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.2974

 

Airbus A321	-232	1675		OY-KBH	SAS	ferried 23dec20 CPH-CDT for onward storage	ex F-WWBG
Airbus A321	-231	1713		LZ-GNH	Genesis Air Lease	regd at LDE mid-dec20	ex CS-TJG
Airbus A321	-231	1970		LZ-DAS	ATS Aviation Technical Services	ferried 16dec20 TUS-MCI, for part-out & scrap	ex HL8213
Airbus A321	-253NX	9168		B-30EC	China Southern	delivery 24-25dec20 XFW-NQZ-CAN (+ 9240 B-30E6 ex D-AZAA,+ 9472 B-30EX ex D-AVYG)	ex D-AVZC
Airbus A321	-253NX	9288		B-30E5	China Southern	delivery 23-24dec20 XFW-NQZ-CAN	ex D-AVXW
Airbus A321	-251NX	9495		TC-RBF	Pegasus Airlines	delivery 23dec20 XFW-SAW "Nazende" (+ 10007 TC-RBG "Milena" ex D-AYAB)	ex D-AVYU
Airbus A321	-271NX	10010		D-AIEF	Lufthansa	delivery 22dec20 XFW-BER	ex D-AVXZ
Airbus A321	-271NX	10147		T7-ME5	MEA Middle East Airlines	delivery 23dec20 XFW-BEY	ex D-AVYP
Airbus A321	-271NX	10391		A6-WZD	Wizz Air Abu Dhabi	delivery 24dec20 XFW-AAN	ex D-AVXH
Airbus A330	-841	1977		5X-NIL	Uganda Airlines	delivery 22dec20 TLS-EBB "Mt. Elgon"	ex F-WWYS
Airbus A340	-211	81		F-RAJB	Armée de l´Air et de l´Espace	last in svc 21/23dec20 CDG-LIS-CDG (+ 75 F-RAJA 18dec20 CDG-LFMI-KUN-CDG)	ex F-HCEL
Airbus A350	-941	476		JA08XJ	Japan Airlines	delivery 23dec20 TLS-HND	ex F-WZNB
Airbus A380	-842	267		A6-EVN	Emirates	delivery 23dec20 XFW-DXB	ex F-WWAU
Airbus A400M	-180	106		CT-02	Belgian Armed Forces	delivery 22dec20 SVQ-BRU	ex A4M106
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55103		C-GNGV	Air Canada	delivery 21dec20 YMX-YYZ