Airline Fleet News – 9th May 2025 (Updated 18th May)

New Deliveries

British Airways (BAW)  A321NX  G-TNEF (12481)  XFW to LHR

Federal Express (FedEx) (FDX)  B777-F  N899FD (66266 / 1784)  PAE to MEM

GOL Linhas Aereas (GLO)  B737 MAX 8  PS-GRJ (44040 / 9129)  BFI to CNF

News

ACIA Aero Leasing ferried ATR 72-600 M-CTRE (1181) from storage at Monchengladbach (MGL) to Francazal (LFBF).

Air Belgium (ABB) ferried A330-2F OO-LAJ (717) from storage at Woensdrecht (WOE) to Brussels (BRU).

Air Finance Germany (AFG) ferried A320 RP-C3264 (4852) from Dubai (DWC) to Antalya (AYT) prior to lease to Buraq Air (BRQ).

Animawings (AWG) has taken delivery of A320 YR-AGC (3621) on lease from Macquarie AirFinance, ex-Pacific Airlines (PIC) VN-A560 and ferried from storage at Francazal (LFBF) to Bucharest (OTP) prior to entering service.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8’s VT-BWX (63284 / 7371) for Air India Express (AXB), N47370 (68823 / 9140) for United Airlines (UAL), B737 MAX 9 N17403 (67645 / 9144) for United Airlines (UAL) all from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) after painting and B737 MAX 8 B-209T (63279 / 7496) from Boeing Field (BFI) to Moses Lake (MWH).

COMAC (CCS) C909 B-099R (*****) made its first flight at Shanghai (PVG).

Copenhagen AirTaxi (CAT) ferried B737-8 OY-ASG (35271 / 2551) from Roskilde (RKE) to Billund (BLL) prior operations for Airseven.

+ DHL Air Austria (DHA) has taken delivery of B767-3F OE-LYB (28040 / 613) while stored at Budapest (BUD), ex-DHL Air UK (DHK) G-DHLL.

Fortress Aviation ferried A319 VP-CDY (3983) from Tbilisi (TBS) to Bahrain (BAH).

Freebird Airlines (FHY) ferried A320’s TC-FHF (3514), TC-FHC (3852), TC-FBV (4658) and TC-FHP (5906) from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Antalya (AYT) after wet-lease to VietJetAir (VJC).

IndiGo (IGO) ferried A320 YL-LDF (4061) from Delhi (DEL) to Riga (RIX) after wet-lease from SmartLynx (ART) and A321NX VT-IUD (8710) from Istanbul (IST) to Castellon (CDT) on return to lessor.

Jet2 (EXS) has taken delivery of B737-8 9A-KOR (34899 / 2128) on wet-lease from ETF Airways (EZZ) and ferried from Rijeka (RJK) to Manchester (MAN) prior to entering service.

+ Jetran ferried ERJ-190 N915J (19000203) from Fortaleza (FOR) to Johannesburg (HLA) prior to delivery to the Pakistan Navy.

Renegade Air ferried ATR 42-500 5Y-RNV (637) from Heraklion (HER) to Nairobi (WIL) prior to entering service.

Skytrans Airlines (SKP) has taken delivery of Dash 8-200 VH-TQX (439) ex-Eastern Australia Airlines (EAQ).

SkyUp Europe (SEU) has taken delivery of A321N 9H-PEA (8008) on wet-lease from PLAY Europe (FPE) and ferried from Ostrava (OSR) to Chisinau (RMO) prior to entering service.

Vent Airlines (VKY) has taken delivery of B737-4 N263LM (26603 / 2618) while stored at Marana (MZJ), ex-Eastern Air Express (BBQ).

Volare Aviation (VLZ) ferried B737-7 2-BIGG (36027 / 2068) from storage at Dubai (DXB) to Hurghada (HRG).

Maintenance

Aer Lingus (EIN) ferried A320 EI-DEE (2250) from Newquay (NQY) to Dublin (DUB).

Air France (AFR) ferried B777-3 F-GSQE (32851 / 492) from Luqa (MLA) to Paris (CDG).

Atlantic Airways (FLI) ferried A320 OY-RCJ (7465) from Sofia (SOF) to Vagar (FAE).

British Airways (BAW) ferried B777-2’s G-VIIG (27489 / 065) from Heathrow (LHR) to Cardiff (CWL) and G-VIIF (27488 / 061) from Cardiff (CWL) to Heathrow (LHR).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A319’s G-EZAJ (2742) from Gatwick (LGW) to Lasham (QLA), G-EZAN (2765) from Lasham (QLA) to Gatwick (LGW) and G-EZFU (4313) from Larnaca (LCA) to Gatwick (LGW).

Global Reach Aviation (GAV) ferried CRJ-900 OY-MIT (15078) from Ljubljana (LJU) to Billund (BLL).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried B747-8 D-ABYO (37841 / 1498) from Hahn (HHN) to Frankfurt (FRA).

Portugalia Airlines (PGA) ferried ERJ-195 CS-TTZ (19000628) from Vilnius (VNO) to Lisbon (LIS).

Qantas (QFA) ferried A380 VH-OQG (047) from Heathrow (LHR) to Dresden (DRS).

Ryanair (RYR) ferried B737-8 EI-EVC (40286 / 3905) from St Athan (DGX) to Alicante (ALC).

SAS Link (SVS) ferried ERJ-195 SE-RSI (19000104) from Stavanger (SVG) to Exeter (EXT).

Turkish Airlines (THY) ferried A321-2 TC-JRG (3283) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Antalya (AYT).