Airbus Updates No.2583

Airbus A330	-203	819		F-WTAV	Regio Lease?	seen regd at SNN 26mar20 (+ 900 F-WTAU ex TC-AGF)	ex TC-AGD
Airbus A330	‑243F	1032		EI-HEE	ASL Airlines Ireland	posn / in svc / ferried 21-22mar20 TLV-LEJ-EMA-DUB after transfer	ex D-ALMC
Airbus A330	-243F	1414		B-LDP	Air Hong Kong	re-regd 20mar20 at HKG on transfer	ex EI-HED
Airbus A340	-642	622		G-VNAP	Virgin Atlantic Airways	ferried 24mar20 PIK-BOH for onward storage (+ 736 G-VWIN, + 753 G-VFIT)	ex F-WWCE

Airbus Updates No.2567

Airbus A321	-211	2060		G-POWW	Titan Airways	ferried 17mar20 LGW-SEN for interim storage (+ 3749 G-POWV MAN-SEN)	ex G-TCDA
Airbus A321	-231	5582		N901JT	jetBlue Airways	G-reg canx 12mar20 prior delivery ex QLA	ex G-TCVA
Airbus A321	-211	6038		G-TCDD	Air Lease Corp	ferried 13mar20 OSR-MAN, all white prior lease to Jet2 as G-HLYA	ex D-AVZO
Airbus A321	-231	6126		N931JT	jetBlue Airways	G-reg canx 16mar20 prior delivery ex QLA	ex G-TCVD
Airbus A321	-211	6615		VN-A522	VietJetAir	ferried 14mar20 CGK-SGN after paint into full cs	ex OE-IKM
Airbus A321	-211	6979		G-HLYG	Jet2	seen regd at SNN 16mar20, still in full Condor cs	ex OE-IDQ
Airbus A321	-211	7048		VN-A542	VietJet Air	ferried 15mar20 SGN-CRK for paint	ex OE-IKP
Airbus A321	-251NX	9123		G-NEOZ	British Airways	delivery 17mar20 XFW-LHR	ex D-AVZV
Airbus A321	-271NX	9151		VT-IUN	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 12mar20 XFW-DEL	ex D-AYAK
Airbus A321	-271NXLR	9191		N2043J	jetBlue	delivery 17mar20 XFW-JFK (+ 9315 N2047J)	ex D-AVZQ
Airbus A321	-251NX	9234		HL8366	Air Busan	delivery 17-18mar20 XFW-OVB-ICN	ex D-AVZT
Airbus A321	-253NX	9318		N411AN	American Airlines	delivery 04mar20 XFW-PIT	ex D-AVYB
Airbus A321	-271NX	9396		VT-IUV	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 17mar20 XFW-DEL	ex D-AVYH
Airbus A330	-202	330		EI-EWR	Aer Lingus	ferried 15-16mar20 DUB-BGR-MZJ on return to lessor	ex 9M-XAD
Airbus A330	-202	510		F-OJSE	Aircalin	ferried 13mar20 NOU-MZJ on return to lessor	ex F-WWYT
Airbus A330	-243	1249		ZS-SXV	South African Airways	ferried 12mar20 JNB-NQY prior return to lessor	ex F-WWYH
Airbus A340	-313	170		LV-FPU	Aerolíneas Argentinas	ferried 15mar20 EZE-SBD, for part-out & scrap	ex G-CHSJ
Airbus A340	-642	622		G-VNAP	Virgin Atlantic Airways	ferried 14mar20 LGW-PIK for storage (+ 736 G-VWIN, + 753 G-VFIT 15mar20)	ex F-WWCE

Airbus Updates No.1758

Airbus A321	-231	3864		D-AISP	Lufthansa	ferried 25jan18 FRA-OSR, for paint into new cs	ex D-AVZK
Airbus A321	-211	6454		OE-LCN	flyNiki	to be ferried 29jan18 VIE-LDE-LFBF for storage (+ 6629 OE-LCP, + 6719 OE-LCR)	ex HB-JOU
Airbus A321	-251N	7939		XA-JOE	InterJet	delivery 27-28jan18 XFW-KEF-BGR-TLC	ex D-AYAV
Airbus A321	-211	7970		B-8900	China Southern	delivery 30jan18XFW-TSE	ex D-AVYG
Airbus A330	-243	264		EC-MJS	Wamos Air	ferried 29jan18 DAC-LCA-TLV after wet-lease to Bangladesh Biman	ex G-EOMA
Airbus A330	-243F	1524		A6-DCD	Etihad Airways	ferried 30jan18 AUH-LETL for storage	ex F-WWKY
Airbus A330	-343	1842		B-1041	China Eastern	delivery 29jan18 TLS-PVG	ex F-WWYG
Airbus A340	-642	622		G-VNAP	Virgin Atlantic	ferried 27jan18 MNL-LGW prior rtn to svc	ex F-WWCE
Airbus A350	-941	177		HS-THJ	Thai International	delivery 27jan18 TLS-BKK	ex F-WZGC

Airbus Updates No,1731

Airbus A320	-251N	8005		PR-YRL	Azul Linhas Aéreas	delivery 16dec17 TLS-SID-CNF	ex F-WWDV
Airbus A320	-232	8018		N651NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 15dec17 XFW-YQX-DTW	ex D-aXAG
Airbus A320	-232	8028		CC-AWE	JetSmart	delivery 14-16dec17 XFW-YQX-KIN-SCL	ex D-AXAP
Airbus A321	-231	983		SX-ABY	Olympus Airways	ferried 15dec17 SNN-CRA, G-reg prior delivery	ex G-MARA
Airbus A321	-231	1487		VP-BWS	Red Wings	onward delivery 14dec17 LCA-FCO for paint	ex A7-ADK
Airbus A321	-231	1707		OE-IFC	CIT Aerospace	Monarch Airlines cs, seen re-regd at SNN 15dec17	ex G-OZBE
Airbus A321	-231	7924		N989JT	jetBlue	delivery 14dec17 BFM-GSO	ex F-WZMW
Airbus A321	-211	7943		N331DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 15dec17 BFM-MSP, 50th BFM built Airbus	ex F-WZMX
Airbus A321	-253N	7972		CS-TSF	Azores Airlines	delivery 15dec17 XFW-LIS	ex D-AVYI
Airbus A321	-231	7985		HL8212	Air Seoul	onward delivery 18-19dec17 SNN-ESB-ALA-ICN	ex D-ANJB
Airbus A321	-211	7998		VN-A637	VietJetAir	delivery 15-16dec17 XFW-LXR-CCU-SGN	ex D-AVYV
Airbus A321	-231	8041		OH-LZT	Finnair	delivery 15dec17 XFW-HEL	ex D-AZAG
Airbus A330	-243	491		TC-OCM	Onur Air	delivery 15-16dec17 MZJ-BGR-IST, OE-reg	ex OE-IEQ
Airbus A330	-343	1816		B-8863	China Eastern	onward delivery 15-16dec17 TSN-PVG-SHA after cabin completion	ex F-WWYN
Airbus A330	-202	1835		EC-MSY	Iberia	delivery 15dec17 TLS-MAD	ex F-WWKE
Airbus A340	-642	622		G-VNAP	Virgin Atlantic Airways	ferried 13dec17 LDE-MNL prior rtn to svc	ex F-WWCE
Airbus A350	-941	78		A7-ALR	Qatar Airways	delivery 18dec17 TLS-DOH	ex F-WZNG
Airbus A380	-861	235		A7-API	Qatar Airways	delivery 18dec17 TLS-DOH	ex F-WWAO

Airbus Updates No.1725

Airbus A320	-271N	7083		VT-IVE	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 07dec17 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWDK
Airbus A320	-214	7665		OE-IJD	easyJet Europe	ferried 08dec17 MXP-LJU, G-reg prior transfer	ex G-EZRE
Airbus A320	-251N	7764		VT-EXH	Air India	delivery 07dec17 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWIV
Airbus A320	-271N	7842		B-8681	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 11dec17 XFW-TSE	ex D-AXAE
Airbus A320	-251N	7887		N764AV	Avianca Colombia	delivery 11-12dec17 XFW-TFS-FOR-BOG (+ 7928 N765AV ex D-AUBQ)	ex D-AUBH
Airbus A320	-232	7909		B-1052	Tianjin Airlines	seen regd at MLA 11dec17 prior delivery	ex LZ-CMA
Airbus A320	-251N	7944		9M-AGI	AirAsia	delivery 09-10dec17 TLS-KRW-KUL	ex F-WWIP
Airbus A320	-232	7982		B-50018	Tigerair Taiwan	delivery 08dec17 TLS-AAN	ex F-WWDO
Airbus A320	-232	8006		CC-AWD	JetSmart	delivery 09-10dec17 XFW-YQX-PTY-SCL	ex D-AXAF
Airbus A321	-231	1366		XU-722	Sky Angkor Airlines	posn / first in svc 08-09dec17 PNH-REP-ICN-REP	ex LY-VEH
Airbus A321	-231	1794		XU-961	Lanmei Airlines	at OSR 10dec17 prior delivery, Monarch cs, German flag prior paint	ex 2-ELOU
Airbus A321	-231	3522		XU-919	Lanmei Airlines	delivery 08-09dec17 DUB-TZX-CCU-KUL	ex 2-PMIL
Airbus A321	-231	3546		G-OZBT	Wings Capital Partners	Monarch Airlines cs, ferried 11dec17 TLS-MPL	ex G-TTIH
Airbus A321	-231	4382		A7-AIB	Qatar Airways	w/o 08dec17 at DOH after fire broke out during maintenance	ex D-AVZY
Airbus A321	-231	7993		N990JL	jetBlue	delivery 08dec17 XFW-JFK-GSO	ex D-AVYS
Airbus A330	-322(f)	116		EI-HEA	ASL Airlines (Ireland)	for delivery 11dec17 DRS-LEJ-EMA, all white, DHL sticker	ex D-AAEA
Airbus A330	-223	432		G-VMIK	Virgin Atlantic	regd 08dec17 prior svc introduction in mar18, parked at SNN	ex D-ALPB
Airbus A330	-223	946		EI-GCU	I-Fly	delivery 08dec17 CGK-VKO	ex VN-A383
Airbus A340	-642	566		D-AIHH	Lufthansa	ferried 08dec17 MUC-SZW for storage	ex F-WWCJ
Airbus A340	-642	622		G-VNAP	Virgin Atlantic Airways	to be ferried 11dec17 LDE-TLS-MNL prior rtn to svc	ex F-WWCE

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.