Airline Fleet News – 27th November 2024 (Updated 8th Dec)

New Deliveries

AirAsia (AXM)  A321NX  9M-VAG (12116)  XFW to KUL

China Express Airlines (HXA)  A320N  B-32JW (12168)  TSN to CKG

China Express Airlines (HXA)  COMAC C909  B-657U (10168)  PVG to CKG

Copa Airlines (CMP)  B737 MAX 8  HP-9802CMP (62702 / 8990)  PAE to SJO

LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT)  B737 MAX 8  SP-LVP (66369 / 8995)  BFI to WAW

Pegasus (PGT)  A321NX  TC-RFJ (12095)  TLS to SAW

Spring Airlines (CQH)  A320N  B-32HZ (12138)  TSN to PVG

Spring Airlines (CQH)  A320N  B-32J0 (12326)  TSN to PVG

Turkish Airlines (THY)  A321NX  TC-LPM (12065)  XFW to IST

VietJetAir (VJC)  A321NX  VN-A543 (12241)  XFW to SGN

News

AerCap ferried B777-3F N779CK (32785 / 540) from Bangor (BGR) to Marana (MZJ) after freighter conversion at Tel Aviv (TLV), prior to lease to Kalitta Air (CKS).

Air Caraibes (FWI) ferried ATR 72-600 F-OSIL (1705) from Praia (RAI) to Fortaleza (FOR) prior to entering service.

AirAsia (AXM) A321NX 9M-VAH (12154) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVYW.

Amelia International (AIA) ferried A319 F-HDSJ (3727) from Chateauroux (CHR) to Paris (CDG) and A320 F-HBNA (4335) from Paris (CDG) to Muscat (MCT) prior to wet-lease to Bangkok Airways (BKP).

ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) ferried A300-6F EI-LDF (860) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Leipzig (LEJ) prior to entering service.

ATR (EVX) ferried ATR 72-600’s F-WWEI (1709) from Toulouse (TLS) to Francazal (LFBF) for painting and F-WWET (4X-IHC) (1627) from Francazal (LFBF) to Toulouse (TLS) after painting for Air Haifa (HFA).

Aviation Capital Group (ACG) ferried A320N VP-CFW (10372) from storage at Woensdrecht (WOE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) prior to lease to Etihad Airways (ETD).

Cebu Pacific (CBU) A330-900 RP-C3909 (2074) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWYT.

Conair Aerial Firefighting (FGD) ferried Dash 8-400AT C-FFQF (4315) from Honiara (HIR) to Avalon (AVV) prior to lease to Field Air.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) A350-900 N526DN (709) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZFC.

ETF Airways (EZZ) ferried B737-8 9A-LAB (30882 / 760) from Forli (FRL) to Rijeka (RJK) prior to wet-lease to Air Montenegro (MNE).

JD Airlines (JDL) has taken delivery of B737-8F B-226S (30699 / 1933) on lease from AerCap, ex-China Southern Airlines (CSN) B-5149 and ferried from Jinan (TNA) to Shenzhen (SZX) after freighter conversion.

+ JetBlue Airways (JBU) ferried ERJ-190 N354JB (19000601) from Boston (BOS) to Marana (MZJ) for storage.

Jetstar Airways (JAT) A320N VH-A5B (12229) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWTX.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) B787-10 PH-BKO (42504 / 1212) made its first flight at Charleston (CHS).

Laser Airlines (LER) has returned A330-2 CS-TCE (925) to Hi Fly (HFY) after wet-lease.

Poste Air Cargo (MSA) has taken delivery of B737-8F EI-GVN (34684 / 1870) on lease from BBAM Aircraft Leasing and ferried from Naples (NAP) to Rome (FCO) prior to entering service.

+ Spirit Airlines (NKS) ferried A320 N695NK (8696) from Detroit (DTW) to Goodyear (GYR) for storage.

SunExpress (SXS) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 TC-SMU (61806 / 7799) on lease from BOC Aviation, ex-Flair Airlines (FLE) C-FLKD and ferried B737-8 TC-SPR (39444 / 3965) from Antalya (AYT) to Johannesburg (JNB) prior to wet-lease to South African Airlines (SAA).

TrueNoord ferried A330-2 9H-PAX (1161) from storage at Siauliai (SQQ) to Tbilisi (TBS) prior to lease to Maldivian (DQA).

TUIfly (TUI) ferried B737-8 OM-GTF (28070 / 106) from Hannover (HAJ) to Bratislava (BTS) on wet-lease from Go2Sky (RLX).

Maintenance Flights

Aer Lingus (EIN) ferried A320’s EI-GAL (3789) from Dublin (DUB) to Madrid (MAD) and EI-DVN (4715) from Madrid (MAD) to Dublin (DUB).

Air Caraibes (FWI) ferried A350-1000 F-HSIS (533) from Bordeaux (BOD) to Paris (ORY).

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2 F-GZCA (422) from Chateauroux (CHR) to Paris (CDG) and A350-900 F-HTYN (544) from Hahn (HHN) to Paris (CDG).

Airest (AEG) ferried ATR 72-500F ES-LTZ (715) from Karlsruhe (FKB) to Bucharest (OTP).

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8F OM-EDE (29788 / 791) from Leipzig (LEJ) to Budapest (BUD).

BA CityFlyer (EFW) ferried A321-2’s G-EUXG (2351) from Gatwick (LGW) to Birmingham (BHX) and G-EUXE (2323) from Birmingham (BHX) to Gatwick (LGW).

British Airways (BAW) ferried A320 G-EUUL (1708) from Madrid (MAD) to Heathrow (LHR).

Brussels Airlines (BEL) ferried A320 OO-SNB (1493) from Brussels (BRU) to Newquay (NQY).

Bulgaria Air (LZB) ferried ERJ-190 LZ-PLO (19000584) from Saarbrucken (SCN) to Sofia (SOF).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320’s G-EZTA (3805) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Gatwick (LGW) and G-EZOI (6562) from Gatwick (LGW) to Erfurt (ERF).

Finnair (FIN) ferried A321-2 OH-LZM (7552) from Prague (PRG) to Helsinki (HEL).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried A320 D-AIZR (5525) and A340-6’s D-AIHZ (1005) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Luqa (MLA), D-AIHY (987) from Luqa (MLA) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Malta Air (MAY) ferried B737-8’s 9H-QAN (44795 / 6409) from Stansted (STN) to St Athan (DGX) and 9H-QBC (44803 / 6618) from St Athan (DGX) to Stansted (STN).

Sunclass Airlines (VKG) ferried A330-900 OY-VKO (1981) from Stockholm (ARN) to Paris (ORY).