Airline Fleet News – 3rd January 2025 (Updated 5th Jan)

New Deliveries

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  C909  B-656Y (10143)  PVG to HFE

China Eastern Airlines (CES)  C909  B-656Z (10145)  PVG to SWA

China Express Airlines (HXA)  C909  B-657W (10170)  YHJ to CKG

China Southern Airlines (CSN)  A321NX  B-32K3 (12343)  XFW to CAN

IndiGo (IGO)  ATR 72-600  VT-IRQ (1712)  TLS to DEL

IndiGo (IGO)  ATR 72-600  VT-IRP (1708)  TLS to DEL

United Airlines (UAL)  A321NX  N14530 (12218)  BFM to TPA

News

Air Astana (KZR) A320N EI-KID (12360) made its first flight at Toulouse (TLS) as F-WWBX.

Air Corsica (CCM) ferried ATR 42-500 F-HAIB (637) from Francazal (LFBF) to Ajaccio (AJA).

Asiana Airlines (AAR) ferried A330-3 HL-7736 (640) from Almaty (ALA) to St Athan (DGX) for part-out.

Boeing (BOE) ferried B737 MAX 8 N47360 (68827 / 9039) and B737 MAX 9 N77587 (67631 / 8989) from Victorville (VCV) to Boeing Field (BFI) for United Airlines (UAL).

CDB Aviation ferried A330-2 VP-CWM (875) from storage at Chengdu (CTU) to Anchorage (ANC).

Euro-Asia Air (EAK) has taken delivery of ERJ-135 UP-EM028 (14501136) ex-Prima Aviation T7-PNP.

Federal Express (FedEx) (FDX) ferried B757-2 N965FD (27622 / 745) from Memphis (MEM) to Victorville (VCV) for storage.

+ EgyptAir (MSC) has taken delivery of B737-8 OM-GTJ (30413 / 636) on wet-lease from Go2Sky (RLX) and ferried from Bratislava (BTS) to Cairo (CAI) prior to entering service.

FTAI Aviation re-registered A320 VQ-CAD (2885) ex M-ABTG while stored at Kemble (GBA), prior to lease to Hello Jets (HLJ).

Gryphon Aviation Leasing re-registered A319 VH-8NV (2679) ex N514NK while stored at Aguadilla (BQN), prior to delivery to Network Aviation (NWK) for operations for QantasLink.

+ Marathon Airlines (MTO) ferried ERJ-175 SX-ASK (17000330) from storage at Bydgoszcz (BZG) to Comiso (CIY) prior to wet-lease to Aeroitalia (AEZ).

SkyUp MT (SEU) has taken delivery of A320 LY-MLK (3968) on wet-lease from Avion Express (NVD).

Toos Airline (IRT) ferried B737-5 EP-MFA (27629 / 2834) from storage at Minsk (MSQ) to Tehran (THR) prior to entering service.

United Airlines (UAL) A321NX N74532 (12296) made its first flight at Mobile (BFM) as F-WZMC.

United Parcel Service (UPS) ferried B767-3F N326UP (27752 / 728) from Louisville (SDF) to Roswell (ROW) for storage.

Maintenance Flights

Aer Lingus (EIN) ferried A320 EI-DVG (3318) from Dublin (DUB) to Shannon (SNN).

Air France (AFR) ferried A330-2 F-GZCE (465) from Toulouse (TLS) to Paris (CDG).

Air Tanzania (ATC) ferried B767-3F 5H-TCO (67788 / 1300) from Istanbul (IST) to Dar-es-Salaam (DAR).

AirExplore (AXE) ferried B737-8F’s OM-EDG (29782 / 490) from Leipzig (LEJ) to Budapest (BUD) and OM-EDI (33813 / 1617) from Leipzig (LEJ) to Cologne (CGN).

British Airways (BAW) ferried A319 G-DBCB (2188) from Heathrow (LHR) to Madrid (MAD).

+ Eastern Airlines (EZE) ferried ATR 72-600 G-IACY (1448) from Newquay (NQY) to Orebro (ORB).

easyJet (EZY) ferried A320N G-UZHP (8433) from Gatwick (LGW) to Maastricht (MST).

Getjet Airlines (GJT) ferried B737-8 LY-KUA (28244 / 958) from Vilnius (VNO) to Siauliai (SQQ).

Heston Airlines (HST) ferried A320 LY-NRU (3596) from Varna (VAR) to Vilnius (VNO).

Lufthansa (DLH) ferried A330-3 D-AIKO (989) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chateauroux (CHR).

Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) ferried A319 D-AILT (738) from Madrid (MAD) to Munich (MUC).

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) ferried ATR 72-600 CN-COJ (1539) from Casablanca (CMN) to Ben Slimane (GMD).

Ryanair (RYR) ferried B737-8 EI-EMO (40283 / 3318) from Kaunas (KUN) to Gatwick (LGW).

+ SunExpress (SXS) ferried B737 MAX 8 TC-SME (63607 / 8155) from Sabiha Gokcen (SAW) to Antalya (AYT).