Airline Fleet News – 14th May 2025 (Updated 18th May)

New Deliveries

Allegiant Air (AAY)  B737 MAX 8  N819NV (68014 / 9124)  BFI to GYR

News

Air Arabia (ABY) has taken delivery of A320 YL-LDW (3215) on wet-lease from SmartLynx (ART) and ferried from Karlovy Vary (KLV) to Sharjah (SHJ) prior to entering service.

+ Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has taken delivery of A320 2-BSSO (5461) ex-China Eastern Airlines (CES) B-9900 and ferried from storage at Tianjin (TSN) to Dhaka (DAC) prior to lease to South African Airlines (SAA) as ZS-SZM.

Airbus (AIB) ferried A320N F-WWDR (CC-DIV) (12552) from Toulouse (TLS) to Francazal (LFBF) for JetSMART (JAT).

AJet (TKJ) has taken delivery of A321-2 TC-GPG (2261) on wet-lease from BBN Airlines (BBT).

+ Allegiant Air (AAY) ferried A319 N333NV (2790) from Los Angeles (LAX) to Brunswick (NHZ) for part-out.

+ Alliance Airlines (UTY) ferried ERJ-190 N238JB (19000039) from Kailua-Kona (KOA) to Majuro (MAJ) prior to entering service.

Avianca Cargo (TPA) has taken delivery of A330-3F N338QT (1382) on lease from CDB Aviation, ex-SmartLynx Malta (LYX) 9H-SMD.

+ Aviation Capital Group (ACG) ferried A320N VP-CFB (7737) from Dubai (DWC) to Tarbes (LDE).

+ Bank of Utah ferried ERJ-190 N249JB (19000045) from storage at Macon (MCN) to Goose Bay (YYR).

+ Bestfly (BFY) has taken delivery of ERJ-175 P4-EMB (17000328) on lease from Regio Lease, ex-Flybe (BEE) G-FBLC.

Buraq Air (BRQ) has taken delivery of A320 5A-BAE (4852) on lease from Air Finance Germany (AFG), ex-Cebu Pacific (CEB) RP-C3264 and ferried from Antalya (AYT) to Benghazi (BEN) prior to entering service.

CDB Aviation ferried A320N VP-CWE (8464) from storage at Shannon (SNN) to Bangor (BGR) prior to lease to Volaris (VOI) as XA-VVE.

China Eastern Airlines (CES) A321NX B-32LT (12447) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWSD.

+ Emerald Airlines (EAI) has taken delivery of ATR 72-600 OY-RUA (822) on wet-lease from Danish Air Transport (DTR) and ferried from Copenhagen (CPH) to Dublin (DUB) prior to entering service.

Etihad Airways (ETD) B787-9 A6-BNH (***** / 1234) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

+ IndiGo (IGO) ferried A320N VT-IJK (9091) from Delhi (DEL) to Sofia (SOF) and A321NX VT-IUE (8768) from Istanbul (IST) to Castellon (CDT), both on return to lessor.

Jetstream Aviation Capital ferried Saab 2000 N531JA (200-031) from storage at Orebro (ORB) to Keflavik (KEF).

+ LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) ferried B737-8 YR-HLA (36529 / 2566) from Warsaw (WAW) to Bucharest (BBU) after wet-lease from Hellojets (HLJ).

Lufthansa City (LHX) A320N D-AIJQ (12586) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AUAK.

+ NyxAir (NYX) ferried ATR 42-500 ES-NTB (651) from storage at Tallinn (TLL) to Sonderborg (SGD).

Oman Air (OMA) ferried B737-8F A4O-BU (35108 / 2554) from Shannon (SNN) to Bangor (BGR).

+ QAir ferried ERJ-140 5N-SYQ (145682) from storage at Ben Slimane (GMD) to Abuja (ABV) prior to entering service.

SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance has taken delivery of CRJ-900 OE-IID (15089) while stored at Maastricht (MST), ex-Lufthansa (DLH) D-ACKJ prior to delivery to Cityjet (BCY) as EI-HSF for operations for SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).

SmartLynx Malta (LYX) ferried A321-2F 9H-CGJ (1713) from Karlovy Vary (KLV) to Riga (RIX).

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) ferried B737-8’s OK-TVW (30295 / 1600) from Toronto (YYZ) to Keflavik (KEF) and OK-TST (37884 / 3223) from Toronto (YYZ) to Prague (PRG) after wet-lease from Smartwings (TVS).

T’Way Air (TWB) B737 MAX 8 HL8581 (66412 / 9132) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting.

United Airlines (UAL) A321NX N24542 (12533) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWSG.

United Parcel Service (UPS) ferried A300-6F N135UP (818) from Louisville (SDF) to Roswell (ROW) for storage.

Volaris (VOI) A320N XA-VUS (12554) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBE.

Volotea Airlines (VOE) has taken delivery of A320 EC-OOC (4347) on lease from Avolon, ex-Nordica (NDA) ES-NAB and ferried from storage at St Athan (DGX) to Verona (VRN) prior to entering service.

Maintenance

Air France (AFR) ferried A350-900 F-HUVH (650) from Toulouse (TLS) to Paris (CDG).

+ Air Serbia (ASL) ferried ERJ-195 YU-ATB (19000213) from Naples (NAP) to Belgrade (BEG).

British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-2’s G-VIIB (27484 / 049) from Heathrow (LHR) to Cardiff (CWL) and G-VIIG (27489 / 065) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).

+ easyJet (EZY) ferried A319 G-EZGN (4781) from Larnaca (LCA) to Gatwick (LGW) and A320N G-UZHX (8880) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

+ Jazeera Airways (JZR) ferried A320 9K-CAM (5625) from Istanbul (ISL) to Kuwait City (KWI).

Loganair (LOG) ferried ATR 72-600 G-LMTA (1265) from Norwich (NWI) to Sofia (SOF).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried B747-8 D-ABYC (37828 / 1451) from Hahn (HHN) to Frankfurt (FRA).

+ Qatar Airways (QTR) ferried A320 A7-LAD (6529) from Budapest (BUD) to Doha (DOH).

SmartLynx Malta (LYX) ferried B737 MAX 8 9H-CEN (60646 / 7301) from Bydgoszcz (BZG) to Prague (PRG).

+ Wizz Air (WZZ) ferried A321NX HA-LGH (11709) from Copenhagen (CPH) to Katowice (KTW).