SPECIAL SCHEME - STARFLYER / A320-200 / JA27MC - "Happy Ren Day" Sticker ( Ren's birthday ) The group was formed as a result of the reality competition show PRODUCE 101 JAPAN in 2019

Kawashiri Ren (川尻 蓮; born March 2, 1997) is a Japanese singer and choreographer. He is a member of the Japanese boy group JO1

Fukuoka Airport - RJFF - Japan

Photo: OHMOTO Masao

 

SPECIAL SCHEME - JETSMART / A320NEO / F-WWDR

 Photo: Alain Charpentier

FLEET - Lufthansa City Airlines takes delivery of its first all-new Airbus A320neo

Lufthansa City Airlines takes delivery of its first brand-new Airbus A320neo, named “Ingelheim am Rhein” 

With its modern and efficient Airbus fleet, Lufthansa City Airlines strengthens the competitiveness of the Lufthansa Group's short-haul network 

Seven new destinations expand the route network of Lufthansa City Airlines to a total of 17 

Opening of the additional station in Frankfurt planned for 2026 

 Lufthansa City Airlines took delivery of its first brand-new Airbus A320neo at the Airbus factory in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The aircraft, registration D-AIJP, was named “Ingelheim am Rhein”. This first brand-new Airbus symbolizes the key role that Lufthansa City Airlines plays within the Lufthansa Group in redefining continental traffic to and from Munich and, from 2026, Frankfurt hubs. The airline is thus making an important contribution to strengthening the competitiveness of the short-haul network, consolidating the market position of the Lufthansa Group and supporting the planned growth on long-haul routes.

“Our new aircraft is a further motivation and incentive for the commitment and excellent work of all our employees, who contribute to the success and growth of our airline every day,” said Peter Albers, Managing Director of Lufthansa City Airlines, after the official handover.

From May onwards, the “Juliett Papa” will offer space for 180 passengers. Like all Lufthansa City Airlines aircraft, the new Airbus A320neo is equipped with the new Airspace cabin and offers passengers significantly larger overhead bins, a modern lighting system and improved seating comfort in proven Lufthansa quality.

With this new addition, the Lufthansa City Airlines fleet now comprises eight aircraft (four Airbus A319s and four Airbus A320neos). In the course of 2025, five more brand-new Airbus A320neos and two additional Airbus A320neos will be added, expanding the fleet to 15 aircraft by the end of 2025. From the end of 2026, Lufthansa City Airlines expects to take delivery of the first of 40 Airbus A220-300s on order.

Route network 

In line with the significant growth of its fleet, the youngest airline in the Lufthansa Group is also expanding its route network in Europe. Lufthansa City Airlines is adding seven new destinations to its route network for the summer flight schedule 2025: Barcelona, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Düsseldorf, Rome, Edinburgh, Seville and Bordeaux. The Lufthansa City Airlines network now comprises 17 destinations that can be booked directly at www.lufthansa.com. 

 

AIRPORT - EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

Paul Bannwarth
 

ROUTES - BINTER CANARIAS NS25 NETWORK EXPANSION – 08APR25

Photo: Binter
 

Binter Canarias has filed additional network expansion, with 2 additional routes scheduled during Northern summer season previously not covered on AeroRoutes.


Tenerife North – A Coruña eff 30JUN25 2 weekly Embraer E195-E2

NT5206 TFN0805 – 1155LCG 295 1

NT5206 TFN1615 – 2005LCG 295 5

NT5207 LCG1235 – 1430TFN 295 1

NT5207 LCG2045 – 2240TFN 295 5

Tenerife North – Valladolid eff 02JUL25 2 weekly Embraer E195-E2

NT5414 TFN1455 – 1830VLL 295 3

NT5414 TFN1510 – 1845VLL 295 6

NT5415 VLL1915 – 2105TFN 295 3

NT5415 VLL1925 – 2115TFN 295 6

Previously not covered on AeroRoutes, the airline has filed additional frequencies at Tenerife North from July 2025 for its recently added new routes:

Tenerife North – Granada eff 30MAR25 2 weekly (3 from 05JUL25)
Tenerife North – Murcia eff 01APR25 2 weekly (3 from 06JUL25)

Tenerife North – Pamplona eff 01APR25 2 weekly (3 from 03JUL25; Last served until March 2022)

Previously reported network additions:

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Almeria eff 01APR25 2 weekly 


Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Badajoz eff 01APR25 2 weekly 


Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Cordoba eff 01APR25 2 weekly 


Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Valencia eff 30MAR25 4 weekly 


Tenerife North – Ponta Delgada eff 01JUL25 1 weekly 


Tenerife North – San Sebastian eff 31MAR25 2 weekly 


Tenerife North – Valencia eff 30MAR25 4 weekly

SPECIAL SCHEME - Corendon celebrates 25th birthday

This year, Corendon is celebrating its 25th birthday. To commemorate this special moment, the company has applied a special tattoo-livery on its Boeing B737-9 PH-CDQ (66347). The livery was designed by famous Dutch tattoo-artist Henk Schiffmacher.

It was unveiled during a special ceremony at Schiphol on 9 April 2025 and entered commercial service the same day on a flight to Antalya.

The Corendon Airlines Group consists of three airlines; Corendon Airlines based in Turkey (flying with nine B737-800s and six B737-8s), Corendon Airlines Europe based in Malta (flying with thirteen B737-800s), and Corendon Dutch Airlines (flying with four B737-9s and one wet-leased Airbus A350-900).

Photos: Corendon Dutch Airlines.

 

FLLET - First Airbus A330 MRTT for the Spanish Air and Space Force enters into service

Getafe, Spain, 11 April 2025 – The first Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) for the Spanish Air and Space Force has entered into service with the 45th Wing. This is the first of three multi-mission tanker and transport aircraft acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Defence in November 2021.

The aircraft, which will operate from Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base, Madrid (Spain), has been delivered from the Airbus facilities in Getafe (Madrid), where the A330 MRTT aircraft conversion center is based.

"With the entry into service of this first A330 MRTT, the Spanish Air and Space Force now has the world's best tanker aircraft in its fleet,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, Head of Air Power at Airbus Defence and Space. “The MRTT will not only provide interoperability with allied nations and strategic autonomy, but will also significantly increase projection, aerial evacuation and in-flight refuelling capabilities."
The Airbus A330 MRTT for Air and Space is equipped with a state-of-the-art, hose-and-basket refuelling system and has an endurance of more than 18 flight hours and a range of 16,000 kilometers.

The A330 MRTT is the only new-generation tanker and strategic airlifter currently available and operational. Its large basic fuel load capacity of 111 tonnes allows it, among other functions, to successfully perform aerial refuelling missions without the need for additional fuel tanks.

Thanks to its wide-body fuselage, the A330 MRTT can be used as a transport aircraft capable of carrying up to 300 troops or a payload of up to 45 tonnes (99,000 lb). In addition, this aircraft can be configured with a dedicated Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) kit, allowing the installation of different stretcher modules and intensive-care stations.

The second and third Airbus A330 MRTTs for Spain are currently undergoing conversion at Getafe, Madrid. The 45th Wing of the Spanish Air and Space Force has so far used these unconverted A330s to transport military personnel and equipment, for example, in the Pacific Skies exercise in 2024 or the evacuation of Spanish nationals from Niger or Sudan.

HISTORY / DEFUNCT AIRLINE - Aero Lloyd Flugreisen GmbH & Co, / Germany / 1979 - 2003

Aero Lloyd was founded on September 6, 1979,  and launched operations in March 1981 with three
Sud Aviation Caravelles.

By 1982, the airline  received 3 ex-Garuda Indonesia Douglas DC-9-32
aircraft.

headquartered at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

IATA - YP

ICAO - AEF 

Call sign - AERO LLOYD

Fleet size 56

Destinations 59

Parent company - BayernLB (66%)

Headquarters: Oberursel, Hesse, Germany

Website www.aerolloyd.de (https://web.a rchive.org/*/http://www.aerolloyd.de)

The airline operated a total of 22 McDonnell Douglas DC-80 family aircraft throughout its existence, comprising two MD-82s, four MD-87s, and 16 MD-83 twin-engine planes.

Aero Lloyd fleet

Airbus A320-200 - 14

Faro, Portugal

Airbus A321-200 - 11 

Faro, Portugal, D-ALAI

Lisboa, Portugal - D-ALAM

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 - 4 

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - 2 

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - 16

Faro, Portugal - D.AGWB

Faro, Portugal - D-ALLE

Faro, Portugal - D-ALLL

Lisboa, Portugal - D-ALLU

McDonnell Douglas MD-87 - 4 

Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle - 3 

Photo: Flyingphotos

SPECIAL SCHEME - ELECTRA AIRWAYS / A320-200 / LZ-EAE - AIR 001 titles

 Photo: Radim Koblizka

ROUTES - ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES NS25 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CHANGES – 07APR25

 Ethiopian Airlines recently filed additional changes to its planned Northern summer 2025 season operation, effective 30MAR25 – 25OCT25. Additional updates have been filed up to this week, as of 07APR25, while some were previously not updated on AeroRoutes.

Addis Ababa – Abidjan eff 14APR25 Nonstop terminator reduces from 7 to 4 weekly (Overall reduces from 10 to 7 weekly

Addis Ababa – Brazzaville – Pointe Noire – Addis Ababa eff 30MAR25 1 daily service maintained, 737 MAX 8 and 787-8/-9 (Originally scheduled with 4 weekly, increase to 5 weekly from 27JUN25)

Addis Ababa – Bujumbura – Goma eff 01MAY25 Goma sector tentatively scheduled to resume on 01MAY25 at earliest, 3 weekly 737-800/MAX 8 (Bujumbura – Goma sector suspended 12JUL25 – 31AUG25, resumes on 01SEP25 with 4 weekly flights)

Addis Ababa – Goma Tentatively scheduled to resume on 03MAY25 at earliest, 4 weekly nonstop terminator with 737-800 (1 daily from 16JUL25, 3 weekly from 01SEP25)

Addis Ababa – Hong Kong – Manila eff 01SEP25 4th weekly Manila (and overall 7th weekly Hong Kong) service maintained, instead of reduce to 3 weekly

Addis Ababa – Lilongwe eff 02MAY25 Nonstop terminator increases from 2 to 4 weekly, 6 from 14JUN25. 737-800/MAX 8 operating (Previous: Increase from 2 to 5 weekly from 30MAR25) 
Addis Ababa – Lubumbashi – Lilongwe – Addis Ababa eff 12MAY25 Triangle routing reduces from 5 to 3 weekly (2 from 19JUN25; Previous: Reduce from 5 to 2 weekly from 30MAR25)

Addis Ababa – Maputo eff 10JUN25 Increase from 6 to 7 weekly, 737/787

Addis Ababa – Monrovia – Conakry eff 01JUL25 3 weekly 787-8 service cancelled

Addis Ababa – Monrovia – Freetown eff 02JUL25 4 weekly 787-8, new routing (Monrovia increases from 3 to 4 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Niamey 1 weekly nonstop terminator scheduled until 27JUN25, 787-8

Addis Ababa – Niamey – Ouagadougou eff 01JUL25 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-8 (Overall Niamey service unchanged at 4 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Ouagadougou – Conakry eff 02JUL25 3 weekly 787-8, new routing

Addis Ababa – Ouagadougou – Freetown eff 01JUL25 4 weekly 787-8 service cancelled

Addis Ababa – Pointe Noire eff 09APR25 Planned 2 weekly nonstop terminator service cancelled for NS25 (ET continues to serve Addis Ababa – Brazzaville – Pointe Noire – Addis Ababa on daily basis)

Addis Ababa – Sharjah eff 01JUN25 4 weekly 737 MAX 8, new passenger service

ET622 ADD2205 – 0325+1SHJ 7M8 x146

ET623 SHJ0425 – 0745ADD 7M8 x257

Other previously reported changes:

Addis Ababa – Abu Dhabi eff 15JUL25 1 daily 737 MAX 8 (Last served until October 1997)
Addis Ababa – Antananarivo eff 21JUN25 Increase from 10 to 11 weekly 
Addis Ababa – Dhaka – Hanoi eff 10JUL25 Dhaka service to be extended to Hanoi, a new destination. 4 weekly 787-8 (Addis Ababa – Dhaka sector change from 5 weekly 737 MAX 8 to 4 weekly 787)

Addis Ababa – Entebbe eff 17JUN25 Increase from 21 to 24 weekly, 25 from 21JUL25

Addis Ababa – Geneva eff 03JUL25 New nonstop terminator, 3 weekly A350-900 (Overall Geneva service increase from 5 to 6 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Geneva – Manchester eff 02JUL25 Reduce from 5 to 3 weekly, A350-900
Addis Ababa – Harare eff 01JUN25 Increase from 12 to 13 weekly

Addis Ababa – Hyderabad eff 16JUN25 3 weekly 737 MAX 8, new route

Addis Ababa – Lome – Newark eff 15APR25 3 weekly 787-8, replacing Lome – New York JFK sector

Addis Ababa – London Gatwick eff 30MAR25 Planned 5th weekly flight removed, A350-900

Addis Ababa – London Heathrow eff 30MAR25 1 daily A350-1000 service maintained, replacing -900

Addis Ababa – Lubumbashi eff 20JUN25 Nonstop terminator increases 8 to 9 weekly (Overall increases from 10 to 11 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Lusaka eff 31MAY25 Increase from 12 to 13 weekly

Addis Ababa – Madrid – Porto eff 02JUL25 4 weekly 787-8/-9, new routing replaces 1-stop via Marseille (Porto is a new destination)

Addis Ababa – Marseille – Manchester eff 03JUL25 4 weekly A350-900, new routing (Overall Manchester service increases from 5 to 7 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Moscow Domodedovo eff 29JUN25 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly, 787-8

Addis Ababa – Newark 3 weekly 787-8 service suspended during following periods (westbound via Rome): 15APR25 – 15JUN25, 05SEP25 – 22SEP25

Addis Ababa – Nosy-Be eff 20JUN25 Increase from 4 to 6 weekly

Addis Ababa – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur eff 04JUL25 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly, 787-8

Photo: Duncan Stewart - LAX

ROUTES - BEOND APRIL 2025 EUROPE ROUTING CHANGES

Maldives’ BeOnd this month is adjusting technical stop on selected service to Milan and Zurich, as westbound flight operates via Abu Dhabi, instead of Dubai al Maktoum.

Planned operation as follows.

Male – Abu Dhabi – Milan Malpensa – Dubai al Maktoum – Male 09APR25 – 23APR25 2 weekly A319

B4080 MLE1200 – 1515AUH1610 – 2110MXP 319 36

B4081 MXP2210 – 0650+1DWC0745+1 – 1315+1MLE 319 36

Male – Abu Dhabi – Zurich – Dubai al Maktoum – Male 07APR25 – 21APR25 2 weekly A319

B4090 MLE0915 – 1230AUH1330 – 1830ZRH 319 15

B4091 ZRH1935 – 0420+1DWC0515+1 – 1045+1MLE 319 15

 Photo: Beond

Air India Express to become all-economy airline by 2Q26

 

Air India Express (IX, Delhi International) is set to reconfigure the cabin of its two- and three-class aircraft to an all-economy layout by April 2026, managing director Aloke Singh said during a media briefing at the company's headquarters.

"Certain B737-8 aircraft will be reconfigured and converted into all economy," the news outlet Mint reported Singh as saying.

The aircraft in question were delivered as white tails originally earmarked for various Chinese airlines. Air India Express picked them up when they already had the cabins installed.

According to the ch-aviation fleets module, thirty-six out of forty-one B737-8s operated by Air India Express feature eight business class seats, and a further two aircraft of the type are outfitted with four such seats. The aircraft also have varying economy class configurations, ranging from 150 to 186 seats. Thirteen of the aircraft also have 18 economy plus seats each.

Air India Express also operates two A320-200Ns with 12 business class seats each.

The airline expects to grow its passenger numbers by 50% in the 2026 fiscal year (to March 31, 2026), jumping from 20 million to 30 million.

The low-cost carrier plans to take delivery of 15 aircraft in FY2026, including 11 factory-new jets and four airframes previously used by parent company Air India. In total, the airline is expecting to add 149 aircraft in the coming years, fifty B737-10s and ninety-nine B737-8s, ch-aviation data reveals.

Air India Express currently operates 104 aircraft: twenty-four A320-200s, twelve A320-200Ns, twenty-six B737-800s, and forty-two B737-8s. The airline is set to introduce A321-200Ns to its fleet starting April 15, on the route between Delhi International-Goa Mopa.

CH Aviation

Photos: Air India Express

ROUTES - TAP AIR PORTUGAL RESUMES FUNCHAL – FARO SERVICE IN NS25

TAP Air Portugal during summer season plans to add seasonal route on Funchal – Faro route, on board Embraer E190 aircraft. This route, resuming since March 1998, will be served twice weekly from 02JUN25 to 11SEP25.


TP1716 FNC0605 – 0745FAO E90 4
TP1716 FNC2050 – 2230FAO E90 1


TP1717 FAO0835 – 1030FNC E90 4
TP1717 FAO2315 – 0105+1FNC E90 1

Photo: Flyingphotos Magazine

 

NEW LIVERY - El Al Israel Airlines: first B787-9 with new livery ( 4X-EDN )

LN688 returning from storage in SKF, showing off the new El Al livery. Air China did not take up this 2018-built airframe, so it sat in storage with no engines for 6 years until mid-2024 

Brandon Ghany

SPECIAL Scheme - China Southern Airlines / B-657X / COMAC C919 - "GAC Trumpchi." scheme

Hangzhou-Xiaoshan - ZSHC, China
Photo: ZSHC_Thomass

 

Boeing March 2025 orders & deliveries

Normally, Airbus is always first in publishing its monthly results, but this time Boeing beat them. In March 2025, the US-manufacturer received 192 orders, 29 cancellations, and delivered 41 new Boeings.

Ordered were:

50 B737MAXs by BOC Aviation

8 B777Fs by FedEx

17 B737MAXs by Japan Airlines

20 B777-9s by Korean Air

20 B787-10s by Korean Air

21 B737MAXs by Unidentified customer(s)

3 B777Fs by Unidentified customer(s)

20 B777Xs by Unidentified customer(s)

5 B787-9s by Unidentified customer(s)

28 B787-9s by Unindentified customer(s)

Cancelled were:

2 B777Fs by Altitude II Tradeco Designated

25 B737MAXs by Qatar Airways

2 B737MAXs by Unidentified customer(s)

Delivered were:

1 B737MAX to Air India Express

1 B737MAX to Air Lease Corporation

3 B737MAXs to Alaska Airlines

1 B737MAX to Allegiant Air

3 B737MAXs to American Airlines

1 B737MAX to Aviation Capital Group

3 B737MAXs to BOC Aviation

1 B737MAX to China Southern Airlines

1 B777F to China Southern Airlines

1 B787-9 to China Southern Airlines

1 B777F to CMA CGM

1 B777F to DHL Aviation Americas

2 B737MAXs to Dubai Aerospace Enterprises

1 B777F to FedEx

1 B737MAX to GOL Linhas Aereas

1 B787-9 to Hawaiian Airlines

1 B737MAX to Jackson Square Aviation

1 B737MAX to Oman Air

1 B787-9 to Qatar Airways

2 B737MAXs to Ryanair

1 B787-9 to Scoot

6 B737MAXs to Southwest Airlines

6 B737MAXs to United Airlines

Over the whole of 2025, Boeing now was received 241 orders and 37 cancellations, leaving a net of 204 orders. The number of deliveries stands at 130.

Illustration by Boeing

 

ROUTES - PLAY OUTLINES PLAY EUROPE A321NEO 2Q25 OPERATIONS

 Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY today (08APR25) begins Airbus A321neo operation operated by its Maltese subsidiary PLAY Europe. Currently operational schedule is filed for the period of 08APR25 – 01MAY25, based on OAG schedules analyser listing.

Planned operation includes the following.

Reykjavík Keflavík – Alicante 10APR25, 15APR25, 17APR25, 19APR25, 25APR25, 26APR25, 01MAY25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Amsterdam 24APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Barcelona 14APR25, 21APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Berlin 28APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Copenhagen 11APR25, 20APR25, 21APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Fuerteventura 09APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Lisbon 11APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Madrid 28APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Malaga 08APR25, 12APR25, 22APR25
Reykjavík Keflavík – Paris Charles de Gaulle

13APR25 – 18APR25 Day x236

29APR25
01MAY25

Reykjavík Keflavík – Porto 13APR25, 24APR25

Reykjavík Keflavík – Tenerife South 16APR25, 23APR25, 27APR25

Planned operation by PLAY Europe (TQ) aircraft remains subject to change.

Photo: Flyingphotos

ITA Airways Set to Start Integration into Star Alliance

Photo: Ton Jochems

ITA Airways has officially received approval to start the integration process into Star Alliance following a verdict by the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB). Building on its induction into the Lufthansa Group earlier this year, this decision paves the way for its much anticipated entry into the world's largest airline alliance. The onboarding process will now move at full throttle.
Celebrating the milestone, Star Alliance Chief Executive Officer Theo Panagiotoulias stated: "In early 2026, ITA Airways is expected to officially join the Star Alliance network as a full member. The decision by our Chief Executive Board underscores the strong confidence our members have in ITA Airways. As a gateway for Italy, its addition strengthens our global network, offering seamless and connected journeys to more travellers worldwide."
Joerg Eberhart, CEO and General Manager of ITA Airways, said: "We are excited to join the Star Alliance network and to bring the excellence of Made in Italy into the alliance, further enhancing its global reach. This is a significant milestone in ITA Airways' growth, and we look forward to offering our customers the future privileges of the world's largest airline network."
ITA Airways will add 360 daily flights to the Alliance network, further strengthening the Alliance's footprint in the European region. The biggest growth will come from its home cities, especially Rome and Milan, which are currently served by 16 Star Alliance members collectively.
Leveraging their legacy within the Alliance, Lufthansa Group is mentoring ITA Airways through its integration journey into Star Alliance.
"I am proud that ITA Airways will become the fifth hub airline of the Lufthansa Group to join Star Alliance. As the mentor of the membership process, we will do our utmost to ensure a smooth and swift integration. ITA Airways' future membership will provide Star Alliance customers with many new opportunities for personalised travel planning. I am confident that ITA Airways will be an excellent addition to the Star Alliance portfolio," said Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer of the Lufthansa Group.
Upon completing induction, the Star Alliance network will grow to 26 member airlines, offering over 18,000 daily flights connecting 192 countries.

 

AIRPORT - London Heathrow Int'l-EGLL-United Kingdom

K.C.Wong
 

AIRPORT - Lisboa-Humberto Delgado-Portugal

 FlyingPhotos