Airline Fleet News – 12th March 2024 (Updated 24th Mar)

New Deliveries

China Airlines (CAL)  A321NX  B-18112 (11747)  XFW to TPE

Donghai Airlines (EPA)  B737 MAX 8  B-224C (61292 / 8239)  BFI to SZX

JetSMART (JAT)  A320N  CC-DIJ (11904)  TLS to SCL

Norwegian Air Sweden (NSZ)  B737 MAX 8  SE-RTO (62911 / 8857)  BFI to CPH

Virgin Australia (VOZ)  B737 MAX 8  VH-8ID (66638 / 8863)  BFI to MLB

News

AerCap ferried A321NX OE-LDS (10626) from Ashgabat (ASB) to Chongqing (CKG) prior to lease to West Air (CHB) as B-325E.

AirBridgeCargo (ABW) ferried B747-8F VP-BIN (60119 / 1520) from storage at Moscow (SVO) to Shanghai (PVG).

Ariana Afghan Airlines (AFG) has taken delivery of A310-3 YA-FGG (620) ex-Mahan Air (IRM) EP-MNP.

ATR (EVX) ferried ATR 72-600 F-WWEQ (1693) from Toulouse (TLS) to Francazal (LFBF) for painting.

Aurigny (AUR) has taken delivery of Dash 8-400 D-AASG (4087) on wet-lease from Avanti Air (ATV).

Avolon ferried B737 MAX 8 VP-CTX (60224 / 7405) from storage at Hyderabad (HYD) to Muscat (MCT).

Be Aero Havacilik has taken delivery of CRJ-200 T7-LISA (8106) ex-ZYB Lily Jet (MZT) B-7767 and ferried from storage at Seletar (XSP) to Istanbul (ISL).

Bestfly Cape Verde (BCV) ferried ATR 72-600 D4-BFA (1060) from Praia (RAI) to Francazal (LFBF) prior to a return to lessor.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8’s B-20CR (64678 / 7697) from Victorville (VCV) to Everett (PAE) for Xiamen Airlines (CXA) and B-225J (64709 / 7858) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) for Hainan Airlines (CHH).

British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-2’s G-YMME (30306 / 275) from Gatwick (LGW) to Teruel (TEV) for painting and G-VIID (27486 / 056) from Teruel (TEV) to Heathrow (LHR) after painting.

Cebu Pacific (CEB) ferried A320 RP-C3265 (4861) from storage at Hyderabad (HYD) to Riyadh (RUH) prior to delivery to easyJet (EZY) as G-EJCL.

Copenhagen Airtaxi (CAT) ferried B737-4 OY-ASA (24644 / 1938) from Forli (FRL) to Shannon (SNN) prior to delivery to Air Horizont (HAT).

Envoy Air (ENY) re-registered ERJ-170 N794JH (17000066) ex N646RW.

Eurowings (EWG) has taken delivery of A320 9H-AMK (3562) on wet-lease from Avion Express Malta (MLH) and ferried from storage at Castellon (CDT) to Hamburg (HAM) prior to entering service.

ITA Airways (ITY) A320N EI-HOI (11945) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWDZ and ferried A319 EI-IME (1740) from storage at Naples (NAP) to Kaunas (KUN).

Jet2 (EXS) A321NX G-SUNG (11799) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVYI and ferried B737-8 G-JZDD (40866 / 3432) from East Midlands (EMA) to Leeds (LBA) after painting, prior to entering service.

Korean Air Lines (KAL) A321NX HL8557 (11497) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) F-WWAG.

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried A380 D-AIMC (044) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Munich (MUC) prior to a return to service.

ORIX Aviation ferried B737-8F VP-CLQ (29660 / 2355) from Shanghai (PVG) to Tokyo (NRT) after freighter conversion.

Ruili Airlines (RLH) has taken delivery of B737-8 B-5345 (35215 / 2306) on lease from World Star Aviation, ex-Shenzhen Airlines (CSZ).

Silver Airways (SIL) has taken delivery of ATR 72-600 N709SV (1116) on lease from Jetstream Aviation Capital, ex-Avianca (AVA) HK-4956 and ferried from storage at Kinston (ISO) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) prior to entering service.

+ SkyWest Airlines (SKW) ferried CRJ-200 N976SW (7952) from storage at Tucson (TUS) to Denver (DEN).

+ Southwest Airlines (SWA) ferried B737-7’s N7840A (30236 / 715) and N7842A (30237 / 730) from storage at Everett (PAE) to Marana (MZJ).

Spectrum Aviation ferried A320 VP-BAC (7215) from storage at Amsterdam (AMS) to Tashkent (TAS).

TUI Airways (TOM) ferried B737-8 G-TAWN (37251 / 4369) from Shannon (SNN) to Brussels (BRU) after painting, prior to delivery to Fly4 Airlines as EI-FFC.

TVPX Trust Services ferried ERJ-140 N845AE (145685) from Goose Bay (YYR) to Ben Slimane (GMD).

World Aircraft Ferrying ferried Dash 8-400 C-FSRZ (4176) from storage at Muskoka (YQA) to Keflavik (KEF) prior to lease to UmzaXpress.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2’s F-GZCF (481) from Paris (CDG) to Chateauroux (CHR), F-GZCI (502) from Paris (CDG) to Istanbul (ISL) and B777-2 F-GSPP (30615 / 327) from Paris (CDG) to Bordeaux (BOD).

Air Serbia (ASL) ferried A319 YU-APD (2335) from Sofia (SOF) to Belgrade (BEG).

Air Transat (TSC) ferried A330-2 C-GUBD (536) from Montreal (YUL) to Nimes (FNI).

ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) ferried B737-4F EI-JRD (24917 / 2071) from Shannon (SNN) to Liege (LGG).

Bluebird Nordic (BBD) ferried B737-8F TF-BBQ (29786 / 566) from Sofia (SOF) to Forli (FRL).

BRA Braathens International Airways (BIX) ferried A319 SE-RGE (2662) from Sundsvall (SDL) to Malmo (MMX).

British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-2 G-YMMF (30307 / 281) from Cardiff (CWL) to Gatwick (LGW).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320 G-EZUR (5064) from Sofia (SOF) to Gatwick (LGW).

easyJet Europe (EJU) ferried A320 OE-INO (5146) from Luqa (MLA) to Milan (MXP).

Eurowings (EWG) ferried A320 D-ABDU (3516) from Sofia (SOF) to Berlin (BER) and A320N D-AENB (10798) from Cologne (CGN) to Perpignan (PGF).

Iberia (IBE) ferried A330-2 EC-NRG (1864) from Doha (DOH) to Barcelona (BCN).

TAP – Air Portugal (TAP) ferried A320N CS-TVJ (10471) from Katowice (KTW) to Lisbon (LIS).

Transavia France (TVF) ferried B737-8’s F-HUYM (39397 / 4003) from Paris (ORY) to Norwich (NWI) and F-GZHU (41352 / 5491) from Norwich (NWI) to Paris (ORY).

TUIfly (TUI) ferried B737-8 D-ATUK (39094 / 3641) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Luton (LTN).

Xfly (EST) ferried ATR 72-600 ES-ATJ (1056) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Stockholm (ARN).