Airbus Updates No.2277

Airbus A340	-313	385		F-OJGF	Air Tahiti Nui	ferried 25sep19 PPT-MZJ, for storage (+ 438 F-OSEA)	ex F-WWJC
Airbus A350	-941	187		B-LGD	Hong Kong Airlines	ferried 21sep19 HKG-LDE for storage	ex F-WWAW
Airbus A350	-941	257		A7-AML	Qatar Airways	delivery 27sep19 TLS-DOH	ex F-WZFF
Airbus A350	-1041	266		A7-ANJ	Qatar Airways	delivery 27sep19 TLS-DOH	ex F-WZGY
Airbus A350	-941	282		A7-AQB	Qatar Airways	delivery 24sep19 TLS-DOH	ex F-WZGS
Airbus A350	-1041	319		G-VPRD	Virgin Atlantic	delivery 30sep19 TLS-LDE	ex F-WZNY
Airbus A350	-941	331		F-HTYA	Air France	delivery 27sep19 TLS-CDG	ex F-WZFN

Airbus Updates No.2276

Airbus A320	-271N	9190		PR-XBE	Latam Brasil	delivery 26-27sep10 TLS-FOR-CNF	ex F-WWBB
Airbus A320	-251N	9197		A4O-OVI	Salam Air	delivery 30sep19 TLS-MCT	ex F-WWDM
Airbus A321	-112	513		I-BIXL	Alitalia	ferried 30sep19 FCO-DGX, for part-out & scrap	eex D-AVZO
Airbus A321	-211	1988		D-AEUA	Eurowings	delivery 27sep19 VIE-SNN, for paint	ex OE-LCG
Airbus A321	-211	2060		G-TCDA	WFBN	Thomas Cook cs, ferried 28sep19 LGW-MPL	ex TC-JMG
Airbus A321	-211	4058		VQ-BEA	Aeroflot	ferried 24sep19 OSR-SVO prior rtn to svc	ex D-AZAS
Airbus A321	-211	6468		OY-TCI	Thomas Cook Scandinavia	27sep19 TRD-LFBF on return to lessor	ex D-AVZH
Airbus A321	-211	7237		N	Frontier Airlines	delivery 26-27sep19 SNN-YQX-BGR-GNV, OE-reg after paint into Thomas Cook cs (ntu)	ex OE-IIW
Airbus A321	-211	8232		C-GKFB	Air Canada Rouge	re-delivery 29sep19 DUB-YYZ after cabin config	ex TF-DOG
Airbus A321	-271N	8277		P4-KDF	Air Astana	delivery 27sep19 XFW-ALA	ex D-AYAJ
Airbus A321	-271N	8837		P4-KGA	Air Astana	delivery 21sep19 XFW-ALA	ex D-AVXW
Airbus A321	-271NX	8906		VN-A520	VietJetAir	delivery 25sep19 XFW-AAN-SGN	ex D-AVXM
Airbus A321	-253NXLR	8909		EI-LRB	Aer Lingus	delivery 24sep19 XFW-DUB	ex D-AVXS
Airbus A321	-271NX	8952		VT-IUG	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 27sep19 XFW-DEL	ex D-AYAB
Airbus A321	-211	9043		N388DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 28sep19 XFW-KEF-YYR-MCI	ex D-AYAM
Airbus A321	-271N	9060		N223HA	Hawaiian Airlines	delivery 28sep19 XFW-BOS-PAE	ex D-AVZE
Airbus A321	-211	9176		N397DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 24sep19 BFM-MCI	ex F-WZML
Airbus A330	‑322(F)	231		EI-HEC	ASL Airlines (Ireland)	ferried / posn 25/29sep19 MLA-DUB-LEJ, DHL partner cs prior Air Hong Kong ops	ex D-AAEC
Airbus A330	-343	1447		OE-IED	Fire Leasing	regd 26sep19, parked at QPG	ex 9V-STW
Airbus A330	-941	1935		N404DX	Delta Air Lines	delivery 30sep19 TLS-ATL	ex F-WWYY

Airbus Updates No.2275

Airbus A319	-111	1000		S5-AAX	Adria Airways	repossesed 25sep19 by lessor, parked at LJU (+ 4282 S5-AAP, + 4301 S5-AAR)	ex F-GRHD
Airbus A319	-115CJ	4228		VP-CYW	?	ferried re-regd 28sep19 XSP-SHA, basic CEFC cs	ex VP-CIA
Airbus A320	-211	218		D-AIQK	germanwings	ferried 27sep19 HAM-LETL, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWDX
Airbus A320	-233	892		N892GL	AerCap	ferried 24sep19 GYR-MZJ	ex PK-GLC
Airbus A320	-232	3004		VN-A587	Bamboo Airways	delivery 27sep19 CGK-HAN	ex A6-EIF
Airbus A320	-232	3902		VN-A583	Bamboo Airways	seen regd at DUB 27sep19 prior delivehttps://www.skyliner-aviation.de/pics/head.gifry	esx EI-GPU
Airbus A320	-214	4284		N284AV	Avianca Colombia	ferried 17/27sep19 BOG-GUA-BOG, paint into 100 years retro cs	ex F-WWIP
Airbus A320	-214	4599		N599AV	Avianca Ecuador	re-regd 23sep19 at UIO	ex HC-CTR
Airbus A320	-214	5278		OE-LZC**	Austrian Airlines	delivery 25/30sep19 VQQ-BGR-SNN-WOE, N-reg, for paint	ex N642AC
Airbus A320	-216	5846		PK-AZO	Indonesia AirAsia	posn 26sep19 KUL-CGK after transfer	ex 9M-AQY
Airbus A320	-214	6057		VQ-BXQ	GECAS	ferried 25sep19 LDE-WOE for paint prior delivery to?	ex PR-ONX
Airbus A320	-214	6871		PR-TYU	Latam Brasil	awaiting re-registration at CNF 25sep19	ex PR-OCY
Airbus A320	-251N	8889		N762AV	Avianca Colombia	delivery 26sep19 XFW-KEF-IAD-MDE	ex D-AVVM
Airbus A320	-214	8931		B-30AY	China Express Airways	delivery 29sep19 TSN-CKG	ex B-007D
Airbus A320	-271N	8961		VT-IJD	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 24-25sep19 XFW-DWC-DEL	ex D-AUAK
Airbus A320	-251N	8996		EC-NER	Iberia	delivery 26sep19 XFW-MAD	ex D-AUAU
Airbus A320	-271N	9015		RP-C3287	Cebu Pacific Air	delivery 28-29sep19 XFW-MCT-MNL	ex D-AUAW
Airbus A320	-251N	9086		CC-AZL	Sky Airline	delivery 27-29sep19 XFW-KEF-CHS-IQQ-SCL	ex D-AUBR
Airbus A320	-271N	9184		B-30AH	Air China	delivery 25-26sep19 TLS-TSE-TSN	ex F-WWBQ
Airbus A320	-251N	9186		B-30AN	Hongtu Airlines	delivery 25-26sep19 TLS-TSE-TSN-NKG, Air Travel cs	ex F-WWBM

Airbus Updates No.2274

Virgin delays A340 retirement after Norwegian incident

Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600 © Tis Meyer / PlanePics.org

26.09.2019 - 08:51 UTC

Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) has pushed back towards the end of the year the retirement of its A340-600 fleet because an incident on a Norwegian B787-8 last month has altered the availability of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.

Planned A340 services between London Heathrow and both Delhi Int'l and New York JFK have been extended from October 26 until December 8, according to Routes Online.

"We're keeping them for about two months longer", Virgin Atlantic's executive vice president for operations, Philip Maher, told FlightGlobal.

A "minor issue" with the supply of Rolls-Royce engines was the reason for the decision, Maher explained.

On August 10, a Norwegian B787-8 suffered a serious engine failure after taking off from Rome Fiumicino, sending molten shards of metal raining down on the southern suburbs of Rome, damaging buildings and cars. About four kilograms of debris from the aircraft's left-hand engine was recovered from the ground, according to The Times newspaper.

Rolls-Royce admitted on September 20 that the blowout had accelerated its Trent 1000 engine repair plan begun in 2018. This will result in dozens of Dreamliners operated by, for example, Virgin Atlantic, Norwegian, and British Airways being grounded in the coming months.

The incident "caused a number of engines to come out of the pool of engines to support Norwegian," Maher said, while "engines coming back from overhaul for us weren't available for four to five weeks".

Virgin Atlantic currently operates 47 aircraft, according to ch-aviation fleets advanced, including seventeen B787-9s and the five A340-600s, as well as eight B747-400s, three A350-1000s (so far delivered out of an order for twelve due through to 2021), four A330-200s, and ten A330-300s.

Airbus Updates No.2273

 Air Tahiti Nui ends A340 operations

Air Tahiti Nui Airbus A340-300 © Tis Meyer / PlanePics.org

26.09.2019 - 19:07 UTC

Air Tahiti Nui (TN, Papeete) has ended Airbus operations following the retirement of its last two remaining A340-300s on Tuesday, September 24.

According to the French Polynesian carrier, F-OJGF (msn 385) was retired from commercial service on September 1 and ferried from Papeete to Marana on September 25. For its part, F-OSEA (msn 438) conducted its last revenue flight on September 24 before being ferried to Marana the day after. Air Tahiti Nui had operated a total of five A340-300s.

As it now stands, Air Tahiti Nui's fleet is now an all-Boeing affair consisting of four B787-9s of which two are leased from Air Lease Corporation while the remaining two are owned. The jets are used to serve Auckland Int'l, Los Angeles Int'l, Paris CDG (via Los Angeles), and Tokyo Narita.

Airbus Updates No.2272

Airbus A321	-231	983		SX-ABY	Olympus Airways	ferried 16sep19 MAN-ATH after wet-lease to TUI Airways (+ 1015 SX-ACP 16/20sep19 MAN-ATH-LETL, + 1060 SX-ABQ 14sep19 MAN-ATH)	ex G-MARA
Airbus A321	-231	6621		N162AA	American Airlines	ferried 17/19sep19 GUS-TUL-LAX "Stand Up To Cancer" decals applied	ex F-WZMB
Airbus A321	-211	7715		EI-GOX	Bocomm Leasing	air-test 19sep19 LFBF-LDE-LFBF prior delivery to?	ex TF-NOW
Airbus A321	-211	8822		N378DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 21sep19 XFW-KEF-YYR-MCI	ex D-AVXE
Airbus A321	-271N	8837		P4-KGA	Air Astana	delivery 21sep19 XFW-ALA	ex D-AVXW
Airbus A321	-251NX	9131		F-HNCO	La Compagnie	onward delivery 20sep19 BUD-ORY	ex D-AYAF
Airbus A330	-322(F)	251		EI-HEC	ASL Airlines (Ireland)	at MLA 18sep19 in partner DHL cs after paint prior delivery	ex D-AAEC
Airbus A330	-243	276		A9C-KA	Gulf Air	ferried 20sep19 BAH-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex A4O-KA
Airbus A330	-202	749		EC-JQQ	Air Europa	ferried 20sep19 CHR-BOD on return to lessor	ex F-WWYJ
Airbus A330	-343	1012		C-GEGI	Air Canada	delivery 14-17sep19 LIS-YVR-HND-QPG, Star Alliance cs, for cabin config	ex CS-TOW
Airbus A330	-343	1453		9V-STY	Singapore Airlines	air-test at SIN 17sep19 prior return to lessor	ex F-WWYE
Airbus A340	-313	354		D-AIGX	Lufthansa	ferried 17sep19 DUB-FRA after paint	ex OO-SCX
Airbus A340	-642	543		D-AIHF	Lufthansa	ferried 17sep19 MUC-DUB for paint into new cs	ex F-WWCE
Airbus A350	-941	187		B-LGD	Hong Kong Airlines	ferried 21sep19 HKG-LDE for storage	ex F-WWAW
Airbus A350	-941	246		B-308G	Hainan Airlines	delivery 20sep19 TLS-LDE, for interim storage	ex F-WZGR
Airbus A350	-1041	340		G-XWBB	British Airways	delivery 19sep19 TLS-SNN	ex F-WZFS
Airbus A350	-941	343		JA03XJ	Japan Airlines	delivery 20sep19 TLS-HND	ex F-WZGE
Airbus A380	-841	114		9M-MNF	Malaysia Airlines	posn 22sep19 KUL-MAN	ex F-WWSG
Airbus Canada A220	-371	55055		YL-AAT	Air Baltic	delivery 20sep19 YMX-RIX	ex C-FPDR

Airbus Updates No.2271

Airbus A319	-114	1167		VP-BTT	S7 Airlines	ferried 19-20sep19 DME-KEF-ALB-GWO, basic cs, for part-out & scrap	ex N312NB
Airbus A319	-132	2200		N875UA	United Airlines	ferried 18sep19 NRT-XMN, for cabin config prior delivery	ex B-6039
Airbus A319	-111	2283		D-ASSK	Sundair	delivery 18-19sep19 MEX-YQX-PAD	ex CC-AFX
Airbus A319	-132	2371		N878UA	United Airlines	regd 20sep19 prior delivery ex CAN	ex B-2294
Airbus A319	-133	2408		N879UA	United Airlines	delivery 20sep19 NRT-XMN,for cabin config	ex B-2295
Airbus A319	-133	2435		N881UA	United Airlines	delivery 22sep19 NRT-XMN, for cabin config	ex B-2297
Airbus A319	-133	2435		N881UA	United Airlines	regd 18sep19 prior delivery ex NRT	ex B-2297
Airbus A319	-111	2691		G-EZAC	easyJet	ferried 15sep19 LGW-MLA, for United Airlines as N6308U	ex D-AVXB
Airbus A319	-112	3407		D-ASTY	(Germania)	ferried 18sep19 PRG-DGX, for part-out & scrap	ex OE-LED
Airbus A320	-211	84		C-FDRK	Air Canada	ferried 16sep19 YYZ-MZJ, for part-out & scrap	ex F-WWDP
Airbus A320	-214	2144		VP-BWF	Aeroflot	ferried 16/19sep19 SVO-OSR-SVO-MRV for paint prior delivery to?	ex F-WWBY
Airbus A320	-232	2576		XA-VAZ	VivaAeroBus	first in svc 13sep19 MEX-CUU-MEX after mx**	ex RP-C8997
Airbus A320	-214	5299		OE-LZD	Austrian Airlines	air-test at VQQ 20sep19, N-reg prior delivery	ex N667AC
Airbus A320	-214	6689		PR-TYS	Latam Brasil	delivery 18-19sep19 CNF-ASU-CNF-QSC, re-regd at ASU	ex PR-OCQ
Airbus A320	-214	7426		F-WHUT	Airbus	ferried 20sep19 NRT-KUL prior re-delivery to Peach Aviation	ex JA11VA
Airbus A320	-214	7816		JA13VA	Peach Aviation	re-delivery 17sep19 KUL-NRT, F-reg after transfer	ex F-WHUV
Airbus A320	-232	8925		XU-761	Cambodia Airways	delivery 17-19sep19 LFBF-TLS-DWC-PNH	ex F-WTAK
Airbus A320	-251N	8996		EC-NER	Iberia	for delivery 23sep19 XFW-MAD	ex D-AUAU
Airbus A320	-214	9052		D-AIWJ	Lufthansa	delivery 18sep19 XFW-SXF	ex D-AUBC
Airbus A320	-251N	9188		A9C-TD	Gulf Air	delivery 20sep19 TLS-BAH	ex F-WWDI

Airbus Updates No.2270

The month in review: August 2019

The single-aisle A320 Family logged 16 orders in August for its NEO versions, while 42 jetliners were delivered to 29 customers from the single-aisle A220 and A320 families, as well as the A330neo and A350 XWB product lines.

An undisclosed customer ordered 15 A321XLR versions from the A320 Family, further expanding Airbus’ bookings for this longest-range single-aisle airliner. Based on the stretched-fuselage A321neo version, Airbus launched the A321XLR earlier this year to offer airlines even more range, and also create additional value for operators by bringing 30% lower fuel burn per seat than previous-generation competitor aircraft.

Also logged in August was a private customer’s booking for an Airbus Corporate Jetliner in the ACJ320neo configuration.

The month’s deliveries involved 31 single-aisle aircraft: three A220s and 28 A320 Family jetliners (composed of 19 NEO versions and nine in the CEO configurations); along with 11 wide-body aircraft (six A330s in NEO versions, and five A350 XWBs in the A350-900 and A350-1000 configurations).

Taking the January-to-August delivery activity into account, Airbus provided 66 more aircraft than during the same eight-month period in 2018.

Notable deliveries in August included the first A330neo in the A330-900 version for AirAsia X, and the initial A330-900 in the livery of Portuguese wet lease specialist Hi Fly. Also during the month, Virgin Atlantic received its initial A350-1000 version of the A350 XWB, and Airbus provided the first-ever ACJ319neo to a private customer.

Taking the latest orders and deliveries into account, Airbus’ backlog of jetliners remaining to be delivered as of 31 August stood at 7,172 aircraft. The single-aisle total was composed of 5,810 A320 Family jetliners and 428 A220s; while the wide-body tally involved 613 A350 XWBs, 270 A330s and 51 A380s. 

A300/A310	A220/A320	A330/A340/A350	A380	Total
Total orders	816	15300	3029	290	19435
Total deliveries	816	9062	2146	239	12263
Aircraft in fleet	306	8638	1980	237	11161