Airline Fleet News – 16th November 2022 (Updated 26th Nov)

New Deliveries

Air China (CCA) ARJ21-700 B-652N (194) ZSCN to PEK

Air France (AFR) A220-300 F-HZUN (55187) YMX to CDG

Akasa Air (AKJ) B737 MAX 8 VT-YAG (43924 / 7665) BFI to DEL

Bonza Airline (BNZ) B737 MAX 8 VH-UBI (60388 / 7591) BFI to TUS

Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N506DA (11036) XFW to MSP

Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N521DT (11082) BFM to MSP

*Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8789Q (67776 / 8396) BFI to PHX

News

AerCap has taken delivery of A319 EI-HIX (1640) ex-Air France (AFR) F-GRXA, while stored at Tarbes (LDE) and ferried B777-3 VQ-BGL (32708 / 536) from storage at Istanbul (SAW) to Addis Ababa (ADD).

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has taken delivery of B737-8 T7-L674 (29674 / 3140) ex-Ukraine International Airlines (AUI) UR-PSM and ferried from storage at Belgrade (BEG) to Bergen op Zoom (WOE).

Air Serbia (ASL) has taken delivery of A330-2 YU-ARC (1236) on lease from Aircastle, ex-South African Airlines (SAA) ZS-SXW while stored at Marana (MZJ).

Airbus (AIB) has ferried A330-3 F-WXAA (1902) from storage at Tarbes (LDE) to Shanghai (PVG).

*Ameriflight (AMF) has taken delivery of Saab 340B(F) N187JF (340B-187) on lease from Jetstream Aviation Capital, ex-Loganair (LOG) G-LGNM.

Avion Express (NVD) has ferried A320 LY-MLJ (3877) from Antalya (AYT) to Castellon (CDT) after wet-lease to SunExpress (SXS).

*Bank of Utah has taken delivery of B737-7 N319FL (29913 / 148) ex-China Eastern Airlines (CES) B-2640 while stored at Tianjin (TSN) and B767-3 N111DP (33422 / 892) ex-Air Canada Rouge (ROU) C-FIYE while stored at Marana (MZJ), prior to freighter conversion for SF Airlines (CSS).

Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 8’s VT-*** (44871 / 7699) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) for Akasa Air (AKJ) and N5515X (43338 / 8150) from Lackland (SKF) to Moses Lake (MWH).

Cathay Pacific (CPA) A350-1000 B-LXR (584) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZGS.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has ferried B737-9 N954DZ (38741 / 4679) from storage at San Bernardino (SBD) to Kansas City (MCI).

flydubai (FDB) B737 MAX 8 A6-FKH (61005 / 8434) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Portland (PDX) for painting.

Hong Kong Express (HKE) has ferried A321-2’s B-LEE (7821) and B-LEH (7929) from storage at Alice Springs (ASP) to Hong Kong (HKG).

iAero Airways (SWQ) has taken delivery of B737-8F N708MB (30878 / 844) on lease from Aero Capital Solutions, ex-TUIfly (TUI) D-ABAF after freighter conversion at Dothan (DHN).

Icelandair (ICE) has ferried B737 MAX 9’s TF-ICA (44357 / 7348) from Keflavik (KEF) to Norwich (NWI) for painting and TF-ICB (44568 / 7425) from Norwich (NWI) to Keflavik (KEF) after painting.

*Maroomba Airlines has taken delivery of Dash 8-300 VH-QQN (202) on lease from Chorus Aviation, ex-Voyageur Airways (VAL) C-GEWQ.

*Piedmont Airlines (PDT) has taken delivery of ERJ-145 N685AE (14500836) ex-Envoy (ENY) for operations for American Eagle.

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 C-FAIV (44591 / 6908) on wet-lease from TUI Airlines Belgium (TFL) ex OO-TMB.

Thai AirAsia (AIQ) has ferried A320 HS-ABI (3729) from Muscat (MCT) to Brussels (BRU) prior to a return to lessor.

*Virgin Australia (VOZ) has taken delivery of B737-7 VH-NHW (39257 / 3779) on lease from BBAM Aircraft Leasing, ex-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) PH-BGU, while stored at Seletar (XSP).

*Wizz Air Malta (WMT) has taken delivery of A321NX’s 9H-WAO (9564) ex-Wizz Air (WZZ) HA-LVM and 9H-WBU (10050) ex-Wizz Air (WZZ) HA-LVN, on lease from Bocomm Leasing,

Maintenance Flights

Austrian Airlines (AUA) has ferried B777-2’s OE-LPA (28698 / 087) from Vienna (VIE) to Taipei (TPE) and OE-LPF (28692 / 373) from Taipei (TPE) to Vienna (VIE).