Airline Fleet News – 31st January 2023 (Updated 11th Feb)
Updated: Feb 11
New Deliveries
Aeromexico (AMX) B737 MAX 9 N837AM (65190 / 8475) BFI to MEX
Copa Airlines (CMP) B737 MAX 9 HP-9921CMP (***** / 8492) BFI to PTY
flydubai (FDB) B737 MAX 8 A6-FKJ (61007 / 8461) BFI to DXB
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8874Q (67512 / 8349) BFI to PHX
Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8840Q (67493 / 8489) BFI to PHX
Vueling (VLG) A321NX EC-NYC (11135) XFW to BCN
News
Air Cairo (MSC) A320N SU-BUQ (11307) has made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWTX.
Air Senegal (SZN) A220-300 C-FPBZ (55208) has made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX).
Airbus (AIB) has ferried A350-900 F-WZGW (591) from Toulouse (TLS) to Tianjin (TSN) prior to delivery to China Eastern Airlines (CES).
*Aircastle has ferried B737-8F N462AC (34800 / 2085) from Kelowna (YLW) to Goodyear (GYR) after freighter conversion for Compass Cargo Airlines (ADZ).
Avion Express Malta (MLH) has ferried A320 9H-MLB (4491) from storage at Ljubljana (LJU) to Castellon (CDT).
Avolon has ferried B737-8 VP-COI (40945 / 4830) from Shannon (SNN) to Naples (NAP).
Boeing (BOE) has ferried B737 MAX 9 N37549 (64475 / 8478) from Portland (PDX) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting.
Braathens International Airways (BIX) has ferried A319 SE-RGV (2283) from storage at Dusseldorf (DUS) to Malmo (MMX) prior to entering service.
Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has ferried B767-3F N269CM (25586 / 599) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Shannon (SNN) after freighter conversion.
Condor (CFG) has ferried B757-3 D-ABOM (29022 / 926) from Norwich (NWI) to Frankfurt (FRA) after painting.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) A321NX N519DT (11198) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AZWR.
Eurowings (EWG) has ferried A320 D-AIZR (5525) from Berlin (BER) to Warsaw (WAW) for painting, prior to delivery to Lufthansa (DLH).
Eurowings Europe Malta (EWL) has ferried A319 9H-EXP (4227) from storage at Paderborn (PAD) to Palma (PMI) and taken delivery of A320 9H-EUU (4368) ex-Eurowings Europe (EWE) D-ABHN.
*EVA Air (EVA) has ferried A321-2 B-16202 (5328) from storage at Taipei (TPE) to Anchorage (ANC).
Flyr (FOX) has filed for bankruptcy. Their fleet consists of six B737-8 and six B737 MAX 8 aircraft, all are stored at Oslo (OSL).
Frontier Airlines (FFT) A321NX N613FR (11247) has made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as F-WZMH.
Go2Sky (RLX) has ferried B737-8 OM-GTH (29644 / 2231) from storage at Budapest (BUD) to Kelowna (YLW).
ITA Airways (ITY) has ferried A320 EI-DSG (3115) from Rome (FCO) to Castellon (CDT) prior to a return to lessor.
Lufthansa (DLH) has ferried A320 D-AIZA (4097) from Warsaw (WAW) to Munich (MUC) after painting.
Pegasus (PGT) A321NX TC-RDE (11240) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AYAF.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has ferried A330-3 RP-C8786 (1482) from Dubai (DWC) to Manila (MNL).
SmartLynx Malta (LYX) has ferried A321-2 9H-SLC (4461) from storage at Newquay (NQY) to Riga (RIX).
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has firmed up an order for a further 10 B737 MAX 7 aircraft and converted 4 previous MAX 7 orders to MAX 8 aircraft. This brings the total of MAX aircraft ordered to 427, 172 MAX 7’s & 235 MAX 8’s, plus a further 137 options for either type.
Super Air Jet (SJV) has taken delivery of A320 PK-SJC (5218) on lease from AMCK Aviation, ex-IndiGo (IGO) VT-IHR.
Vistara (VTI) A320N VT-TYF (11223) has made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AUBB.
Maintenance Flights
Austrian Airlines (AUA) has ferried A320 OE-LBM (1504) from Tallinn (TLL) to Vienna (VIE).
easyJet (EZY) has ferried A319 G-EZGH (4667) from Sofia (SOF) to Gatwick (LGW).
*Endeavor Air (EDV) has ferried CRJ-701 N371CA (10082) from Atlanta (ATL) to Kingman (IGM).
Eurowings Europe Malta (EWL) has ferried A320 9H-EUV (4565) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Palma (PMI).
FlyOne Romania (FOE) has ferried A320 YR-FIA (3524) from Chisinau (KIV) to Istanbul (ISL).
Lufthansa (DLH) has ferried B747-4 D-ABVW (29493 / 1205) from Xiamen (XMN) to Frankfurt (FRA).
Transavia (TRA) has ferried B737-7 PH-XRY (33463 / 1292) from Prague (PRG) to Amsterdam (AMS).
TUI Airways (TOM) has ferried B737 MAX 8 G-TUMC (44597 / 7353) from Luton (LTN) to Bristol (BRS).
*United Airlines (UAL) has ferried B737-7 N24729 (28945 / 325) from Houston (IAH) to Goodyear (GYR).
Vueling (VLG) has ferried A320N EC-NCF (8674) from Castellon (CDT) to Barcelona (BCN).