Airline Fleet News – 25th April 2025 (Updated 27th Apr)

New Deliveries

China Southern Airlines (CSN)  A321NX  B-32M5 (12569)  TSN to CAN

Tibet Airlines (TBA)  A319N  B-32GJ  (11926)  TSN to CTU

United Airlines (UAL)  B737 MAX 8  N37368 (68809 / 9119)  BFI to LAS

News

Aer Lingus (EIN) A321NY EI-XLV (12248) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZXD.

Air Sierra Leone has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 G-CRUX (44863 / 7085) on wet-lease from Ascend Airways (SYG) and ferried from East Midlands (EMA) to Gatwick (LGW) prior to entering service.

Air Transat (TSC) ferried A330-2 C-GUBA (1014) from Nimes (FNI) to Toronto (YYZ) after painting.

Air Urga (URG) ferried Saab 340B UR-ELJ (340B-259) from Dalaman (DLM) to Orebro (ORB) after wet-lease to the United Nations (UNO).

Airbus (AIB) A220-100 C-FPAI (50078) made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX) and ferried A321NX D-AXXD (9K-AQA) (12345) from Hamburg (XFW) to Toulouse (TLS) for Kuwait Airways (KAC).

Alaska Airlines (ASA) ferried B737-8 N596AS (35688 / 2587) from Spokane (GEG) to Portland (PDX) after painting.

+ Avion Express Malta (MLH) ferried A320’s 9H-MLE (4767) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Katowice (KTW) after wet-lease to Eurowings (EWG) and 9H-GKK (6865) from Keflavik (KEF) to Rijeka (RJK) after wet-lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8’s N5573K (63276 / 7351) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Victorville (VCV) for painting for Air India Express (AXB). B-225Q (60941 / 8206) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Moses Lake (MWH). HP-9804CMP (44197 / 9123) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting for Copa Airlines (CMP) and B787-9 D-ABPL (***** / 1188) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Columbia (CAE).

British Airways (BAW) ferried A319 G-EUOA (1513) from Heathrow (LHR) to St Athan (DGX) for part-out.

CSDS Asset Management ferried A340-3 N577TA (355) from storage at Roswell (ROW) to Marana (MZJ).

+ IndiGo (IGO) ferried A320’s YL-LDD (3264) from Delhi (DEL) to Karlovy Vary (KLV) after wet-lease from SmartLynx (ART) and 9H-SLH (3425) from Delhi (DEL) to Riga (RIX) after wet-lease from SmartLynx Malta (LYX).

JD Aero ferried Dash 8-400 C-GJWE (4460) from Majuro (MAJ) to Brisbane (BNE) prior to delivery to Sunstate Airlines (SSQ) as VH-X4F for operations for QantasLink.

Kenya Airways (KQA) ferried ERJ-190 5Y-FFM (19000431) from storage at Naples (NAP) to Cairo (CAI).

SMBC Aviation Capital ferried B737-8 VQ-CAE (60963 / 6351) from Mombasa (MBA) to Johannesburg (JNB) prior to lease to FlySafair (SFR).

Sunwing Airlines (SWG) ferried B737-8 C-FYKX (35142 / 2660) from Toronto (YYZ) to Luton (LTN) after wet-lease from TUI Airways (TOM).

United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 9 N17403 (67645 / 9144) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Victorville (VCV) for painting and B787-9 N23994 (68622 / 1231) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

+ Voepass (PTB) ferried ATR 72-600 PS-VPE (1116) from storage at Ribeirao Preto (RAO) to Natal (NAT) prior to a return to lessor.

Wilmington Trust Company (WTC) ferried ATR 42-600 N402SV (1217) from Bangor (BGR) to Keflavik (KEF).

Wizz Air Malta (WMT) A321NX 9H-LGV (12575) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXV.

Maintenance

Cityjet (BCY) ferried CRJ-1000 EI-HIE (19010) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Valencia (VLC).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A319 G-EZBR (3088) from Shannon (SNN) to Gatwick (LGW) and A320 G-EZUT (5113), A320N G-UZHY (8920) both from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

Emerald Airlines (EAI) ferried ATR 72-600 EI-GPP (1322) from Monchengladbach (MGL) to Dublin (DUB).

Emirates (UAE) ferried A380 A6-EDS (086) from Beijing (PKX) to Dubai (DXB).

Georgian Airways (TGZ) ferried B737-5 4L-TGI (26336 / 2805) from Istanbul (ISL) to Tbilisi (TBS).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) ferried B737-8 PH-BXN (30356 / 728) from Norwich (NWI) to Amsterdam (AMS).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried B747-4 D-ABTK (29871 / 1293) from Hahn (HHN) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Mavi Gok Airlines (MGH) ferried B777-3 TC-MGG (35302 / 745) Rome (FCO) to Antalya (AYT).

TAP – Air Portugal (TAP) ferried A321NX CS-TXE (9120) from Lisbon (LIS) to Larnaca (LCA).

TUI Airways (TOM) ferried B737-8 G-TAWJ (38108 / 4024) from St Athan (DGX) to Hannover (HAJ).