Airline Fleet News – 29th September 2023 (Updated 4th Oct)

New Deliveries

Condor (CFG) A330-900 D-ANRF (1961) TLS to FRA

Corendon Dutch Airlines (CND) B737 MAX 9 PH-CDP (***** / 8712) BFI to AMS

easyJet (EZY) A320N G-UZLP (11707) TLS to LGW

IndiGo (IGO) A320N VT-IQG (11703) TLS to DEL

IndiGo (IGO) A321NX VT-ICN (11463) XFW to DEL

ITA Airways (ITY) A320N EI-HOA (11612) TLS to FCO

JetBlue Airways (JBU) A321NX N4076J (11513) BFM to MLB

+ Porter Airlines (POE) E195-E2 C-GZQE (19020103) (s) SJK

Qatar Airways (QTR) B787-9 A7-BHM (64222 / 1081) PAE to DOH

Qatar Airways (QTR) B787-9 A7-BHP (64224 / 1119) PAE to DOH

Silk Way West Airlines (AZG) B777-F VP-BMG (67454 / 1751) PAE to GYD

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8885Q (67961 / 8652) BFI to PHX

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8899H (42685 / 8717) BFI to PHX

Vistara (VTI) A320N VT-TQS (11667) TLS to DEL

Wizz Air UK (WUK) A321NX G-WUKV (11492) XFW to LTN

News

Air Astana (KZR) A321NX EI-KGK (11542) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVYM.

Air Belgium (ABB) ferried B747-8F OE-LFI (60118 / 1502) from storage at Marana (MZJ) to Miami (MIA) prior to operations for Hongyuan Group.

Air Transat (TSC) ferried A330-3 9H-SMG (1533) from Toronto (YYZ) to Chateauroux (CHR) after wet-lease from SmartLynx Malta (LYX)

Airbus (AIB) ferried A320N F-WWTP (11361) from Francazal (LFBF) to Toulouse (TLS) for Viva Aerobus (VIV).

ASL Aviation Holdings ferried B737-8F OE-IXL (33023 / 1682) from Tashkent (TAS) to Shannon (SNN) after freighter conversion at Guangzhou (CAN), prior to delivery to ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR) as EI-HMA.

Avianca (AVA) has taken delivery of A320N HK-5390 (10691) on lease from Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd (MSFL), ex-Viva Air Colombia (VVC) and ferried from Quito (UIO) to Guatemala City (GUA) for painting.

Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU) ferried ATR 72-600 PR-AQB (1054) from Exeter (EXT) to Monchengladbach (MGL) prior to delivery to Loganair (LOG) as G-LMTF.

Cathay Group (Cathay Pacific & Hong Kong Express) ordered a further 32 A320N family aircraft, bringing the total ordered to 64 A320N family aircraft, of which 13 have already been delivered.

Chisholm Enterprises ferried B737-8F N739CE (33013 / 1317) from Auckland (AKL) to Hamilton (HLZ) after freighter conversion at Jinan (TNA), prior to delivery to Texel Air Australasia (TNZ).

Cityjet (BCY) ferried CRJ-1000 EI-HIA (19006) from Warsaw (WAW) to Copenhagen (CPH) after wet-lease to Lufthansa Group.

Envoy Air (ENY) re-registered ERJ-175 N306DD (17000851) ex N448YX.

Eurowings Europe Malta (EWL) has taken delivery of A320 9H-EUN (3422) on lease from AerCap, ex-Eurowings (EWG) D-ABDT.

Getjet Airlines (GJT) ferried A320 LY-FAS (4273) from Siauliai (SQQ) to Riga (RIX) after wet-lease to Ibom Air (IAN).

Gryphon Aviation Leasing has taken delivery of A319’s N508NK (2567) and N509NK (2603) ex-Spirit Airlines (NKS) while stored at Coolidge (KP08).

Gulf Air (GFA) A321NX A9C-NH (11536) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AYAC.

ITA Airways (ITY) A220-300 C-FOVH (55245) made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX) and A320N EI-HOB (11668) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWTM.

Lumiwings (LWI) has taken delivery of ERJ-195 SX-LWD (19000391) on lease from Azorra Aviation, ex-Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU) PR-AYO) while at East Midlands (EMA) for painting.

Pascan Aviation (PSC) has taken delivery of Saab 340B(F) C-FRCV (340B-216) on lease from Jetstream Aviation Capital, ex-Flybe (BEE) G-LGNB.

+ PSA Airlines (JIA) has taken delivery of CRJ-900 N952LR (15373) ex-Mesa Airlines (ASH), prior to operations for American Eagle.

SEBC Aviation Leasing ferried ERJ-195 OY-GDC (19000204) from East Midlands (EMA) to Athens (ATH) after painting, prior to lease to Air Serbia (ASL).

SkyAlps (SWU) ferried Dash 8-400 9H-PAUL (4255) from storage at Exeter (EXT) to Bolzano (BZO).

Terra Avia (TVR) ferried B747-4 ER-TRV (28029 / 1276) from storage at Sharjah (SHJ) to Fujairah (FJR).

Universal Asset Management has taken delivery of A320’s N403UA (442) and N407UA (456) ex-United Airlines (UAL) while stored at Tupelo (TUP).

Maintenance Flights

Air Libya (TLR) ferried Avro RJ100 5A-FLM (E3255) from Sofia (SOF) to Benghazi (BEN).

British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-3 G-STBK (42121 / 1204) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).

Eurowings Europe (EWL) ferried A319 9H-EXP (4227) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Sofia (SOF).

Icelandair (ICE) ferried B757-2 TF-FIC (30735 / 931) from Keflavik (KEF) to Luton (LTN).

Nepal Airlines (RNA) ferried A320 9N-AKX (6555) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Kathmandu (KTM).

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) ferried A320 OY-KAU (3227) from Madrid (MAD) to Copenhagen (CPH).