Airline Fleet News – 15th May 2025 (Updated 18th May)

New Deliveries

Breeze Airways (MXY)  A220-300  N249BZ (55345)  BFM to TPA

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  A321NX  B-32LU (12399)  XFW to PVG

Condor (CFG)  A320N  D-ANCK (12580)  TLS to FRA

Copa Airlines (CMP)  B737 MAX 8  HP-9804CMP (44197 / 9123)  BFI to PTY

El Al Israeli Airlines (ELY)  B787-9  4X-EDN (34319 / 688)  CHS to TLV

Emirates (UAE)  A350-900  A6-EXG (713)  TLS to DXB

Kuwait Airways (KAC)  A321NX  9K-AQA (12345)  TLS to KWI

Wizz Air (WZZ)  A321NX  HA-LGT (12607)  XFW to BUD

News

+ Air Canada (ACA) ferried A319 C-FYKC (691) from Toronto (YYZ) to Marana (MZJ) for part-out.

+ Air Lease Corporation (ALC) ferried A320 2-BSSO (5461) from Dhaka (DAC) to Colombo (CMB) prior to lease to South African Airlines (SAA) as ZS-SZM.

Airbus (AIB) A220-300 C-GPUV (55356) made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) and ferried A320N F-WWIS (CC-DIW) (12570) from Toulouse (TLS) to Francazal (LFBF) for JetSMART (JAT).

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

American Airlines (AAL) B737 MAX 8 N310UM (44514 / 9163) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

+ Bank of Utah ferried ERJ-190 N249JB (19000045) from Goose Bay (YYR) to Knock (NOC) for part-out.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 9 N17405 (67647 / 9165) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting for United Airlines (UAL).

Bulgaria Air (LZB) re-registered A220-300 LZ-FRA (55325) ex LZ-OSL prior to entering service.

Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) ferried B767-3F N29383 (29383 / 747) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Detroit (DTW) after freighter conversion.

+ CDB Aviation ferried A320N VP-CWE (8464) from Bangor (BGR) to Mexico City (MEX) prior to lease to Volaris (VOI) as XA-VVE.

Central Airlines (HLF) has taken delivery of B777-F B-227H (35611 / 1088) on lease from DAE Capital, ex-Emirates (UAE) A6-EFK and ferried from storage at Guangzhou (CAN) to Chengdu (CTU) prior to entering service.

China Airlines (CAL) A321NX B-18121 (12461) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZYP.

+ Fly2Sky (VAW) ferried A320 LZ-FSD (3461) from Sofia (SOF) to Algiers (ALG) after wet-lease to SkyUp Europe (SEU), prior to wet-lease to Air Algerie (DAH).

Hainan Airlines (CHH) B737 MAX 8 B-225R (64318 / 9155) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting.

+ Jetstream Aviation Capital re-registered ATR 72-600 G-ISLP (1167) while stored at Exeter (EXT) ex N167JL, prior to lease to Blue Islands (BCI) and ferried Saab 2000 N531JA (200-031) from Keflavik (KEF) to International Falls (INL).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) A321NX PH-AXH (12532) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXE.

Kuwait Airways (KAC) ferried A320 9K-AKG (6458) from storage at Bodrum (BJV) to Norwich (NWI) for painting.

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

Qatar Airways (QTR) has ordered 130 B787 and 30 B777-9 aircraft, plus a further 50 options for either type of aircraft.

Regional One ferried CRJ-200 N622CN (7622) from Thessaloniki (SKG) to Kavala (KVA).

+ SmartLynx (ART) ferried A321-2 YL-LCV (2216) from Porto (OPO) to Nouakchott (NKC) prior to wet-lease to Mauritania Airlines (MAI).

Smartwings (TVS) has taken delivery of A320’s ZS-GAC (2496) on wet-lease from Global Aviation (GBB), ferried from Johannesburg (JNB) to Prague (PRG), and YL-LDE (3330) on wet-lease from SmartLynx (ART), ferried from Karlovy Vary (KLV) to Prague (PRG) prior to entering service.

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) ferried B737-8 OK-TVW (30295 / 1600) from Keflavik (KEF) to Prague (PRG) after wet-lease from Smartwings (TVS).

+ Transavia (TRA) has taken delivery of A320 9H-GKJ (7163) on lease from Avion Express Malta (MLH) and ferried from Stuttgart (STR) to Brussels (BRU) prior to entering service.

TUIfly Belgium (JAF) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-FBH (7238) on wet-lease from Bulgaria Air (LZB) and ferried from Sofia (SOF) to Liege (LGG) prior to entering service.

United Airlines (UAL) ferried B757-3 N77867 (32592 / 1008) from Amarillo (AMA) to Houston (IAH) after painting.

Vueling (VLG) has taken delivery of A320 EC-NUP (5304) on lease from AerCap, ex-Volotea Airlines (VOE), ferried from Castellon (CDT) to Barcelona (BCN) and ferried EC-OKI (7808) from storage at Castellon (CDT) to Barcelona (BCN) prior to entering service.

Weramex DMCC ferried CRJ-200 2-CHAL (8092) from storage at Riga (RIX) to Baden/Baden (FKB).

Westjet (WJA) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 C-FTXF (43303 / 7571) on lease from SKY Leasing, ex-Sunwing Airlines (SWG).

Maintenance

Aer Lingus (EIN) ferried A320’s EI-DEO (2486) from Dublin (DUB) to Newquay (NQY) and EI-DES (2635) from Newquay (NQY) to Dublin (DUB).

+ Air France (AFR) ferried A321-1 F-GMZD (529) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Paris (CDG), A350-900 F-HTYE (407) from Paris (CDG) to Toulouse (TLS) and B777-3’s F-GSQY (35678 / 647) from Paris (CDG) to Hahn (HHN), F-GZNH (35544 / 905) from Hahn (HHN) to Paris (CDG).

Avion Express (NVD) ferried A320 LY-NVM (4628) from Antalya (AYT) to Larnaca (LCA).

+ British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-2 G-VIIW (29965 / 233) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).

+ Brussels Airlines (BEL) ferried A320 OO-SNN (4269) from Ostrava (OSR) to Brussels (BRU).

Buzz (RYS) ferried B737-8 SP-RKT (44805 / 6640) from Amman (AMM) to Wroclaw (WRO).

+ easyJet (EZY) ferried A320 G-EZTB (3843) from Gatwick (LGW) to Luqa (MLA).

+ Electra Airways (EAF) ferried A320 LZ-EAC (2322) from Varna (VAR) to Burgas (BOJ).

+ Jazeera Airways (JZR) ferried A320 9K-CAT (4714) from Kuwait City (KWI) to Istanbul (ISL).

Loganair (LOG) ferried ATR 72-500F G-LMRY (855) from Sofia (SOF) to Norwich (NWI).

LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) ferried B787-9 SP-LSC (39293 / 710) from Abu Dhabi (ABU) to Warsaw (WAW).

+ Malta Air (MAY) ferried B737-8 9H-QEH (44823 / 6831) from Kaunas (KUN) to Stansted (STN).

+ Qatar Airways (QTR) ferried A320 A7-LAE (6622) from Doha (DOH) to Budapest (BUD).

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) ferried B787-9 CN-RGS (35506 / 448) from Addis Ababa (ADD) to Casablanca (CMN).