Airline Fleet News – 9th December 2024 (Updated 26th Dec)

New Deliveries

Korean Air (KAL)  A321NX  HL8590 (12111)  TLS to GMP

United Airlines (UAL)  B737 MAX 9  N27586 (67739 / 8985)  BFI to SEA

News

AerCap ferried B757-2F N28833 (28833 / 782) from New Iberia (ARA) to Keflavik (KEF) after freighter conversion.

Aero Capital Solutions (ACS) ferried B737-7 LY-BPC (35141 / 2603) from storage at Brussels (BRU) to St Athan (DGX) for part-out.

Aeromexico (AMX) B737 MAX 9 XA-SRB (65041 / 8970) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Air Arabia Maroc (MAC) has taken delivery of A320 LZ-EAB (308) on wet-lease from Electra Airways (EAF) and ferried from Varna (VAR) to Casablanca (CMN) prior to entering service.

Airbus (AIB) A220-300 C-FPBD (55321) made its first flight at Mirabel (YMX).

ATR (EVX) ATR 72-600 F-WWEZ (1678) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) and ferried ATR 72-600F F-WWET (EC-OJN) (1765) from Francazal (LFBF) to Toulouse (TLS) for Swiftair (SWT).

Avion Express Malta (MLH) ferried A320 9H-MLY (3943) from Monterrey (MTY) to Montreal (YUL) after wet-lease to Viva Aerobus (VIV).

Azul Linhas Aereas (AZU) ATR 72-600 PR-YXF (1710) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWEJ.

China Eastern Airlines (CES) A320N B-32KM (12309) made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN) as B-000V.

Condor (CFG) A330-900 D-ANRQ (2079) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWCS.

Emirates (UAE) A350-900 A6-EXD (703) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZHH.

Ethiopian Airlines (ETH) has taken delivery of B777-3 ET-BBG (65420 / 1641) on lease from Marathon Aviation Finance, ex-Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC) N874BC and ferried from storage at Victorville (VCV) to Addis Ababa (ADD) prior to entering service.

+ Federal Express (FedEx) (FDX) ferried A300-6F N651FE (728) from Memphis (MEM) to Victorville (VCV) for storage.

IndiGo (IGO) A321NX VT-IWR (12155) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVYT and ferried A320 ES-SAG (5407) from Istanbul (ISL) to Amman (AMM) after wet-lease from SmartLynx Estonia (MYX).

JetSMART (JAT) A321NX CC-DIQ (12244) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVZG.

Jetran has taken delivery of A330-3’s N992JA (1044) ex-Oman Air (OMA) A4O-DB, N993JA (1063) ex-Oman Air (OMA) A4O-DD and N996JA (1093) ex-Oman Air (OMA) A4O-DE while stored at Muscat (MCT).

Jump Air (JUP) ferried ATR 72-500 LY-JUA (858) from Hannover (HAJ) to Thessaloniki (SKG) prior to wet-lease to Madagascar Airlines (MGY).

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) A321NX PH-AXD (12254) made its first flight at Hamburg (XFW) as D-AVXY.

Surinam Airways (SLM) has taken delivery of A330-2 9H-MFS (700) on wet-lease from Hi Fly Malta (HFM) and ferried from Stansted (STN) to Amsterdam (AMS) prior to entering service.

Tarom (ROT) ferried A318 YR-ASD (3225) from Bucharest (OTP) to Castellon (CDT) for part-out.

+ United Airlines (UAL) B737 MAX 8 N47360 (68827 / 9039) made its first flight at Renton (RNT), ferried to Victorville (VCV) and ferried B737-9 N37456 (37205 / 4164) from Amarillo (AMA) to Houston (IAH) after painting.

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VIR) A330-900 G-VPIE (2077) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWCL.

Maintenance Flights

Air Dolomiti (DLA) ferried ERJ-190 I-JENI (19000368) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bratislava (BTS) and ERJ-195’s I-ADJV (19000308) from Bratislava (BTS) to Frankfurt (FRA), I-ADJS (19000597) from Keflavik (KEF) to Macon (MCN).

BRA – Braathens Regional Airways (BRX) ferried ATR 72-600 SE-MKI (1379) from Stockholm (ARN) to Sonderborg (SGD).

British Airways (BAW) ferried A321NX G-TNED (12029) from Heathrow (LHR) to Prestwick (PIK).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320N’s G-UZHU (8681) from Gatwick (LGW) to Luqa (MLA) and G-UZHR (85050 from Luqa (MLA) to Gatwick (LGW).

easyJet Europe (EJU) ferried A319’s OE-LQM (3824) from Milan (MXP) to Maastricht (MST) and OE-LQD (3763) from Maastricht (MST) to Milan (MXP).

easyJet Switzerland (EZS) ferried A320’s HB-JXE (5785) from Geneva (GVA) to Sofia (SOF) and HB-JXS (6675) from Sofia (SOF) to Geneva (GVA).

+ Jazz Aviation (JZA) ferried CRJ-900 C-GJZS (15422) from Toronto (YYZ) to McConnell (IAB).

Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) ferried A319 D-AILP (717) from Madrid (MAD) to Munich (MUC).

Swiss (SWR) ferried A220-300 HB-JCE (55014) from Zurich (ZRH) to Bratislava (BTS).