Air Côte d'Ivoire takes delivery of first new A320

Air Côte d'Ivoire has taken delivery of it's first new Airbus A320 (MSN 7742 TU-TSV), adding to two existing used A320s on lease from Global Aviation. The airline also operates five A319s and 4 Dash 8s (Q400s).

A320-214 MSN 7742 Air Cote d'Ivoire TU-TSV [test registration D-AXAU]

Gowair takes delivery of first A320

Gowair (Spain) has taken delivery of it's first Airbus A320 (MSN 1296 EC-MQH) leased from Fortress Transportation. The airline's AOC was received July 27th, clearing the way for charter flights from Madrid. The airline plans to launch charters to the Caribbean in 2018 using an A330.

Airbus A320-214 MSN 1296 F/F 7/26/00
Zhejiang Airlines B-2210 9/15/00 - 9/27/03
Air China B-2210 9/27/03 - 12/28/16
Gowair Vacation Airlines EC-MQH 7/13/17 - present

MD-90 Fleet Update

Delta Air Lines recently retired it's first Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-90 (MSN 53382/2094 N902DA) at Blytheville, AR, ahead of it's plans to also retire MD-80s over the next three years, in favor of A321s and 737-900ERs.

Just 116 MD-90-30s were delivered between February 24th 1995 (Delta N902DA as detailed above) and October 23rd 2000 (Saudia HZ-AP3 msn 53518/2289).

New aircraft were delivered to:

Air Aruba 2
AMC Airlines 1
China Northern Airlines 13
China Eastern Airlines 9
Delta Air Lines 16
EVA Air 3
Great China Airlines 1 (LF UNI Air)
Japan Air System 16
KTHY - Cyprus Turkish Airlines 2
Ascerca Airlines 1 (LF Air Aruba)
Reno Air 5
SAS 8
Saudia 29
UNI Air 10

Of the 116 aircraft delivered, 3 have been written off, 43 have been permanently withdrawn from use, 7 are stored, while 64 remain in service.

The entire in service fleet of 64 are all operated by Delta Air Lines. Despite receiving only 16 new aircraft, Delta has acquired the remainder of it's fleet on the used market. Several examples were acquired for spare parts only.

Azimut Airlines takes delivery of it's first Superjets

Avimut Airlines (Russia) has taken delivery of it's first two (of four) Sukhoi Superjet 100s, both leased from GTLK.

Air France takes delivery of 69th A320

Air France took delivery of it's 69th Airbus A320 (MSN 7713 F-HEPI), it's first new A320 delivery since 2013. Air France operates all versions of the A320 family, having now received 18 x A318, 39 x A319, 69 x A320 and 25 x A321 for a total of 151 A320 family aircraft delivered new. The airline also absorbed the A320 family fleet of Air Inter when the domestic airline was absorbed in September 1997. Only one ex-Air Inter A320 continues to be operated today (msn 237 F-GHQM).

Many early build A320-100s and -200s have now been retired from Air France, and their current A320 family fleet numbers:

A318: 18
A319: 38
A320: 43
A321: 20
Total: 119

Few airlines have operated all four members of the A320 family. These include Air France, British Airways, LAN Airlines and Frontier Airlines.

Airbus A320-214 MSN 7713 F-HEPI Air France [SkyTeam colors, test registration F-WWTP]

SriLankan Airlines takes delivery of it's first A321 NEO

SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of it's first Airbus A321 NEO (MSN 7663 4R-ANC), leased from Air Lease Corp. (US). The aircraft joins two A320 NEO aircraft delivered in February and April, also leased from ALC. SriLankan joins WOW Air as the only operators of both the A320 NEO and A321 NEO. Airbus has now delivered 5 A321 NEOs in total (and 122 A320 NEOs).

A321-253N MSN 7663 4R-ANC SriLankan Airlines (D-AVYO test registration)

Nordwind Airlines leases first A330-200

Nordwind Airlines (Russia) took delivery on July 7th of it's first Airbus A330-200 (MSN 1213 VP-BYU), leased from AerCap. The aircraft was delivered new to TAM Brasil in April 2011, and most recently operated with THY Turkish Airlines between April 2015 and October 2016. A second example (MSN 1221) with a similar history, was delivered July 10th.

Nordwind's fleet now numbers 21 jet aircraft: 8 x 737-800, 4 x 777-200ER, 7 x A321, 2 x A330-200

Airbus A330-223 MSN 1221 Nordwind Airlines VY-BYV

Star East Airlines receives first aircraft

Star East Airlines (Romania) has taken delivery of it's first A320 (MSN 357 YR-SEA) ahead of commencing charter services

Bulgarian Eagle leases first aircraft

Bulgarian Eagle has taken delivery of it's first Airbus A319 (MSN 3139 LZ-AOA), prior to receiving it's AOC (received August 2nd) and commencing charter operations from London Gatwick on behalf of parent company Germania (Germany).

VIM Airlines leases first 777-300

VIM Airlines (Russia) leased it's first Boeing 777-300 (MSN 29067/408 VP-BSF), adding to a recently leased 777-300ER. Both aircraft were previously operated by Emirates. VIM also operates 10 777-200ERs.

United takes delivery of 1500th 777 built

United Airlines (US) has taken delivery of the 1,500th Boeing 777. The -300ER (MSN 63723/1500 N2243U) is the 13th of this variant of the aircraft delivered new to United. The airline's -300ERs are replacing the remaining (16) 747-400s.

United was a launch customer for the 777, taking delivery of the first 777-200 on May 15th 1995, with service commencing the following month between London Heathrow and Washington Dulles. United received 18 777-200s, followed by 32 777-200ERs commencing March 7th 1997.

Boeing 777-322ER MSN 63723/1500 United Airlines N2243U F/N 2143

Royal Jordanian leases first A300-200F

Royal Jordanian has leased it's first Airbus A300-200F freighter, which joins a sole A310-300F in it's dedicated cargo division. The Pratt & Whitney powered aircraft (MSN 1164) was previously operated by Malaysia Airlines since delivery new in January 2012. Royal Jordanian previously operated three passenger A330-200s until 2016, when they were replaced with Boeing 787-8s.

As of August 16th 2017, the aircraft arrived at Mojave, CA (in full Royal Jordanian colors), possibly for storage, and with some question about whether this lease will proceed.

Norwegian takes delivery of first two 737 MAX 8s

Norwegian Air International (Ireland), a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norway) has taken delivery of it's first two Boeing 737 MAX 8s (MSN 42830 EI-FYA and 42826 EI-FYB) on June 29th. The aircraft will soon fly transatlantic routes from the UK and Ireland to US east coast destinations, following familiarization flights within Europe. Boeing has now delivered six 737 MAX 8s (Malindo Air 3, Batik Air 1, Norwegian 2).

Boeing 737 MAX 8 MSN 42830/6360 Norwegian Air International EI-FYA [named "Sir Freddie Laker]. Seen below now in full colors