Airline Fleet News – 30th December 2023 (Updated 3rd Jan)

New Deliveries

Air Busan (ABL)  A321NX  HL8526 (11652)  XFW to ICN

Air China (CCA)  A320N  B-32FG (11508)  TSN to CTU

Air China (CCA)  A320N  B-32FH (11583)  TSN to CTU

Air India (AIC)  A320N  VT-RTU (11870)  TLS to DEL

Air India Express (AXB)  B737 MAX 8  VT-BXC (61636 / 7426)  BFI to HYD

IndiGo (IGO)  A320N  VT-IQN (11592)  XFW to DEL

LATAM Airlines Brasil (TAM)  A320N  PR-XBG (11725)  TLS to QSC

Mandarin Airlines (MDA)  ATR 72-600  B-16861 (1682)  TLS to TSA

Qatar Airways Cargo (QAC)  B777-F  A7-BTA (68083 / 1761)  PAE to DOH

United Airlines (UAL)  B737 MAX 8  N47330 (67588 / 8804)  BFI to RFD

News

Air Mauritius (MAU) ferried ATR 72-600 3B-NCP (1098) from Nairobi (NBO) to Port Louis (MRU) prior to entering service.

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8 OM-MEX (34905 / 2392) from Bratislava (BTS) to Kinshasa (FIH) prior to wet-lease to Congo Airways (COG).

Alaska Airlines (ASA) B737 MAX 9 N713AL (67433 / 8849) made its first flight at Renton (RNT) and ferried to Boeing Field (BFI).

Braathens International Airways (BIX) ferried A319 SE-RGE (2662) from Copenhagen (CPH) to Shannon (SNN) for painting.

China Eastern Airlines (CES) COMAC C919 B-002D (00011) made its first flight at Shanghai (PVG).

Express Freighters (EFA) has taken delivery of A330-2F VH-EBE (842) ex-Qantas (QFA) and ferried from Busan (PUS) to Melbourne (MEL) prior to operations for Qantas Freight.

The Jet Network ferried ERJ-145 N214MA (145559) from storage at Saltillo (SLW) to Goose Bay (YYR).

United Airlines (UAL) ferried B737-8’s N17233 (28943 / 328) from Denver (DEN) to Amarillo (AMA) for painting, N14228 (28792 / 281) from Amarillo (AMA) after painting and N18223 (28932 / 162) from Houston (IAH) to Fort Worth (FTW) for painting.

Maintenance Flights

+ AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (AHY) ferried A319 CJ 4K-8888 (2487) from Istanbul (ISL) to Baku (GYD).

+ Eurowings (EWG) ferried A319 D-ABGQ (3700) from Perpignan (PGF) to Cologne (CGN) and A320 D-ABNH (1775) from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Sofia (SOF).

+ Finnair (FIN) ferried A321-2 OH-LZU (8401) from Helsinki (HEL) to Luqa (MLA) and ERJ-190’s OH-LKM (19000160) from Helsinki (HEL) to Exeter (EXT), OH-LKL (19000153) from Exeter (EXT) to Helsinki (HEL).

+ Transavia (TRA) ferried B737-8 PH-HZI (28380 / 524) from Prague (PRG) to Amsterdam (AMS).