Airline Fleet News – 11th January 2025 (Updated 18th Jan)

New Deliveries

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  B737 MAX 8  B-20CC (61645 / 7645)  BFI to PVG

Hainan Airlines (CHH)  A320N  B-32K6 (12362)  TLS to HAK

News

Aeromexico (AMX) B737 MAX 9 XA-*** (***** / 9006) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Africa Charter Airline (FSK) ferried B737-4F C5-STC (24446 / 2569) from Luxor (LXR) to Johannesburg (JNB) prior to entering service.

Air India Express (AXB) has taken delivery of A320N’s VT-RTF (11705) and VT-RTI (11844) on lease from China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC), ex-Air India (AIC).

All Nippon Airways (ANA) B787-10 JA985A (66999 / 1219) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

+ Arkia Israeli Airlines (AIZ) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-EAJ (1797) on wet-lease from Electra Airways (EAF) and ferried from Athens (ATH) to Tel Aviv (TLV) prior to entering service.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8-200 VT-YBD (***** / 9004) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Everett (PAE) for Akasa Air (AKJ).

Gryphon Aviation Leasing ferried A319 VH-8NV (2679) from Apia (APW) to Brisbane (BNE) prior to delivery to Network Aviation (NWK) for operations for QantasLink.

ICBC Leasing ferried A320N VP-COE (8736) from storage at Bangalore (BLR) to Hyderabad (HYD).

SkyWest Charter (SCW) has taken delivery of CRJ-200 N917SW (7641) ex-SkyWest Airlines (SKW).

Smartwings (TVS) B737 MAX 8 OK-SWL (62915 / 9060) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting.

TUI Airways (TOM) ferried B737-8 OM-GTJ (30413 / 636) from Bratislava (BTS) to Manchester (MAN) on wet-lease from Go2Sky (RLX).

T’Way Air (TWB) ferried B737-8 HL8294 (32798 / 1470) from Anchorage (ANC) to Greenwood (GWO) for part-out.

United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 9 N77584 (67624 / 8967) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI) and ferried B757-2 N17128 (27567 / 602) from New York (EWR) to Amarillo (AMA) for painting.

Maintenance Flights

+ British Airways (BAW) ferried A321NX G-NEOS (8637) from Luqa (MLA) to Heathrow (LHR).

+ DAT - Danish Air Transport (DTR) ferried A321-2 OY-RUU (878) from Sofia (SOF) to Billund (BLL).

Delta Air Lines (DAL) ferried B737-8 N395DN (30773 / 604) from Seattle (SEA) to Everett (PAE).

+ EAT Leipzig (BCS) ferried A300-6F D-AEAB (837) from Leipzig (LEJ) to Amman (AMM).

+ Edelweiss Air (EDW) ferried A320 HB-JJN (4187) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Zurich (ZRH).

+ LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) ferried B787-8 SP-LRC (35940 / 086) from Warsaw (WAW) to Abu Dhabi (AUH).

+ SmartLynx (ART) ferried A321-2F YL-LDZ (974) from Leipzig (LEJ) to Cologne (CGN).

+ SunExpress (SXS) ferried B737-8 TC-SPF (39093 / 3601) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Antalya (AYT).

Transavia France (TVF) ferried B737-8 F-HUYZ (39862 / 5532) from Chateauroux (CHR) to Paris (ORY).

+ Turkish Airlines (THY) ferried A321-2 TC-JTP (7516) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Istanbul (IST).

+ Virgin Atlantic Airways (VIR) ferried A350-1000’s G-VPOP (298) from Heathrow (LHR) to Luqa (MLA) and G-VLUX (274) from Luqa (MLA) to Heathrow (LHR).