Airbus Updates No.2259

Airbus A330	-223	229		OO-SFY	Brussels Airlines	ferried 19aug19 BRU-ENS, for part-out & scrap	ex HB-IQA
Airbus A330	-243	281		A9C-KB	Gulf Air	ferried 22aug19 AMM-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex A4O-KB
Airbus A330	-223	962		VN-	Bamboo Airways	ferried 17aug19 LDE-MLA by Azur Aviation, 2-reg, for paint prior delivery	ex 2-RLAY
Airbus A330	-343	1012		C-GEGI	Air Canada	ferried 22aug19 GIG-LIS, CS-reg, Star Alliance cs prior delivery	ex CS-TOW
Airbus A330	-243	1508		OE-IDV	Avolon Leasing	regd 21aug19, parked at LDE	ex N508AV
Airbus A340	-313	354		D-AIGX	Lufthansa	ferried 22aug19 MNL-FRA after re-transfer, full Eurowings cs	ex OO-SCX
Airbus A340	-642	566		D-AIHH	Lufthansa	ferried 19aug19 MUC-DUB for paint into new cs	ex F-WWCJ

Airbus Updates No.2258

Airbus A300	C4‑605R	755		XA-LFR	AeroUnion	first in svc 20-21aug19 MEX-CVG-MEX	ex S2-AIG
Airbus A318	-122	3030		PR-AVJ	(Avianca Brasil)	ferried 20-21aug19 SJK-SID-LDE	ex CC-CVB
Airbus A319	-111	2119		D-ASMF	Sundair	ferried / first in svc 18aug19 SXF-RAK-STN	ex CC-AHC
Airbus A319	-153N	8612		D-ANEO	K5 Aviation	delivery 23aug19 XFW-MUC prior CJ-config at WOE	ex D-AVWG
Airbus A320	-211	72		D-AIPD	Lufthansa Technik	transferred 19aug19, parked at SXF, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWIP
Airbus A320	-212	466		UR-CSS	Jonika	first in svc 24aug19 IEV-TIV-IEV	ex ER-AXN
Airbus A320	-214	2133		VP-BWE	Aeroflot	ferried 17aug19 SVO-OSR prior return to lessor	ex F-WWDX
Airbus A320	-232	3902		VN-	Bamboo Airways	ferried 16aug19 AUH-BEG-DUB, A6-reg, full cs prior delivery	ex A6-EIJ
Airbus A320	-232	4270		N698NK	Spirit Airlines	regd 20aug19 prior delivery ex SNN	ex D-AAAC
Airbus A320	-214	5381		RP-C3271	Cebu Pacific Air	ferried 17aug19 MNL-CRK, for Allegiant Air as N281NV	ex F-WWIG
Airbus A320	-214	5716		VT-	AirAsia India	at SAW 22aug19, VP-reg, full cs, prior delivery	ex VP-CXJ
Airbus A320	-214	5822		HS-VKI	Thai VietJet Air	posn 23aug19 SGN-BKK after transfer	ex VN-A686
Airbus A320	-233	6014		N523VL	Volaris El Salvador	certification flight 20aug19 SAL-GUA-GDL-GUA-SAL prior start-up	ex D-AUBX
Airbus A320	-251N	7698		PR-YYH	Azul Linhas Aéreas	delivery 22aug19 LETL-SID-NAT-CNF, VQ-reg	ex VQ-BXI
Airbus A320	-251N	9068		N358FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 20aug19 BFM-TPA	ex F-WZMF
Airbus A320	-214	9104		HK-5327	Viva Air Colombia	delivery 24-25aug19 TLS-KEF-BGR-BOG	ex F-WWBN
Airbus A320	-251N	9137		B-309Y	China Southern	delivery 23-24aug19 TLS-SVX-CAN	ex F-WWIK
Airbus A321	-231	3274		A7-ADV	Qatar Airways	erried 25aug19 SNN-OTP-DOH after paint into all white prior return to lessor	ex D-AVZM
Airbus A321	-271N	8849		B-309C	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 22-23aug19 XFW-OVB-TSN	ex D-AVZL
Airbus A321	-271NX	8919		TC-LSH	Turkish Airlines	delivery 23aug19 XFW-IST	ex D-AVYA

Airbus Updates No.2257

Qantas to lease one A321 freighter from Vallair

Illustration of Qantas Freight Airbus A321-200F © Qantas Group

20.08.2019 - 14:50 UTC

Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Vallair for the lease of one P2F-converted A321-200 freighter.

In a statement, the Luxembourg-based lessor said it would place A321-200(F) msn 835, formerly TC-OBJ with Onur Air (8Q, Istanbul New), with Qantas Freight (XME, Sydney Kingsford Smith) in 2020. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the 21-year-old Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac)!-o twinjet is currently undergoing conversion at Singapore Seletar.

Earlier this month, Qantas said it would operate three A321 P2F-converted freighters as part of an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement with Australia Post. Deliveries will start in October next year with Express Freighters Australia (QE, Sydney Kingsford Smith) to be the operating carrier.

The Australian carrier will be the modified type's launch operator.

Airbus Updates No.2256

Tigerair Taiwan selects A320neo for fleet renewal

Tigerair Taiwan Airbus A320-200 © Airbus

19.08.2019 - 08:19 UTC

Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has selected the A320-200neo for its fleet renewal plan with fifteen of the type to be delivered from 2021 onward.

According to stock exchange disclosures filed by parent China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) on Friday, August 16, the low-cost carrier will lease eight A320neo and acquire a further seven from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) directly.

In May, China Airlines chose to replace its B737-800 fleet with up to thirty A321-200neo to deliver from 2021 onward. Of the thirty, fourteen will be leased while a further eleven, with five options, are due from Airbus itself.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows Tigerair Taiwan currently operates eleven A320ceo of which one is owned while the remainder are leased from BOC Aviation (two), Goshawk (one), ICBC Financial Leasing (four), Jackson Square Aviation (one), and Standard Chartered Aviation Finance (two). Network-wise, it serves 27 cities across Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Macau. Wuxi is its only destination on the Chinese mainland.

As part of its growth drive, the LCC is due to go public during the final quarter of 2020.

Airbus Updates No.2255

Jordan Aviation secures ETOPS clearance for A330

© Tis Meyer / PlanePics.org

19.08.2019 - 17:12 UTC

Jordan Aviation (R5, Amman Queen Alia) has deployed its A330-200 JY-JVA (msn 409) on transatlantic flights after it recently secured ETOPS certification, a first for the company.

Airline chairman Mohammad Al-Khashman said in a statement the 18-year-old jet was recently used by the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service to ferry El Salvadorean UN peacekeepers from Bamako, Mali to San Salvador Int'l, El Salvador over the course of August 9-12.

Jordan Aviation operates both ACMI/charter flights as well as scheduled passenger services. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, it employs three A320-200s (of which one is wet-leased to Cubana), two A330-200s, three B737-300s (one of which is wet-leased from to Royal Jordanian), one B737-400, and two B767-200(ER)s (of which one is wet-leased to Sky Prime Aviation Services).

Airbus Updates No.2254

Airbus A330	-343	1427		9V-STV	Singapore Airlines	ferried 14aug19 SIN-QPG prior return to lessor	ex F-WWCH
Airbus A330	-941	1927		PK-LEJ	Lion Airlines	delivery 13aug19 TLS-JED	ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A340	-313	332		YA-	Kam Air	delivery 15aug19 SFB-ISL, N-reg	ex N332FY
Airbus A340	-642	566		D-AIHH	Lufthansa	ferried 19aug19 MUC-DUB for paint into new cs	ex F-WWCJ
Airbus A350	-941	260		B-308J	Hainan Airlines	delivery 14aug19 TLS-LDE, for interim storage	ex F-WZNC
Airbus A350	-1041	274		G-VLUX	Virgin Atlantic	delivery 10aug19 TLS-LGW	ex F-WZGN

Airbus Updates No.2253

Airbus A319	-132	1971		N871UA	United Airlines	regd 09aug19, delivery 14aug19 CAN-ICN-XMN	ex B-6018
Airbus A319	-111	2119		D-ASMF	Sundair	ferried / first in svc 18aug19 SXF-RAK-STN	ex CC-AHC
Airbus A319	-112	2751		EC-NGB	Vueling	delivery 16aug19 WOE-BCN	ex EI-GOY
Airbus A319	-115	2762		JY-AYC	Royal Jordanian	first in svc 13aug19 AMM-AQJ-AMM-FCO-AMM	ex EI-GOF
Airbus A319	-115CJ	3542		LX-GVV	GlobalJet Luxembourg	ferried 10aug19 BSL-NWI for paint into?	ex 9H-GVV
Airbus A320	-214	533		YL-LCL	smartLynx Airlines	ferried / posn 15aug19 STN-NQY-LGW after Thomas Cook ops / prior TUI Airways ops	ex EI-DDL
Airbus A320	-214	3242		XY-ALJ	Myanmar Airways International	seen regd at WOE 14aug19 prior delivery	ex LZ-AWW
Airbus A320	-232	3902		VN-	Bamboo Airways	ferried 16aug19 AUH-BEG-DUB, A6-reg, full cs prior delivery	ex A6-EIJ
Airbus A320	-214	4273		HZ-AS32	Saudi Arabian	ferried 12aug19 SAW-MPL prior delivery to?	ex F-WWBY
Airbus A320	-214	5167		VQ-BPN	S7 Airlines	ferried 09/12aug19 DME-MRV-DME, S7 titl/ logo temporarily replaced by Sibiria titl on fuselage and full tail cs	ex F-WWBV
Airbus A320	-251N	7514		PR-YYI	Azul Linhas Aéreas	ferried 13aug19 SNN-LETL, VQ-reg after paint prior delivery	ex VQ-BXF
Airbus A320	-214	8911		D-AIWH	Lufthansa	delivery 12aug19 XFW-SXF	ex D-AXAG
Airbus A320	-251N	9038		B-30AD	Spring Airlines	delivery 14aug19 TSN-PVG	ex B-000Q
Airbus A321	-211	2117		VQ-BOZ	Ural Airlines	poss w/o after immediate emergency ldg after t/o 15aug19 ZIA-SIP in field, 233/233 ok	ex EI-ERU
Airbus A321	-211	2965		EP-LCT	Kish Air	posn 15aug19 IKA-KIH after paint into full cs	ex UR-CPM
Airbus A321	-251N	8288		VN-A590	Bamboo Airways	delivery 16-17aug19 MPL-DWC-HAN , special “1st million passangers” cs	ex VP-CAE
Airbus A330	-223	229		OO-SFY	Brussels Airlines	ferried 19aug19 BRU-ENS, for part-out & scrap	ex HB-IQA
Airbus A330	-343	645		OO-SFP	Brussels Airlines	delivery 15aug19 FRA-CHR, for paint	ex D-AIKG
Airbus A330	-223	962		VN-	Bamboo Airways	ferried 17aug19 LDE-MLA by Azur Aviation, 2-reg, for paint prior delivery	ex 2-RLAY
Airbus A330	-343	1012		C-GEGI	Air Canada	at GIG 11aug19, CS-reg, Star Alliance cs prior delivery	ex CS-TOW

Airbus Updates No.2252

Airbus A321	-231	811		LZ-HEA	Holiday Europe	ferried 09aug19 ISL-SOF for AOC certification	ex TC-OBZ
Airbus A321	-211	7237		OE-IIW	Air Lease Corp	regd 06aug19, parked at LJU	ex TF-GPA
Airbus A321	-211	8232		C-GKFB	Air Canada rouge	delivery 05aug19 LCQ-YMX	ex TF-DOG
Airbus A321	-271NX	8966		HA-LVF	Wizz Air	delivery 09aug19 XFW-BUD	ex D-AVYC
Airbus A321	-211	9067		N393DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 06aug19 BFM-MCI	ex F-WZME
Airbus A330	-343	386		B-HLM	Cathay Dragon	posn 29jul19 XMN-HKG after paint and transfer	ex F-WWYT
Airbus A330	-243	818		EC-NBN	Wamos Air	posn 04aug19 MAD-BWN on wet-lease to Royal Brunei till 30sep19	dx OE-IBP
Airbus A330	-343	1098		TC-LOL	Turkish Airlines	delivery 08aug19 AMM-ISL, OE-reg	ex OE-IDU
Airbus A330	-941	1903		HS-XJB	Thai AirAsia X	delivery 10aug19 TLS-DMK	ex F-WWYL
Airbus A330	-941	1918		CS-TUM	TAP Air Portugal	delivery 09aug19 TLS-LIS	ex F-WWYQ
Airbus A330	-941	1927		PK-LEJ	Lion Airlines	delivery 13aug19 TLS-JED	ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A340	-642	933		EC-NFP	Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas	air-test at LETL 06aug19,2-reg prior delivery	ex 2-FIEX
Airbus A350	-1041	274		G-VLUX	Virgin Atlantic	delivery 10aug19 TLS-LGW	ex F-WZGN
Airbus A350	-941	328		9V-SHJ	Singapore Airlines	delivery 09aug19 TLS-SIN	ex F-WZGB
Airbus A350	-941	337		B-LQB	Cathay Pacific	delivery 08aug19 TLS-HKG	ex F-WWBW
Airbus A400M	-180	92		54+31	Luftwaffe	delivery 08aug19 SVQ-ETNW	ex A4M092
Airbus A400M	-180	94		18-0094	Türk Hava Kuvvetleri	delivery 07aug19 SVQ-LTAU	ex A4M094
Airbus Canada A220	-171	50040		N121DU	Delta Air Lines	delivery 09aug19 YMX-ATL	ex C-FOVG
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55039		YL-CSK	Air Baltic	at VNO 08aug19 after paint into Lithuanian flag cs	ex C-FOVG