivery 30aug17 XFW-TSE	ex D-AVXL
Airbus A330	-322	231		HS-TEL	Thai International	ferried 28aug17 BKK-DRS for P2F freighter conversion, for DHL Air	ex F-WWKU
Airbus A330	-343	1804		B-8972	China Eastern	delivery 28aug17 TLS-PVG	ex F-WWYU
Airbus A330	-343	1807		B-8385	Air China	delivery 29aug17 TLS-TSN	ex F-WWYQ

Airbus Updates No.1176

Airbus A310	-304	494		CS-TQV	White	ferried 04jul14 SAW-LIS after interim storage	ex PR-WTTA
Airbus A319	-132	2335		YU-APD	Air Serbia	in full cs at SNN 02jul14 after paint prior delivery	ex EI-LIR
Airbus A319	-115ACJ	2550		G-NMAK	Twinjet	ferried 07jul14 BHX-HAM	ex D-AVYH
Airbus A319	-112	3331		CC-AJG	Sky Airline	delivery 03-04jul14 WOE-SID-REC-SCL	ex VQ-BNF
Airbus A320	-211	209		D-AIQE	Lufthansa	ferried 03jul14 FRA-SNN prior transfer to germanwings	ex F-WWDY
Airbus A320	-232	709		LY-VEQ	Avion Express	ferried 01jul14 BCN-KEF-YUL after wet-lease to Vueling / on wet-lease to Cubana	ex B-2459
Airbus A320	-214	1198		EC-	Iberia Express	ferried 03jul14 OLB-MAD, EI-reg for paint	ex EI-EZR
Airbus A320	-214	1379		VQ-BFM	Rossiya	ferried 03jul14 KUN-MST for paint	ex EC-HQG
Airbus A320	-214	1775		D-ABNH	Air Berlin	delivery 04jul14 SJO-YQX-MUC	ex OE-IDF
Airbus A320	-214	4489		EI-ONL	Air Contractors	ferried 03jul14 BOD-TIP, for Afriqiyah Airways wet-lease ops	ex 5A-ONL
Airbus A320	-232	6019		B-1842	Shenzhen Airlines	delivery 01jul14 TSN-SZX	ex B-502L
Airbus A320	-232	6030		B-1887	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 03jul14 TSN-CTU	ex B-503L
Airbus A320	-232	6155		G-EUYX	British Airways	delivery 03jul14 TLS-LHR	ex F-WWBM
Airbus A320	-216	6158		9M-AJP	AirAsia	delivery 03-04jul14 TLS-DWC-KUL	ex F-WWBN
Airbus A320	-214	6166		A6-ANZ	Air Arabia	delivery 03jul14 TLS-SHJ	ex F-WWBP
Airbus A320	-214	6171		VP-BOM	S7 Airlines	delivery 03jul14 XFW-DME	ex D-AVVC
Airbus A321	-231	6162		N118NN	American Airlines	delivery 02jul14 XFW-BGR-DFW	ex D-AVXR
Airbus A321	-211	6179		B-16211	Eva Air	delivery 03-04jul14 XFW-DWC-DMK-TPE	ex D-AVXX
Airbus A330	-223	874		F-	Aigle Azur	ferried 08jul14 SZW-HAM, D-reg prior delivery 1q15	ex D-ALAA
Airbus A330	-223	946		VN-A383	Vietnam Airlines	delivery 04jul14 HAM-HAN	ex D-ANJB

Airbus Updates No.569

Incident: US Airways A320 near Phoenix on Dec 15th 2011, flight crew member incapacitated

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Dec 16th 2011 17:21Z, last updated Friday, Dec 16th 2011 17:21Z A US Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N676AW performing flight US-144 from San Diego,CA to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute at FL330 over Phoenix,AZ (USA) when a pilot became incapacitated. The other pilot diverted the aircraft to Phoenix,AZ for a safe landing about 50 minutes later. The FAA reported a flight crew member became incapacitated. Incident: Lufthansa A320 near Moscow on Dec 16th 2011, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Dec 16th 2011 14:56Z, last updated Friday, Dec 16th 2011 18:47Z A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIQE performing flight LH-1446 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) with 115 passengers, was on approach to Moscow descending through about 10,000 feet when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine (CFM56) down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Domodedovo's runway 14R about 12 minutes later at 17:20L (13:20Z). Russia's Rosaviatsia (Civil Aviation Authority) reported the aircraft arrived from Dusseldorf (with no aircraft from Dusseldorf due anywhere near that time), radar data however confirm the crew of flight LH-1446 squawked emergency. The right hand engine was shut down. The airline reported the left hand engine was shut down. Incident: Lufthansa A320 near Frankfurt on Dec 14th 2011, lightning strike By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Dec 16th 2011 21:09Z, last updated Friday, Dec 16th 2011 21:09Z A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIPZ performing flight LH-1458 from Franfurt/Main (Germany) to Saint Petersburg (Russia), was climbing through FL170 when the aircraft was struck by lightning. The crew decided to return to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25L about 50 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration D-AIQF reached Saint Petersburg with a delay of 2.5 hours. A passenger reported the aircraft was hit by lightning and returned to Frankfurt, where the passengers remained on board for about 2 hours before moving to the replacement aircraft. Incident: PIA A313 at Dubai on Dec 17th 2011, burning smell By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Dec 17th 2011 15:15Z, last updated Saturday, Dec 17th 2011 18:07Z A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310-300, registration AP-BEU performing flight PK-212 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Islamabad (Pakistan), was climbing though FL230 out of Dubai when the crew reported a burning smell on board suspecting an engine problem and returned to Dubai for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure. Maintenance could not determine the cause of the smell, the engines were ground run satisfactorily. Maintenance finally found traces of oil in a forward galley oven which produced the smell when the oven was turned on. The aircraft was subsequently released for flight, departed Dubai and is estimated to reach Islamabad with a delay of 4:15 hours.   Incident: Finnair A343 near Helsinki on Dec 17th 2011, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Dec 18th 2011 15:07Z, last updated Sunday, Dec 18th 2011 15:09Z A Finnair Airbus A340-300, registration OH-LQF performing flight AY-89 from Helsinki (Finland) to Bangkok (Thailand) with 250 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Helsinki's runway 04R when the crew needed to shut engine #4 (CFM56, outboard right) down. The aircraft levelled off at about 3500 feet MSL and returned to Helsinki for a safe landing on runway 04R about 45 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration OH-LQE reached Bangkok with a delay of 5.5 hours. The airline said the engine was shut down as a precaution due to an indication of a possible problem Incident: Aeroflot A332 at Moscow on Dec 18th 2011, nose gear steering failure By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Dec 19th 2011 17:02Z, last updated Monday, Dec 19th 2011 17:03Z An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200, registration VQ-BBE performing flight SU-896 from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), landed safely on Sheremetyevo's runway 07R with emergency services on standby following a nose gear steering failure. The aircraft had already suffered an incident in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the previous flight, see Incident: Aeroflot A332 at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Dec 18th 2011, unsafe gear. Incident: Virgin Atlantic A346 near Rostov on Dec 19th 2011, hydraulic problems By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011 11:49Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011 11:49Z A Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-600, registration G-VNAP performing flight VS-300 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Delhi (India), was enroute at FL370 about 250nm eastsoutheast of Rostov-on-Don (Russia) when the crew reported hydraulic problems and decided to turn around and return to London Heathrow where the aircraft landed safely on Heathrow's runway 27R about 4:10 hours later. The flight was subsequently cancelled. Incident: Condor A320 near Frankfurt on Dec 20th 2011, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011 17:14Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011 17:14Z A Condor Airbus A320-200, registration D-AICC performing flight DE-2776 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Agadir (Morocco) with 142 passengers and 6 crew, had just reached cruise level 310 about 65nm southwest of Stuttgart (Germany) when the crew decided to shut an engine (CFM56) down as result of an abnormal indication. The aircraft returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 50 minutes later. The airline said the engine was shut down as a precaution following an abnormal indication. Incident: Aeroflot A332 at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Dec 18th 2011, unsafe gear By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Dec 18th 2011 12:09Z, last updated Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011 17:53Z An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200, registration VQ-BBE performing flight SU-895 (dep Dec 17th) from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia) with 205 passengers and 10 crew, was on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk when the crew received an unsafe indication for the nose gear. The crew aborted the approach, managed to receive a down and locked indication for all gear following an alternate gear extension and landed safely with the gear doors open. The aircraft was towed off runway. The airline initially hoped to get the aircraft ready for the return flight on schedule (scheduled ground time 3 hours), the aircraft departed for flight SU-896 with a delay of about 2.5 hours in the end and reached Moscow with a delay of 95 minutes. Rosaviatsia reported maintenance determined the indication was false. On Dec 20th 2011 the Far Eastern Prosecution Office reported that a nose gear sensor had iced up due to rain at Moscow and temperatures below freezing in flight. The office emphatically rejected media reports of a crash or crash landing, that were published throughout Russia. Incident: Germanwings A319 near Cologne on Dec 20th 2011, unruly passenger By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Dec 21st 2011 16:01Z, last updated Wednesday, Dec 21st 2011 16:01Z A Germanwings Airbus A319-100, registration D-AGWC performing flight 4U-948 from Cologne (Germany) to Belgrade (Serbia) with 147 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Cologne when a female passenger started shouting offenses and moved uncoordinated/uncontrolled. Cabin crew attempted to calm the passenger down, however, when the passenger refused to comply with instructions the captain decided also considering the uncoordinated/uncontrolled movements to return to Cologne to offload the passenger. The aircraft levelled off at FL140 and returned to Cologne for a safe landing on runway 32R about 25 minutes after departure. The passenger was taken into custody by police. The aircraft departed again after about 2.5 hours on the ground and reached Belgrade with a total delay of 4.5 hours (first departure was already delayed by about 2 hours). Incident: Qantas A388 at Singapore on Dec 20th 2011, nose gear trouble By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Dec 21st 2011 16:55Z, last updated Wednesday, Dec 21st 2011 16:55Z A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQJ performing flight QF-10 (dep Dec 19th) from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Singapore (Singapore), landed on Singapore's runway 02C with emergency services on stand by and was towed off the runway. A passenger reported that following landing the captain explained they had a "technical indication on the 'engineering computer' (his words) for the nose wheel" which is why they were being towed off the runway. The captain also stated that the emergency services were on stand by as a precaution and there was nothing to worry about. The aircraft was able to perform its onward leg to Melbourne,VI (Australia) departing Singpore and reaching Melbourne with a delay of about 5 hours. Incident: TAM A319 near Rio de Janeiro on Dec 22nd 2011, brakes problem By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Dec 22nd 2011 23:10Z, last updated Thursday, Dec 22nd 2011 23:10Z A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A319-100, registration PT-TMG performing flight JJ-3065 from Aracaju,SE to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ (Brazil), diverted to Rio de Janeiro's Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport for a safe landing on the longer runway due to a brakes problem. Santos Dumont Airport's longest runway is 1323 meters/4340 feet long while Galeao Jobim International Airport offers a runway of 4000 meters/13120 feet.