Airline Fleet News – 27th January 2023 (Updated 11th Feb)
Updated: Feb 11
New Deliveries
IndiGo (IGO) A320N VT-IPP (11287) TLS to DEL
Porter Airlines (POE) E195-E2 C-GKQP (19020078) SJK to YYZ
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8839Q (67489 / 8485) BFI to PHX
United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 8 N37295 (67550 / 8483) BFI to PDX
News
Air France (AFR) has announced a firm order for a further three A350-900 aircraft, bring the total of the type delivered or on order to forty one aircraft.
*Aircastle has ferried A320 LY-BLC (4008) from storage at Madrid (MAD) to Bangor (BGR) and B737-8F N245AC (35099 / 2439) from Goodyear (GYR) to Kelowna (YLW) for freighter conversion.
Alaska Airlines (ASA) has ferried A320’s N835VA (4448) from Lake City (LCQ) to San Antonio (SAT) and N841VA (4655) from Greensboro (GSO) to Lake City (LCQ).
ASL Aviation Holdings has ferried B737-8 OE-IAN (35332 / 2225) from storage at Tokyo (HND) to Nursaltan (NQZ).
Avion Express Malta (MLH) has ferried A320 9H-AMX (4421) from storage at Castellon (CDT) to Jeddah (JED) prior to wet-lease to flynas (KNE).
Avmax Group has taken delivery of Dash 8-200 N444YV (444) ex-Amaszonas (AZN) CP-3098.
Avolon has ferried A350-900 OE-IBP (351) from Toulouse (TLS) to Bordeaux (BOD) prior to lease to Thai Airways International (THA).
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (AZU) has ferried A330-2 PR-AIY (365) from storage at Campinas (VCP) to Orlando (MCO) prior to a return to lessor.
Bank of Utah has taken delivery of ERJ-145 N36FX (145330) ex-Dniproavia (UDN) UR-DPA, while stored at Kansas City (MCI).
Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 8 B-208W (61636 / 7426) from Lackland (SKF) to Moses Lake (MWH) for Shanghai Airlines (CSH) and B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IFZ (***** / 8497) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Moses Lake (MWH).
Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N530DE (11245) has made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as F-WZMG.
Freedom II LLC has ferried B757-2 VP-BBE (30232 / 888) from storage at Basel (BSL) to Orlando (MCO).
Frontera Flight Holdings has ferried CRJ-200 N261PS (7959) from storage at Tucson (TUS) to Saltillo (SLW).
Global Knafaim Leasing has taken delivery of A320 9H-AKJ (7163) ex-Vistara (VTI) VT-TTL, while stored at Istanbul (ISL).
Go First (GOW) A320N’s VT-WDG (11333) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWID and VT-WDE (11163) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW).
JSK (JSX) has taken delivery of ERJ-145’s N29917 (145414) ex-ExpressJet Airlines (ASQ) and N16541 (145542) ex-CommutAir (UCA).
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) has firmed up an order for four A350F aircraft to replace the four B747-4F’s in their fleet, which are operated by Martinair Holland (MPH) for KLM Cargo.
Macquarie AirFinance has ferried A320 EI-GYY (5844) from storage at Tarbes (LDE) to Francazal (QYF).
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has ferried ATR 72-600 SE-MKO (1528) from storage at Sonderborg (SGD) to Malmo (MMX) prior to lease to Braathens Regional Airways (BRX) for operations for BRA – Braathens Regional Airlines and Dash 8-400 OY-YFK (4309) from Francazal (QYF) to Monchengladbach (MGL) prior to lease to Wideroe (WIF) as LN-WDP.
Qantas (QFA) has ferried A380 VH-OQI (055) from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Los Angeles (LAX).
Ryanair (RYR) B737 MAX 8-200 EI-IGG (63348 / 8511) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).
Saudia (SVA) has ferried A320 HZ-AS39 (4442) from storage at Sofia (SOF) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) prior to a return to service.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8845L (67794 / 8504) has made its first flight at Renton (RNT) to Boeing Field (BFI).
Turkish Airlines (THY) A321NX TC-LTP (11148) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZWH.
United Airlines (UAL) has ferried A320 N441UA (751) from Denver (DEN) to Amarillo (AMA) for painting.
Volaris (VOI) has ferried A319 XA-VOI (2657) from Mexico City (MEX) to Coolidge (KP08) for scrapping.
West Atlantic Sweden (SWN) has ferried CRJ-200F SE-DUY (7023) from Bangor (BGR) to Saltillo (SLW).
Wizz Air (WZZ) has ferried A320 HA-LWK (4716) from Eindhoven (EIN) to Bergen op Zoom (WOE) on return to lessor.
Maintenance Flights
Amapola Flyg (APF) has ferried Fokker F50 SE-MFZ (20159) from Malmo (MMX) to Stockholm (ARN).
Austrian Airlines (AUA) has ferried A320’s OE-LBQ (1137) from Vienna (VIE) to Prague (PRG), OE-LZB (3268) from Vienna (VIE) to Tallinn (TLL), OE-LBK (1931) from Tallinn (TLL) to Vienna (VIE) and A321-2 OE-LBD (920) from Prague (PRG) to Vienna (VIE).
Belavia (BRU) has ferried B737 MAX 8 EW-528PA (43344 / 7602) from Dubai (DXB) to Minsk (MSQ).
BH Air (BGH) has ferried A320 LZ-BHM (2457) from Sofia (SOF) to Arbil (EBL).
easyJet (EZY) has ferried A319 G-EZBX (3137) from Sofia (SOF) to Gatwick (LGW) and A320 G-EZUC (4591) from Maastricht (MST) to Gatwick (LGW).
easyJet Europe (EJU) has ferried A320’s OE-ICP (6605) from Berlin (BER) to Erfurt (ERF) and OE-IVS (7235) from Milan (MXP) to Maastricht (MST).
*Endeavor Air (EDV) has ferried CRJ-200’s N835AY (8035) from Detroit (DTW) to Kingman (IGM), N601XJ (8044) from Atlanta (ATL) to Kingman (IGM) and CRJ-701 N669CA (10176) from Salina (SLN) to Kingman (IGM).
Jet2 (EXS) has ferried B737-8 G-DRTH (33828 / 2124) from Norwich (NWI) to Manchester (MAN) and B757-2 G-LSAJ (24793 / 292) from Shannon (SNN) to Manchester (MAN).
Lufthansa (DLH) has ferried A319 D-AILA (609) from Sofia (SOF) to Munich (MUC) and A320’s D-AIUE (6092) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bratislava (BTS), D-AIUD (6033) from Bratislava (BTS) to Frankfurt (FRA).
Martinair Holland (MPH) has ferried B747-4F PH-CKB (33695 / 1328) from Jakarta (CGK) to Amsterdam (AMS).
Pegasus (PGT) has ferried A320 TC-DCI (6666) from Iasi (IAS) to Istanbul (SAW).
Ryanair (RYR) has ferried B737-8 EI-DLY (33601 / 2088) from Prestwick (PIK) to Stansted (STN).
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has ferried A320 OY-KAM (2911) from Madrid (MAD) to Oslo (OSL).
Sky Express (SEH) has ferried A320N SX-WEB (9507) from Francazal (QYF) to Athens (ATH).
Transavia France (TVF) has ferried B737-8’s F-GZHD (29650 / 2583) from Paris (ORY) to Norwich (NWI) and F-HTVF (62160 / 6339) from Norwich (NWI) to Paris (ORY).
TUI Airlines Belgium (JAF) has ferried B787-8 OO-LOE (36426 / 260) from Luton (LTN) to Amsterdam (AMS).
TUI Airways (TOM) has ferried B737 MAX 8 G-TUMH (44602 / 7439) from Brussels (BRU) to Gatwick (LGW).
Turkish Airlines (THY) has ferried B777-3 TC-JJK (40711 / 916) from Istanbul (ISL) to Istanbul (IST).
Volotea (VOE) has ferried A320 EC-ISI (2123) from Casablanca (CMN) to Olbia (OLB).