Philip Davis
Airline Fleet News – 22nd March 2023 (Updated 8th Apr)
Updated: Apr 8
New Deliveries
Air Cairo (MSC) A320N SU-BUP (11302) TLS to CAI
Cathay Pacific (CPA) A321NX B-HPP (11093) XFW to HKG
Ethiopian Airlines (ETH) B737 MAX 8 ET-AWI (62454 / 8147) PAE to ADD
Loong Air (CDC) A320N B-329J (11119) TSN to HGH
Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IGI (67077 / 8554) BFI to DUB
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8857Q (67471 / 8546) BFI to PHX
Southwind Airlines (STW) B737 MAX 8 TC-GRJ (63563 / 8417) BFI to AYT
Wilmington Trust Company B737 MAX 8 N799BA (44305 / 7653) PAE to BGR
Wizz Air Malta (WMT) A321NX 9H-WAY (11233) XFW to BUD
News
AerCap has ferried B737-4F OO-TNQ (29205 / 3056) from Keflavik (KEF) to Albuquerque (ABQ) prior to lease to Estafeta Carga Aerea (ESF) as XA-GGB, B737 MAX 8 C-FZXI (62883 / 7893) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Rome (RME) for painting for Sunwing Airlines (SWG) and ERJ-195 EI-FLR (19000088) from storage at Castellon (CDT) to Nairobi (NBO).
Aerro Direkt (DIR) has ferried A321-2 YR-ADI (1366) from Chisinau (KIV) to Teesside (MME) on return to lessor.
Air Canada (ACA) has ferried A330-3 C-GOFV (1447) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Manchester (MAN) and B777-3 C-FITL (35256 / 620) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Peru (GUS).
Air France (AFR) A220-300 F-HZUQ (55197) has made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX) as C-FOWF.
Airbus (AIB) has ferried A321NX F-WXAI (10968) from Hamburg (XFW) to Francazal (QYF) for painting.
Airbus Financial Services (AFS) has ferried A340-3 YR-LRD (835) from storage at Amman (AMM) to Istanbul (ISL) prior to lease to Legend Airlines (LAL).
+ Bank of Utah has taken delivery of B757-2 VIP N757MA (28463 / 739) ex-Mid East Jet while stored at Basel (BSL).
BBAM Aircraft Leasing has re-registered A321-2 LZ-BBB (6767) ex N744AV while stored at Shannon (SNN).
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has ferried A320 RP-C3264 (4852) from Pohnpei (PNI) to Cebu (CEB).
Eurowings (EWG) has ferried A321-2 D-AIDO (4994) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Perpignan (PGF) prior to entering service.
Flight Lease has ferried B737-8 N671FL (28617 / 504) from Tucson (TUS) to Anchorage (ANC) prior to freighter conversion at Guangzhou (CAN).
Heston Airlines (HST) has ferried A320 LY-FJI (2157) from Puerto Plata (POP) to Keflavik (KEF) and A330-2 LY-TKL (1045) from Santo Domingo (SDQ) to Riga (RIX) after wet-lease to Sky Cana (SNA).
HiSky Europe (HYS) A321NX YR-WIN (10948) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXS.
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has ferried Dash 8 OY-YFJ (4324) from storage at Luqa (MLA) to Dubai (DWC) prior to lease to Nexus as VH-8XS and ERJ-175 OY-YEF (17000852) from storage at Bydgoszcz (BZG) to Muscat (MCT), prior to lease to Star Air (SDG) as VT-GSJ.
Rise Air (WEW) has ferried ATR 42-500 C-GRYI (625) from Goose Bay (YYR) to Reykjavik (RKV).
SKY Leasing has ferried B737 MAX 8 OE-LCQ (42827 / 6420) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Tucson (TUS).
South African Airways (SAA) has ferried A319’s ZS-SFJ (2379) and ZS-SFL (2438) from Accra (ACC) to Tarbes (LDE) on return to lessor.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8860S (42671 / 8555) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).
Spicejet (SEJ) has ferried Dash 8-400 VT-SQG (4593) from Fujairah (FJR) to Kutaisi (KUT) prior to a return to lessor.
Tianjin Airlines (GCR) A320N B-000T (11186) has made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN).
+ United Airlines (UAL) has ferried B757-2’s N12114 (27556 / 682) from New York (EWR) to Roswell (ROW) for painting and N13113 (27555 / 668) from Roswell (ROW) to New York (EWR) after painting.
Wizz Air Malta (WMT) has taken delivery of A320 9H-WZT (6077) on lease from Aircastle, ex-Wizz Air (WZZ) HA-LYA.
2Excel Aviation (BRO) has taken delivery of B757-2 G-FTAI (29308 / 935) ex-Titan Airways (AWC) G-POWH while stored at Lasham (QLA).
Maintenance Flights
Austrian Airlines (AUA) has ferried A320 OE-LZA (3234) from Tallinn (TLL) to Vienna (VIE).
Bayham Holdings has ferried B737-8 BBJ2 VQ-BOS (35792 / 2351) from Jeddah (JED) to Grenoble (GNB).
Emirates (UAE) has ferried A380 A6-EDZ (107) from Dubai (DXB) to Toulouse (TLS).
Jet2 (EXS) has ferried B737-8 G-DRTI (29639 / 1643) from Manchester (MAN) to Lasham (QLA).
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) has ferried A330-3 PH-AKA (1287) from Jakarta (CGK) to Amsterdam (AMS).
Lufthansa (DLH) has ferried A319 D-AILH (641) from Luqa (MLA) to Frankfurt (FRA).
Ryanair (RYR) has ferried B737-8 EI-DLW (33599 / 2078) from Prestwick (PIK) to Stansted (STN).
Smartwings (TVS) has ferried B737-8 OK-SWW (28254 / 1283) from Sofia (SOF) to Prague (PRG).
SprintAir (SRN) has ferried ATR 72-500 SP-SPN (704) from Warsaw (WAW) to Poznan (POZ).
Volotea Airlines (VOE) has ferried A319 EC-NBC (1884) from Naples (NAP) to Bordeaux (BOD).