Airline Fleet News – 16th November 2023

New Deliveries

Air India (AIC) A320N VT-RTP (11777) TLS to DEL

Delta Air Lines (DAL) A330-900 N424DX (2034) TLS to NRT

JetBlue Airways (JBU) A220-300 N3139J (55234) BFM to YMX

Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IHV (67091 / ****) BFI to DUB

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8896L (68048 / 8702) BFI to PHX

SunExpress (SXS) B737 MAX 8 TC-SMK (61336 / 8731) BFI to AYT

News

AerCap ferried B777-3F N779CK (32785 / 540) from Dubai (DWC) to Tel Aviv (TLC) after display at Dubai Air Show.

Air Explore (AXE) ferried B737-8 OM-JEX (29932 / 1030) from Bratislava (BTS) to Forli (FRL).

Air France Hop (HOP) ferried CRJ-1000 F-HMLA (19004) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Dinard (DNR).

Air Inuit (AIE) ferried B737-8 C-FTUZ (40855 / 4279) from Lajes (TER) to Montreal (YUL) prior to entering service.

Aircastle re-registered B737-7 LY-BMN (30710 / 2188) ex ET-ARD while stored at St Athan (DGX).

ATR (EVX) ATR 72-600 F-WWEB (1679) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS).

Avianca (AVA) A320N N931AV (11714) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWIK.

Aviation Capital Group (ACG) ferried A320 VP-CBF (5661) from storage at Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Abu Dhabi (AUH).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8’s N8888M (67963 / 8664) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Boeing Field (BFI) for Southwest Airlines (SWA). N17326 (67580 / 8781) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) for United Airlines (UAL). B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IHY (67095 / 8816) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Moses Lake (MWH) for Ryanair (RYR) and B787-10 VN-A878 (60296 / 1104) from Lackland (SKF) to Everett (PAE) for Vietnam Airlines (HVN).

British Airways (BAW) A350-1000 G-XWBR (639) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZHK.

Canadian North (AKT) has taken delivery of B737-7 C-FHNF (29098 / 1116) ex-SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) LN-TUM.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N540DE (11475) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZAH.

Envoy Air (ENV) has taken delivery of ERJ-170 N649RW (17000070) ex-Republic Airlines (RPA), prior to operations for American Eagle.

Getjet Airlines (GJT) ferried B737-8 LY-TRE (34013 / 1573) from Tashkent (TAS) to Guangzhou (CAN) for freighter conversion.

Heston Airlines (HST) ferried A320 LY-FJI (2157) from Castellon (CDT) to Abuja (ABV) prior to wet-lease to NG Eagle (XLE).

Hi Fly Malta (HFM) has taken delivery of A330-3 9H-HFI (805) on lease from Carlyle Aviation Partners, ex-China Airlines (CAL) B-18352 and ferried from storage at Taipei (TPE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH).

InterCaribbean Airways (IWY) ferried ERJ-145 VQ-TJY (145400) from Keflavik (KEF) to Algiers (ALG).

Jetstream Aviation Capital ferried ATR 72-600 N709SV (1116) from Wick (WIC) to Goose Bay (YYR) prior to lease to Silver Airways (SIL).

LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM) A320N PR-XBQ (11803) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWIY and ferried B767-3 PT-MOD (40799 / 1029) from Sao Paulo (GRU) to Sao Carlos (QSC) for storage.

Lufthansa Group has taken delivery of A350-900 OE-LHD (035) ex-LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM) PR-XTC, prior to delivery to Edelweiss Air (EDW).

Nauru Airlines (RON) ferried B737-3F VH-ONU (28732 / 2966) from Norwich (NWI) to Cairo (CAI) after painting.

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) re-registered Dash 8-400 2-JECL (4114) ex G-JECL while stored at Exeter (EXT).

One Air (HGO) ferried A330-2 9H-HFJ (939) from Dakar (DSS) to Beja (BYJ) after wet-lease from Hi Fly Malta (HFM).

SAS Connect (SZS) A320N EI-SCE (11767) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWIU.

SmartLynx (ART) ferried A320 YL-LDT (6189) from Madrid (MAD) to Delhi (DEL) prior to wet-lease to IndiGo (IGO).

SmartLynx Malta (LYX) ferried A330-3 9H-SMG (1533) from Tashkent (TAS) to Chateauroux (CHR) after wet-lease to Panorama Airways (UZP).

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8912Q (68183 / 8785) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

SunExpress (SXS) ferried B737-8’s TC-SCF (40554 / 5410) from Istanbul (ISL) to Manchester (MAN) and TC-SCG (40555 / 5464) from Istanbul (IST) to Leeds (LBA) prior to delivery to Jet2 (EXS).

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) has taken delivery of B737-8 C-FLWK (37239 / 4253) on wet-lease from TUI Airways (TOM) ex G-TAWK.

TUIfly (TUI) ferried B737-8 D-ABMQ (37780 / 4500) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Norwich (NWI) for painting.

Tus Airways (CYF) ferried A320’s 5B-DDL (2665) and 5B-DDN (3868) from Larnaca (LCA) to Athens (ATH).

UMB Bank ferried A320 M-ABRZ (4399) from storage at Roswell (ROW) to Keflavik (KEF).

Wizz Air UK (WUK) A321NX G-WUNA (11591) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AYAF.

Dubai Air Show Aircraft Orders

Emirates (UAE) 15x A350-900.

Maintenance Flights

Aeroflot (AFL) ferried A330-3 RA-73788 (1356) from Tehran (IKA) to Moscow (SVO).

Brussels Airlines (BEL) ferried A320 OO-SNH (2207) from Budapest (BUD) to Brussels (BRU).

Corendon Airlines (CAI) ferried B737-8 TC-TJT (36529 / 2566) from Antalya (AYT) to Bucharest (BBU).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320’s G-EZPB (6977) from Gatwick (LGW) to Shannon (SNN) and G-EZTR (4179) from Shannon (SNN) to Gatwick (LGW).

Eurowings (EWG) ferried A319 D-AGWC (2976) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Norwich (NWI) and A320’s D-AGWC (2976) D-ABNI (1717) from Cologne (CGN) to Sofia (SOF), D-ABZI (3328) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Ostrava (OSR).

Eurowings Europe Malta (EWL) ferried A320 9H-EWA (6953) from Ostrava (OSR) to Dusseldorf (DUS).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) ferried B737-7 PH-BGI (30364 / 3172) from Norwich (NWI) to Amsterdam (AMS) and B737-8 PH-BXE (29595 / 552) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Norwich (NWI).

Maersk Air Cargo (SRR) ferried B767-2F OY-SRO (29194 / 532) from Shannon (SNN) to Cologne (CGN).

Malta Air (MAY) ferried B737-8 9H-QEJ (44829 / 6854) from Amman (AMM) to Milan (BGY).

Ryanair (RYR) ferried B737-8 EI-EMC (38510 / 3246) from Kaunas (KUN) to Stockholm (ARN).

TUI Airways (TOM) ferried B737 MAX 8 G-TUMT (44594 / 7240) from Manchester (MAN) to Brussels (BRU).

Vueling (VLG) ferried A321-2 EC-MLZ (6660) from Palma (PMI) to Barcelona (BCN).