A330 and A340 Movements/Write-off/Retirements/Scrap Thread - 2020

A330Inter · Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:29 pm

NG263 wrote:
By any chance, does somebody know/understand the storing procedure of Etihad's A330s? The majority of the fleet is parked in Teruel, with just a few sitting in Abu Dhabi. But it is quite common to read on skyliner that an aircraft is ferried out of storage while another one heads into it. Has it something to do with decommissioning? As I understand, Etihad wants to retire the A330s in the long term.

Could it be that they still have to maintain them since Etihad own most of this fleet?
Not sure if there are maintenance facilities in Teruel, but until they find a new owner they will have to be maintained

TUGMASTER · Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:33 pm

Believe Airbus stipulate that the landing gear have to do x amount of cycles every so often.
Hence the BA A380’s all rotating thru LHR.

audidudi · Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:15 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-323 425 OK-YBA CSA Czech Airlines ferried 24 July 2020, MLA-PRG, prior return to lessor, ex HL7701
Airbus A330-343 548 B-HLV Cathay Pacific ferried 28 July 2020, HKG-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWYI
Airbus A330-203 661 SU-TCH Almasria Universal Airlines ferried 28 July 2020, CAI-LDE, on return to lessor, ex VP-BIO
Airbus A330-302 789 EI-EIK Aer Lingus ferried 26 July 2020, DUB-CQM, for onward storage, ex A7-AEH
Airbus A330-243 832 A6-EYN Etihad Airways ferried 27 July 2020, AUH-LETL, ex F-WWKN
Airbus A340-313 199 YV643T ConViasa delivery 25 July 2020, BLA-CCS, Avior cs, ex YV3292

zeke · Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:45 pm

audidudi wrote:
Airbus A330-343 548 B-HLV Cathay Pacific ferried 28 July 2020, HKG-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWY

CX aircraft at ASP are being parked not stored. Parked aircraft still undergo regular maintenance. Stored aircraft have fluids removed and get taped up.

The return to service work required is very different between the two methods.

audidudi · Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:46 am

zeke wrote:
audidudi wrote:
Airbus A330-343 548 B-HLV Cathay Pacific ferried 28 July 2020, HKG-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWYI

CX aircraft at ASP are being parked not stored. Parked aircraft still undergo regular maintenance. Stored aircraft have fluids removed and get taped up.

The return to service work required is very different between the two methods.

That's why the thread says "...for onward storage..." It's not saying that the aircraft is staying at ASP!

zeke · Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:25 am

audidudi wrote:
That's why the thread says "...for onward storage..." It's not saying that the aircraft is staying at ASP!

There is no plan to store the aircraft. If you look above there are many references to EY aircraft being stored when they are parked also.

I don’t think the source knows the difference between stored and parked.

audidudi · Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:59 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-203 811 LZ- BH Air delivery 30-31 July 2020, SBD-BGR-SOF, 2-reg, ex 2-PAOH
Airbus A330-243 824 A6-EYM Etihad Airways ferried 29 July 2020, LETL-AUH, ex F-WWKD
Airbus A330-302 1361 VP-BUM Nordwind Airlines ferried 29 July 2020, LDE-DUB, M-reg prior delivery, ex M-ABLV
Airbus A330-343 1574 EC-MHL Air Europa ferried 31 July 2020, CHR-PMI, prior return to lessor, ex OE-IDI
Airbus A340-313 199 YV643T ConViasa ferried 30 July 2020, CCS-IKA, for paint, ex YV3292

amdiesen · Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:02 am

A330Inter wrote:
NG263 wrote:
By any chance, does somebody know/understand the storing procedure of Etihad's A330s? The majority of the fleet is parked in Teruel, with just a few sitting in Abu Dhabi. But it is quite common to read on skyliner that an aircraft is ferried out of storage while another one heads into it. Has it something to do with decommissioning? As I understand, Etihad wants to retire the A330s in the long term.

Could it be that they still have to maintain them since Etihad own most of this fleet?
Not sure if there are maintenance facilities in Teruel, but until they find a new owner they will have to be maintained

for the readers/participants consideration; Altavair & KKR are likely involved in the direction/fate of the Etihad A330 decision making. To refresh; Altavair and KKR agreed to acquire RR powered A330s from Etihad on the cusp of COVID. P2F was quoted as one of the objectives. Fortuitous timing for Etihad as less so for Altavair&KKR; objectives and aspirations have likely been upended, leading to uncertainty/timing of plans/movement. Certainly a few high priced trash cans have been kicked about.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/ ... n-Aircraft
"The aircraft portfolio being acquired includes Etihad Airways’ owned fleet of Boeing 777-300ERs and Trent powered Airbus A330-300s and A330-200s. The transaction provides for the Boeing 777-300ERs to be leased back to Etihad upon purchase in early 2020, while the Airbus A330s will be delivered over the next 22 months and placed on lease with other international operators for either passenger operations or as converted freighters. "

DUSdude · Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:47 am

audidudi wrote:
Airbus A340-313 199 YV643T ConViasa ferried 30 July 2020, CCS-IKA, for paint, ex YV3292

I happened to catch Conviasa's A340-200 YV1004 on FlightRadar24 flying IKA-BEG-CCS on 7/20. Was that returning from a similar paint job in Tehran? I assume the BEG stop was to refuel?

Boof02671 · Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:49 pm

All AA’s 333s retired. All 332s stored. Why no tracking of these birds?

jbs2886 · Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:17 pm

Boof02671 wrote:
All AA’s 333s retired. All 332s stored. Why no tracking of these birds?

Why don't you do it? No reason to get mad at others when you are capable of it, too. But, people usually post from Skyliner, so it depends on if that website captured it.

Just to add, that was quite a while ago that the aircraft were stored.

audidudi · Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:20 am

jbs2886 wrote:
Boof02671 wrote:
All AA’s 333s retired. All 332s stored. Why no tracking of these birds?

Why don't you do it? No reason to get mad at others when you are capable of it, too. But, people usually post from Skyliner, so it depends on if that website captured it.

Just to add, that was quite a while ago that the aircraft were stored.

The AA 332/333s were sent to ROW either in March (all the 333s except 3) and April (all the 332s and 2 333s). The last 333, N274AY, went to ROW on May 5. So yes, months ago!

audidudi · Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:32 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-343(F) 781 B-*** Air Hong Kong ferried 06 Aug 2020, DRS-MLA, M-reg for paint into DHL c/s, prior delivery, ex M-BELR
Airbus A330-343 1401 9H-HFC HiFly Malta, air-test at CHR 04 Aug 2020, prior delivery, ex 9V-STU

RB211trent · Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:27 pm

TUGMASTER wrote:
Believe Airbus stipulate that the landing gear have to do x amount of cycles every so often.
Hence the BA A380’s all rotating thru LHR.

Some maintenance is driven by time not just cycles so they are having to return to London for time driven maintenance.

AirwayBill · Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:02 pm

Scrapping of first ever A330, ex-KA B-HLJ has started in TPE.

Livery has been removed, engines, nose cone and other parts have been cannibalized.

audidudi · Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:55 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-243 809 A6-EYL Etihad Airways ferried 13 Aug 2020, LETL-AUH, after storage, ex F-WWYB
Airbus A330-243 854 A6-EYP Etihad Airways ferried 12 Aug 2020, AUH-LETL, for onwad storage, ex F-WWYY
Airbus A330-202 1864 F-HLVL OpenSkies Level c/s, ferried 11 Aug 2020, ORY-FNI, for onward storage, ex F-WWKH
Airbus A330-202 1936 F-HLVN OpenSkies Level c/s ferried 11 Aug 2020, ORY-FNI, for onward storage, ex F-WWKU
Airbus A340-313 210 TF-EAB Air Atlanta Icelandic posn 14 Aug 2020, CHR-CDG, in Air Madagascar c/s, prior new wet-lease ops ex F-GLZL
Airbus A340-313 242 N365JS Aircraft Engine Lease Finance regd 13 Aug 2020, during part-out & scrap at CQM, ex PZ-TCR

audidudi · Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:44 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-243 265 EC-MJS Wamos Air ferried 17 Aug 2020, MAD-CQM, for storage, ex G-EOMA
Airbus A330-243 840 EC-NCK Wamos Air ferried 17 Aug 2020, MAD-CQM, for storage, ex OE-IBQ
Airbus A330-343 713 EI-GTT JLPS Leasing Virgo regd 11 Aug 2020, at DRS for P2F-conversion, ex 9M-XBD
Airbus A330-202 814 EC-JZL Air Europa ferried 17 Aug 2020, PMI-CQM, all white for storage, ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A340-642 933 EC-NFP Plus Ultra Lineas Aéreas ferried 15 Aug 2020, MAD-BOH, ex 9H-AHL

danipawa · Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:05 pm

Hope those A346 can fly again in the future...

audidudi · Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:58 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-223 403 G-VMNK Virgin Atlantic Airways ferried 19 Aug 2020 LHR-DUS, to overtape livery prior return to lessor, ex D-ALPA
Airbus A330-343(F) 781 B-*** Air Hong Kong delivery 22 Aug 2020 MLA-HKG, M-reg after paint, ex M-BELR
Airbus A330-243 1657 N204SA Synergy Aerospace ferried 24 Aug 2020 BOD-CHR, for paint, for Boliviana de Aviación, ex PR-OCX
Airbus A340-642 768 2-EALK European Aviation ferried 21 Aug 2020 LDE-BOH, ex G-VRED

filipinoavgeek · Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:16 pm

AirwayBill wrote:
Scrapping of first ever A330, ex-KA B-HLJ has started in TPE.

Livery has been removed, engines, nose cone and other parts have been cannibalized.

Any idea why it wasn't sent to a museum? Being the first A330 ever built made it seem it could have avoided the scrappers. Then again the prototype 767 and 717 were also scrapped, as was the prototype A300 (although parts of its fuselage were preserved).

audidudi · Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:14 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-343 423 B-HLS Cathay Pacific ferried 26-27 Aug 2020 HKG-SYD-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWYD
Airbus A330-202 733 AP-BNE Serene Air delivery 27 Aug 2020 CHR-KHI, ex F-WTAX
Airbus A330-343 776 B-LAD Cathay Pacific ferried 25-26 Aug 2020 HKG-SYD-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWKI
Airbus A330-343(F) 781 B-LDQ Air Hong Kong delivery 22 Aug 2020 MLA-HKG, M-reg canx 23 Aug 2020, ex M-BELR
Airbus A330-223 939 LZ-AWY DAE Capital ferried 28 Aug 2020 ISL-LETL, ex TC-LNB
Airbus A330-343 1349 B-LAQ Cathay Pacific ferried 27-28 Aug 2020 HKG-SYD-ASP, for onward storage, ex F-WWCO
Airbus A330-343 1447 C-GOFV Air Canada seen regd at FNI 24 Aug 2020, all white c/s prior delivery, ex OE-IED
Airbus A340-642 606 EC-JBA Iberia ferried 26 Aug 2020 MAD-CQM, for part-out & scrap, ex F-WWCV

bennett123 · Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:29 pm

A340 2-AGCC stored Kemble 08/2020. no radome, or undercarriage. Holes in left and right fuselage
A340 EC-MFA stored Kemble 08/2020
A340 EC-MFB scrapped Kemble 08/2020.

strfyr51 · Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:49 am

amdiesen wrote:
At this point in the calendar, the 'tide has come in' and grounded frames are at their zenith. This gives a rare opportunity to evaluate sub-fleets as they brush with or enter retirement from the perspective of airline divestments. The focus of this study is the A330-200; tables in the first post and a second post for commentary. This is a follow up to a 2018July post (nadir.local) 2018Jan (zenith.local).

MSN, Aircraft Type, Airline, Delivered, Status, Remark, # summers parked, Airline.lastOperator, Inception, wfu. 17.59
Available aircraft
295 Airbus A330-243 I-Fly, lsf DAE May-17 Stored temp storage Emirates,x 9/22/1999
396 Airbus A330-243 Hong Kong Airlines 12-Feb-18 Stored lsf Avolon temp storage
398 Airbus A330-243 Aviation Capital Group (ACG) 1-Oct-19 Stored 1 BMI,SAA,Turkish,ThomasC, wfu 19sep23 4/27/2001
444 Airbus A330-223 Aigle Azur 14-Jun-18 Stored lsf AerCap temp storage LTU,AirBerlin,Aigle, wfu19sep6 1/31/2002
463 Airbus A330-203 GECAS 31. Aug 2017 Stored [email protected],L4L,4S 3 Turkish,Qatar,Volare 11/27/2002 6/8/2017 14.53
466 Airbus A330-203 Aircraft Engine Lease Finance 24. Oct 2019 Stored [email protected],l4L,4S 4 TAM 7/1/2002 11/5/2015 13.35
501 Airbus A330-243 XL Airways France 6-Nov-14 Stored lsf AerCap
507 Airbus A330-202 GA Telesis 21-Oct-19 Stored 0 Aircalin,[email protected],x 12/10/2002 9/9/2019 16.75
535 Airbus A330-203 SMBC (Managed) 21. Dec 2017 Stored [email protected] 2 VIM,EVA,[email protected] 7/4/2003 9/22/2017 14.22
597 Airbus A330-243 XL Airways France 16-Jun-17 Stored lsf Aviator Capital Livingston,Jet,AirEuropa,XL,…
635 Airbus A330-243 XL Airways France 27-Nov-12 Stored lsf Carlyle Aviation Partners
655 Airbus A330-203 WNG Capital 05. Oct 2017 Stored [email protected], l4L 1 VIM,EVA,wfu17oct5
658 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 27-May-05 Stored
683 Airbus A330-243 EgyptAir 13-Aug-05 Stored
688 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 30-Sep-05 Stored Manchester City Football Club cs
700 Airbus A330-203 AtlasGlobal, CDB 12-Dec-18 Stored
724 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 29-Mar-06 Stored
729 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 24-Apr-06 Stored
730 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 20-Jun-06 Stored
737 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 29-Jun-06 Stored
745 Airbus A330-202 Air Europa 24-Apr-06 Stored lsf GECAS AirEuropa,…
749 Airbus A330-202 GECAS 2-Dec-19 Stored [email protected] AirEuropa
809 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 31-Jan-07 Stored
811 Airbus A330-203 Shaheen Air, lsf Aergo 14. Sep 2018 Stored [email protected] Shaheen, KLM
824 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 3-May-07 Stored
834 Airbus A330-203 Shaheen Air, lsf Aergo 07. Jul 2016 Stored [email protected] Shaheen, KLM
852 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 20-Sep-07 Stored
882 Airbus A330-203 Turkish Airlines 4-Apr-14 Stored lsf TrueAero 0 Turkish,Jet
888 Airbus A330-202 Jet Airways Jun-15 Stored
891 Airbus A330-223 Pembroke, STD Charter 26. Sep 2017 Stored [email protected], l4L 1 Arik Air,Kingfisher
923 Airbus A330-202 Jet Airways 12-May-14 Stored
927 Airbus A330-223 Pembroke 28. Sep 2017 Stored [email protected], l4L 2 Arik Air,Kingfisher
932 Airbus A330-203 Turkish Airlines 13-May-14 Stored Turkish,Jet
939 Airbus A330-223 Hi Fly Malta due Stored lsf DAE Capital Turkish,Aigle,Kingfisher
943 Airbus A330-223 UMB Bank 22. Aug 2018 Stored wfu.18[email protected] Vietnam Airlines, Air Comet
947 Airbus A330-202 Altavair AirFinance 2-May-19 Stored
956 Airbus A330-202 Altavair AirFinance 2-May-19 Stored
962 Airbus A330-223 Vietnam Airlines, lsf Amentum Stored [email protected] 2 Vietnam Airlines, Air Comet
970 Airbus A330-223 Azores Airlines 3-Feb-16 Stored
991 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 4-Mar-09 Stored
1016 Airbus A330-243 Air Lease Corporation (ALC) 11-Nov-19 Stored [email protected] ThomasC,Avianca
1019 Airbus A330-223 Archway Aviation 15. Jun 2018 Stored [email protected],4sale 2 Vietnam Airlines
1031 Airbus A330-223 Hong Kong Airlines 21-Jun-10 Stored
1042 Airbus A330-223 Hong Kong Airlines 4-Jun-10 Stored
1053 Airbus A330-243 Midroc Aviation 19-Nov-09 Stored
1059 Airbus A330-223 Hong Kong Airlines 16-Dec-10 Stored
1256 Airbus A330-223 Vietnam Airlines 19-Oct-11 Stored
1266 Airbus A330-223 Vietnam Airlines 28-Nov-11 Stored
1277 Airbus A330-243 Hong Kong Airlines 29-Mar-14 Stored
1286 Airbus A330-243 Hong Kong Airlines 26-Oct-13 Stored
1486 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 31-Jan-14 Stored
1508 Airbus A330-243 Avolon 22-Aug-19 Stored
1521 Airbus A330-243 Etihad Airways 19-May-14 Stored
1608 Airbus A330-243 Synergy Aerospace 22-May-19 Stored
1657 Airbus A330-243 Synergy Aerospace 22-May-19 Stored
Beverage cans and Junk Yard Dogs
195 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 12-Jul-07 x.junkYardDog 0 austrian,,x 5/25/1999 7/29/2019 20.18
223 Airbus A330-223 TAP, lsf Castlelake 16. Mar 2018 x.junkYardDog [email protected] assumed retired TAP 8/3/1998 3/16/2018 19.62
229 Airbus A330-223 Brussels Airlines, lsf ArenaAC 31-Jan-12 x.junkYardDog 0 SwissAir,,x 9/4/1998 8/18/2019 20.95
232 Airbus A330-223 TAM Linhas Aéreas, lsf GECAS 23. Nov 1998 x.junkYardDog wfu 01. Apr 2013 4 JW postulates scrapped 11/23/1998 10/26/2015 16.92
238 Airbus A330-223 TAM Linhas Aéreas, lsf GECAS 23. Nov 1998 x.junkYardDog wfu 24. Jan 2016 3 JW postulates scrapped 11/23/1998 1/24/2016 17.17
247 Airbus A330-223 TAM Linhas Aéreas 22. Dec 1998 x.junkYardDog wfu 16. Feb 2016 3 JW postulates scrapped 12/22/1998 2/16/2016 17.15
254 Airbus A330-243 Thomas Cook Airlines 29-Nov-12 x.junkYardDog 0 Airtours,Garuda,MyTravel,,x 6/15/1999 9/23/2019 20.27
266 Airbus A330-243 Thomas Cook Airlines 11-Dec-11 x.junkYardDog 0 Airtours,Garuda,MyTravel,,x 6/24/1999 9/23/2019 20.25
276 Airbus A330-243 Gulf Air 9-Jun-99 x.junkYardDog 0 1owner,x 6/9/1999 9/14/2019 20.27
286 Airbus A330-243 Gulf Air 12-Jul-99 x.junkYardDog 0 1owner,x 7/12/1999 10/23/2019 20.28
287 Airbus A330-243 Gulf Air 26-Jul-99 x.junkYardDog 0 Gulf,TAM,,x 7/26/1999 11/21/2019 20.32
288 Airbus A330-223 GECAS 19. Dec 2017 x.junkYardDog [email protected], 4sale withdrawn from lineup Air Berlin 7/20/1999 10/16/2017 18.24
301 Airbus A330-243 Thomas Cook Airlines 11-Dec-11 x.junkYardDog 0 Airtours,Permiair,Garuda,MyTravel,,x 11/8/1999 9/22/2019 19.87
308 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 10-Mar-06 x.junkYardDog 0 SwissAir,Luft,BlueWings,,x 11/19/1999 10/5/2019 19.88
312 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 28-Apr-06 x.junkYardDog 0 SwissAir,Luft,BlueWings,,x 12/14/1999 11/24/2019 19.95
313 Airbus A330-243 SriLankan Airlines, lsf Aircastle 12-Jan-00 x.junkYardDog xfered to Leasor 18. Dec 2019 0 1owner,x 1/12/2000 10/11/2019 19.75
317 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 26-Sep-07 x.junkYardDog 0 austrian,,x 2/25/2000 10/24/2019 19.66
326 Airbus A330-243 Air Leisure 20. Oct 2018 x.junkYardDog lsf DAE Capital 1 AtlasGlobal,Emirates,x 3/17/2000 9/27/2018 18.53
328 Airbus A330-243 Air Leisure 20. Oct 2018 x.junkYardDog lsf DAE Capital 1 AtlasGlobal,Emirates,x 3/23/2000 9/19/2018 18.49
340 Airbus A330-243 Gulf Air 17-Apr-00 x.junkYardDog 0 1owner,x 5/29/2000 11/22/2019 19.48
362 Airbus A330-223 Onur Air 3-Jan-19 x.junkYardDog lsf Apollo Aviation 1 multi-6,x 10/20/2000 5/19/2019 18.58
366 Airbus A330-223 AerCap 30. Jul 2018 x.junkYardDog [email protected] per/myairtrade Vietnam Airlines, Swiss 5/22/2001 5/31/2018 17.02
392 Airbus A330-243 Air Leisure 17. Oct 2018 x.junkYardDog lsf DAE Capital 1 AtlasGlobal,Azman,Emirates,x 3/28/2001 9/17/2018 17.47
181 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 13-Aug-97 x.Scrapped [email protected] Nuno Gonçalves, all3EngineTypes,,x 1/17/2000 11/20/2018 18.84
205 Airbus A330-202 Canada 3000 Airlines, lsf ILFC 29. May 1998 x.Scrapped wfu 31. Jan 2013 Batavia Air, lsf ILFC 5/29/1998 1/31/2013 14.68
255 Airbus A330-223 Swissair, lsf ILFC 19. Feb 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 28. Jan 2017,[email protected] 2 Balkan Holidays, lsf awas 2/19/1999 1/28/2017 17.94
259 Airbus A330-223 TAM Linhas Aéreas 28. Jun 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 13. Mar 2016 per/Airfleets TAM Linhas Aéreas 6/28/1999 3/13/2016 16.71
275 Airbus A330-223 Swissair, lsf ILFC 26. May 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 14. Sep 2017 1 Vietnam Airlines, lsf aercap 5/26/1999 9/14/2017 18.31
281 Airbus A330-243 Gulf Air 7-Dec-07 x.Scrapped flightaware 6/24/1999 5/20/2019 19.90
294 Airbus A330-223 Swissair, lsf flightlease 15. Sep 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 04. Dec 2015 Vietnam Airlines, lsf gecas 9/15/1999 12/4/2015 16.22
296 Airbus A330-223 Sabena, lsf ILFC 06. Oct 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 01. Aug 2017 per/Airfleets '2Bscrapped' Wind Rose Aviation, lsf DAE 8/1/1999 1/1/2017 17.42
299 Airbus A330-223 Swissair, lsf flightlease 06. Oct 1999 x.Scrapped wfu 17. Nov 2015 Vietnam Airlines, lsf gecas 10/6/1999 11/17/2015 16.11
305 Airbus A330-223 TAP - Air Portugal 28-Mar-06 x.Scrapped Novair,SwissAir,Lufth,,x 11/25/1999 3/19/2019 19.31
348 Airbus A330-243 TAME 30. Aug 2000 x.Scrapped wfu 18. Feb 2019 Emirates 8/30/2000 2/18/2019 18.47
361 Airbus A330-223 TAM Linhas Aéreas 10. Nov 2000 x.Scrapped wfu 03. Aug 2013 per/Airfleets TAM Linhas Aéreas 11/10/2000 8/3/2013 12.73
382 Airbus A330-243 Emirates 26. Jan 2001 x.Scrapped wfu 25. Apr 2015 Emirates 1/26/2001 4/25/2015 14.24
384 Airbus A330-243 Emirates 31. Jan 2001 x.Scrapped wfu 05. Jun 2015 Emirates 1/31/2001 6/5/2015 14.34
401 Airbus A330-243 bmi British Midland, lsf sale 09. May 2001 x.Scrapped wfu 27. Oct 2012 bmi British Midland, lsf novus 5/9/2001 10/27/2012 11.47
437 Airbus A330-243 Saudi Arabian Airlines, lsf Onur 07. Nov 2001 x.Scrapped [email protected] undeployed nose landing gear 11/7/2001 5/21/2018 16.53
735 Airbus A330-243 Aerotron 21-Jun-18 x.Scrapped lsf BOC China Eastern 3/28/2006 11/27/2017 11.67
lost frames due to conflict or accidents
336 Airbus A330-243 SriLankan Airlines 28. Apr 2000 y.DiConflict 01jul24 destroyed by fighting
341 Airbus A330-243 SriLankan Airlines 15. Jun 2000 y.DiConflict 01jul24 destroyed by fighting
999 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 11. Aug 2009 y.DiConflict 14jul15 destroyed by fighting
1043 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 01. Oct 2009 y.DiConflict wfu.14jul, conflict damage probable 4 unknown/lost
1424 Airbus A330-202 Libyan Airlines 27. Jun 2013 y.DiConflict 14jul15 destroyed by fighting
1472 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 30. Dec 2013 y.DiConflict [email protected] 3 ferried4repair(16), tail removed
660 Airbus A330-203 Air France 18. Apr 2005 y.RiP ^
1024 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 08. Sep 2009 y.RiP ^
repurposed aircraft
600 Airbus A330-243(P2F) EgyptAir Cargo 04. Aug 2018 Active cvtd EgyptAir Freighter
610 Airbus A330-243(P2F) EgyptAir Cargo 09. Nov 2019 Active cvtd EgyptAir Freighter
709 Airbus A330-243(P2F) EgyptAir Cargo 02. Feb 2019 Active cvtd EgyptAir Freighter
898 Airbus KC-30A (-203MRTT) Royal Australian Air Force 16. May 2019 Active cvtd Qantas, last of seven MRTT
892 Airbus KC-30A (-203MRTT) Royal Australian Air Force 01. Sep 2017 Active cvtd Qantas, one of seven MRTT
240 Airbus A330-223P2VIP Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) 04. Nov 2010 Active cvtd SwissAir VIP
451 Airbus A330-243P2VIP Comlux Aruba 15. May 2019 Active cvtd xEmirates, P2VIP VIP
1439 Airbus A330-243 AirTanker 15. Aug 2014 Active cvtd y291, built as MRTT passenger
1498 Airbus A330-243 Condor, lsf AirTanker 06. Feb 2015 Active cvtd y2xx, built as MRTT passenger
1555 Airbus A330-243 Jet2, lsf AirTanker 31. Oct 2017 Active cvtd y2xx, built as MRTT passenger
1601 Airbus A330-243 AirTanker 20. Jan 2015 Active cvtd y327, built as MRTT passenger

Honest to goodness? I cn see A340's being parked and even broken up But A330's? That I'm not so sure about even if they're only for Charter andmilitary service to fly military Logistics. All countries need to feed their Troops or haul Freight or mail and these airplanes could do it cheaply as they're going to the boneyard anyway. Even if they're used by more than one nations Military, or Civil agency/

Theseus · Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:48 am

strfyr51 wrote:
amdiesen wrote:

1472 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 30. Dec 2013 y.DiConflict [email protected] 3 ferried4repair(16), tail removed

I am a bit puzzled by the fate of this frame (5A-ONP). I thought it was destroyed during the attack of the Tripoli airport, but it seems it was ferried to Hamburg for repairs, but then it appears to have been stored there for about four years. That raises many questions: in what conditions was it ferried ? How come was it not fixed and returned to service faster ? Is there a major reason to keep it around in Hamburg for that long (which must not be cheap) ?

amdiesen · Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:28 pm

Theseus wrote:
strfyr51 wrote:
amdiesen wrote:

1472 Airbus A330-202 Afriqiyah Airways 30. Dec 2013 y.DiConflict [email protected] 3 ferried4repair(16), tail removed

I am a bit puzzled by the fate of this frame (5A-ONP). I thought it was destroyed during the attack of the Tripoli airport, but it seems it was ferried to Hamburg for repairs, but then it appears to have been stored there for about four years. That raises many questions: in what conditions was it ferried ? How come was it not fixed and returned to service faster ? Is there a major reason to keep it around in Hamburg for that long (which must not be cheap) ?

1472 has 'significant flight control problems', or 'insert joke here'... it has to be one of my favorite pics
https://www.planespotters.net/photo/733 ... s-a330-202
or... "I got my *ss shot off", "tower, we are experiencing some navigation issues"...

One might surmise economics and ownership issues being the initial road block but longer term this bird still had that 'new car smell'. If anyone has an update on its fate, sharing is appreciated.

amdiesen · Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:49 pm

strfyr51 wrote:
Honest to goodness? I cn see A340's being parked and even broken up But A330's? That I'm not so sure about even if they're only for Charter and military service to fly military Logistics. All countries need to feed their Troops or haul Freight or mail and these airplanes could do it cheaply as they're going to the boneyard anyway. Even if they're used by more than one nations Military, or Civil agency/

Understood. You might have noticed that this is a comprehensive pre-covid A332 list. I undertook the study after persistent posts on the board praising/espousing the A332 and its variants. My comparatively ignorant perspective was that the A332 was inferior. One of the objectives of the study was to understand the dichotomy between the effectiveness of the A333 and the economic mis-understanding of the A332. The second was to check my own uneducated positions.
Key points that were uncovered:

Post-Covid you will likely observe the A332-243 (rr powered shrinks) go back to work, with the pratt powered birds, A332-223s, likely retiring out as organ donors. The Canadian government would be economically well served to negotiate aggressively priced A332-202's(GE) from Level (basically new*) and have Airbus apply the MRTT conversion to replace their aging A300s. The average age at retirement of the A332 is falling to an economically painful level. From a freighter perspective the A330 conversions are quoted to be 15,16m... for one million more (conversion cost) you could get an A333CF versus the shrink. DHL leads the charge capitalizing on this second life option. Egypt Air (launch customer) remains the only airline to convert the A332 to freighter. Covid is simply adding a 'land' prefix to the A332's utility -slide. Under-appreciated may be the A332s P2VIP utility. Low cycle frames are economical to acquire.
It should be noted that an optimistic dichotomy exists for the supported A333.

*

audidudi wrote:
Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):
Airbus A330-202 1864 F-HLVL OpenSkies Level c/s, ferried 11 Aug 2020, ORY-FNI, for onward storage, ex F-WWKH
Airbus A330-202 1936 F-HLVN OpenSkies Level c/s ferried 11 Aug 2020, ORY-FNI, for onward storage, ex F-WWKU

audidudi · Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:51 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-202 511 A7-ACO Qatar Airways air-test DIA-DOH 24 Aug 2020, prior onward storage, ex EI-GGO
Airbus A330-243 788 A6-EYK Etihad Airways ferried 07 Sept 2020 AUH-LETL, for onward storage, ex F-WWKM
Airbus A330-202 901 TC-JIM Turkish Airlines ferried 04 Sept 2020 ISL-FNI, on return to lessor, ex VT-JWL
Airbus A330-243F 1578 HA-LPA Wizz Air air-test at DOH 31 Aug 2020, A7-reg prior delivery, to be operated on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ex A7-AFF
Airbus A340-642 440 EC-IOB Iberia ferried 07 Sept 2020 MAD-CHR, for part-out & scrap, ex F-WWCL
Airbus A340-642 1030 9H-PGS Maleth-Aero ferried 03 Sept 2020 LETL-BOH, ex 2-FIXP

debonair · Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:52 pm

Airbus A330-243 635 F-WTAG Azur Aviation ferried 04 Feb 2020 LETL-GIG, ex F-GSEU

More infos regarding this a/c?! Some sources claiming delivery to Onur Air; others to Nordwind. :confused:

Airbus A330-223 874 LZ-AWZ Dubai Aerospace ferried 15 May 2020 ISL-MLA, for HiFly Malta as 9H-HFA, ex TC-LNA

Current status, some sources claiming HiFly Malta ntu. Can anyone confirm? :wave:

audidudi · Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:07 am

debonair wrote:
Airbus A330-243 635 F-WTAG Azur Aviation ferried 04 Feb 2020 LETL-GIG, ex F-GSEU

More infos regarding this a/c?! Some sources claiming delivery to Onur Air; others to Nordwind.

Airbus A330-223 874 LZ-AWZ Dubai Aerospace ferried 15 May 2020 ISL-MLA, for HiFly Malta as 9H-HFA, ex TC-LNA

Current status, some sources claiming HiFly Malta ntu. Can anyone confirm?

Info for F-WTAG below...click on the photo for more details:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-wtag

Info for LZ-AWZ below...click on either photo for more details:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/lz-awz

debonair · Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:28 pm

audidudi wrote:
Info for F-WTAG below...click on the photo for more details:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-wtag

Info for LZ-AWZ below...click on either photo for more details:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/lz-awz

Sorry, the links are no help either.... F-WTAG "Sorry, but we could not find data for specified flight" and LZ-AWZ is ferried for storage from MLA to TEV - owner unkown... Any more infos available beside this?

bennett123 · Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:38 pm

On the first one, if you click on the image it links to another site.

The caption says it is to be re reg as TC-ONY of Onur Air.

debonair · Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:23 pm

bennett123 wrote:
On the first one, if you click on the image it links to another site.

The caption says it is to be re reg as TC-ONY of Onur Air.

Yes, sorry my mistake! Your are right, but the problem is not solved yet. The caption does state "Onur Air TC-ONY", but it seems there are no evidence that the plane was actually delivered to Onur Air. Other sources on the web suggests, that it was taken up by Nordwind. Maybe someone has more information about the fate?

audidudi · Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:39 pm

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-223 874 LZ-AWZ DAE Capital ferried 09 Sept 2020 MLA-LETL, for onward storage, ex TC-LNA
Airbus A330-343 1205 A6-AFD Etihad Airways ferried 09 Sept 2020 LETL-AUH, ex F-WWKN
Airbus A330-302 1370 VP-/VQ- Nordwind Airlines seen being painted at DUB 13 Sept 2020, prior delivery, ex M-ABLW
Airbus A340-642 431 EC-INO Iberia ferried 12 Sept 2020 MAD-CHR, for part-out & scrap, ex F-WWCI

aristoenigma · Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:04 pm

A340-8000 (MSN 204) was that one off commissioned for Brunei but only flew after it was acquired by Saudi Government. It shows as active but does anyone know who uses it and for what distances?

bennett123 · Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:34 pm

http://www.southwalesaviationgroup.co.u ... athan.html

A330-243 A9C-KF scrapped DGX 09/2020.

Dahlgardo · Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:43 pm

OY-KBI A340-313X cn 430 leaving SAS fleet and ferried CPH-TUS-MZJ on 16.09.2020.
Retirement was reportedly first due in nov 2020.

audidudi · Sat Sep 19, 2020 1:04 am

Latest movements (courtesy of skyliner-aviation.de):

Airbus A330-343 418 B-HLP Cathay Pacific in svc / ferried 17-18 Sept 2020 HKG-SYD-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWKV
Airbus A330-343 421 B-HLR Cathay Pacific in svc / ferried 15-16 Sept 2020 HKG-SYD-ASP, for storage, ex- F-WWYC
Airbus A330-202 511 A7-ACO Qatar Airways ferried 18 Sept 2020 DOH-LETL, for onward storage, ex EI-GGO
Airbus A330-202 882 TC-JIL Turkish Airlines ferried 18 Sept 2020 ISL-FNI, on return to lessor, ex VT-JWH
Airbus A340-313 430 OY-KBI SAS ferried 16 Sept 2020 CPH-TUS-MZJ, for part-out & scrap, ex F-WWJR

audidudi · Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:22 pm

Airbus A330-342 113 B-HLF Cathay Pacific in svc / ferried 23-24 Sept 2020 HKG-DWC-LHR-CQM, for part-out & scrap, ex VR-HLF
Airbus A330-342 121 B-HLH Cathay Pacific in svc / ferried 22-23 Sept 2020 HKG-DWC-LHR-CQM, for part-out & scrap, ex VR-HLH
Airbus A330-243 688 A6-EYE Etihad Airways ferried 23 Sept 2020 AUH-LETL, for onward storage, ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A330-203 700 9H-MFS Maleth-Aero delivery 21 Sept 2020 NAP-MLA, FlightService titl, basic Atlas Global c/s, ex TC-AGL
Airbus A330-343 1188 HB-JHJ Swiss International ferried 22 Sept 2020 ZRH-AMM, for onward storage, ex F-WWYQ
Airbus A330-343 1276 HB-JHK Swiss International ferried 22 Sept 2020 ZRH-AMM, for onward storage, ex-F-WWYI
Airbus A330-243 1271 OE-IPY WTCT regd 22 Sept 2020, parked at LETL, ex ZS-SXU

bennett123 · Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:13 pm

I saw 9H-MFS at MLA this afternoon.

Nice c/S.

debonair · Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:30 pm

bennett123 wrote:
I saw 9H-MFS at MLA this afternoon.

Nice c/S.

What's all about these FlightService title? Is it a new company, cargo broker etc.?

audidudi · Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:26 pm

Airbus A330-343 389 B-HLN Cathay Dragon ferried 07 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWYV
Airbus A330-343 405 B-HYG Cathay Dragon ferried 05 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWKQ
Airbus A330-343 439 B-HLT Cathay Dragon ferried 07 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A330-343 479 B-HYI Cathay Dragon ferried 05 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWKU
Airbus A330-343 512 B-HYJ Cathay Dragon ferried 05 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWYR
Airbus A330-343 581 B-HYQ Cathay Pacific ferried 07 Oct 2020 HKG-ASP, for storage, ex F-WWKK
Airbus A330-243 427 C-GTSI Air Transat ferried 05 Oct 2020 YUL-MZJ, on return to lessor, ex OK-GBB
Airbus A330-203 700 9H-MFS Maleth-Aero ferried 02 Oct 2020 MLA-NAP, ex TC-AGL
Airbus A330-202 882 2-AMGL Viking Leasing regd 29 Sept 2020, parked at FNI, ex TC-JIL
Airbus A330-243 967 VP-CCP Aviation Capital Group ferried 07 Oct 2020 NQY-FNI, by Azur Aviation, for onward storage, ex G-TCXC
Airbus A330-243 992 EC-MAJ Wamos Air onward delivery 30 Sept 2020 BCN-MAD, after transfer, ex A9C-KJ
Airbus A330-302 1535 5A-ONR Afriqiyah Airways in svc 04-05 Oct 2020 MJI-ISL-MJI, after storage, ex F-WHUT
Airbus A340-642 744 EC-JPU Iberia ferried 06 Oct 2020 MAD-CQM, for part-out & scrap, ex F-WWCF

mark1484 · Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:41 am

5A-ONE A340-200 Libya01
First engine start up after 6 years maintenance/storage at PGF.
Smokey!!

2020 and anything is possible.

robby31 · Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:16 am

mark1484 wrote:
5A-ONE A340-200 Libya01
First engine start up after 6 years maintenance/storage at PGF.
Smokey!!

2020 and anything is possible.

Yes, completely unexpected to see that particular bird lively again in current period and after so many years, see the smoke
https://twitter.com/vincent_vannier/sta ... 62048?s=20

robby31 · Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:19 am

robby31 wrote:
mark1484 wrote:
5A-ONE A340-200 Libya01
First engine start up after 6 years maintenance/storage at PGF.
Smokey!!

2020 and anything is possible.

Yes, completely unexpected to see that particular bird lively again in current period and after so many years, see the smoke
https://twitter.com/vincent_vannier/sta ... 62048?s=20

Really wondering what can be the future of that bird ? Especially given its past !

audidudi · Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:34 pm

Airbus A330-342 17 B-HLK Cathay Dragon ferried 13-14 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex VR-HLK
Airbus A330-342 106 B-HYB Cathay Dragon ferried 13-14 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex VR-HYB
Airbus A330-342 109 B-HLE Cathay Dragon ferried 12-13 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex VR-HLE
Airbus A330-342 118 B-HLG Cathay Dragon ferried 12-13 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex VR-HLG
Airbus A330-342 155 B-HLI Cathay Dragon ferried 12-13 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex VR-HLI
Airbus A330-342 234 B-HYF Cathay Dragon ferried 13-14 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-CQM, ex F-WWKF
Airbus A330-322(F) 116 B-LDO Air Hong Kong ferried 15 Oct 2020 HKG-DWC-DUB, after lease, ex EI-HEA
Airbus A330-342 244 B-HLL Cathay Dragon ferried 14 Oct 2020 HKG-ANC, ex F-WWKG
Airbus A330-223 1256 OE-IKY Air Lease Corp ferried 10 Oct 2020 CGK-AUH-DUS, Eritrean Arlines c/s, for Nordwind Airlines, ex VN-A379
Airbus A330-343 1544 2-SSCA HCC Reinsurance Co ferried 15 Oct 2020 SIN-LDE, ex 9V-SSC
Airbus A330-243F 1578 HA-LHU Wizz Air delivery 13 Oct 2020 DOH-BUD, to be opt on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ex A7-AFF
Airbus A340-313 207 F-GLZK Air France ferried 12 Oct 2020 CDG-ISL, Joon cs

TC957 · Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:19 am

Looks like the 3 ex-Thomas Cook 332's are going to be broken up on site in MAN inside their hanger.

filipinoavgeek · Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:49 am

Any updates on the status of the A330 prototype (ex-KA) and how the scrapping is moving along?

holczakker · Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:34 pm

HA-LHU (332F ex-Qatar A7-AFF) was only delivered to Hungary/Wizz Air today.

CX Flyboy · Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:02 pm

filipinoavgeek wrote:
Any updates on the status of the A330 prototype (ex-KA) and how the scrapping is moving along?

Last pic I saw was the fuselage with no wings or tail or gear or very rear part of the fuselage. That was a month or so ago. I suspect it is probably totally gone by now.

danipawa · Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:21 pm

TC957 wrote:
Looks like the 3 ex-Thomas Cook 332's are going to be broken up on site in MAN inside their hanger.

So sad...MSN 266, 254, 301

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