Airline Fleet News – 18th April 2025 (Updated 19th Apr)

New Deliveries

+ Air India Express (AXB)  B737 MAX 8  VT-BWP (63290 / 7613)  BFI to HYD

British Airways (BAW)  A320N  G-TTSD (12453)  TLS to LHR

Czech Airlines (CSA)  A220-300  OK-FYC (55347)  YMX to PRG

Cyprus Airways (CYP)  A220-300  5B-DEF (55344)  YMX to LCA

Pegasus (PGT)  A321NX  TC-RFM (12413)  TLS to SAW

Spirit Airlines (NKS)  A321NX  N746NK (12423)  BFM to DTW

United Airlines (UAL)  B737 MAX 9  N17595 (67643 / 9070)  BFI to SEA

News

+ Air India Express (AXB) has taken delivery of A321NX’s VT-RTB (11113) and VT-RTE (11260) both on lease from AerCap, ex-Air India (AIC).

+ Air Urga (URG) ferried Saab 340B UR-ELZ (340B-359) from Ostrava (OSR) to Luxor (LUX) prior to operations for the United Nations (UNO).

Airbus (AIB) A220-300 C-GPQR (55345) made its first flight at Mobile (BFM).

+ AJet (TKJ) has taken delivery of A321-2 TC-GPF (2255) on wet-lease from BBN Airlines (BBT).

Alliance Airlines (UTY) ferried ERJ-190 N228JB (19000030) from Kailua-Kona (KOA) to Majuro (MAJ) prior to entering service.

Altavair AirFinance ferried A330-3F N5869K (1205) from Dresden (DRS) to San Bernardino (SBD) after freighter conversion, for painting, prior to lease to Hawaiian Airlines (HAL) for operations for Amazon Prime Air.

+ Avmax Group ferried Dash 8-200 C-FGFO (448) from Val d’Or (YVO) to Keflavik (KEF).

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 N230BE (64680 / 7934) from Zhoushan (HSN) to Guam (GUM).

China Eastern Airlines (CES) A320N B-32MD (12615) made its first flight at Tianjin (TSN) as B-007U.

Emirates (UAE) A350-900 A6-EXF (694) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WZFQ.

FlyArystan (AYN) has taken delivery of A320 EI-KFG (6614) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital, ex-Wizz Air (WZZ) HA-LYQ and ferried from Katowice (KTW) to Almaty (ALA) prior to entering service.

+ Hellojets (HLJ) ferried A320 YR-HAA (2881) from storage at Bucharest (BBU) to Craiova (CRA) prior to entering service.

Jiangxi Air (CJX) has taken delivery of B737-8 B-6889 (43914 / 5647) on lease from ICBC Aviation Leasing, ex-Xiamen Airlines (CXA).

LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM) A320N PR-XBZ (12576) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBV.

+ Lufthansa Technik (LHT) ferried A320N D-AAAZ (8158) from Fortaleza (FOR) to Sao Carlos (QSC) prior to lease to LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM) as PS-LHG.

+ SmartLynx Malta (LYX) ferried B737 MAX 8 9H-DOR (60184 / 7373) from storage at Bydgoszcz (BZG) to Prague (PRG).

Southwest Airlines (SWA) B737 MAX 8 N8951S (42612 / 9137) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Maintenance

+ Air France (AFR) ferried A350-900 F-HTYG (479) from Toulouse (TLS) to Paris (CDG).

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