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Airbus Industrie A340-313 (844)

 

 
Date: 06/2018

Location: MUC/EDDM

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: second A340 of Air Belgium (second hand) arrived at Brussels on March 1 2018 in all white markings. It was repainted in their full colors after a couple of weeks and began to conduct flights for third parties from April onwards and on their own behalf to Hong Kong from June 6 onwards.

Date: 25/10/2019

Location: CDG/LFPG

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on October 20 it arrived at Brussels with the Belgian colors on the fuselage been removed. Four days later it was noted with "Safrans du Monde" titles and it left such to CDG as start of a three week journey around the world for this French tour operator, here depicted after its ferry flight from BRU.

Date: 11/2019

Location: AMS/EHAM

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: here depicted after this tour with the stickers been removed, making flights on behalf of Surinam Airways.

Date: 22/04/2020

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: since December 6 2019 it's adorned with large stickers promoting "Guadeloupe" on the RHS & "Martinique" on the LHS and this particular airframe started services to both destination from CRL on December 7. Here seen with "Martinique" on the LHS during the covid-19 crisis after a repatriation flight from South America.

Date: 23/04/2020

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: RHS with "Guadeloupe" titles seen on departure for a repatriation flight to Algeria.

Date: 25/09/2021

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: Skystef

Description: during a maintenance visit at Amman between August 17 - September 3 2020 these stickers were removed and afterwards it was seen again seen in the original outfit, though the "Air Belgium" titles were a little bit smaller (less bold). After it made its final commercial flight on March 25 2022 it was for a while stored at Charleroi airport and returned to the lessor Airbus Finance Group and departed to Amman for overhaul on April 23 2022. It was cancelled from the register on June 20 2022 and migrated shortly afterwards to Romania as "YR-LRB" for a new operator Legend Airlines.

 

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