L-410UVP-E13 reg. OK-UDS (c/n 892321) of Silver Air was repainted in Ostrava into new c/s last year. The aircraft departed to Italy for lease to DHL flights (small sticker under cabin windows) at once. It returned back for short time at the end of the last year and was seen on flights for DHL between Ostrava and Prague. OK-UDS is going depart again to Italy shortly and change OK-SLD aircraft, which will return back to Czech Republic.
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Estonian company AirEst bought to their fleet two new L-410UVP-E aircrafts. First L410 is reg. ES-LLA (c/n 902416, ex RA-67670) and ES-LLG (c/n 872011, ex RA-67673), placed at the end of the last year.
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L-410FG reg. 1523 (c/n 851523) ex Czech Air Force, already wfu for longer time and stored at Prague-Kbely, was broken up in October 2005. The fuselage was used for an exercise Air Accident 2005 in military training area Brdy (Jince) in the nearby villages Skorice and Trokavec, where "played" a role (together with fuselage of An-2) of crashed Boeing 737-800.
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Icar Air did not start operation between Sarajevo and Zagreb for DHL. The DHL flights to Sarajevo go via Ancona, with L410 of Czech Silver Air (OK-WDT at the present time) on the last leg.
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Two L-410s were damaged beyond repair during the October´s hurricane Wilma. The aircrafts involved were L-410UVP reg. XA-TAU (c/n 851529) of Aero Ferinco at Playa del Carmen and L-410UVP XA-SXX (c/n 800512) at Fort Lauderdale Executive, Florida, stored there for a longer time.
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One of two L-410UVP-E20s owned by South African Aircraft Systems (reg. ZS-OXR, c/n 972730), originally flown with Air Express Algeria returned back. It's homebase is in Malawi now. Aircraft has original colours, but the new titles of its new operator Air Malawi were applied. Aircraft was seen during July 2005 in service on the airport at Lilongwe (Kamuzu International).
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Next L-410 for Brazilian carrier Cruiser Linhas Aéreas left from Kunovice to Brazil at the end of November. L-410UVP-E20 reg. PR-CRA (c/n 902514, ex OK-VDP) is now the second aircraft in the fleet together with PR-CRX (c/n 912617), which was already delivered at the end of 2003.
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Icar Air from Bosnia will launch regular cargo runs between Zagreb and Sarajevo on behalf of DHL with ex Farnair L410UVP-E3 HA-LAC (c/n 871828) leased from Bulgarian Scorpion Air, now with T9-AAJ registration.
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The technical stop performed at Prague L420 of Air Express Algeria (ZS-OUE, c/n 012735A) on 25.11. This aircraft was on the way from the homebase at Hassi Messaoud via Pula to Prague Kbely for technical maintenance. Mentioned aircraft is owned by company Aircraft Systems from Bethlehem, which leased their aircrafts to various african operators. Air Express Algeria is the only operator of L420 in the world (plus ZS-OSE). It use two L410 as well (ZS-OOF, OXR).
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L410UVP-E19A of Trade Air (9A-BTA) crashed and broke up soon after takeoff from Bergamo airport yesterday evening. This c/n 912538 ex Bemoair OK-WDO aircraft performed night cargo flight for DHL to Zagreb. Weather at the time of accident was poor with a visibility of 200-300 metres due to fog.
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