Airline Fleet News – 11th August 2023 (Updated 17th Aug)

New Deliveries

China Eastern Airlines (CES) A320N B-32FD (11392) TSN to NKG

Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IHC (62355 / 8623) BFI to DUB

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8887Q (67964 / 8661) BF- to PHX

United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 8 N37307 (64608 / 7325) BFI to TPA

Xiamen Airlines (CXA) A321NX B-32F3 (11486) XFW to XMN

News

Air Inuit (AIE) has taken delivery of B737-8 C-FTUY (40853 / 4252) ex-Kulula.com ZS-ZWC.

Avolon has taken delivery of A330-2 OE-IDW (396) ex-Hong Kong Airlines (CRK) B-LHA while stored at Chateauroux (CHR).

Bank of Utah ferried ERJ-140’s N851AE (145734) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Bangor (BGR) and N853AE (145742) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Carbondale (MDH).

Beond (BYD) ferried A319 8Q-FBA (2119) from Dubai (DWC) to Male (MLE) prior to entering service.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B787-9 B-220G (63718 / 1088) from Victorville (VCV) to Lackland (SKF).

Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) ferried A321-2F N983CM (1887) from Guam (GUM) to Kuala Lumpur (SZB) after freighter conversion at Sanford (SFB), prior to lease to Raya Airways (RMY) as 9M-BZC.

CDB Aviation ferried B737 MAX 8 OE-IHQ (60646 / 7301) from storage at Hyderabad (HYD) to Prague (PRG).

IndiGo (IGO) A320N VT-IPU (11485) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as F-WWBX.

Marathon Airlines (MTO) ferried ERJ-195 SX-RMA (19000361) from Athens (ATH) to Belgrade (BEG) prior to wet-lease to Air Serbia (ASL).

Max Air (NGL) ferried EMB-135BJ 5N-BXK (14501086) from storage at Prague (PRG) to Maiduguri (MIU).

MIAT – Mongolian Airlines (MGL) has taken delivery of B787-9 EI-MGL (60326 / 868) on lease from AerCap, ex-Suparna Airlines (YZR) B-20AF and ferried from storage at Haikou (HAK) to Ulaanbaatar (ULN) prior to entering service.

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ferried Dash 8-400 OY-YFP (4444) from Karachi (KHI) to Colombo (CMB) prior to lease to Aviair as VH-8XA, for operations for Nexus Airlines.

San Marino Executive Aviation (SMF) ferried B737-8F T7-ELAL (33004 / 1144) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) prior to delivery to El Al Israel Airlines (ELY) as 4X-EKZ.

United Airlines (UAL) ferried A319 N825UA (980) from Amarillo (AMA) to Houston (IAH) after painting, A320’s N405UA (452) from Chicago (ORD) to Tupelo (TUP), N418UA (485) from Houston (IAH) to Amarillo (AMA) for painting and B737 MAX 9 N77571 (67193 / 8692) made its first flight at Renton (RNT).

Maintenance Flights

Alliance Airlines (UTY) ferried ERJ-190 VH-UYO (19000098) from Brisbane (BNE) to Bratislava (BTS).

Cargojet Airways (CJT) ferried B757-2F C-GVAJ (24607 / 383) from Shannon (SNN) to Hamilton (YHM).

Emirates (UAE) ferried B777-3 A6-ENP (41362 / 1193) from Istanbul (ISL) to Dubai (DXB).

Iraqi Airways (IAW) ferried A330-2 YI-AQY (1339) from Baghdad (BGW) to Amsterdam (AMS).

Uep! Fly ferried ATR 72-201 EC-LST (234) from Madrid (MAD) to Palma (PMI).

+ United Airlines (UAL) ferried B737-7 N54711 (28782 / 097) from Goodyear (GYR) to Houston (IAH) and B737-9’s N66831 (44562 / 5029) from Houston (IAH) to Goodyear (GYR), N69824 (42179 / 4907) from Goodyear (GYR) to Houston (IAH).

Vueling (VLG) ferried A319 EC-NGB (2751) from Luqa (MLA) to Barcelona (BCN).