Airline Fleet News – 5th January 2024 (Updated 18th Jan)

New Deliveries

Air France (AFR)  A35-900  F-HUVG (643)  TLS to CDG

United Airlines (UAL)  A321NX  N14503 (11599)  XFW to TPA

News

ACIA Aero Leasing ferried ATR 72-212F 2-PADY (467) from Port Louis (MRU) to Male (MLE).

Air India (AIC) A320N F-WWIG (11907) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS).

Airbus (AIB) has taken delivery of A350-900 F-WJKO (235) ex-Hong Kong Airlines (CRK) B-LGE and ferried from storage at Tarbes (LDE) to Dublin (DUB) for painting, prior to delivery to Thai Airways International (THA).

Altavair AirFinance ferried B777-3 OE-IUH (39687 / 1064) from storage at Victorville (VCV) to San Bernardino (SBD) prior to lease to Air India (AIC) as VT-AEN.

ASL Airlines Belgium (TAY) ferried B737-4F OE-IAC (29202 / 3025) from Norwich (NWI) to Liege (LGG) after painting.

ASL Aviation Holdings ferried B737-8F OE-LVB (28323 / 625) from Tashkent (TAS) to Shannon (SNN) for painting, after freighter conversion at Jinan (TNA)

ATR (EVX) ferried ATR 72-600 F-WWEG (SX-TWR) (1684) from Toulouse (TLS) to Francazal (LFBF).

Avion Express (NVD) ferried A320 LY-MLN (3741) from Antalya (AYT) to Gdansk (GDN) after wet-lease to SunExpress (SXS).

Avion Express Malta (MLH) ferried A320’s 9H-SWC (3734) from Miami (MIA) to Monterrey (MTY) prior to wet-lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV) and 9H-MLC (4645) from Rijeka (RJK) to Bucharest (OTP) prior to lease to Wizz Air Malta (WMT).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 ET-BAN (62459 / 8797) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Everett (PAE) for Ethiopian Airlines (ETH).

China Southern Airlines (CSN) ferried A320 B-6272 (2770) from storage at Guangzhou (CAN) to Muscat (MCT) prior to delivery to Air Canada (ACA) as C-FDGQ.

Condor (CFG) ferried B767-3 D-ABUF (26985 / 537) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Bangor (BGR) prior to a return to lessor.

easyJet (EZY) A320N G-UZLS (11896) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBS.

Formidion Aviation ferried Dash 8-400 N4422B (4422) from Keflavik (KEF) to St Thomas (YQS) and has taken delivery of Dash 8-400 N4442B (4442) ex-LOT – Polish Airlines (LOT) SP-EQI while stored at Bydgoszcz (BZG).

Fortress Transportation (FTAI) ferried B737-8 2-CCPU (35216 / 2321) from storage at Belgrade (BEG) to Ostrava (OSR) for painting.

+ JetBlue Airways (JBU) A220-300 N3156J (55262) made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX) as C-FPBQ and ferried A320 N509JB (1270) from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Marana (MZJ) for storage.

Network Aviation (NWK) has taken delivery of A319 VH-8NP (2470) on lease from Gryphon Aviation Leasing, ex-Spirit Airlines (NKS) N503NK while stored at Lake City (LCQ), prior to operations for QantasLink.

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ferried ATR 72-600 OY-YGH (1294) from storage at Billund (BLL) to Francazal (LFBF).

Pelita Air Service (PAS) ferried A320 PK-PWJ (4616) from Majuro (MAJ) to Biak (BIK) prior to entering service.

Plus Ultra (PUE) ferried A330-2 EC-KOM (931) from Madrid (MAD) to Saint Denis (RUN) prior to wet-lease to Air Austral (REU).

Qatar Airways (QTR) ferried A350-900 A7-ALE (008) from Dublin (DUB) to Doha (DOH) after painting.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) A320N SE-RZY (11832) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWIO.

SmartLynx Malta (LYX) ferried B737 MAX 8 9H-CHA (62093 / 6713) from storage at Bergen op Zoom (WOE) to Vilnius (VNO) prior to entering service.

United Parcel Service (UPS) ferried MD-11F N282UP (48452 / 472) from Louisville (SDF) to Roswell (ROW) for storage.

Maintenance Flights

Air Astana (KZR) ferried E190-E2 EI-KHD (19020017) from Almaty (SCO) to Maastricht (MST).

Air Transat (TSC) ferried A330-2 C-GUBF (314) from Nimes (FNI) to Toronto (YYZ).

BA CityFlyer (CFE) ferried ERJ-190 G-LCAE (19000539) from Norwich (NWI) to London City (LCY).

British Airways (BAW) ferried A321-2 G-EUXJ (3081) from Ostrava (OSR) to Gatwick (LGW).

Condor (CFG) ferried A320 D-AICA (774) from Sofia (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA).

+ Delta Air Lines (DAL) A220-300 N308DU (55101) has departed maintenance at Minneapolis (MSP), and B767-4 N834MH (29707 / 813) has entered maintenance at Atlanta (ATL) and ferried B767-3 N193DN (28450 / 671) from Atlanta (ATL) to Lake Charles (CWF).

Discover Airlines (OCN) ferried A320’s D-AIUT (7115) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia (SOF) and D-AIUU (7158) from Sofia (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320 G-EZTX (4286) from Gatwick (LGW) to Erfurt (ERF).

easyJet Europe (EJU) ferried A320 OE-IVB (7093) from Erfurt (ERF) to Berlin (BER).

Eurowings (EWG) ferried A319 D-AGWB (2833) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Sofia (SOF) and A320 D-ABNK (1769) from Cologne (CGN) to Ostrava (OSR).

Mel Air (MDO) ferried ATR 72-600 9H-NFR (1145) from Sofia (SOF) to Valencia (VLC).

Pegasus (PGT) ferried B737-8 TC-CPY (41767 / 5615) from Istanbul (SAW) to Manchester (MAN) prior to delivery to Jet2 (EXS) as G-JZDE.

Sun-Air (SUS) ferried Do328 OY-NCM (3190) from Billund (BLL) to Augsburg (AGB).

TAP – Air Portugal (TAP) ferried A321NX CS-TXG (10157) from Luqa (MLA) to Lisbon (LIS).

Transavia (TRA) ferried B737-8 PH-HBK (40876 / 3326) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Norwich (NWI).