Friday, December 03, 2004

Cactus Wings News
03Dec-2004


News items
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* Ex-America West B737-200 N188AW [22655], previously at Tucson, has been delivered to Shaheen Air, Pakistan. It was delivered on 25/26Nov-2004 routing TUS-YXD-eastward, and has been re-registered AP-BHB.

* Ex-USAir B737-200 N234US [22274], previously at Tucson, has been delivered to Teebah Airlines, Jordan, who will operate it in the livery of Iraqi Airways. It was delivered on 25/26Nov-2004, routing TUS-LNK-YYR-eastward.

* Ex-Air Canada B767-200 N526PH [22526], currently at Goodyear, has been painted for Iraqi Airways, and noted as such on 01Dec-2004.

* Ex-AMC MD90 N765BC [53576], previously at Marana, has been delivered to Hello Airlines, Switzerland. It was delivered on 30Nov-2004, routing TUS-YXD-eastward, and has been re-registered HB-JIC.

* America West B737-200 N182AW [22649] has been retired from the fleet. Last revenue service was HP32 ABQ-PHX 30Nov-2004. Ferried PHX-GYR on 01Dec-2004 as HP7801.

* Ex-KLM B747-300 PH-BUR [22379], currently stored at Mojave, has been sold to Southern Air.

* Santa Barbara Airlines B727-200 YV-41C [21968], previously stored at Tucson, was delivered to the airline and has since departed.

* Ex-United B747-400 N188UA [26877], currently at Marana, has been sold to TUI for operation by Corsair.

* Continental B757 N67134 [29283] arrived at Tucson 01Dec-2004 for a project to add blended winglets to existing 757s. The aircraft will remain in Arizona for the installation and testing.

* Aeromexico B737-700 XA-DAM [33786] operated the first B737-700 service to Phoenix for AMX, operating AMX464 HMO-PHX on 03Dec-2004.

Phoenix log
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26Nov N1603 B763 Delta (NY Jets football charter)
28Nov N740PA B757 Primaris
28Nov N1611B B763 Delta (NY Jets football charter)
30Nov N583CC B732 Cleveland Cavaliers basketball charter
30Nov EC-IUA B747 Air Pullmantur, to MZJ
02Dec N320NP A319 Blue Moon (Minnesota Timberwolves football charter)

Aircraft movements
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19Nov
N822V DC10 MHV-MZJ
N913VV DC10 NRT-TUS-MZJ

25Nov
C-FCLV CRJ2 TUS-YUL
N188AW B732 TUS-YXD-east Shaheen Air
N234US B732 TUS-LNK-east Iraqi Airways

29Nov
N226GL B190 MZJ-PWA

30Nov
EC-IUA B747 MAD-PHX-MZJ * Air Pullmantur for mx
N188UA B744 BHM-MZJ
N368UA B733 airtest VCV
N67134 B757 PAE-TUS
N765BC MD90 MZJ-TUS-YYR
AAY9891 MD80 LAS-GYR
OAE270 DC10 GYR-TUL

01Dec
AWE7801 B732 PHX-GYR N186AW
FDX9063 A310 airtest MHV
NWA9868 DC-9 MSP-MZJ N8915E

02Dec
N478CT DC10 GRU-TUS-MZJ * ex PR-BME
FDX9903 A310 airtest MHV
NWA9868 DC-9 MSP-MZJ N8914E

03Dec
N14871 MD80 TUS-NAS
N67134 B757 airtest TUS
AAY9860 MD80 LAS-GYR
FDX9064 A310 MHV-BGR

Any tie-ups on the above, or anything I may have missed, would be appreciated. It helps keep my database and the Cactus Wings website up to date.

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

America West Airlines
Boeing 737-277
22654 N187AW Last revenue service for America West Airlines Nov30-2004 HP643 Ontario-Phoenix. Parked at Phoenix.
22649 N182AW Last reveneu service fro America West Airlines Nov30-2004 HP32 Albuquerque-Phoenix. Position ferry Dec01-2004 as HP7801 Phoenix-Goodyear for storage.

Monday, November 29, 2004

America West Airlines

Boeing 737-33A
23625 N164AW, 23632 N173AW, and 23633 N174AW all re-reg. Nov24-2004 to RPK Capital I LLC and leased back by America West Airlines from the same date.

Airbus A320-232
2312 Reg. N673AW Nov19-2004 to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee on lease to America West Airlines. H/O: Nov19-2004, delivered to Phoenix Nov20-2004. I/S: HP881 Phoenix Fort Lauderdale Nov22-2004.

Aeromexico

The Boeing 737 N997AM in Stavanger is C/N 30283 1156 ex G-OSLH easyJet