Airline Fleet News – 11th July 2023 (Updated 15th Jul)

New Deliveries

Jet2 (EXS) A321NX G-SUND (11564) XFW to EMA

LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM) A320N PR-XBN (11522) TLS to FOR

Malta Air (MAY) B737 MAX 8-200 9H-VVI (67086 / 8683) BFI to DUB

Pegasus (PGT) A321NX TC-RDI (11360) XFW to SAW

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8881L (42684 / 8635) BFI to PHX

News

AerCap ferried Dash 8-400 VP-CGE (4506) from Tainan (TNN) to Karachi (KHI) and E195-E2 EI-GYX (19020053) from storage at Castellon (CDT) to Ostrava (OSR) for painting, prior to lease to TUI Airlines Belgium (JAF).

Aeromexico (AMX) ferried B737-8 N342AM (34262 / 1720) from storage at Queretaro (QRO) to Toronto (YYZ) prior to delivery to Tailwind Airlines (TWI).

+ ALAFCO has taken delivery of A320’s M-ABRZ (4399) ex-Ultra Air (ULS) HK-5396 and M-ABSA (4438) ex-Ultra Air (ULS) HK-5394, while stored at Roswell (ROW).

Alaska Airlines (ASA) has ferried A320 N638VA (3503) from Amarillo (AMA) to Greensboro (GSO).

Avion Express Malta (MLH) ferried A320 9H-MLB (4441) from Sofia (SOF) to Stuttgart (STR) on wet-lease to Eurowings (EWG).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 N8892S (68047 / 8686) from Portland (PDX) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting for Southwest Airlines (SWA).

Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) ferried B767-3 N336CM (25170 / 542) from Anchorage (ANC) to Guangzhou (CAN) for freighter conversion.

Castlelake ferried A320 D-AATA (2288) from storage at Budapest (BUD) to Muscat (MCT).

CDB Aviation ferried B737 MAX 8 OE-IHP (60184 / 7373) from storage at Hyderabad (HYD) to Muscat (MCT).

easyJet Europe (EJU) ferried A320 OE-IBS (6422) from Montpellier (MPL) to Erfurt (ERF).

EIC Aircraft Leasing ferried ERJ-145 N846HK (14500855) from Keflavik (KEF) to Paris (LBG).

Emirates (UAE) ferried B777-3 A6-EGH (35585 / 969) from Miami (MIA) to Dubai (DXC) following repairs, after being hit by Air Transat (TSC) A330-2 C-GUBL (728) 13/04/2023.

Etihad Airways (ETD) ferried A380 A6-APJ (237) from storage at Teruel (TEV) to Xiamen (XMN).

flydubai (FDB) B737 MAX 8 N4022T (61023 / 8676) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Portland (PDX) for painting.

+ GOL Transportes Aereos (GLO) B737-8F PS-GFE (34964 / 2332) has commenced operations for MercadoLibre.

Merx Aviation ferried B737-8F LZ-MRX (33003 / 1121) from Dothan (DHN) to San Diego (SDM) after freighter conversion, prior to delivery to Nauru Airlines (RON) as VH-8TG.

Republique de Cote d-Ivoire has taken delivery of A321N(CJ) TU-VAJ (10618) ex-Albinati Aviation (ULC) 9H-BHD and ferried from Basel (BSL) to Abidjan (ABJ).

Singapore Airlines (SIA) A350-900 9V-SJG (629) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZNM.

Spirit Airlines (NKS) ferried A319 N521NK (2797) from Houston (IAH) to Coolidge (KP08) for scrapping.

SunExpress (SXS) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 TC-SPS (64605 / 6893) on lease from Pembroke Aircraft Leasing, ex-Air Italy (ISS) EI-GFY and ferried from storage at Budapest (BUD) to Antalya (AYT) prior to entering service.

Wizz Air Malta (WMT) A320 9H-WDT (11457) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AYAU.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A320 F-GKXR (3795) from Casablanca (CMN) to Paris (CDG).

Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) ferried CRJ-900 D-ACKH (15085) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Munich (MUC).

Saudia (SVA) ferried A330-3 HZ-AQ28 (1803) from Jeddah (JED) to Luqa (MLA).

United Airlines (UAL) ferried A319 N825UA (980) from Lake City (LCQ) to Chicago (ORD).