Airbus Updates No.4125

 

MEA parks part of its fleet in Istanbul

Due to safety concerns, MEA has announced it has decided to park part of its fleet in Istanbul. The aircraft were already not in use daily due to the summer season being over. The airline did also communicate it will continue to operate all of its scheduled flights as planned.

According to the airline's statement, MEA will park at lease four A321neos and one A330 in Istanbul. So far the following aircraft have now been put into temporary storage:

• A321-271NX T7-ME3 (10000), arrived in Istanbul 15 October 2023
• A321-271NX T7-ME4 (10068), arrived in Istanbul 13 October 2023
• A321-271NX T7-ME5 (10147), arrived in Istanbul 15 October 2023
• A330-243 OD-MEB (998), arrived in Istanbul 13 October 2023

MEA's active fleet now consists of nine Airbus A320s, six A321neos,

Airbus Updates No.2866

 

Airbus A320	-271N	10108		N935NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 06oct20 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZML
Airbus A320	-251N	10136		HK-5352	Viva Air Colombia	delivery 02oct20 TLS-KEF-BGR-BOG	ex F-WWBH
Airbus A320	-251N	10179		HZ-NS32	Flynas	delivery 03oct20 TLS-RUH	ex F-WWBU
Airbus A320	-271N	10192		HA-LJF	Wizz Air	delivery 05oct20 TLS-BUD	ex F-WWDH
Airbus A321	-211	2912		YL-LCZ	smartLynx Airlines	ferried 05oct20 YUL-KEF-RIX after lease to Air Transat	ex C-GJLT
Airbus A321	-231	4213		VP-BVR	Ural Airlines	delivery 05oct20 SGN-IKT-SVX, was in Redwings full cs but ntu	ex VN-A365
Airbus A321	-251NX	9513		VT-TVB	Vistara	delivery 01oct20 XFW-DEL	ex D-AVXP
Airbus A321	-271NXLR	10000		T7-ME3	MEA – Middle East Airlines	delivery 06oct20 XFW-LDE	ex D-AYAA
Airbus A321	-271NXLR	10032		N2086J	jetBlue	delivery 02oct20 BFM-JFK	ex F-WZMD
Airbus A330	-343	405		B-HYG	Cathay Dragon	ferried 05oct HKG-ASP for storage (+ 479 B-HYI, + 512 B-HYJ)	ex F-WWKQ
Airbus A330	-243	427		C-GTSI	Air Transat	ferried 05oct20 YUL-MZJ on return to lessor	ex OK-GBB
Airbus A330	-203	700		9H-MFS	Maleth-Aero	ferried 02oct20 MLA-NAP	ex TC-AGL
Airbus A330	-202	882		2-AMGL	Viking Leasing	regd 29sep20, parked at FNI	ex TC-JIL
Airbus A330	-202	950		EC-KTG	Air Europa	ferried 01oct20 PMI-CQM for onward storage	ex F-WWKQ
Airbus A330	-243	992		EC-MAJ	Wamos Air	onward delivery 30sep20 BCN-MAD after transfer	ex A9C-KJ
Airbus A330	-302	1535		5A-ONR	Afriqiyah Airways	in svc 04-05oct20 MJI-ISL-MJI after storage	ex F-WHUT
Airbus A340	-642	744		EC-JPU	Iberia	ferried 06oct20 MAD-CQM, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWCF
Airbus A350	-1041	432		G-XWBG	British Airways	delivery 02oct20 TLS-LHR	ex F-WZGM

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