Airline Fleet News – 29th April 2024 (Updated 13th May)

New Deliveries

Air China (CCA)  ARJ21-700  B-656H (10146)  (s) PVG

Chengdu Airlines (UEA)  A321NX  B-32GM (11807)  XFW to CTU

easyJet Europe (EJU)  A320N  OE-LSV (11835)  TSN to BER

Frontier Airlines (FFT)  A321NX  N642FR (11888)  XFW to TPA

Hainan Airlines (CHH)  B737 MAX 8  B-225J (64709 / 7858)  BFI to HAK

Icelandair (ICE)  B737 MAX 8  TF-ICT (61812 / 8845)  BFI to KEF

OTT Airlines (OTT)  ARJ21-700  B-655H (10136)  (s) PVG

Ryanair (RYR)  B737 MAX 8-200  EI-IJJ (67093 / 8887)  BFI to DUB

News

AerCap ferried A321-2 VP-CYC (4315) from storage at Haikou (HAK) to Hong Kong (HKG) prior to lease to Hong Kong Airlines (CRK) as B-LPR and taken delivery of A321-2 OE-ICC (2759) ex-China Southern Airlines (CSN) B-6270 while stored at Guangzhou (CAN).

Aerojet (MBC) has taken delivery of ERJ-145 D2-AJB (145456) ex-Mission Air Support N296MA and ferried from Tanagra (LGTG) to Athens (ATH) prior to entering service.

Air Cote d’Ivoire (VRE) ferried A319 TU-TRJ (7318) from Pointe Noire (PNR) to Johannesburg (JNB) prior to entering service.

Air Transat (TSC) ferried A320 C-GEXI (3762) from Toronto (YYZ) to Keflavik (KEF) after wet-lease from Czech Airlines (CSA).

Alaska Airlines (ASA) B737 MAX 8 N804AK (67804 / 8885) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Alliance Airlines (UTY) has taken delivery of ERJ-190 VH-A2V (19000249) ex-JetBlue Airways (JBU) N298JB.

+ American Airlines (AAL) ferried A321N N924VA (7942) from storage at Roswell (ROW) to Pittsburgh (PIT).

BBAM Aircraft Leasing has taken delivery of B777-3 T7-L288 (39237 / 1077) ex-Cathay Pacific (CPA) B-KQD and ferried from storage at Marana (MZJ) to San Bernardino (SBD).

BBN Airlines Nordic (BBD) have ceased operations due to a downturn in cargo demand. Their fleet consisted of 4 B737-4F and 4 B737-8F aircraft.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 B-20EA (64682 / 8025) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Victorville (VCV) for Xiamen Airlines (CXA).

China Airlines (CAL) ferried A330-3 B-18353 (920) from storage at Taipei (TPE) to Anchorage (ANC) prior to a return to lessor.

Condor (CFG) A330-900 D-ANRP (2065) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWCX, and has taken delivery of A320 9A-IRM (3972) on wet-lease from Fly Air41 (BER).

Emerald Airlines (EAI) has taken delivery of ATR 72-600 EI-HNA (1321) on lease from Aergo Capital, ex-Garuda Indonesia (GIA) prior to operations for Aer Lingus Regional.

Eurowings (EWG) has taken delivery of B737-8 OK-TVT (39394 / 3899) on wet lease from Smartwings (TVS) and ferried from Prague (PRG) to Cologne (CGN) prior to entering service.

Express Freighters (EFA) has taken delivery of A321-2F VH-XF5 (2799) on lease from Arena Aviation, ex-British Airways (BAW) G-MEDM while stored at Angeles City (CRK).

Condor (CFG) has taken delivery of A320 9A-IRM (3972) on wet-lease from Fly Air41 (BER) and ferried from Berlin (BER) to Dusseldorf (DUS) prior to entering service.

Frontier Airlines (FFT) A321NX N640FR (11973) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZYT.

Gold Coast Aviation ferried CRJ-200 N8938A (7938) from Abidjan (ABJ) to Johannesburg (JNB) prior to lease to CemAir (KEM).

Jump Air (JUP) ferried ATR 72-500 LY-JUP (747) from Monchengladbach (MGL) to Guernsey (GCI) prior to wet-lease to Aurigny (AUR).

Regional One ferried ERJ-140 N834AE (145631) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Saltillo (SLW).

Stratolaunch re-registered B747-4 N949SL (32745 / 1287) ex N744VG.

TUI Airways (TOM) has taken delivery of A320 LY-NVM (4628) on wet-lease from Avion Express (NVD) and ferried from Antalya (AYT) to Cardiff (CWL) prior to entering service.

TUIfly (TUI) ferried B737 MAX 8 D-AMAH (44629 / 8618) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Norwich (NWI) for painting.

United Airlines (UAL) A321NX N24513 (11850) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZWZ.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2 F-GZCE (465) from Paris (CDG) to Chateauroux (CHR) and A350-900 F-HTYC (359) from Paris (CDG) to Hahn (HHN).

ASL Airlines Belgium (TAY) B737-4F OE-IAB (25147 / 2043) from Paris (CDG) to Lasham (QLA).

Buzz (RYS) ferried B737-8 SP-RNB (33643 / 2410) from Prestwick (PIK) to Kaunas (KUN).

Eastern Airways (EZE) ferried ERJ-170 G-CMLI (17000093) from Humberside (HUY) to Saarbrucken (SCN).

Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) ferried CRJ-900 D-ACKG (15084) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU).

Plus Ultra (PUE) ferried A340-3 EC-MQM (399) from Madrid (MAD) to Rome (FCO).

SkyUp Airlines (SQP) ferried B737-8 UR-SQC (40146 / 4447) from Iasi (IAS) to Chisinau (RMO).

+ Spirit Airlines (NKS) ferried A320N N938NK (10402) from Houston (IAH) to Goodyear (GYR).

TUIfly (TUI) ferried B737 MAX 8 D-AMAH (44629 / 8618) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Norwich (NWI).