Airbus Updates No.2120

China's CAS inks General Terms Agreement for 300 Airbus jets

Airbus A350-900 on 1st flight © Airbus

27.03.2019 - 08:07 UTC

Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) have signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) for the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft.

The GTA, which comprises 290 A320 Family and ten A350 Family jets, was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft and future Airbus CEO, and Jia Baojun, Chairman of CAS, in the presence of visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron.

CAS is a state-owned enterprise managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

Chinese carriers are required to seek approval from Beijing for all and any international aircraft orders which, if approved, are then bought in bulk through CAS.

Airbus Updates No.2119

Malta's Comlux Aviation adds first ACJ320neo

Comlux Aviation Malta Airbus ACJ320-200N © Airbus

27.03.2019 - 15:11 UTC

Comlux Aviation Malta (MLM, Malta Int'l) has taken delivery of its first of three A320-200neo(CJ)s on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac). Following its handing over on March 22, 9H-NEW (msn 8638) was ferried from Hamburg Finkenwerder to Indianapolis Int'l where it will undergo cabin refitment.

“The new ACJ320neo gives us the means to deliver nonstop flights to even more of the world," Comlux Executive Chairman and CEO Richard Gaona said in a statement. "CFM International International has supported Comlux over the years, and we have chosen its new, fuel-efficient and highly reliable LEAP-1A engines to power the aircraft. Comlux Completion will install a unique VIP cabin interior, using the most advanced technologies to offer the best comfort and luxury to our customer."

The Maltese VIP charter specialist also operates a single VIP-configured A330-200, one A319-100(CJ), and one A318-100(CJ) operated for Universal Entertainment.

Airbus Updates No.2118

Airbus A320	-251N	8788		PR-YRZ	Azul Linhas Aereas	delivery 22-23mar19 XFW-SID-CNF	ex D-AVVY
Airbus A320	-251N	8801		B-306Q	Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines	delivery 25-26mar19 TLS-ALA-TSN	ex F-WWBT
Airbus A320	-251N	8828		B-307P	Lucky Air	delivery 27mar19 TLS-TSE	ex F-WWBF
Airbus A321	-211	808		OE-IIT	Sasof II Aviation	ferried 23nar19 PAD-CMN	ex D-ASPD
Airbus A321	-231	1366		XU-722	Sky Angkor Airlines	ferried 26mar19 REP-MCT prior lease to?	ex LY-VEH
Airbus A321	-211	1881		G-TCDY	Thomas Cook Airlines	re-regd 22mar19 after winter-lease to Air Transat	ex C-GTXY
Airbus A321	-211	3191		YL-LCX	smartLynx Airlines	regd 26mar19 prior delivrry ex SHJ	ex SP-HAZ
Airbus A321	-251NX	8469		G-NEOP	British Airways	delivery 27mar19 XFW-LHR	ex D-AVZB
Airbus A321	-271NX	8732		TC-LSE	Turkish Airlines	delivery 26mar19 XFW-IST	ex D-AYAU
Airbus A321	-271N	8751		B-306L	China Southern	delivery 26-27mar19 XFW-TSE-CAN	ex D-AZAF
Airbus A321	-231	8791		G-WUKL	Wizz Air UK	delivery 25mar19 XFW-BUD	ex D-AVZJ
Airbus A321	-211	8810		N374DX	Delta Air Lines	delivery 22mar19 BFM-MCI	ex F-WZMJ
Airbus A330	-243	818		EC-NBN	Wamos Air	delivery 23mar19 CAN-MAD	ex OE-IBP
Airbus A330	-343	1382		EC-NBP	Evelop Airlines	air-test at SIN 23mar19 in full cs, 9V-reg prior delivery	ex 9V-STT
Airbus A330	-243	1498		G-VYGK	AirTanker	ferried 24mar19 MAN-BZZ after wet-lease to Thomas Cook Airlines / prior summer-ops for Condor	ex EC-330
Airbus Canada	CS300	55050		YL-AAO	airBaltic	delivery 27mar19 YMX-RIX	ex C-FOUQ

Airbus Updates No.2117

Airbus A319	-112	1252		9A-CTL	Croatia Airlines	ferried 24mar19 ZAG-OSR for paint into new cs	ex D-AVYS
Airbus A319	-112	2913		JY-AYY	Royal Jordanian	delivery 26mar19 WOE-AMM	ex EI-EZD
Airbus A319	-132	3142		ZA-BEL	Air Albania	delivery 22mar19 IST-TIA	ex TC-JLR
Airbus A319	-111	4785		OE-	easyJet Europe	ferried 24mar19 GVA-STN, HB-reg prior transfer	ex HB-JYC
Airbus A320	-212	809		D-AICC	Condor	ferried 26mar19 MUC-EMA for paint into new cs	ex F-WWIE
Airbus A320	-214	879		LZ-MDO	Fly2Sky	ferried 24mar19 CPH-SOF after Alpeflyet ops	ex SX-BDS
Airbus A320	-214	888		ES-SAK	smartlynx Estonia	posn 21mar19 TLL-CRL on summer-lease to TUI Airlines Belgium	ex EI-EZA
Airbus A320	-232	928		LY-COB	GetJet	delivery 27mar19 LDE-VKO	ex OE-IBH
Airbus A320	-212	957		D-AICG	Condor	ferried 26mar19 EMA-MUC after paint into new cs	ex F-WWBE
Airbus A320	-214	973		9H-SLA	smartLynx Malta	delivery 25-27mar19 CGK-CCU-BAH-MLA-RIX	ex XY-AGO
Airbus A320	-212	1416		EC-NAC	Thomas Cook Baleares	ferried 27mar19 ZAG-MAN, D-reg prior transfer	ex D-AICK
Airbus A320	-232	1957		VT-IKC	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 26mar10 LCA-DEL, EI-reg	ex EI-GHE
Airbus A320	-214	2123		ES-SAV	smartLynx Estonia	regd 21mar19, delivery 26-27mar19 MEX-YMX-KEF-RIX	ex HK-5202
Airbus A320	-214	2920		N283NV	Allegiant Air	ferried 26mar19 LFBF-LDE-SNN, F-reg for paint prior delivery	ex F-WTBG
Airbus A320	-232	3071		VT-IHZ	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 22mar19 XSP-DEL	ex V8-RBV
Airbus A320	-214	4357		N265AV	Allegiant Air	ferried 22mar19 SAW-BUD, HZ-reg prior delivery	ex HZ-AS18
Airbus A320	-232	4493		EI-LIN	Ernest Airways	delivery 24-25mar19 KUL-BOM-AUH-MXP	ex 9V-TAS
Airbus A320	-214	8165		HB-JXP	easyJet Switzerland	feried 24mar19 LGW-GVA, to be re-regd 25mar19 on transfer	ex G-EZRU
Airbus A320	-214	8390		HB-JXO	easyJet Switzerland	ferried 19mar19 LGW-GVA on transfer, re-regd 20mar19	ex G-EZGZ
Airbus A320	-271N	8744		B-307D	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 27mar19 XFW-TSE	ex D-AZAB

Airbus Update No.2116

Malta's Maleth-Aero inducts maiden widebody, an A340-600

Airbus A340-600 © Airbus

26.03.2019 - 10:36 UTC

Maleth-Aero (DB, Malta Int'l) is set to begin widebody operations following the formal addition of its first A340-600, 9H-PGS (msn 1030), onto its operations specifications. The jet features eight First, 32 Business and 276 Economy seats and is being proffered for worldwide charter and ACMI work.

According to an airline statement, the 10-year-old ex-Etihad Airways jet will be followed by a second of the type, 9H-PSI (msn 1040), next month.

Specializing in ACMI/charter services, Maleth-Aero also operates two B737-300(QC)s, one B737-300(F), two B737-300s, one B737-500, five E145s and various business jets.

Airbus Updates No.2115

Japan's ANA All Nippon adds maiden A380

ANA - All Nippon Airways Airbus A380-800 © Airbus

21.03.2019 - 17:19 UTC

ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) has taken delivery of its first of three A380-800s on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).

JA381A (msn 262) was ferried from Toulouse Blagnac to Tokyo Narita on Wednesday, March 20, ahead of its deployment into service on July 1 on ANA's Tokyo Narita-Honolulu route.

ANA's second A380 will deliver during the second quarter of the year. All three were originally destined for Skymark Airlines (BC, Tokyo Haneda) but assumed by ANA Holdings during Skymark's bankruptcy proceedings in 2015.

The aircraft feature 520 seats in total including eight in First Class, 56 in Business Class, 73 in Premium Economy, and 383 in Economy Class of which 70 are ANA COUCHii-branded convertible sofas.

Airbus Updates No.2114

Philippine Airlines looking at exercising its A350 options

Philippine Airlines Airbus A350-900 © Airbus

21.03.2019 - 16:22 UTC

Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) is considering exercising its A350 order options as it prepares to retire select aircraft in its fleet of ten B777-300(ER)s.

The Filipino carrier's February 2016 order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) entailed six firm A350-900s with options for six more. Thus far, it has taken delivery of five aircraft with a sixth, RP-C3508 (msn 303), set to head to Southeast Asia shortly.

“We are studying it, as we are constantly looking at new aircraft. We want to see our fleet grow up to a maximum of 99 aircraft by 2021 with the delivery of new A321 neo,” Vice President (Sales), Ryan T. Uy, told the Business Mirror newspaper.

According to the ch-aviation fleets module, two of PAL's ten B777s - RP-C7777 (msn 37709) and RP-C7776 (msn 37712) - are approaching 10 years of age with the other eight currently under 7 years of age.

PAL president, Jaime Bautista, said last year that the carrier was also considering upgauging its options to the A350-1000.

PAL currently uses its A350-900s to serve Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and Singapore Changi in Asia as well as London Heathrow, New York JFK, and Toronto Pearson. The B777s are used to serve Vancouver Int'l, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles Int'l as well as Bangkok and Singapore.

“We are seriously looking at Seattle Tacoma Int'l for North America. Chicago O'Hare is also an option. For Europe, we are seriously looking at Paris CDG or Rome Fiumicino,” Uy added.

PAL is looking at developing its presence in North and Southeast Asia by developing existing routes while growing new ones. It is also looking at opening up service to Delhi Int'l and Mumbai Int'l in India as well as Hangzhou and Chengdu in China where it will boost service to Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong, Xiamen, and Quanzhou.

Airbus Updates No.2113

Airbus A330	-243F	1406		A7-AFZ	Qatar Airways	ferried 20mar19 DOH-DUB, for paint, for Sichuan Airlines	ex F-WWTS
Airbus A340	-311	115		TC-JDM	Turkish Airlines	ferried 12mar19 IST-JNB, for Global Aviation (+ 180 TC-JDN 15mar19)	ex F-WWJN
Airbus A350	-941	214		A7-AMI	Qatar Airways	delivery 19mar19 TLS-DOH	ex F-WZNQ
Airbus A350	-941	287		D-AIXM	Lufthansa	delivery 16mar19 TLS-MUC	ex F-WZHC
Airbus A380	-841	262		JA381A	ANA All Nippon Airways	delivery 20mar19 TLS-NRT	ex F-WWSH

Airbus Updates No.2112

Airbus A320	-214	2902		OE-LVR	Anisec Luftfahrt	delivery 04mar19 BCN-VIE, regd 15mar19 prior paint	ex EC-MYB
Airbus A320	-232	3012		TC-FHM	FreeBird Airlines	delivery 14-15mar19 CGK-HAN-ALA-AYT	ex VN-A559
Airbus A320	-214	3644		XA-	InterJet	in full cs at OSR 18mar19, VP-reg after paint prior delivery	ex VP-BZS
Airbus A320	-214	4539		CN-NMF	Air Arabia Maroc	ferried 12mar19 PMI-NDR after paint into new cs	ex A6-ANC
Airbus A320	-214	5859		CC-BFT	Latam Chile	ferried 17mar19 HAM-SID-PUJ-MEX after cabin config	ex D-AVVB
Airbus A320	-271N	8371		B-307V	Qingdao Airlines	in full cs at LFBF 17mar19 prior delivery	ex EI-GIB
Airbus A320	-271N	8728		D-AINU	Lufthansa	delivery 19mar19 XFW-SXF	ex D-AXAC
Airbus A320	-214	8778		B-307T	China Express Airlines	delivery 19mar19 TSN-CKG	ex B-000T
Airbus A320	-271N	8793		B-307M	Shenzhen Airlines	delivery 15mar19 TSN-SZX	ex B-000F
Airbus A320	-251N	8805		B-306R	Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines	delivery 20mar19 TLS-TSE	ex F-WWIU
Airbus A320	-251N	8807		B-307H	Zhejiang Loong Airlines	delivery 20mar19 TSN-HGH	ex B-000R
Airbus A320	-214	8835		JA824P	Peach Air	delivery 18mar19 TLS-DXB, regd F-WXAP	ex F-WWDR
Airbus A321	-231	864		OE-IBB	AerCap	ferried 20mar19 MPL-DGX by Azur Aviation, for part-out & scrap	ex SP-HAU
Airbus A321	-211	1881		C-GTXY	Air Transat	ferried 15mar19 YUL-MAN after winter-lease	ex G-TCDY
Airbus A321	-211	5733		C-GHPJ	Air Canada	onward delivery 19mar19 YWG-YRQ, for paint	ex TF-SON
Airbus A321	-271NX	8257		TC-LSB	Turkish Airlines	delivery 12mar19 XFW-IST	ex D-AVYH
Airbus A321	-251NX	8421		G-UZMD	easyJet	delivery 20mar19 XFW-LTN	ex D-AZAO
Airbus A321	-272N	8699		VN-A621	Vietnam Airlines	onward delivery 16mar19 LHE-HAN after engine change	ex D-AVYP
Airbus A330	-243	818		EC-NBN	Wamos Air	OE-regd to GY Aviation Lease 154mar19 at CAN prior delivery	ex OE-IBP
Airbus A330	-243	1016		G-TCXD	Thomas Cook Airlines	ferried 15mar19 BOG-MDE, N-reg prior delivery	x N969AV