Airline News for December 2009

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 05

British A/W B744 G-BNLA (23908) left Cardiff on 30/11 as BAW9150 destined for storage at Victorville, CA.

Emirates B773 A6-ECY (35595) was noted on the line at Everett, WA on 2/12.

FedEx B777F N851FD (37722) is at Portland, OR for painting prior to delivery.

Korean Air has ordered eight B748s for delivery between 2013 & 2015. These are in addition to eight B748Fs already on order with deliveries due from late 2011 onwards.

Qantas A388 VH-OQE (027) was ferried from Finkenwerder to Toulouse in full Qantas scheme as F-WWSY on 27/11.

Qatar A/W B772LRs on the line at Everett, WA on 2/12 were A7-BBD (36016), A7-BBE (36017) & A7-BBF (36018).

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 06

Rumour has it that China Southern, could be operating cargo flights with B777F to Sydney some time next year, with 4 flights a week.

[phil.l]

Gerald it was also reported on Jetspotters,cant wait.

[lloyd fox]

It was posted by me on oz spotters .

I have all the times days as well as Qatar and Air Asia X details.

I will post shortly

Cheers Lloyd

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 12

British A/W B744 G-BNLV (25427) left Cardiff on 7/12 as BAW9150 en route to Victorville, CA for storage.

Qatar A/W B772LR A7-BBD (36016) left Paine Field, WA on 7/12 on delivery to Doha.

United A/L placed orders on 8/12 for twenty-five A350s & the same number of B787s. It is also taking out options on a further fifty of each type. These will be used to replace the carrier's B747s & B767s, with deliveries between 2013 & 2106. Good news also for Rolls Royce who have been selected as the engine supplier for the A350s. A decision concerning where it will place its order for a hundred narrow-body aircraft has been deferred until next year.

[Mike W]

Nice thread Gerald. Really good way to catch up with the week;s events.

2009 / 12 / 12

Good news also for Rolls Royce who have been selected as the engine supplier for the A350s.

Considering they are the only engine supplier for the proposed 350, then not really a surprise or even news.

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 14

FedEx N851FD type B777-FS2, con 37732, line 834, hex code ABAB90, was delivered to Memphis Airport (MEM) on Friday 11th Dec.

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 19

Qantas A388 VH-OQE (027) is due for delivery before Christmas, while VH-OQF (029) was ferried from Finkenwerder to Toulouse as F-WWSA on 14/12 in full scheme & is due for departure from TLS on 29/12.

VH-VQE due in this Sun 20th Dec at 7:35pm as QF6066 from TLS-SIN. Info from Sundays airport arrivals board.

[Anthony J]

VH-VQE due in this Sun 20th Dec at 7:35pm as QF6066 from TLS-SIN. Info from Sundays airport arrivals board.
VQE is already here, I guess you mean OQE? Cheers.

[Gerald A]

Anthony

Sure do.

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 20

A380 Production Update: December 2009

MSN023 (Emirates #7) is flight testing prior to delivery on the 22nd December.

MSN029 (Qantas #6) has begun taxi tests prior to transfer to Toulouse next week and delivery on the 30th December.

[Gerald A]

2009 / 12 / 29


Cathay Pacific Cargo B744F B-KAF (26547) left storage at Victorville, CA on 19/12 destined for Xiamen, where it will be repainted from Dragonair scheme prior to returning to service next month.

Emirates A388 A6-EDG (023) left Finkenwerder on 23/12 on delivery to Dubai.

Qatar A/W B772LR A7-BBE (36017) left Paine Field, WA on delivery to Doha on 22/12

[Gerald A]

My next report on Airline News should be around 9th Jan or a little before.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all members on this message board, and the gate20 group from years ago, a Happy New Year for 2010.

[NeilP]

My father was part of that Gate20 group!!!
Happy New Year to you, too...
Cheers,
Neil.