Airline Fleet News – 13th August 2024 (Updated 23rd Aug)

New Deliveries

IndiGo (IGO)  A320N  VT-IXF (12192)  TLS to DEL

Turkish Airlines (THY)  A350-900  TC-LGY (678)  TLS to IST

News

Air Baltic (BTI) has taken up an option for a further 10 A220-300 aircraft.

Air France (AFR) A220-300 F-HPNL (55291) made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX) as C-FPBQ.

Avmax Group ferried CRJ-200 N465SM (7612) from storage at Great Falls (GTF) to Iqaluit (YFB) prior to lease to Proflight Zambia (PFZ).

BBAM Aircraft Leasing ferried A321-2 G-MEDL (2653) from storage at Madrid (MAD) to Ostrava (OSR).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 N5573L (B-226F) (61659 / 8038) from Victorville (VCV) to Moses Lake (MWH) for Shanghai Airlines (CSH) and B787-9 N879TJ (63347 / 955) from storage at Everett (PAE) to Lackland (SKF).

Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) ferried B767-3F N203CM (25121 / 372) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Shannon (SNN) prior to lease to My Freighter (MFX).

Chengdu Airlines (UEA) A320N B-32HL (12137) made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN) as B-007Q.

Jet2 (EXS) A321NX G-SUNL (12126) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVZJ.

+ National Jet Systems (QJE) ferried B717-2 VH-NXO (55096 / 5093) from Canberra (CBR) to Apia (APW).

Polar Air Cargo (PAC) ferried B777-F N775SA (37987 / 852) from Amarillo (AMA) to Gatwick (LGW) prior to delivery to DHL Air UK (DHK) as G-DHMD.

+ SkyWest Airlines (SKW) ferried ERJ-175 N85373 (17000865) from storage at Kingman (IGM) to Boise (BOI) prior to operations for United Express.

Universal Air (UVL) has taken delivery of Dash 8-400 9H-MIM (4253) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ex 2-FLBA.

Virgin Australia (VOZ) has ordered 8 E190-E2 aircraft from Embraer.

Volare Aviation (VLZ) ferried CRJ-200 2-SMRT (8053) from Keflavik (KEF) to Oxford (OXF) prior to entering service.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2 F-GZCB (443) from Paris (CDG) to Toulouse (TLS).

Anka Aviation Capital has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8’s M-ABSR (43975 / 7516) while stored at Francazal (LFBF), ex-Bonza (BNZ) VH-UIK prior to lease to LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) and M-ABSP (43974 / 7551) while stored at Warsaw (WAW), ex-Bonza (BNZ) VH-UJK prior to lease to LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) as SP-LVT.

ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) ferried A300-6F EI-OZL (717) from Dresden (DRS) to Brussels (BRU).

Bennu Aviation Capital has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8’s M-ABSO (62533 / 7722) while stored at Francazal (LFBF), ex-Bonza (BNZ) VH-UJT prior to lease to LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) and M-ABSS (61864 / 7773) while stored at Francazal (LFBF), ex-Bonza (BNZ) VH-UKH prior to lease to LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT)

British Airways (BAW) ferried A320N G-TTNC (8173) from Madrid (MAD) to Heathrow (LHR), B787-9’s G-ZBKC (38621 / 360), G-ZBKS (60628 / 700) from Heathrow (LHR) to Cardiff (CWL) and B787-8 G-ZBJI (60626 / 609), B787-9 G-ZBKB (38617 / 357) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).

Emirates (UAE) ferried B777-3 A6-ENZ (42319 / 1289) from Istanbul (ISL) to Dubai (DXB).

Finnair (FIN) ferried A321-2 OH-LZU (8401) from Helsinki (HEL) to Tallinn (TLL).

Flynas (KNE) ferried A320N HZ-NS28 (9428) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Riyadh (RUH).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) ferried B737-8 PH-BCD (42149 / 4458) from Norwich (NWI) to Amsterdam (AMS).

SunExpress (SXS) ferried B737 MAX 8 TC-SME (63607 / 8155) from Antalya (AYT) to Istanbul (ISL).

Turkish Airlines (THY) ferried A330-3 TC-LOC (1542) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Istanbul (IST) and B737-8 TC-JVC (42005 / 4886) from Istanbul (IST) to Istanbul (ISL).

+ United Airlines (UAL) ferried A320’s N460UA (1248) from Denver (DEN) to McConnell (IAB), N449UA (851) from McConnell (IAB) to Denver (DEN) and B737-9’s N62892 (42195 / 5620) from Houston (IAH) to Goodyear (GYR), N69888 (42191 / 5547) from Goodyear (GYR) to Houston (IAH).