New Irish registered aircraft at Shannon in June

Shanair

Bombardier CL605 EI-WFI was delivered from Montreal to Shannon 2nd June for operation by Westair for its owner. It carries the name "Wind Force One' the same as the Lear jet 45 EI-WFO which it replaces.

A320 EI-EZR was delivered from the USA via Shannon 3/6 for Italian operator Meridiana Fly formed from the recent merger of Meridiana and Eurofly. Some years ago this aircraft was registered EI-CUK for a short time with another Italian carrier, Volare.

CargoItalia MD11F EI-EMS was delivered from Singapore to Milan via Shannon for paperwork 4/6. The ex Finnair aircraft was converted to a freighter in Singapore and like many other Italian airlines CargoItalia favors operating its aircraft on the Irish register.

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donkey balls

Shanair wrote: »

Bombardier CL605 EI-WFI was delivered from Montreal to Shannon 2nd June for operation by Westair for its owner. It carries the name "Wind Force One' the same as the Lear jet 45 EI-WFO which it replaces.

A320 EI-EZR was delivered from the USA via Shannon 3/6 for Italian operator Meridiana Fly formed from the recent merger of Meridiana and Eurofly. Some years ago this aircraft was registered EI-CUK for a short time with another Italian carrier, Volare.

CargoItalia MD11F EI-EMS was delivered from Singapore to Milan via Shannon for paperwork 4/6. The ex Finnair aircraft was converted to a freighter in Singapore and like many other Italian airlines CargoItalia favors operating its aircraft on the Irish register.

Photos of these and other recent Shannon goodies can be found at
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thats because they are wet leased through a company based here in Ireland i believe gemini cargo also operate a MD11F under an Irish reg

Shanair

donkey balls wrote: »

thats because they are wet leased through a company based here in Ireland i believe gemini cargo also operate a MD11F under an Irish reg

This is not correct - most definitely not wet leased. While many of the airliners flown by Italian carriers on the Irish register are leased from international leasing companies with offices in Ireland airlines in other countries airlines also lease aircraft from these companies but in the main fly them on their own country's nation register - Russia may be an exception where most western aircraft are flown on the Bermudan register some Irish registered airliners are operated as well. Thus Italy is an exception to the norm.
Gemini Air Cargo ceased operations in 2008

donkey balls

ok there probely on a dry lease with CargoItalia:) under the Irish reg,i happen to know someone working for the leading lessor of acft here.
my old company uses a lot of ACMI operators on there feeder routes in europe with some acft painted in the company livery.

Shanair

Just to give some idea of the number of aircraft operated by Italian airlines on the Irish register the following are reasonably accurate

Alitalia/Alitalia Express/Air One 69 out of a fleet of 105
Meridiana Fly 14 out of a fleet of 34
CargoItalia 3 out of a fleet of 3
Mistral Air 7 out of a fleet of 7
Air Italy 4 out of a fleet of 13
Livingston 3 out of a fleet of 6
Windjet 11 out of a fleet of 11
Blue Panorama 11 out of a fleet of 12

flightidle100

I frequently see EI-WFI operated by Westair in both Shannon and Dublin. Who is the passenger?