Airline Fleet News – 31st August 2023 (Updated 4th Sep)

New Deliveries

Aegean Airlines (AEE) A320N SX-NEI (11338) TLS to ATH

American Airlines (AAL) B737 MAX 8 N330TJ (68104 / 8720) BFI to DFW

AnadoluJet A321NX TC-LTY (11390) XFW to SAW

ITA Airways (ITY) A320N EI-HOD (11635) TLS to FCO

Lufthansa (DLH) A320N D-AIJM (11569) TLS to BER

Saudia (SVA) A321NX HZ-ASAC (11473) XFW to JED

Western Aircraft (STT) Cessna 408F N972LA (408-0019) BEC to BOI

News

AerSale ferried B757-2’s N195AN (32389 / 984) from Guam (GUM) to Xiamen (XMN) and N197AN (32391 / 988) from storage at Roswell (ROW) to New Iberia (ARA) for freighter conversion.

Air Baltic (BTI) ferried A220-300 YL-ABB (55126) from Riga (RIX) to Leeds (LBA) prior to wet-lease to Jet2 (EXS).

Avianca (AVA) has taken delivery of A320 N207FR (4307) on lease from UMB Bank, ex-Frontier Airlines (FFT) and from ferried storage at Dothan (DHN) to Medellin (MDE) prior to entering service.

Azorra Aviation ferried ERJ-195 N391AZ (19000391) from Gran Canaria (LPA) to East Midlands (EMA) for painting.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B787-9 JA927A (61528 / 1083) from Victorville (VCV) to Everett (PAE) for All Nippon Airways (ANA).

Cobham Aviation Services ferried B717-2 VH-NXK (55092 / 5077) from Sofia (SOF) to Keflavik (KEF).

Conair Aerial Firefighting (FGD) ferried Dash 8-400 C-FFYZ (4264) from Keflavik (KEF) to St Thomas (YQS).

FlyOne (FIA) has taken delivery of A320 ER-00008 (5840) on lease from Goshawk Aviation, ex-Avianca El Salvador (TAI) N603AV and ferried from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Gander (YQX) prior to entering service.

Goshawk Aviation ferried A320 TF-GOA (6147) from storage at Ostrava (OSR) to Hurghada (HRG) prior to lease to South African Airways (SAA) as ZS-SZE.

+ Horizon Air (QXE) ferried Dash 8-400 N422QX (4150) from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Portland (PDX).

Iberia (IBE) re-registered A350-900 EC-OAV (098) ex OE-LCT, prior to entering service.

ITA Airways (ITY) A320N EI-HOA (11612) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBN.

JetBlue Airways (JBU) ferried A320 N503JB (1123) from New York (EWR) to Marana (MZJ) for storage and ERJ-190 N184JB (19000008) from Boston (BOS) to Macon (MCN) prior to delivery to Alliance Airlines (UTY).

Kuwait Airways (KAC) ferried A330-2 9K-APC (1653) from Basel (BSL) to Ottawa (YOW) prior to delivery to Canadian Armed Forces (CFC) as 330002, for operations for the Government of Canada.

Macquarie AirFinance ferried A320 JA06MC (4720) from Thessaloniki (SKG) to Montpellier (MPL).

Spirit Airlines (NKS) A321NX N712NK (11570) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXW.

Ukrainian Government ferried A319(ACJ) UR-ABA (3260) from storage at Tallinn (TLL) to Krakow (KRK).

Valuejet (FVJ) ferried CRJ-200F 5N-CBZ (7452) from storage at Ljubljana (LJU) to Lagos (LOS) prior to entering service.

Maintenance Flights

Airbus Transport International (BGA) ferried A300-6ST F-GSTD (776) from Bordeaux (BOD) and Toulouse (TLS).

Emirates (UAE) ferried A380 A6-EEE (112) from Toulouse (TLS) to Dubai (DXB) and B777-3 A6-ENQ (41363 / 1201) from Istanbul (ISL) to Dubai (DXB).

KLM Cityhopper (KLC) ferried ERJ-175 PH-EXS (17000702) from Warsaw (WAW) to Amsterdam (AMS).

Ryanair (RYR) ferried B737-8 EI-EMF (34978 / 3256) from East Midlands (EMA) to St Athan (DGX).

Swiss (SWR) ferried A220-300 HB-JCT (55046) from Zurich (ZRH) to Maastricht (MST).

United Airlines (UAL) ferried B767-4 N66051 (29446 / 799) from Shanghai (PVG) to Washington (IAD).