Philip Davis
Airline Fleet News – 20th May 2022 (Updated 23rd May)
Updated: May 23, 2022
New Deliveries
*Air Baltic (BTI) A220-300 YL-ABI (55163) YMX to RIX
*AnadoluJet (THY) B737 MAX 8 TC-LAG (61810 / 8146) BFI to ESB
Alaska Airlines (ASA) B737 MAX 9 N937AK (44100 / 8251) BFI to OKC
China Airlines (CAL) A321NX B-18105 (10665) XFW to TPE
*flydubai (FDB) B737 MAX 8 A6-FPA (61024 / 8218) BFI to AMM
IndiGo (IGO) A320N VT-IIU (10823) TLS to DEL
ITA Airways (ITY) A350-900 EI-IFB (270) TLS to FCO
Sky Express (SEH) A320N SX-CRE (10302) TLS to OSR
News
*Air Astana (KZR) has re-registered A321N EI-KDD (7634) ex P4-KDD.
Air France (AFR) A350-900 F-HTYR (562) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZGQ.
*Air Nostrum (ANE) has ferried ATR 72-600 EC-NCC (1040) from storage at Francazal (LFBF) to Valencia (VLC) and taken delivery of CRJ-1000 EC-LOJ (19018) ex-Mel Air (MDO) 9H-LOJ.
*ASL Airlines Belgium (TAY) has ferried B737-8F OE-IXD (35022 / 3139) from Shannon (SNN) to Liege (LGG) prior to entering service.
*Avianca Express (AVR) has ferried ATR 72-600’s HK-4954 (1092) from Nassau (NAS) to Halifax (YHZ) and HK-5039 (1124) from Halifax (YHZ) to Goose Bay (YYR) prior to a return to lessor.
Avmax Group has ferried CRJ-200 N495CA (7774) from storage at Algiers (ALG) to Calgary (YYC) and Dash 8-400 N145VE (4262) from Maastricht (MST) to Luxor (LXR) prior to delivery to Air Niugini (ANG).
*BBAM Aircraft Leasing has re-registered B777-3 2-TKQB (39235 / 1012) ex B-KQB while stored at Hong Kong (HKG).
*Bocomm Leasing has re-registered A320 YL-LDN (3641) ex OE-IFQ while stored at Dusseldorf (DUS), prior to delivery to SmartLynx (ART).
*Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 8’s 9M-LRG (43016 / 7721) for Batik Air Malaysia (MXD) and EI-GZJ (63975 / 7797) for SMBC Aviation Capital, from Moses Lake (MWH) to Boeing Field (BFI).
*Brilliant Aviation has ferried B737 MAX 8 BBJ VP-CMA (62743 / 7030) FROM Basel (BSL) to Tarbes (LDE) for painting, prior to delivery to Jet Aviation Hong Kong.
British Airways (BAW) has ferried A321-2 G-EUXI (2536) from storage at Madrid (MAD) to Heathrow (LHR).
*Carlyle Aviation Partners has ferried A320 LZ-LAH (2540) from Sofia (SOF) to Dusseldorf (DUS) prior to delivery to European Air Charter (BUC).
*Cathay Pacific (CPA) has ferried B777-3 B-KPJ (36157 / 754) from Xiamen (XMN) to Hong Kong (HKG) after painting, prior to a return to lessor.
*DAE Capital has ferried A320 EI-DTD (3846) from Southend (SEN) to Verona (VRN) after painting, prior to delivery to Volotea Airlines (VOE) as EC-NTL.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) A330-900 N414DX (1996) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWYZ.
Dragon Aviation Leasing has ferried A320 F-WTAP (3984) from storage at Chateauroux (CHR) to Istanbul (ISL) prior to delivery to Freebird Airlines Europe.
*DVB Bank has ferried A319 OE-INZ (2375) from storage at Ciudad Real (CQM) to Tel Aviv (TLV).
Emirates (UAE) has ferried A380 A6-EOO (190) from storage at Dubai (DWC) to Dubai (DXB).
Eurowings (EWG) has ferried A319 D-AKNS (1277) from storage at Kaunas (KUN) to Dusseldorf (DUS).
French Bee (FBU) A350-1000 F-HMIB (560) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZHI.
*Global Airways (GBL) has ferried A320 LY-LGA (3927) from storage at Larnaca (LCA) to Nuremberg (NUE) prior to wet-lease to Corendon Airlines Europe (CXI).
IndiGo (IGO) A321NX VT-IMK (10681) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZAY.
Lanmei Airlines (MKR) has ferried A320 XU-978 (4273) from Dubai (DWC) to Zagreb (ZAG) on return to lessor.
*LATAM Airlines Group has ferried B767-3F CC-CXK (37802 / 987) from Singapore (SIN) to Miami (MIA) after freighter conversion for LATAM Cargo Chile (LCO).
*Macquarie AirFinance has ferried ERJ-190 N242MQ (19000242) from storage at San Bernardino (SBD) to Portsmouth (PSM) prior to delivery to Portugalia (PGA) for operations for TAP Express.
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has ferried ATR 72-600 OY-YDN (1324) from Francazal (LFBF) to Exeter (EXT) prior to delivery to Emerald Airlines (EAI) as EI-HDJ for operations for Aer Lingus Regional.
*Skyward Express (SEW) has ferried Dash 8-300 5Y-BWG (406) from Cairo (CAI) to Sofia (SOF) prior to a return to lessor.
SMBC Aviation Capital has ferried B737-8’s N893SM (39814 / 4879), N891SM (39874 / 5709) from storage at Alice Springs (ASP) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and EI-EVX (40317 / 4211) from East Midlands (EMA) to Norwich (NWI) for painting, prior to delivery to Air Europa (AEA) as EC-NVO.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8759Q (67212 / 8262) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).
*United Airlines (UAL) has ferried B777-2 N212UA (30218 / 293) from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Los Angeles (LAX) prior to a return to service.
*Valuejet has taken delivery of CRJ-900’s 5N-BXS (15113) ex-Iberia Regional (IBE) EC-JZT and 5N-BXT (15117) ex-Iberia Regional (IBE) EC-JZV.
*Voyageur Airways (VAL) has ferried Dash 8-300 C-FEXZ (319) from Brussels (BRU) to Bangui (BGF) prior to operations for United Nations (UNO).
Maintenance Flights
Air France (AFR) has ferried B77-3 F-GSPK (29010 / 267) from Frankfurt (HHN) to Paris (CDG).
*Alpha Star (STT) has ferried ATR 72-600 HZ-A24 (1541) from Francazal (LFBF) to Riyadh (RUH).
*Amapola Flyg (APF) has ferried Fokker F50 SE-MFZ (20159) from Malmo (MMO) to Stockholm (ARN).
Brussels Airlines (BEL) has ferried A320 OO-SNF (2810) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Brussels (BRU).
*DHL Air (DHK) has ferried B757-2F G-BMRI (24267 / 211) from Birmingham (BHX) to East Midlands (EMA).
easyJet (EZY) has ferried A319 G-EZIY (2636) from Lasham (QLA) to Gatwick (LGW).
easyJet Europe (EJU) has ferried A320 OE-IVR (7243) from Luqa (MLA) to Milan (MXP).
*Frontier Airlines (FFT) has ferried A320 N205FR (4253) from Tampa (TPA) to Melbourne (MLB).
SmartLynx Malta (LYX) has ferried A320 9H-SLF (3361) from Bodrum (BOD) to Tallinn (TLL).
*Turkish Airlines (THY) has ferried A321-2 TC-JTD (6822) from Istanbul (ISL) to Istanbul (IST).
Updates found today have been added to –
*19th May – *18th May