AirBlue to wet-lease three Ukrainian A321s

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Re: AirBlue to wet-lease three Ukrainian A321s

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Today, Windrose Airbus A321-231 (UR-WRI) departed from Sofia as ferry flight 7W-7007 to Lahore to resume performing airblue flights as a wet leased aircraft.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

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Windrose Airbus A321-231 (UR-WRI) with white nose photographed at Lahore Airport on June 14, 2015.

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Probably A321's radome damaged by bird hit replaced with this one in white colour?

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Windrose Airbus A321-231 (UR-WRI) ferried from Islamabad to Norwich via Kiev as flight 7W-7006 on October 29.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

Probably for maintenance checks at KLM UK Engineering Limited (klmukengineering.com/en/klmuk) facility at Norwich Airport?

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Windrose Airbus A321-231 (UR-WRI) towed to KLM UK Engineering Limited Hangar 3 at Norwich Airport, UK, on October 29, 2015.

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UR-WRI has departed from Norwich as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7007 to Lahore to resume wet lease term with airblue.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

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UR-WRI landed at Lahore Airport at 5:19 AM as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7007 from Norwich (UK).

The A321 completed ferry flight from Norwich to Lahore in seven hours & twenty-five minutes.

Later, UR-WRI departed from Lahore at 10:25 AM as airblue flight PA-450 to Muscat.

Info source: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

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Re: AirBlue to wet-lease three Ukrainian A321s

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Windrose UR-WRI is on its way to Ukraine. Just airborne from Lahore as Flight Number WRC7007 . Maybe the leade for this aircraft has come to an end or is it going for some maintenance check. The departure SID it took was ZARAF ONE ALPHA.
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UR-WRI flown from Lahore to Brussels via Kiev as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7007.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

This A321 recently underwent maintenance checks performed by KLM UK Engineering in Norwich, UK.

Could it be a visit to Brussels to get painted in airblue livery to join the privately-owned Pakistani airline as a dry leased aircraft?

Recently there were reports about airblue plans to induct four A321 aircraft.

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UR-WRI photographed in Brussels on December 7. The A321 is there for maintenance checks according to the photographer. Maybe aircraft getting upgraded/certified for ILS CAT-IIIB landings in Lahore?

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Apparently, the A321 got radome back in original colour scheme during maintenance checks performed by KLM UK Engineering in Norwich, UK, in October/November this year.

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Today, UR-WRI departed from Brussels as ferry flight 7W-7008 probably to Lahore to resume wet lease term with airblue.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

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Re: AirBlue to wet-lease three Ukrainian A321s

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UR-WRI landed at Lahore Airport at 12:03 AM as Windrose ferry flight 7W-7008 from Brussels.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

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Re: AirBlue to wet-lease three Ukrainian A321s

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Considering the length of lease shouldnt all these have been in Airblue livery, even the A330.
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Today, Windrose Airbus A321-231 registration UR-WRI departed from Islamabad Airport as ferry flight 7W-7001 to Brussels, Belgium, via Esenboga International Airport, Ankara, Turkey.

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-wri

Probably for maintenance checks in Brussels or end of wet lease term?

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Windrose is expanding its network so maybe the aircraft is needed for that.
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UR-WRI returned to Karachi on March 18 and resumed performing airblue flights.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ur-wri

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