Airbus Updates No.3467

 

Airbus A320	-251N	10530		HZ-FAO	Flyadeal	delivery 22jul21 TLS-JED	ex F-WWTZ
Airbus A320	-271N	10563		N943NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 23jul21 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZMT
Airbus A320	-251N	10565		N382FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 20jul21 BFM-TPA “Sonny the Lemon Shark”	ex F-WZMJ
Airbus A321	-231	1207		N1207A	Vallair	regd 19jul21, parked at CHR prior freighter conversion, for Global Crossing Airlines	ex UR-WRV
Airbus A321	-231	1946		9H-SLG	smartLynx Airlines Malta	posn 22jul21 VCE-AMS on wet-lease to TUI Airlines Netherlands	ex YL-LDH
Airbus A321	-211	1946		9H-SLG	smartLynx Airlines Malta	posn 17jul21 VNO-VCE on wet-lease to Volotea	ex YL-LDH
Airbus A321	-211	1994		D-AEUB	Eurowings	posn 21jul21 KUN-CGN after storage	ex OE-LCS
Airbus A321	-231	6009		D-AAAU	Lufthansa Technik	ferried 21jul21 ETMN-HAM-DGX	ex N805AV
Airbus A321	-211	6780		CC-BEF	Lan Airlines	re-delivery 16-17jul21 MEX-LIM-SCL	ex N495MN
Airbus A321	-27NX	10294		B-MBS	Air Macau	first in svc 19jul21 MFM-PEK-MFM	ex D-AVXE
Airbus A321	-271NX	10295		HA-LVQ	Wizz Air	delivery 23jul21 XFW-BUD	ex D-AVXT
Airbus A321	-251NXLR	10311		CS-TXH	TAP Air Portugal	delivery 23jul21 XFW-LIS	ex D-AZAB
Airbus A321	-211	1451		LZ-MDF	Fly2Sky	for delivery jul21 ex MPL	ex OE-ILB
Airbus A330	-302	659		VP-CNW	Castlelake	ferried 21jul21 NOC-EGBP	ex A7-AEC
Airbus A350	-941	79		PR-XTG	Latam Brasil	ferried 21jul21 GRU-VCV, for Delta Air Lines	ex A7-AMA
Airbus A350	-941	265		N574DZ	Delta Air Lines	regd 15jul21, parked at VCV	ex PR-XTJ
Airbus A350	-941	452		B-323H	China Eastern	delivery 21jul21 TSN-PVG	ex B-005S
Airbus A350	-1041	473		F-WZNC	Airbus	ferried 21jul21 TLS-LDE, for British Airways as G-XWBI
Airbus Canada A220	-300	55113		N3058J	jetBlue Airways	delivery 20jul21 BFM-VQQ	ex C-GPOM

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Airbus Updates No.3463

 flyadeal Takes Delivery Of Its 1st A320neo From An Order For 30

Saudi Arabian budget airline flyadeal just took delivery of a brand new Airbus A320neo. While the aircraft is technically the airline’s second A320neo, it is the first coming from an order of 30, which is to be delivered over the next three years. Let’s take a look at the new aircraft and its journey to Jeddah.

The A320neo is technically the airline’s second, with the first coming to the airline pre-owned in 2020. Photo: Airbus

From Toulouse to Jeddah

The brand new Airbus A320neo registered HZ-FAN departed Airbus’ assembly facilities in Toulouse on July 15th at 20:36. With the evening departure, the aircraft’s six-and-a-half-hour flight to Jeddah was an overnight journey, seeing an arrival in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the next day just after 04:00 local time.

The A320neo appears to have taken a fairly indirect flight path towards its new home. For reasons unknown, the jet appears to have gone out of its way to fly through a specific part of Austria’s airspace before heading towards Saudi Arabia. It appears that the jet also made a point of avoiding Greek airspace (as well as the air above Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.)

The first A320neo of a 30-aircraft order

flyadeal’s brand new A320neo is the first out of 30 to be delivered in the next three years. However, the 30 A320neos that were ordered were part of an even larger deal that was announced at the 2019 Paris Airshow.

This larger order consists of a total of 65 Airbus A320 family jets ordered by flyadeal’s parent company, Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia). With 30 A320neos going to flyadeal, the remaining aircraft (20 A321neos and 15 A321XLRs) will go to Saudia.

While it’s the first A320neo of the 30-aircraft order, it’s flyadeal’s second A320neo. The first joined the fleet in August of 2020 through a lease with Avolon. This aircraft, registered HZ-FAL, had been originally ordered by Tianjin Airlines but was not taken up.

Airbus notes that flyadeal’s A320neo is configured with 186 seats in an all-economy class layout, calling it the ideal aircraft for the airline to “grow and expand its domestic and regional network.”

In total, flyadeal now has a fleet of 13 Airbus A320s. As noted previously, two are A320neos while the other 11 are A320ceo variants. The A320ceos themselves are relatively young, having an average sub-fleet age of just 3.3 years.

flyadeal’s older A320neo is about one and a half years old, while the brand new jet had its first test flight at the start of June 2021. AIB Family Flight data shows that more A320neos are on the way. The aircraft registered HZ-FAO took its third test flight out of Toulouse on July 15th, while HZ-FAM took its second test flight on July 16th.