Aircraft Update:
A6-FNA Boeing 737 MAX 9 c/n 60977 FlyDubai Delivered Greensboro-Shannon-Dubai 12/13-03/19.
N842DH Boeing 767‑304 c/n 28042 DHL Air Ferried Shannon-Abu Dhabi-Paya Lebar, 06-08/03/19 for freighter conversion ex EI-FMR.
OE-IIK Airbus A320-232 c/n 739 CIT Aerospace Ferried Lourdes-Castellón 12/03/19 for part-out & scrap ex LY-SPJ.
2-MFIF ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1259 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Mönchengladbach-Kristiansand-Billund 11/03/19 ex 9M-FIF.
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