Airline Fleet News – 5th April 2024 (Updated 18th Apr)

New Deliveries

Air France (AFR)  A350-900  F-HUVH (650)  TLS to CDG

Air India Express (AXB)  B737 MAX 8  VT-BXP (60920 / 7714)  BFI to HYD

Swiss (SWR)  A320N  HB-JDG (11911)  TLS to ZRH

News

Air Corsica (CCM) A320N F-HXKC (11831) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AUBV.

Aircraft Fidelity Corporation ferried ERJ-145 N286HF (14501177) from storage at Fort Lauderdale (FXE) to Goose Bay (YYR).

American Airlines (AAL) re-registered A321N N954XV (7999) ex N925VA and ferried from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Pittsburgh (PIT) prior to entering service.

ASL Aviation Holdings has taken delivery of B737-8 OE-LSZ (27978 / 040) ex-FlySafair (SFR) ZS-FGB while stored at Liege (LGG), prior to freighter conversion.

Avolon ferried A330-900 VP-CUM (1903) from Johannesburg (JNB) to Belo Horizonte (CNF) prior to lease to Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU) as PR-ANC.

Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU) A320N PR-YSR (12074) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWDF.

Batik Air Malaysia (MXD) has taken delivery of B737 MAX 8 9M-LCL (42829 / 6430) on lease from SKY Leasing, ex-Norwegian Air Sweden (NSZ) SE-RYF and ferried from storage at Tucson (TUS) to Anchorage (ANC) prior to entering service.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 B-20AY (61644 / 7546) from Moses Lake (MWH) to Victorville (VCV) for Shanghai Airlines (CSH) and B787-9’s B-20EP (63988 / 1020) from Lackland (SKF) to Everett (PAE) for China Southern Airlines (CSN), N5505V (65432 / 1037) from Lackland (SKF) to Everett (PAE) for Juneyao Airlines (DKH).

easyJet (EZY) A320N G-UZLU (11970) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBY.

iAero Airways (SWQ) ferried B737-4 N807TJ (25098 / 2320) from Wichita (ICT) to Marana (MZJ) and B737-8F N471BS (30499 / 567) from Cincinnati (CVG) to Marana (MZJ) on return to lessor.

ITA Airways (ITY) A320N EI-HOL (12022) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWTO.

Jetstream Aviation Capital ferried ATR 72-600 N1174 (1174) from Rodez-Marcillac (RDZ) to Saint-Brieuc (SBK) and Saab 340 N980ES (340B-160) from storage at Orebro (ORB) to Reykjavik (RKV).

Qantas (QFA) ferried A380 VH-OQA (014) from storage at Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Sydney (SYD).

Qatar Airways (QTR) B777-F A7-BTB (68064 / 1763) made its first flight at Everett (PAE).

Northern Air Cargo (NAC) ferried B767-3F N351CM (25201 / 437) from storage at Wilmington (ILN) to Peru (GUS) for painting.

Regional One ferried CRJ-200 N249PS (7926) from Toronto (YYZ) to Keflavik (KEF).

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-EAI (1862) on wet-lease from Electra Airways (EAF) and ferried from storage at Varna (VAR) to Casablanca (CMN) prior to entering service.

SkyUp Europe (SEU) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-FSD (3461) on wet-lease from Fly2Sky (VAW).

SmartLynx Estonia (MYX) ferried A320 ES-SAA (4061) from Budapest (BUD) to Istanbul (SAW) prior to wet-lease to AJet (TKJ).

Spirit Airlines (NKS) A320N N***** (11902) made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as F-WZME.

Star Air (SDG) has taken delivery of ERJ-175 VT-GSU (17000350) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), ex-Belavia EW-340PO and ferried from storage at Bengaluru (BLR) to Mumbai (BOM) prior to entering service.

TUI Airlines Belgium (JAF) has taken delivery of B737-8 OM-GTJ (30413 / 636) on wet-lease from Go2Sky (RLX) and ferried from Bratislava (BTS) to Brussels (BRU) prior to entering service.

Maintenance Flights

Air France (AFR) ferried A320 F-GKXY (4105) from Casablanca (CMN) to Paris (CDG).

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8 OM-KEX (33018 / 1488) from Budapest (BUD) to Bratislava (BTS).

Alliance Airlines (UTY) ferried ERJ-190 VH-XFL (19000354) from Adelaide (ADL) to Norwich (NWI).

Corendon Airlines Europe (CXI) ferried B737-8 9H-CXB (42799 / 4984) from Bodrum (BJV) to Antalya (AYT).

Delta Air Lines (DAL) ferried B767-3 N190DN (28447 / 653) from Lake Charles (CWF) to Atlanta (ATL).

easyJet Switzerland (EZS) ferried A320 HB-JXA (5138) from Geneva (GVA) to Sofia (SOF).

EAT Leipzig (BCS) ferried A300-6F D-AEAA (743) from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Leipzig (LEJ).

Emirates (UAE) ferried A380 A6-EEJ (127) from Dubai (DXB) to Toulouse (TLS).

Eurowings (EWG) ferried A319 D-AGWL (3534) from Perpignan (PGF) to Dusseldorf (DUS).

KLM Cityhopper (KLC) ferried ERJ-190 PH-EZW (19000533) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Warsaw (WAW).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried B747-8 D-ABYQ (37840 / 1503) from Xiamen (XMN) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) ferried A319 D-AILW (853) from Rzeszow (RZE) to Munich (MUC).

Pegasus (PGT) ferried A320N TC-NBC (7185) from Istanbul (SAW) to Sofia (SOF).

SKY Express (SEH) ferried ATR 72-600 SX-IPO (1676) from Francazal (LFBF) to Athens (ATH).

Transavia (TRA) ferried B737-8’s PH-HSC (34173 / 3266) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Prague (PRG) and PH-HZN (32943 / 1478) from Prague (PRG) to Amsterdam (AMS).

Turkish Airlines (THY) ferried B737-9 TC-JYH (40984 / 4134) from Istanbul (ISL) to Istanbul (IST).

+ United Airlines (UAL) ferried B737-9’s N37419 (31666 / 2553) from Houston (IAH) to Goodyear (GYR) and N69847 (42187 / 5328) from Goodyear (GYR) to Houston (IAH).