Airbus Updates No.2943

 

Airbus A320	-251N	10083		SX-IOG	Sky Express	delivery 27nov20 TLS-ATH	ex F-WWIZ
Airbus A320	-271N	10194		B-321A	Juneyao Airlines	delivery 30nov20 TSN-PVG	ex B-007D
Airbus A320	-251N	10237		VT-TQA	Vistara	delivery 01dec20 TLS-DEL (+ 10261 VT-TQB ex F-WWIB)	ex F-WWBE
Airbus A321	-211	1017		9H-	smartLynx Malta	ferried 30nov-01dec20 MPL-NQZ-XSP, N-reg for feighter conversion	ex N417PB
Airbus A321	-231	1421		LY-NVU	Avion Express	posn 24-25nov20 KUN-KEF-YHZ-SDQ in Sky Cana cs on wet-lease	ex OE-IBD
Airbus A321	-211	1881		6V-AMC	Air Sénégal	delivery 28nov20 MPL-DSS	ex F-WTAJ
Airbus A321	-211	6038		OE-IOV	Air Lease Corp	ferried 01dec20 QLA-DGX, all white (+ 6056 OE-IOJ SNN-DGX ex G-TCDE)	ex G-TCDD
Airbus A321	-251NX	9226		HL8371	Asiana Airlines	delivery 18/26-27nov20 XFW-TLS-ALA-ICN, regd at TLS	ex D-AVXR
Airbus A321	-271N	9350		B-30D8	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 26-27nov20 XFW-DXB-CTU	ex D-AVXM
Airbus A321	-271NX	9368		B-30EQ	Juneyao Airlines	acc flt 23nov20, regd B-005M, onward delvery 27nov20 TSN-SHA	ex D-AVYW
Airbus A321	-251NX	9524		RA	North-West Air Company	delivery 01dec20 XFW-TLL, all white, regd F-WXAH	ex D-AYAE
Airbus A321	-271NX	10143		TC-LTC	Turkish Airlines	delivery 27nov20 XFW-IST	ex D-AYAC
Airbus A330	-202	521		A7-ACR	Qatar Airways	ferried 26nov20 DIA-DOH prior onward storage at?	ex EI-GGP
Airbus A330	-343	986		VQ-BSO	?	ferried 01dec20 SIN-ISL , Air Canada cs but ntu	ex 9V-STC
Airbus A340	-313	450		OY-KBM	SAS	ferried 01dec20 CPH-TUS-MZJ on return to lessor	ex F-WWJD
Airbus A340	-642	960		EC-LEU	Iberia	ferried 30nov20 MAD-CQM**, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWCG
Airbus A350	-941	398		B-30EA	China Southern	delivery 28nov20 TLS-CAN	ex F-WZFH
Airbus A350	-941	411		B-30F0	China Southern	delivery 01dec20 TLS-CAN	ex F-WZFS
Airbus A380	-841	194		G-XLEK	British Airways	ferried 01dec20 LHR-MAD, for onward storage	ex F-WWSG

credit : skyliner aviation news

Airbus Updates No.2934

 SAS Prepares To Fly Its Final Airbus A340 To Retirement

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is preparing to fly its last remaining Airbus A34-300 to the American desert for retirement. The aircraft in question is named Astrid Viking and has the registration OY-KBM. It has been with SAS for 18.9 years.

SAS A340 Astrid Viking is being scrapped in Arizona. Photo: SAS

Once the pride of SAS’s fleet, the Scandinavian airline’s most elegant plane will depart Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, on December 1, for the 11-hours 12-minute flight to Tuscon International Airport (TUS) in Arizona. Once there, it will be prepared for the short hop to its final resting place at Pinal Airpark in Pinal County, Arizona.

Pinal Airpark used to be a WWII training base

Once a former World War two training base, Pinal Airpark is now home to around 300 jets grounded by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. Unlike many aircraft that will return to service once air passenger traffic picks up, SAS’s Airbus A340 will never take to the skies again. Instead of being SAS’s flagship aircraft, all its A340s will be broken up and sold as parts.

Ever since twin-engined aircraft like the widebody Boeing 777 received an ETOPS rating, Airbus knew that the four-engine jet age was over. It stopped making its iconic A340s in 2011.

SAS will replace the A340 with the A350

Last October, SAS announced it would be overhauling its fleet and that the highly-efficient Airbus A350-900 would replace its nearly 19-year-old fleet of A340s. Lufthansa, Air France, and Iberia have already retired their A340s leaving just a handful of carriers still flying what was once the go-to jet for long-haul flights.

2020 has been a terrible year for the airline industry due to the COVID-19 virus and has seen many airlines bring forward the retirement of four-engined aircraft. The once ‘Queen of the Skies’ Boeing’s 747 is now nothing more than a cargo hauler, while airlines struggle to figure out if they can ever make the A380 pay.

The A380s days are numbered

Etihad sent its A380 fleet into storage early on in the pandemic and is now wondering if it should bring them back into service or call it a day. If it was not because it seems to have bottomless pockets, Emirates is the airline to feel sorry for as they have a fleet of 114 of the supersized four-engine planes.

While it is hard to see these planes that we grew up with start to disappear from service, we have to realize that four-engine planes cost far more to operate than newer twin-engine planes with lightweight bodies and fuel-efficient engines.

Airbus Updates No.623

Airbus A319	-111	3834		EK32007	Armavia	ferried 10feb12 EVN-SNN on return to lessor	ex D-AVYM
Airbus A319	-115	5023		B-4090	China United	delivery 13-14feb12 XFW-OVB-NAY	ex D-AVYJ

Airbus A320	-214	1448		I-BIKC	Alitalia	ferried 11feb12 FCO-CHR for paint into new cs	ex F-WWBV
Airbus A320	-214	1457		I-BIKD	Alitalia	ferried 11feb12 OSR-FCO after paint into new cs	ex F-WWDE
Airbus A320	-214	1744		TS-INC	Nouvelair	in svc 11feb12 NBE-DUS-NBE after paint into all white at MPL	ex F-WWBS
Airbus A320	-214	1797		OO-SNC	Brussels Airlines	ferried 13feb12 PRG-DUB, D-reg, for paint	ex D-ALTH

Airbus A320

-232

1998

EI-EUB

ILFC

Spanair cs, regd and ferried 13feb12 MAD-DUB

ex EC-IOH

Airbus A320	-232	2210		EI-EUA	ILFC	Spanair cs , regd and ferried 13feb12 MAD-SNN	ex EC-IYG
Airbus A320	-214	4857		B-6871	China Eastern	delivery 09feb12 ex TSN	ex B-516L

Airbus A321	-231	1276		EC-HPM	(Spanair)	ferried 13feb12 BCN-DUB after / for storage	ex D-AVZO
Airbus A321	-231	1953		TC-ATH	AtlasJet	ferried 13feb12 IST-BEY for paint	ex F-ORME
Airbus A321	-211	5009		HZ-ASP	Saudi Arabian	delivery 11feb12 XFW-JED	ex D-AZAK

Airbus A340

-313

450

OY-KBM

SAS

ferried 01feb12 SIN-CPH after paint into Star Alliance cs

ex F-WWJD

Airbus Updates No.586

Airbus A320

-216

3549

PK-AXU

Air Asia

ferried 28dec11 KUL-CGK on transfer, in svc since 31dec11

ex 9M-AHN

Airbus A320

-216

4889

PK-AXV

Air Asia

ferried / in svc 30dec11/05jan12 CRK-CGK-KUL on transfer

ex RP-C8190

Airbus A320

-232

4975

G-EUYN

British Airways

delivery 12jan12 TLS-LHR

ex F-WWDT

Airbus A320

-214

4984

RP-C8395

AirPhil Express

delivery 11jan12 XFW-SHJ

ex D-AVVR

Airbus A340	-313	450		OY-KBM	HiFly	seen 09jan12 at SIN again all wh, no titl after mx	ex F-WWJD
Airbus A380	-841	76		9V-SKP	Singapore Airlines	delivery 12jan12 TLS-SIN	ex F-WWSC