Airbus Updates No.4557

Discover Airlines to operate the Airbus A350

Earlier this month, Scramble published an article on the future set-up of the Lufthansa Group longhaul-fleet. In it we reported that the Group was still debating if Discover Airlines would operate the Airbus A350, and now they have pulled the trigger and decided that it will.

In total, four A350-900s will join the fleet, while it will say goodbye to its three A330-200s.

According to aero.de, the four A350s that will be transferred to Discover Airlines are:

• D-AIVA (228), to be delivered in 2027
• D-AIVB (236), to be delivered in 2027
• D-AIVC (243), to be delivered in 2028
• D-AIVD (280), to be delivered in 2028

All four of these Airbuses were acquired by Lufthansa in 2021 from Philippine Airlines and have a very different cabin lay-out compared to the A350s that they have ordered themselves.

Discover Airlines is planning to grow the fleet from 30 today to around 40 by 2028. In the coming years it will also expand with additional Airbus A320s, as well as additional A330-300s.

The fleet of today is made-up of sixteen A320s, three A330-200s, and eleven A330-300s. 

Airbus Updates No.3711

 

Airbus A330	-203	925		OE-LDV	Air Lease Corp	ferried 03jun22 AMS-ILD for onward storage	ex PH-AON
Airbus A330	-203	925		9H-VDC	Galistair	air-test 08jun2 at ILD prior delivery	ex OE-ILD
Airbus A330	-343(F)	964		EI-MAE	MasAir	delivery 04jun22 DRS-MEX	x B-6501
Airbus A330	-243	1045		LY-TKL	Heston Airlines	posn 08jun22 VNO-SDQ o wet-lease to ?	ex VQ-BBF
Airbus A330	-343	1301		RA-73702	Aeroflot	after seizure back in svc 06jun22 CMB-SVO after sale by owner	ex VQ-BMY
Airbus A350	-941	236		D-AIVB	Lufthansa	delivery 08jun22 MLA-MUC-ZRH-SNN for paint	ex RP-C43504
Airbus A350	-941	265		N574DZ	Delta Air Lines	ferried 02/05jun22 VCV-SEA-SIN prior re-delivery	ex PR-XTJ
Airbus A350	-941	282		N575DZ	Delta Air Lines	re-delivery 01jun22 SIN-MSP	ex PR-XTK
Airbus A350	-941	559		EC-NTB	World2Fly	delivery 03jun22 TLS-MAD	ex F-WZFR
Airbus Canada A220	-300	55151		N211BZ	Breeze Airways	delivery 02jun22 BFM-TPA	ex C-GIXY

Airbus Updates No.3856

 

Airbus A320	-251N	10802		N963AV	Avianca Colombia	delivery 27apt22 TLS-YYR-MDE	ex F-WWBP
Airbus A320	-271N	10812		N955NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 27apr22 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZML
Airbus A320	-251NX	10838		N391FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 28apr22 BFM-TPA "Bori the Coqui Llanero"	ex F-WZMM
Airbus A321	-211	2211		YL-LDQ	smartLynx Airlines	posn 29apr22 LCA-BHX on summer wet-lease to Jet2	ex SE-RDN
Airbus A321	-231	2216		YL-LCV	smartLynx Airlines	posn 24apr22 BER-BHX on summer wet-lease to Jet2	ex F-WTDH
Airbus A321	-271NX	10672		G-WUKT	Wizz Air UK	delivery 29apr22 XFW-LTN	ex D-AVYF
Airbus A321	-251NX	10687		VT-IML	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 27apr22 XFW-DEL (+ 10707 VT-ILV ex D-AZAK)	ex D-AZWL
Airbus A321	-271NX	10723		TC-LTJ	Turkish Airliines	delivery 27apr22 XFW-IST	ex D-AZXA
Airbus A321	-271NX	10736		B-18107	China Airlines	delivery 29-30apr22 XFW-DWC-BKK-TPE	ex D-AZWY
Airbus A321	-271NX	10889		HA-LZR	Wizz Air	delivery 29apr22 XFW-BUD	ex D-AVZU
Airbus A330	-243	815		9H-AJQ	Carlyle Aviation Partners	ferried 28apr22 PEK-DRS, seen regd 30apr22 prior P2F-conversion	ex B-6080
Airbus A330	-343	952		VN-A810	VietJetAir	rst in svc 24apr22 SGN-HAN-PQC-HAN-SGN	ex VP-CJX
Airbus A330	-343	1348		HS-TBE	Thai International	ferried 28apr22 BKK-HKG after storage	ex F-WWCN
Airbus A330	-941	2010		N418DX	Delta Air Lines	delivery 29apr22 TLS-ATL	ex F-WWCK
Airbus A340	-313	434		D-AIFE	Lufthansa	ferried 29apr22 LETL-FRA after storage	ex F-WWJT
Airbus A350	-941	236		D-AIVB	Lufthansa	ferried 29apr22 MUC-MLA for paint	ex RP?C3504
Airbus A350	-941	280		D-AIVD	Lufthansa	delivery 28apr22 MLA-MUC, all white, EI-reg	ex EI-GZS
Airbus A350	-1041	507		G-VLIB	Virgin Atlantic Airways	delivery 27apr22 TLS-LHR	ex F-WZFU
Airbus A350	-1041	547		G-XWBL	Briish Airways	delivery 29apr22 TLS-LHR	ex F-WZFX
Airbus Canada A220	-300	55148		N208BZ	Breeze Airways	delivery 27apr22 BFM-TPA	ex C-GPSW