Airbus Updates No.2111

Airbus A319	-112	767		9A-CTG	Croatia Airlines	ferried 16mar19 OSR-ZAG after paint into new cs	ex D-AVYA
Airbus A319	-133CJ	1212		15+03	Luftwaffe	ferried 15mar19 OSR-HAM after paint, D-reg, prior OpenSkies use	ex D-AISY
Airbus A319	-112	1901		EC-NBD	Volotea Airlines	delivery 19mar19 SVX-PMI, VP-reg	ex VP-BTE
Airbus A319	-112	1916		EP-SSL	Meraj Air	first in svc 12-13mar19 THR-BGW-THR	ex EP-THB
Airbus A319	-113	2091		EP-SSP	Meraj Air	first in svc 17mar19 THR-MHD-THR	ex EP-THC
Airbus A319	-132	2396		2-STRA	?	seen regd at LFBF 17mar19, all white	ex SX-ABE
Airbus A319	-112	2751		VP-BNB	Rossiya Airlines	ferried 13/15mar19 WOE-LED-DME prior delivery to?	ex N945FR
Airbus A319	-112	3407		D-ASTY	(Germania)	ferried 19mar19 NUE-PRG	ex OE-LED
Airbus A319	-112	3447		D-ABGK	germanwings	Eurowings cs, posn 15mar19 BUD-DUS after transfer	ex OE-LNB
Airbus A319	-112	5085		D-ASTC	(Germania)	ferried 15mar19 MUC-PRG after storage	ex D-AVYO
Airbus A320	-211	29		JY-JAC	Jordan Aviation	posn 14-15mar19 AMM-TEQ-KEF-YQX-HAV prior wet-lease to Cubana	ex N290SE
Airbus A320	-232	928		OE-IBH	GECAS	air-test 20mar19 LDE-VLC-LDE prior delivery to?	ex 5B-DCR
Airbus A320	-212	957		D-AICG	Condor	ferried 18mar19 HAJ-EMA for paint into new cs	ex F-WWBE
Airbus A320	-214	973		9H-SLA	smartLynx Malta	regd 13mar19 prior delivery ex CGK	ex XY-AGO
Airbus A320	-233	1339		HC-COE	TAME Ecuador	ferried 15-16mar19 UIO-GYE-TLC-SBD after 6-month storage, for part-out & scrap	e PR-MBM
Airbus A320	-232	1422		LZ-MDK	Fly2Sky	posn 18mar19 VAR-MJI, Rahila Air decals on wet-lease	ex RP-C7932
Airbus A320	-232	2173**		LY-NVW	Avion Express	delivery / posn 15mar19 LFBF-LDE-STR-AMS on wet-lease to TUI Airlines Netherlands	ex F-WTDD
Airbus A320	-232	2496**		YR-DSI	Just Us Air	seen regd & with titl 17mar19 at LFBF	ex OE-IHB
Airbus A320	-232	2838		OE-LOZ	LaudaMotion	regd 14mar19, parked at VIE	ex PR-MBD
Airbus A320	-214	2875		N	Allegiant Air	ferried 19mar19 LFBF-LDE-SNN, F-reg for paint prior delivery	ex F-WTBH

Airbus Updates No.2110

Avianca cancels 17 A320neo family aircraft, defers 35

Colombia's Avianca has cancelled deliveries of 17 Airbus A320neo family aircraft from a 100-aircraft order signed in 2015, and rescheduled deliveries of another 35 jets.

The fleet changes will reduce Avianca's fleet capital expenditure needs by more than $350 million over the next three years, says the Star Alliance carrier. Financial commitments from 2020 to 2022 will also reduce by more than $2.6 billion.

The 35 rescheduled aircraft will now be delivered from 2026 to 2028, instead of 2020 to 2022.

Prior to the orderbook changes, Avianca had 20 A319neos, 92 A320neos and 15 A321neos on order, Cirium's Fleets Analyzer shows.

The airline operates three A320neos and two A321neos. It had an in-service fleet of 190 aircraft as of end-2018.

Under an updated fleet plan, Avianca will receive three aircraft this year, down from six originally. It will take delivery of six aircraft (down from 20) in 2020, four (down from 23) in 2021, and four (down from 20) in 2022.

In 2023 and 2024 respectively, Avianca will take delivery of 20 aircraft each year as originally planned. It will also stick to an earlier plan of taking delivery of 19 aircraft in 2025.

Avianca will accept 15 aircraft in 2026, 14 in 2027 and six in 2028.

The airline has said previously that it was in talks to defer up to 50 aircraft to free up cash and reduce debt. Avianca is also streamlining its fleet under a company-wide plan to improve profitability. It has said it will phase out its entire Embraer 190 fleet this year.

Airbus Updates No.2109

AirAsia X delays A330-900 deliveries to 2Q20

Illustration of AirAsia X Airbus A330-900N © Airbus

16.03.2019 - 04:50 UTC

AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int'l) has postponed the first delivery of an A330-900 to the second quarter of 2020, while Thai AirAsia X (XJ, Bangkok Don Mueang) plans to take the first two leased -900s already in the second quarter of 2019, CAPA has reported.

Initially, AirAsia X was due to take the first -900 by the end of 2019.

The Thai long-haul low-cost unit will lease the two Airbus widebodies. As such, the deliveries will not affect the backlog of outstanding orders placed by AirAsia Group, which includes sixty-six firm -900s and a further thirty-four announced last year but still not confirmed.

AirAsia X CEO Benyamin Ismail said that the additional order from last year was still under consideration. The carrier will likely settle for around seventy-five units. The number of widebody -900s eventually confirmed will also depend on the number of A321-200neo and A321neo(LR)s AirAsia decides to take.

Ismail added that AirAsia X had worries about the performance of the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines and wanted to use the data from its Thai unit for further analyses.

Following the revision of the plans, AirAsia X is generally not planning to take any new aircraft in 2019. The airline currently operates twenty-four A330-300s. It could, however, take one -300 from Indonesia AirAsia X (XT, Denpasar) in the third quarter of the year. The Indonesian unit is currently focusing on charter flights and terminated all scheduled services.

In turn, Thai AirAsia X will also add three -300s on top of the two -900s. It currently operates ten -300s.

Airbus Updates No.2108

Airbus A321	-271N	8653		B-305S	Sichuan Airlines	delivery 12-13mar19 XFW-TSE-TSN	ex D-AVYT
Airbus A321	-211	8809		N372DN	Delta Air Lines	delivery 14mar19 BFM-MCI	ex F-WZMI
Airbus A330	-343	570		OO-SFK	Brussels Airlines	regd 08mar19, delivery 13mar19 MLA-BRU, Eurowings cs	ex D-AIKA
Airbus A330	-203	819		2-RLAZ	Regio Lease	ferried 13mar19 SAW-LDE by Azur Aviation for onward storage	ex AP-BMJ
Airbus A330	-343	1006		CS-TOV	TAP Air Portugal	ferried 10mar19 LIS-GIG prior delivery to Air Canada	ex 9V-STE
Airbus A330	-941	1904		CS-TUG	TAP Air Portugal	delivery 14mar19 TLS-LIS	ex F-WWKJ
Airbus A350	-1041	286		B-LXJ	Cathay Pacific	delivery 14mar19 TLS-HKG	ex F-WZHG
Airbus A400M	-180	87		54+27	Luftwaffe	delivery 07mar19 SVQ-ETNW	ex A4M087

Airbus Updates No.2107

Airbus A319	-112	1886		LZ-AWT	Dubai Aerospace	Germania cs, ferried 14mar19 RLG-LDE	ex D-ASTK
Airbus A319	-112	3019		D-ASTZ	(Germania)	ferried 12mar19 TLS-PRG	ex OE-LEK
Airbus A319	-111	3364		LZ-AWU	Dubai Aerospace	Germania cs, seen regd at HAM 08mar19 prior delivery	ex D-ASTJ
Airbus A319	-111	3403		LZ-AWV	Dubai Aerospace	Germania cs, ferried 13mar19 BRE-LDE (+ 3364 LZ-AWU)	ex D-ASTQ
Airbus A319	-112	3533		D-ASTU	(Germania)	ferried 14mar19 BRE-LDE for onward storage (+ 3560 D-ASTT DUS-LDE)	ex D-AHHA
Airbus A319	-112	3704		D-ABGR	germanwings	posn 11mar19 PAD-DUS after transfer, Eurowings cs (+ 3415 D-ABGJ 12mar19)	ex EC-LRS
Airbus A320	-211	401		D-AIQS	Lufthansa	ferried 09mar19 NWI-MUC after paint into new cs	ex F-WWBD
Airbus A320	-233	739		OE-IIK	CIT Aerospace	ferried 12mar19 LDE-CDT, for part-out & scrap	ex LY-SPJ
Airbus A320	-214	1454		HK-4905	Viva Air Colombia	ferried 14mar19 MEX-BGR-SNN on return to lessor	ex EI-EPX
Airbus A320	-233	1626		XU-715	Sky Angkor Airlines	ferried 08-10mar19 REP-MCT-CAI-CHR after winter-lease	ex LY-VEN
Airbus A320	-214	1889		D-ABNN	germanwings	posn 09mar19 PAD-CGN, Eurowings cs (+ 2562 D-ABNT)	ex OY-VKM
Airbus A320	-232	2161		EI-GHM	Castlelake	ferried 10mar19 DOH-LCA	ex A7-ADI
Airbus A320	-232	4493		EI-	Ernest Airways	air-test 12mar19 at KUL, full cs, 9V-reg prior delivery	ex 9V-TAS
Airbus A320	-214	5069		HB-JLS	Swiss International	ferried 13mar19 NWI-ZRH after paint into same cs	ex F-WWDC
Airbus A320	-232	5449		9V-TRV	Scoot	delivery 07mar19 KUL-SIN	ex VT-IDG
Airbus A320	-251N	8754		UK32021	Uzbekistan Airways	delivery 11mar19 XFW-TAS	ex D-AVVA
Airbus A320	-251N	8756		HZ-NS23	Flynas	delivery 12mar19 TLS-RUH	ex F-WWBZ
Airbus A321	-251N	7807		SE-RKB	Novair	ferried 13/14mar19 GOT-LDE-OSL for mx**	ex D-AVZB
Airbus A321	-271NX	8257		TC-LSB	Turkish Airlines	delivery 12mar19 XFW-IST	ex D-AVYH
Airbus A321	-253N	8631		B-303J	China Southern	delivery 14mar19 XFW-TSE	ex D-AVYM

Airbus Updates No.2106

Uzbekistan Airways adds first A320neo

Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A320-200 © Uzbekistan Airways

12.03.2019 - 18:15 UTC

Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) has taken delivery of its first A320-200neo following the arrival of UK32021 (msn 8754) in Tashkent Islam Karimov on Monday, March 11. Powered by CFM International LEAP-1A26s, the twinjet features 12 seats in business class and 138 in economy class. The second of the pair, UK32022 (msn 8826), is slated for delivery in April.

"The flight range of a highly economical airliner has been increased from 4,500 to more than 5,000 kilometres, which will make it possible to cover the entire Central European region," it said.

The state-owned carrier's mainline passenger fleet also includes ten A320ceo, five B757-200s, seven B767-300(ER), and four B787-8s.

About Uzbekistan Airways

Type	Scheduled Carrier
Base	Tashkent Islam Karimov
Aircraft	32
Destinations	58
Routes	97

Airbus Updates No.2105

Orders and Deliveries February 2019

The month in review: February 2019

Airbus booked an order in February for four A220s – the newest addition to Airbus’ single-aisle jetliner product line – and delivered 49 single-aisle and widebody aircraft to 33 customers during the month.

The A220 booking in February was from Air Vanuatu for two A220-100s and two A220-300s. As a result, Vanuatu island’s national flag carrier became the A220’s launch customer in the Pacific region.

Taking the February order and delivery activity into account – as well as cancellations – Airbus’ overall backlog as of 28 February stood at 7,390 aircraft.

	A300/A310	A220/A320	A330/A340/A350	A380	Total
Total orders	816	15172	2963	290	19241
Total deliveries	816	8734	2067	234	11851
Aircraft in operation	307	8344	1919	232	10802