Airline Fleet News – 21st March 2025 (Updated 29th Mar)

New Deliveries

Air France (AFR)  A350-900  F-HUVQ (714)  TLS to CDG

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  A321NX  B-32KF (12239)  XFW to PVG

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  A321NX  B-32LA (12372)  XFW to PVG

China Southern Airlines (CSN)  A320N  B-32LL (12477)  TLS to CAN

China Southern Airlines (CSN)  B787-9  B-20EP (63988 / 1020)  PAE to CAN

easyJet (EZY)  A320N  G-UZEG (12522)  TSN to LGW

Ethiopian Airlines (ETH)  B737 MAX 8  ET-BBC (66152 / 8253)  BFI to ADD

JetBlue Airways (JBU)  A220-300  N3251J (55333)  BFM to YMX

Qatar Airways (QTR)  B787-9  A7-BHT (***** / 1226)  CHS to DOH

Turkish Airlines (THY)  A350-900  TC-LHB (716)  TLS to IST

United Airlines (UAL)  A321NX  N34535 (12332)  BFM to TPA

United Airlines (UAL)  B737 MAX 8  N27366 (68820 / 9086)  BFI to SEA

News

Air Arabia (ABY) has taken delivery of A320 A6-AQP (5990) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital, ex-Go First (GOW) VT-GOQ and ferried from storage at Shannon (SNN) to Sharjah (SHJ) prior to entering service.

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8 OM-IEX (33016 / 1588) from Lagos (LOS) to Bratislava (BTS) after wet-lease to Air Peace (APK).

Azure Aviation (ALZ) ferried Saab 340A(F) C6-AMI (340A-083) from Quebec (YQB) to Opa Locka (OPF).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 N248BE (60938 / 8181) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting for Air China (CCA). B777-F’s A6-EFY (68620 / 1793) from Everett (PAE) to Portland (PDX) for painting for Emirates (UAE) and B787-9’s B-20EW (63989 / 1050) from Everett (PAE) to Fort Worth (FTW) for China Southern Airlines (CSN), EC-OMC (62523 / 1120) from Lackland (SKF) to Everett (PAE) for Air Europa (AEA).

China Cargo Airlines (CKK) B777-F B-226V (69512 / 1791) made its first flight at Everett (PAE).

China Southern Airlines (CSN) A321NX B-32M3 (12550) made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN) as B-007Q.

Cityjet (BCY) ferried CRJ-900 EI-FPD (15401) from Toronto (YYZ) to Dayton (DAY) prior to delivery to PSA Airlines (JIA).

De Havilland Canada (DHC) ferried Dash 8-400’s C-FHYQ (4198) from storage at Calgary (YYC) to Iqaluit (YFB) prior to delivery to Wideroe (WIF) and C-FHLH (4458) from Prestwick (PIK) to Luxor (LXR).

DHL Aviation ferried B737-8F N737KT (28619 / 534) from Bangor (BGR) to Madrid (MAD) prior to delivery to Swiftair (SWT) as EC-HLN.

EgyptAir (MSR) ferried A220-300 SU-GFD (55062) from New York (JFK) to Orlando (MCO) prior to delivery to Breeze Airways (MXY) as N178BZ

Fly2Sky (VAW) ferried A320 LZ-FSF (3605) from Keflavik (KEF) to Sofia (SOF) after wet-lease to World Atlantic Airlines (WAL).

FTAI Aviation ferried A321-2 N543FA (2543) from Muscat (MCT) to Belgrade (BEG).

Heston Airlines (HST) ferried A320’s LY-MHL (4108) from Budapest (BUD) to Baku (GYD) prior to wet-lease to Azerbaijan Airlines (AHY) and LY-JAM (5296) from Baku (GYD) to Rijeka (RJK) after wet-lease to Azerbaijan Airlines (AHY).

IndiGo (IGO) A321NX VT-NCK (12464) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZXX.

KM Malta Airlines (KMM) ferried A320 9H-MLB (4491) from Luqa (MLA) to Vilnius (VNO) after wet-lease from Avion Express Malta (MLH).

SAS Link (SVS) has taken delivery of ERJ-195 SE-RSX (19000747) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), ex-Tianjin Airlines (GCR) B-3287 and ferried from storage at Warsaw (WAW) to Copenhagen (CPH_) prior to entering service.

SMBC Aviation Capital re-registered B737 MAX 8 G-CRUX (44863 / 7085) while stored at Prestwick (PIK) ex-9H-ORN, prior to lease to Ascend Airways (SYG).

+ Southwest Airlines (SWA) ferried B737-7 N7856A (30630 / 1032) from Atlanta (ATL) to Birmingham (BHX) for part-out.

United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 8 N37367 (68821 / 9110) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field and B737 MAX 9’s N17594 (43447 / 9057) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting, N17595 (67643 / 9070) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Worldwide Aircraft Ferrying (WWAF) ferried ATR 72-202F C-FEYU (256) from storage at Barrie (YLK) to St Thomas (YQS).

World2Fly (WFL) ferried A350-900 EC-NZF (613) from Madrid (MAD) to Amsterdam (AMS) prior to wet-lease to Corendon Dutch Airlines (CND).

Maintenance

Air Austral (REU) ferried B787-8 F-OLRC (34510 / 022) from Paris (CDG) to Warsaw (WAW).

Air France (AFR) ferried B777-2 F-GSPJ (29009 / 263) from Paris (CDG) to Bordeaux (BOD).

Air Horizont (HAT) ferried B737-4 9H-MPW (25417 / 2160) from Bucharest (BBU) to Southend (SEN).

Atlantic Airways (FLI) ferried A320N OY-RCK (8918) from Montpellier (MPL) to Copenhagen (CPH).

Brussels Airlines (BEL) ferried A330-3’s OO-SFJ (701) from Brussels (BRU) to Chateauroux (CHR) and OO-SFP (645) from Chateauroux (CHR) to Brussels (BRU).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320N G-UZHW (8759) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

Electra Airways (EAF) ferried A320 LZ-EAD (2717) from Varna (VAR) to Ostrava (OSR).

Eurowings Europe (EWL) ferried A320 9H-EUL (3093) from Perpignan (PGF) to Dusseldorf (DUS).

+ Frontier Airlines (FFT) ferried A320N N337FR (8380) from Marana (MZJ) to Denver (DEN).

+ Hawaiian Airlines (HAL) ferried B717-2 N475HA (55121 / 5050) from Dothan (DHN) to Oakland (OAK).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) ferried B787-9 PH-BHI (38755 / 477) from Shannon (SNN) to Amsterdam (AMS).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried A320 D-AIZP (5487) from Amman (AMM) to Munich (MUC) and A330-3 D-AIKM (913) from Manila (MNL) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Lufthansa City (DLH) ferried A319 D-ABGP (3728) from Athens (ATH) to Munich (MUC).

Maleth-Aero (MLT) ferried A330-2 9H-EFS (489) from Tucson (TUS) to Marana (MZJ).

MEA - Middle East Airlines (MEA) ferried A321NX T7-ME5 (10147) from Larnaca (LCA) to Beirut (BEY).

Qatar Airways (QTR) ferried A320 A7-LAB (6467) from Istanbul (ISL) to Doha (DOH).

SunExpress (SXS) ferried B737-8 TC-SOV (40776 / 3273) from Antalya (AYT) to Ostrava (OSR).

Titan Airways (AWC) ferried A321NX G-OATW (10238) from Stansted (STN) to Lasham (QLA).

Transavia (TRA) ferried B737-8’s PH-HBK (40876 / 3326) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) and PH-HBJ (40696 / 3295) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Amsterdam (AMS).

+ United Airlines (UAL) ferried B737-8’s N87507 (31637 / 2487) from Houston (IAH) to Winston-Salem (INT) and N76502 (31603 / 2017) from Winston-Salem (INT) to Houston (IAH).

Volotea Airlines (VOE) ferried A320 EC-NQM (4589) from Casablanca (CMN) to Nantes (NTE).