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Which airlines welcomed new aircraft types into their fleets during 2022?

By Lewis Harper2022-12-29T12:00:00+00:00

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Aer Lingus puts its first two Airbus A320neo jets into service in late September

Source: Aer Lingus

Airbus A330neo

Air Greenland has become the third operator of the Airbus A330-800, following the early December delivery of the single example ordered by the airline

Source: Airbus

Air Serbia ATR 72-600

Air Serbia took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 in late January 2022

Source: Air Serbia

Akasa Air 737 Max 8

Indian startup Akasa Air took delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8 in mid-June

Source: Akasa

AnadoluJet A321neo

Turkish Airlines low-cost unit AnadoluJet received its first A321neo in July

Source: AnadoluJet

AnadoluJet A320neo

Turkish Airlines low-cost unit AnadoluJet added the group's first A320neo to its fleet in September

Source: AnadoluJet

Atlas Air 777-200

Atlas Air took delivery of its first Boeing 777-200 Freighter in late November

Source: Atlas Air

Austrian A320neo

Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines received its first Airbus A320neo in September

Source: Austrian Airlines

Azul A350

Brazilian operator Azul received its first Airbus A350 in September

Source: Azul

Bonza 737 Max 8

Australian low-cost startup Bonza took delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8 on 1 August

Source: Bonza

Caribbean 737 Max

Caribbean Airlines carried out its first revenue flight with a Boeing 737 Max 8 in January 2022

Source: Caribbean Airlines

China Eastern C919

Launch customer China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first Comac C919 in December

Source: China Eastern

China Southern A319neo

China Southern Airlines took delivery of a pair of Airbus A319neos on 18 February 2022, becoming the first airline operator of the smallest and least-popular Neo variant

Source: China Southern

Delta A321neo

Delta Air Lines took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo on 23 March.

Source: Delta Air Lines

Eurowings A320neo

Lufthansa Group’s low-cost unit Eurowings took delivery of its first Airbus A320neo on 1 April

Source: Airbus

Fronter A321neo

Frontier Airlines marked the delivery of its first Airbus A321neo on 11 October

Source: Frontier Airlines

Iraqi Airways A220

Iraqi Airways’ first Airbus A220-300 was delivered January 2022

Source: Airbus

ITA A350

Italian carrier ITA Airways’ first Airbus A350 emerged in the airline’s distinctive paint scheme in late March

Source: Airbus

Airbus

ITA Airways’ first Airbus A220 twinjet entered service in October, with a special sustainability-themed livery

Source: ITA Airways

IndigGo A321P2F

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo inducted its first freighter aircraft, an Airbus A321P2F, in early October

Source: IndiGo

JetSmart A321neo

Chile-based JetSmart took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo jet in July

Source: JetSmart

Jetstar A321neo

Australian low-cost operator Jetstar took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo in late July

Source: Jetstar

Korean Air 737 Max

Korean Air took delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max in February 2022

Source: Parkdolly/Shutterstock.com

Korean A321neo

Korean Air took delivery of its first A321neo in late November

Source: Airbus

Lufthansa 787-9

Lufthansa took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 in late August, as the airframer resumed deliveries of the type to European customers after a hiatus of more than a year

Source: Lufthansa

Mas A330-200PTF

Mexican cargo carrier Mas received its – and the Americas’ – first converted Airbus A330-200 freighter in February

Source: Mas

Oriental Air Bridge ATR 42-600

Japanese regional carrier Oriental Air Bridge took delivery of its first ATR 42-600 in December

Source: ATR

Pelita A320

Indonesia’s Pelita Air Service took delivery of its first two Airbus A320s on 11 April

Source: Pelita Air

Porter E195-E2

Porter Airlines received the first two of its 50-strong order of Embraer E195-E2s on 21 December

Source: Embraer

Boeing

Central African carrier RwandAir took delivery of its first dedicated freighter, a Boeing 737-800SF, in November

Source: RwandAir

Sky High E190

Dominican carrier Sky High received its first Embraer E190 in June

Source: Sky High

Starlux A330neo

Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines took delivery of its first widebody, an Airbus A330neo, in February

Source: Airbus

Starlux A350-900

Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in late October

Source: Airbus

Toki Air ATR 72-600

Japanese start-up Toki Air took delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR 72-600, in October

Source: ATR

TransNusa ARJ21

Comac handed over an ARJ21 to Indonesian carrier TransNusa in December, the first international delivery of a Chinese jet airliner

Source: Chinese social media

T'Way A330-300

South Korean low-cost carrier T’way Air introduced its first Airbus A330-300 in late February

Source: T'Way Air

Virgin A330neo

Virgin Atlantic took delivery of its first Airbus A330-900 in mid-October

Source: Airbus

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