Airline Fleet News – 17th April 2023 (Updated 23rd Apr)
Updated: Apr 23
New Deliveries
FedEx Feeder (FDX) ATR 72-600F N707FE (1741) TLS to
IndiGo (IGO) A321NX VT-IBK (11274) XFW to DEL
Korean Airlines (KAL) A321NX HL8528 (11290) XFW to ICN
Qingdao Airlines (QDA) A320N B-328E (10603) TSN to TAO
Sichuan Airlines (CSC) A321NX B-328V (10778) XFW to CTU
United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 8 N27283 (61857 / 7620) BFI to SEA
News
+ Air France (AFR) has ferried A321-2 F-GTAX (3930) from Casablanca (CMN) to Cairo (CAI) prior to freighter conversion at Seletar (XSP).
Air India (AIC) A321NX VT-ETB (11113) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZWK.
AerCap has ferried A350-900 B-1070 (112) from Haikou (HAK) to Guangzhou (CAN) after painting, prior to lease to Iberia (IBE) as EC-OAX and re-registered B737-8 2-HLAB (30654 / 1295) ex HL8237 while stored at Shannon (SNN), prior to freighter conversion.
+ Alpha Star (STT) has taken delivery of A319CJ VP-CSN (3356) ex-Sky Prime (SPD).
+ Avianca (AVA) A320N N943AV (11459) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWIO
Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 8 A7-BSG (62878 / 7746) from Portland (PDX) to Moses Lake (MWH) after painting and B787-9 A7-BHK (64221 / 1063) from Victorville (VCV) to Everett (PAE) for Qatar Airways (QTR).
DAE Capital has ferried B737-8 2-TSYX (36695 / 3281) from storage at Amman (AMM) to Montpellier (MPL).
Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N523DE (11236) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXX.
easyJet Europe (EJU) has taken delivery of A320 OE-IWW (6257) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital, ex-Peach (APJ) JA04VA.
Federal Express (FedEx) (FDX) B767-300F N268FE (66865 / 1302) has made its first flight at Everett (PAE).
GOL Transportes Aereos (GLO) has ferried B737-8 PR-GGK (35065 / 2561) from Sofia (SOF) to Shanghai (PVG) for freighter conversion.
JetBlue Airways (JBU) A220-300 N3132J (55204) has made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as C-GPQR.
+ Jetstream Aviation Capital has taken delivery of ATR 72-600’s M-ABPE (1114), M-ABPD (1126), M-ABPF (1151) and M-ABPG (1167) ex-Avianca (AVA).
Pembroke Aircraft Leasing has re-registered B737 MAX 8 9H-HYA (64606 / 6993) ex EI-GGK while stored at Tucson (TUS), prior to lease to SmartLynx Malta (LYX).
SMBC Aviation Capital has ferried B737-8 N735MA (37260 / 3688) from Keflavik (KEF) to Kaunas (KUN).
Spirit Airlines (NKS) A321NX N702NK (11328) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVZU.
Transavia France (TVF) has taken delivery of B737-8 F-HUYS (37248 / 3532) on lease from AMCK Aviation, ex-TUI Airlines (TOM) G-FDZT.
+ UMB Bank has taken delivery of A319 N730AV (6132) ex-Avianca (AVA), while stored at Marana (MZJ).
United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 9 N77559 (67183 / 8595) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting.
Valletta Airlines (HOT) has ferried A320 9H-NZL (2388) from storage at Varna (VAR) to Sofia (SOF).
Maintenance Flights
+ easyJet (EZY) has ferried A320 G-EZUI (4721) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).
+ easyJet Europe (EJU) has ferried A320 OE-INA (7693) from Maastricht (MST) to Milan (MXP).
+ Private Wings (PWF) has ferried Dornier Do-328 D-CDAX (3087) from Chambery (CMF) to Oberpfaffenhofen (OBF).
+ Somon Air (SMR) has ferried B737-8 EY-777 (34960 / 2765) from Dushanbe (DYU) to Istanbul (ISL).
+ TAP – Air Portugal (TAP) has ferried A330-900’s CS-TUL (1914) from Lisbon (LIS) to Beja (BYJ) and CS-TUJ (1909) from Beja (BYJ) to Lisbon (LIS).
+ TUI Airways (TOM) has ferried B787-9 G-TUIJ (44578 / 439) from Birmingham (BHX) to Abu Dhabi (AUH).
+TUIfly (TUI) has ferried B737-8 D-ASUN (33023 / 1682) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to St Athan (DGX).
+ Vueling (VLG) has ferried A320 EC-MBY (4674) from Barcelona (BCN) to Amman (AMM).