Philip Davis
Airline Fleet News – 27th April 2023 (Updated 2nd May)
Updated: May 2
New Deliveries
China Eastern Airlines (CES) A350-900 B-32DW (577) TSN to PVG
News
AerCap has ferried A320 N8891 (8891) from storage at Birmingham (BHM) to Santiago (SCL) prior to lease to LATAM Airlines Chile (LAN) as CC-BLG.
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has ferried B737-8 PH-HBL (40697 / 3354) from storage at Craiova (CRA) to Amsterdam (AMS) prior to lease to Transavia (TRA).
Airbus (AIB) has ferried A320N F-WWBH (11446) from Francazal (QYF) to Toulouse (TLS) prior to delivery to Go First (GOW) as VT-WDJ.
+ Avianca El Salvador (TAI) has ferried A319 N480TA (3057) from San Salvador (SAL) to Coolidge (KP08) for scrapping.
Avion Express Malta (MLH) has ferried A320 9H-GKJ (7163) from storage at Chateauroux (CHR) to Shannon (SNN) prior to wet-lease to TUI Airways (TOM).
+ Avolon has re-registered A320 9M-DAL (4013) ex OE-IZU while stored at Kuala Lumpur (KUL), prior to lease to MYAirline (MYM).
Bayham Holdings has ferried B737-8BBJ VQ-BOS (35792 / 2351) from Stansted (STN) to Hamburg (HAM).
Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 8 N982BA (N17312) (64609 / 7345) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting for United Airlines (UAL) and B787-10 B-17809 (63516 / 1078) from Victorville (VCV) to Everett (PAE) for EVA Airways (EVA).
British Airways (BAW) A350-1000 G-XWBN (609) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZGV.
+ Calm Air (CAV) has ferried ATR 72-500 C-FDFK (773) from storage at Monchengladbach (MGL) to Dinar (DNR).
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has taken delivery of A320N RP-C4157 (10546) on lease from Avolon, while stored at Kaunas (KUN).
CIT Aviation Leasing has ferried A330-3 9H-POP (1445) from Cairo (CAI) to Guangzhou (CAN) prior to freighter conversion.
Condor (CFG) has ferried B767-3 D-ABUA (26991 / 455) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bangor (BGR) prior to freighter conversion.
Czech Airlines (CSA) has taken delivery of A320 OK-IOO (3762) ex-Cebu Pacific (CEB) RP-C3249.
Dan Air (JOC) has ferried A320 YR-JUL (3863) from Craiova (CRA) to Belgrade (BEG) prior to entering service.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N534DT (11357) has made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as F-WZMT.
easyJet Europe (EJU) has ferried A320 OE-IWW (6257) from storage at Larnaca (LCA) to Maastricht (MST) for painting, prior to entering service.
Federal Express (FedEx) (FDX) has ferried MD-10F N307FE (48291 / 412) from Memphis (MEM) to Victorville (VCV) for scrapping.
Frontera Flight Holdings has ferried DC-9 N208US (47220 / 296) from storage at Detroit (YIP) to Saltillo (SLW) prior to delivery to Aeronaves TSM (VTM).
Government of Nigeria has ferried B737-7 BBJ 5N-FGT (34260 / 1746) from Lagos (LOS) to Basel (EAP).
Iberojet (EVE) has ferried A330-3 EC-LXA (670) from storage at Palma (PMI) to Perpignan (PGF).
ITA Airways (ITY) A330-900 EI-HJN (2035) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWYO.
Jeju Air (JJA) has ferried B737-8 HL8050 (36571 / 2574) from storage at Ostrava (OSR) to Bishkek (FRU) prior to entering service.
Lumiwings (LWI) has ferried B737-7 SX-LWC (30659 / 1329) from Chisinau (KIV) to Foggia (FOG) prior to wet-lease to Aeroitalia (AEZ).
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has ferried Dash 8-400 G-EXTA (4424) from storage at Exeter (EXT) to Reykjavik (RKV) prior to lease to Air Iceland Connect (FXI) as TF-FXE.
Northern Air Cargo (NAC) has ferried B767-3 N564NC (30564 / 798) from Honolulu (HNL) to Paya Lebar (QPG) for freighter conversion.
Rossiya – Russian Airlines (SDM) has taken delivery of SSJ 100-95B RA-89042 (95068) ex-Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (AFL).
SmartLynx Estonia (MYX) has ferried A320 ES-SAG (5407) from Lagos (LOS) to Brno (BRQ) after wet-lease to Air Peace (APK).
SMBC Aviation Capital has ferried B737-8 N735MA (37260 / 3688) from Kaunas (KUN) to Vilnius (VNO).
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8871Q (42678 / 8597) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).
United Airlines (UAL) has ferried A320 N430UA (568) from Roswell (ROW) to San Francisco (SFO) after painting and B767-3 N658UA (27113 / 480) from Roswell (ROW) to New York (EWR) after painting.
Vallair has ferried A321-2F N974M (974) from Guangzhou (CAN) to Montpellier (MPL) after freighter conversion.
Vistara (VTI) A321NX VT-TVJ (11323) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZXG.
Wizz Air Malta (WMT) has taken delivery of A320 9H-WDB (6360) on lease from Goshawk Aviation, ex-Wizz Air (WZZ) HA-LYJ.
Maintenance Flights
American Airlines (AAL) has ferried B737-8 N944AN (29535 / 645) from Jacksonville (VQQ) to Miami (MIA).
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) has ferried B737-8F EI-HJK (35701 / 2496) from Brussels (BRU) to Shannon (SNN).
British Airways (BAW) has ferried B777-2 G-VIIB (27484 / 049) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).
TUI Airlines Belgium (JAF) has ferried B737-8’s OO-JAS (35144 / 2652) from Brussels (BRU) to Istanbul (SAW) and OO-TNC (35146 / 2875) from Istanbul (SAW) to Amsterdam (AMS).
United Airlines (UAL) has ferried B737-8 N77258 (30802 / 708) from Winston-Salem (INT) to Houston (IAH).
Volotea Airlines (VOE) has ferried A320 EC-NOQ (3765) from Casablanca (CMN) to Verona (VRN).
Vueling (VLG) has ferried A320 EC-LVS (5599) from Barcelona (BCN) to Castellon (CDT).