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Airline Fleet News – 20th December 2024 (Updated 26th Dec)

Updated: Dec 26, 2024

New Deliveries

 

American Airlines (AAL)  A321NX  N472AN (12282)  BFM to CLT

 

American Airlines (AAL)  B737 MAX 8  N356TY (44505 / 8992)  BFI to DFW

 

Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU)  E195-E2  PS-AEZ (19020157)  SJK to CNF

 

Cathay Pacific (CPA)  A321NX  B-HPS (12251)  XFW to HKG

 

Corporate Air (CPT)  Cessna 408  N770FX (408-0031)  BEC to FAR

 

Corporate Air (CPT)  Cessna 408  N776FX (408-0040)  BEC to FAR

 

JetSMART (JAT)  A321NX  CC-DIQ (12244)  TLS to SCL

 

Qatar Airways (QTR)  B787-9  A7-BHS (***** / 1217)  CHS to DOH

 

Republic Airways (RPA)  ERJ-175  N776YX (17000982)  SJK to IND

 

SKY Airline (SKU)  A320N  CC-DBP (12344)  TLS to SCL

 

Turkish Airlines (THY)  A321NX  TC-LPG (12364)  XFW to IST

 

           

News

 

AJet (TKJ) has taken delivery of A320 TC-EIA (5068) ex-Avianca El Salvador (TAI) N685TA and ferried from storage at Opa Locka (OPF) to Goose Bay (YYR) prior to entering service.

 

ATX Corporation has taken delivery of B737-8 N961AW (32918 / 1255) while stored at Prestwick (PIK), ex-Klasjet (KLJ) LY-SLX.

 

CDB Aviation ferried A320N VP-CRY (8146) from Riyadh (RUH) to Francazal (LFBF).

 

China Airlines (CAL) has ordered 10x A350-1000, 4x B777-8F and 10x B777-9 aircraft.

 

China Eastern Airlines (CES) A320N B-32KE (12361) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AUBY and C909 B-**** (10159) made its first flight at Shanghai (PVG) as B-099P.

 

+ China Southern Airlines (CSN) A321NX’s B-32K2 (12322) as D-AVYV, B-32K3 (12343) as D-AVXA made their first flights at Hamburg (XFW) and ferried A319 B-6195 (3983) from Urumqi (URC) to Kemble (GBA) for part-out.

 

China Southern Airlines Cargo (CSG) B-777F B-226D (67824 / 1782) made its first flight at Everett (PAE).

 

Eurowings (EWG) has taken delivery of A320 9H-SWE (5139) on wet-lease from Avion Express Malta (MLH).

 

Getjet Airlines (GJT) ferried A320 LY-MAL (3068) from Siauliai (SQQ) to Tirana (TIA) prior to wet-lease to Wizz Air Malta (WMT).

 

JetBlue Airways (JBU) A220-300 N3242J (55319) made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as C-GPRL.

 

KM Malta Airlines (KMM) has taken delivery of A320 LY-NVI (3004) on wet-lease from Avion Express (NVD) and ferried from Castellon (CDT) to Luqa (MLA) prior to entering service.

 

Kuwait Airways (KAC) ferried A330-2 9K-APE (1681) from Kuwait City (KWI) to Luqa (MLA) prior to delivery to the Royal Canadian Air Force (CFC).

 

Lorizon Invest SAS has taken delivery of ERJ-135 M-ABTC (145376) while stored at Vilnius (VNO), ex-Loganair (LOG) G-SAJT.

 

Lufthansa Group ordered 5x A350-100 aircraft, bringing the total orders for the type to 15 aircraft.

 

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ferried ATR 72-500 9H-AIU (789) from storage at Kaunas (KUN) to Monchengladbach (MGL) prior to delivery to DAT – Danish Air Transport (DTR) and re-registered ATR 72-500 2-JUCE (807) ex F-OIXE while stored at Monchengladbach (MGL), prior to delivery to DAT – Danish Air Transport (DTR) as OY-JRF.

 

+ Piedmont Airlines (PDT) ferried ERJ-145 N687JS (14500846) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Abilene (ABI) prior to operations for American Eagle.

 

Qantas (QFA) ferried A380 VH-OQK (063) from storage at Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Sydney (SYD).

 

Regional One ferried ERJ-135 N823AE (145582) from Duluth (DLH) to Shannon (SNN).

 

Saudi Royal Flight (SRA) ferried A318 ACJ HZ-AS99 (932) from Hamburg (HAM) to Ostrava (OSR) for painting.

 

SKY Airline (SKU) A320N CC-DBO (12320) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWDV.

 

Skyward Express (SEW) has taken delivery of Fokker F100 5Y-SKF (11321) ex-Montenegro Airlines (MGX) 4O-AOM and ferried from storage at Woensdrecht (WOE) to El Alamein (DBB) prior to entering service.

 

Smartwings (TVS) ferried B737-8 OK-TVW (30295 / 1600) from Prague (PRG) to Toronto (YYZ) prior to wet-lease to Sunwing Airlines (SWG).

 

+ Southwest Airlines (SWA) ferried B737-7 N793SA (27888 / 744) from Atlanta (ATL) to Birmingham (BHM) for storage.

 

Thai Lion Air (TLM) has taken delivery of B737-8 HS-LGR (39870 / 5649) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital, ex-Lion Air (LNI) PK-LPL and ferried from storage at Batam (BTH) to Bangkok (DMK) prior to entering service.

 

 

Maintenance Flights

 

Air Caraibes (FWI) ferried A330-3 F-HPUJ (1727) from Chateauroux (CHR) to Paris (ORY).

 

British Airways (BAW) ferried A321NX’s G-TNEC (11744) from Heathrow (LHR0 to Prestwick (PIK) and G-TNEB (11585) from Prestwick (PIK) to Heathrow (LHR).

 

Discover Airlines (OCN) ferried A320’s D-AIWE (8680) from Munich (MUC) to Sofia (SOF) and D-AIWD (8672) from Sofia (SOF) to Munich (MUC).

 

easyJet Europe (EJU) ferried A320 OE-IJW (7580) from Berlin (BER) to Erfurt (ERF).

 

Helvetic Airways (OAW) ferried ERJ-190 HB-JVN (19000285) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich (ZRH).

 

Jet2 (EXS) ferried B737-8 G-JZHA (30417 / 781) from Newcastle (NCL) to Dublin (DUB).

 

Loganair (LOG) ferried ERJ-145 G-SAJL (145136) from Alverca (AVR) to Aberdeen (ABZ).

 

Olympic Air (OAL) ferried ATR 72-600 SX-OBN (1073) from Monchengladbach (MGL).

 

SAS Connect (SZS) ferried A320N EI-SIJ (10752) from Tallinn (TLL) to Stockholm (ARN).

 

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) ferried A320N’s SE-ROB (7676) from Copenhagen (CPH) to Tallinn (TLL) and SE-RUE (10407) from Tallinn (TLL) to Oslo (OSL).

 

Transavia (TRA) ferried B737-8 PH-HZL (30391 / 814) from Prague (PRG) to Amsterdam (AMS).

 

Wamos Air (PLM) ferried A330-3 EC-ODQ (1077) from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Madrid (MAD).

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