2nd Team USA Airbus for Delta On 10 April 2024, the second Delta Airbus wearing the special Team USA-livery took to the skies for the very first time. This time, it's an A350-900, currently registered as F-WZGU (661). It will become N521DN once delivered. Delta Air Lines is sponsoring the US Olympic and Paralympic Team since 2020 and is also one of the official sponsors for the Olympic Games of 2028 in Los Angeles (CA). The first aircraft wearing the Team USA-livery was A330-900 N411DX (1991), which was delivered to the airline on 28 May 2021. Later this year, Delta will also take delivery o ..read more

  Brazil’s Azul ends Airbus A350 operations Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, São Paulo Viracopos) has ferried its last A350-900 out of Brazil, putting an end to the type's brief stint at the carrier, ch-aviation research has revealed. PR-AOY (msn 168) flew from São Paulo Viracopos to Fort Lauderdale International on Tuesday, April 9 under flight number AD9840, which is only used for ferry operations and was last deployed when the airline retired its other A350, PR-AOW (now HS-THY, msn 124), flying it to San Bernardino, according to Flightra ..read more

  Airbus A321  -271NX  11775    N14511  United Airlines  delivery 09-10apr24 XFW-EDI-BGR-TPA  ex D-AVXX  Airbus A321  -271NX  11794    N644FR  Frontier Airlines  delivery 12apr24 XFW-YYR-TPA “Leaf the Morelet´s Tree Frog”  ex D-AVZS  Airbus A321  -251NX  11810    OE-ISH  easyJet Europe  delivery 09apr24 XFW-BER  ex DA-ZXL  Airbus A321  -271NX  11841    N572DT  Delta Air Lines  delivery 11apr24 BFM-MSP  ex F-WZMV  Airbus ..read more

  Airbus A330  -343(F)  1874    N5441K  Hawaiian Airlines  delivery 29-30mar24 SHA-HNL-SBD prior Prime Air ops  ex F-WXAD  Airbus A330  -941  2052    EI-TYC  ITA Airways  delivery 28mar24 TLS-FCO  ex F-WWKM  Airbus A340  -642  681    2-STNB  Hua An Aviation Parts  regd 28mar24, parked at UTP  ex HS-TNB  Airbus A340  -642  1017    G-ECLJ  European Aviation  ferried 28mar24 CQM-JNB  ex EC-KZI  Airbus A340  -642   ..read more

  Airbus A320  -251N  11997    G-UZLX  easyJet  delivery 28mar24 TLS-LGW  ex F-WWBI  Airbus A320  -251N  12016    VT-RTY  Air India  delivery 31mar24 TLS-DEL  ex F-WWBT  Airbus A320  -251N  12028    SE-RUO  SAS  delivery 27mar24 TLS-OSL  ex F-WWIA  Airbus A321  -271NX  11595    N547DE  Delta Air Lines  delivery 30mar24 XFW-KEF-MSP  ex D-AZYS  Airbus A321  -271NX  11702    G-WUND  Wizz Air UK &nbs ..read more

  Airbus A319  -132  2898    N523NK  Spirit Airlines  ferried 28mar24 IAH-P08 for part-out & scrap  ex D-AVWN  Airbus A319  -153N  11332    B-32E6  Tibet Airlines  delivery 28mar24 TSN-CTU  ex B-000N  Airbus A320  -232  1868    EX-10001  Air KG Airline  delivery 28mar24 HAK-FRU  ex CS-TFY  Airbus A320  -232  2157    LY-FJI  Heston Airlines  posn 31mar24 TLL-GYD for A0zerbaijan Airlines Avia wet-lease ops (+ 4108 LY-MHL RIX-GY ..read more

  Bees Airlines from Romania receives AOC Start-up Bees Airlines from Romania has received its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) on 20 March 2024, clearing the way for the airline to officially launch operations. In February, it took delivery of its first aircraft, Airbus A320 YR-BUZ (1922) and has used it on route-proving flights over the last weeks. Bees Airlines is based at Bucharest and will operate charter-flights to the Mediterranean. According to CH-Aviation, the airline is planning to replace its current A320 with another in the coming weeks. Its website also shows renderings of ..read more

  Ryanair eyes more A320s for its Lauda Europe unit Ryanair Holdings is targeting a fleet of around fifty Airbus narrowbodies operated by its Maltese subsidiary Lauda Europe (LW, Malta International), including transitioning to the A320neo Family after 2030, according to group chief executive Michael O'Leary. However, the lack of available aircraft is complicating the plans. "Airbus is backed up with aircraft deliveries out to 2030. [Lauda] leases only run up to 2028/29. So I would be hopeful of either extending those leases or replacing them with other leas ..read more

  Air Arabia Maroc to wet-lease two A320s Air Arabia Maroc (3O, Casablanca Mohamed V) will wet-lease two A320-200s from Canada Jetlines (AU, Toronto Pearson) for the peak Summer 2024 season between mid-June and mid-September. The aircraft will operate on routes connecting Morocco with destinations in Western Europe. The Moroccan LCC has yet to file schedules for the wet-lease. Its in-house fleet comprises nine A320-200s. Canada Jetlines confirmed to ch-aviation that it was planning to add a further two A320-200s to its current four-strong fleet. This will al ..read more

Egypt's Sky Vision Airlines takes first A320-200(P2F) Sky Vision Airlines (SE, Cairo International) has taken delivery of its first A320-200(P2F) as it ventures into the cargo charter market segment. At 18.1 years of age, SU-SKD (msn 2724) was last operated as a passenger aircraft by orange2fly before undergoing conversion by ST Engineering Aerospace at Singapore Seletar. It will become available for cargo charter operations out of its base at Sharjah on March 28. Sky Vision Airlines confirmed that the narrowbody freighter will be based out of Shar ..read more