Airline Fleet News – 1st April 2025 (Updated 21st Apr)

New Deliveries

Air Canada (ACA)  B787-9  C-FEGI (66993 / 1225)  CHS to YYZ

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  A321NX  B-32KU (12380)  XFW to PVG

Frontier Airlines (FFT)  A321NX  N663FR (12394)  BFM to TPA

Iberia (IBE)  A321NY  EC-ONR (12085)  XFW to MAD

Korean Air (KAL)  B787-10  HL8538 (***** / 1168)  PAE to ICN

Swiss (SWR)  A321NX  HB-JPE (12436)  XFW to ZRH

United Airlines (UAL)  A321NX  N14531 (12217)  TLS to TPA

Volaris (VOI)  A320N  XA-VUR (12485)  TLS to MEX

News

ACIA Aero Capital ferried ATR 72-500 M-MFIA (904) from Male (MLE) to Victoria (SEZ) prior to delivery to Madagascar Airlines (MGY) as 5R-EJK.

Air Canada (ACA) B737 MAX 8 C-FFJG (63388 / 9115) made its first at Renton (RNT) to Boeing (BFI).

Air Cote d’Ivoire (VRE) has taken delivery of A319 TU-TRE (5400) ex-Air Namibia (NMB) V5-ANN and ferried from storage at Johannesburg (JNB) to Abidjan (ABJ).

Air France (AFR) ferried A320 F-HEPC (4267) from Gander (YQX) to Pointe-a-Pitre (PTP).

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8’s OM-NEX (29636 / 3197), OM-OEX (38173 / 3011) from Lagos (LOS) to Bratislava (BTS) both after wet-lease to Air Peace (APK) and OM-KEX (33018 / 1488) from Lagos (LOS) to Budapest (BUD) after wet-lease to Air Peace (APK).

AJet (TKJ) ferried B737-8 TC-SEM (61173 / 5599) from Ankara (ESB) to Antalya (AYT) after wet-lease from SunExpress (SXS).

Akasa Air (AKJ) B737 MAX 8-200 VT-*** (***** / 9056) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) to Boeing Field (BFI).

Arkia Israeli Airlines (AIZ) has taken delivery of A321-1 LZ-EAG (1144) on wet-lease from Electra Airways (EAF), ferried from Varna (VAR) to Tel Aviv (TLV) prior to entering service and B737-4 9H-FIT (25178 / 2199) on wet-lease from 4 Airways (DAK), ferried from Forli (FRL) to Tel Aviv (TLV) prior to entering service.

Ascend Airways (SYG) ferried B737 MAX 8 G-WEAH (43340 / 8217) from Muscat (MCT) to Amman (AMM) after wet-lease to Oman Air (OMA).

Avion Express Malta (MLH) ferried A320 9H-AML (2594) from Monterrey (MTY) to Keflavik (KEF) after wet-lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV).

BA Euroflyer (EFW) ferried A321-2 G-POWU (3708) from Gatwick (LGW) to Stansted (STN) after wet-lease from Titan Airways (AWC).

Bahamasair (BHS) ferried ATR 72-600 C6-BFB (1075) from storage at Francazal (LFBF) to Praia (RAI) prior to entering service.

Braathens Regional Airways (BRX) has taken delivery of ATR 72-600 SE-MNP (1254) on lease from ACIA Aero Leasing, ex-Garuda Indonesia (GIA) PK-GAL.

British Airways (BAW) A320N G-TTSD (12453) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBT.

Corendon Airlines (CAI) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-BHL (2987) on wet-lease from BH Air (BGH), ferried from Sofia (SOF) to Antalya (AYT) prior to entering service, and ferried B737-8 TC-TJR (40723 / 3622) and B737 MAX 8’s TC-MKE (43334 / 8143), TC-MKD (65186 / 8304) all from Delhi (DEL) to Antalya (AYT) after wet-lease to IndiGo (IGO).

Corendon Airlines Europe (CXI) ferried B737-8’s 9H-CXA (42804 / 5068) from Mumbai (BOM) to Brussels (BRU) and 9H-CXE (38316 / 6159) from Mumbai (BOM) to Antalya (AYT) both after wet-lease to Spicejet (SEJ).

Emirates (UAE) A350-900 A6-EXG (713) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZFK.

+ Gryphon Aviation Leasing ferried A319 VH-8NW (2704) from Kailua-Kona (KOA) to Apia (APW) prior to lease to Network Aviation (NWK) for operations for QantasLink.

IndiGo (IGO) ferried A320’s ES-SAF (5348), ES-SAG (5407) from Dubai (DWC) to Riga (RIX) and ES-SAZ (3308) from Delhi (DEL) to Riga (RIX) all after wet-lease from SmartLynx Estonia (MYX).

Jet2 (EXS) has taken delivery of B737-8 OM-OEX (38173 / 3011) on wet-lease from AirExplore (AXE) and ferried from Bratislava (BTS) to Stansted (STN) prior to entering service.

Jetstar Airways (JST) A321NX VH-OYV (12159) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWST.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) A321NX PH-AXF (12472) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZYI.

Lufthansa (DLH) B787-9 D-ABPR (**** / 1199) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

Luxair (LGL) ferried B737 MAX 8 LX-LBK (64605 / 6893) from Ostrava (OSR) to Luxembourg (LUX).

Norwegian Air Sweden (NSZ) ferried A320 OY-JRP (4812) from Copenhagen (CPH) to Billund (BLL) after wet-lease from Danish Air Transport (DTR).

Nouvelair (LBT) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-EAD (2717) on wet-lease from Electra Airways (EAF) and ferried from Varna (VAR) to Djerba (DJE) prior to entering service.

Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IKX (***** / 9102) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) to Boeing (BOE).

SF Airlines (CSS) has taken delivery of B737-8F B-227F (33006 / 1983) ex-China Southern Airlines (CSN) B-5166 and ferried from Jinan (TNA) to Shenzhen (SZX) after freighter conversion, prior to entering service.

SKY Airline (SKU) ferried A320N CC-DBP (12344) from Santiago (SCL) to Monterrey (MTY) prior to wet-lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV).

SkyUp Airlines (SQP) ferried B737-8 UR-SQF (40151 / 4640) from Dhaka (DAC) to Bacau (BCM) after wet-lease to US-Bangla Airlines (UBG).

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) ferried B737-8 OK-TSR (40875 / 3325) from Toronto (YYZ) to Prague (PRG) after wet-lease from Smartwings (TVS).

TUIfly Belgium (JAF) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-FBI (7264) on wet-lease from Bulgaria Air (LZB), ferried from Sofia (SOF) to Brussels (BRU) prior to entering service and ferried B737-8 OO-TUV (36883 / 3709) from Chicago (ORD) to Brussels (BRU) after wet-lease to GlobalX Airlines (GXA).

TUIfly Netherlands (TFL) has taken delivery of B737-8 OM-GTK (36809 / 2647) on wet-lease from Go2Sky (RLX) and ferried from Bratislava (BTS) to Amsterdam (AMS) prior to entering service.

United Airlines (UAL) ferried A320’s N415UA (475) from Denver (DEN) to Marana (MZJ) and N418UA (485) from Chicago (ORD) to Marana (MZJ) both for part-out.

United Nigeria Airlines (NUA) ferried A320 LZ-FSA (4247) from Lagos (LOS) to Sofia (SOF) after wet-lease from Fly2Sky (VAW).

Volaris Costa Rica (VOC) ferried A319 N504VL (3590) from Guadalajara (GDL) to Coolidge (P08) for part-out.

Maintenance

Aer Lingus (EIN) ferried A330-3 EI-FNH (1744) from Bordeaux (BOD) to Dublin (DUB).

Air Arabia Maroc (MAC) ferried A320 CN-NMJ (6896) from Sharjah (SHJ) to to Tangier (TNG).

Air France (AFR) ferried A320 F-HEPH (5869) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Paris (CDG) and A321-1 F-GMZD (529) from Paris (CDG) to Ljubljana (LJU).

AJet (YKJ) ferried B737 MAX 8 TC-LAG (61810 / 8146) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Istanbul (ISL).

Braathens Regional Airways (BRX) ferried A319 SE-RGC (3445) from Belgrade (BEG) to Malmo (MMX).

Cityjet (BCY) ferried CRJ-1000 EI-HBA (19020) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Valencia (VLC).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A319 G-EZDM (3571) from Lasham (QLA) to Gatwick (LGW) and A320N G-UZHU (8681) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

Emirates (UAE) ferried A380 A6-EOH (174) from Dubai (DXB) to Manila (MNL).

Finnair (FIN) ferried A320’s OH-LXB (1470) from Helsinki (HEL) to Tallinn (TLL) and OH-LXK (2065) from Helsinki (HEL) to Norwich (NWI).

Jet2 (EXS) ferried B737-8 G-GDFP (28177 / 069) from Shannon (SNN) to Stansted (STN).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) ferried B737-7 PH-BGM (39255 / 3569) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Norwich (NWI).

Norse Atlantic Airways (NBT) ferried B787-9 LN-FNE (38789 / 691) from Oslo (OSL) to Paris (CDG).

NyxAir (NYX) ferried Saab 340A(F) ES-NSN (340A-082) from Ostrava (OSR) to Rzeszow (RZE).

TUI Airways (TOM) ferried B737-8’s G-FDZX (37258 / 3655) from Manchester (MAN) to Sabiha Gokcen (SAW), G-TUKR (37260 / 3688) from Bristol (BRS) to Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) and B787-9 G-TUIL (64053 / 676) from Amman (AMM) to Manchester (MAN).

+ United Parcel Service (UPS) ferried B767-3F N335UP (37856 / 979) from Louisville (SDF) to Roswell (ROW).

Wizz Air (WZZ) ferried A320 HA-LWE (4372) from Naples (NAP) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ).

World2Fly (WFL) ferried A330-3 EC-OHV (1562) from Bratislava (BTS) to Teruel (TEV).