Airline Fleet News – 16th July 2024 (Updated 18th Jul)

New Deliveries

AirAsia (AXM)  A321NX  9M-VAD (12132)  (s) XFW

Southwest Airlines (SWA)  B737 MAX 8  N8928Q (68381 / 8931)  BFI to PHX

United Parcel Service (UPS)  B767-3F  N386UP (67975 / 1336)  PAE to SAT

News

Air Antilles (GUY) ferried ATR 72-600 F-OMYN (1497) from Tours (TUF) to Ben Slimane (GMD) on return to lessor.

Air Belgium (ABB) ferried A330-2 OE-LCL (1521) from Bangor (BGR) to Woensdrecht (WOE) after wet-lease to Surinam Airways (SLM).

+ Air Charter Scotland (EDC) ferried ERJ-135 G-CGMC (145198) from storage at Bangor (BGR) to Keflavik (KEF) prior to operations for Travelcoup.

Air Transat (TSC) has taken delivery of A330-2 9H-TQP (211) on wet-lease from Hi Fly Malta (HFM) and ferried from Luqa (MLA) to Lisbon (LIS) prior to entering service.

ASL Airlines Belgium (TAY) ferried B737-8F OE-IXO (34701 / 1887) from Shannon (SNN) to Liege (LGG).

Atlas Air (GTI) re-registered B747-4F N438GT (30766 / 1294) ex N766JT prior to entering service.

+ Aurigny (AUR) ferried Saab 340A YL-RAL (340A-100) from Guernsey (GCI) to Liepaja (LPX) after wet-lease from RAF-Avia (MTL).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8’s B-20CC (61645 / 7645) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Boeing Field (BFI) for Shanghai Airlines (CSH) and B-20D5 (63288 / 7738) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Boeing Field (BFI) for China Southern Airlines (CSN).

Cathay Pacific (CPH) A321NX B-HPQ (12024) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) D-AVZV.

Embraer (EMB) ferried E190F N986TA (19000360) from Bridgetown (BGI) to Espargos (SID).

Emirates (UAE) has ordered a further five B777-F aircraft from Boeing (BOE).

Eurowings (EWG) ferried A319 D-AGWB (2833) from Southend (SEN) to Dusseldorf (DUS) after painting.

Hi Fly Malta (HFM) ferried A340-3 9H-SUN (367) from Johannesburg (JNB) to Beja (BYJ).

Icar Air (RAC) ferried Saab 340AF E7-NEL (340A-078) from Zagreb (ZAG) to Sarajevo (SJJ).

Korean Air (KAL) B787-10 HL8535 (60300 / 1156) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

Macquarie AirFinance ferried A320 9H-AKG (3519) from storage at Montpellier (MPL) to Halifax (YHZ) prior to lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV) as XA-VDE.

+ National Jet Systems (QJE) ferried B717-2 VH-NXE (55063 / 5034) from Canberra (CBR) to Apia (APW) prior to a return to lessor.

Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IKA (67114 / 8980) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

SMBC Aviation Capital ferried A320 VP-CEF (5675) from Cairo (CAI) to Ostrava (OSR).

Turkish Airlines (THY) A321NX TC-LPF (12077) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXZ.

Westjet (WJA) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 C-GFVX (44314 / 7882) on lease from Aviation Capital Group (ACG), ex-Lynx Air (DAT) C-FULI and ferried from storage at Tucson (TUS) to Jacksonville (VQQ) prior to entering service.

Wizz Air Malta (WMT) A321NX 9H-WNO (11978) made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN) as B-005D.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2 F-GZCI (502) from Paris (CDG) to Toulouse (TLS).

ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) ferried ATR 72-600F EI-GUO (1722) from Monchengladbach (MGL) to Marseille (MRS).

Brussels Airlines (BEL) ferried A319 OO-SSO (2287) from Sofia (SOF) to Brussels (BRU).

Cargo Air (CGF) ferried B737-3F LZ-CGQ (25614 / 2467) from Palermo (PMO) to Bacau (BCM).

Finnair (FIN) ferried ATR 72-500’s OH-ATL (851) from Helsinki (HEL) to Ljubljana (LJU) and OH-ATP (1050) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Helsinki (HEL).

FlyOne Romania (FOE) ferried A321-2 YR-FIB (6190) from Chisinau (RMO) to Istanbul (ISL).

Poste Air Cargo (MSA) ferried B737-4F EI-GUA (28888 / 2990) Naples (NAP) to Bari (BRI).