31 December 2023 by Canadian Aviation News
Total first visit of liners was 278 broken down as follows:
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 737 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 40 | 104 |
| 747 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 767 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 777 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 787 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 220 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 320 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 321 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 330 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 350 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| MD11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| ATR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| CRJ 900 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E170 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| Lineage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| E195 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| Total | 63 | 67 | 68 | 82 | 278 |
January
Hi-Fly A321 CS-TRJ was our first First Visit (FV) of the year on Jan 1stJanuary and continued with two Air Canada A220 deliveries from YMX. GWUS on the 8th and GWUT on the 19th. AMX started 737MAX 9 services on the 25th of Jan with XA-MFO. Porter took delivery of their 5th EMB-195 E2, C-GKQN on Jan 5th and 6th GKQP on Jan 28th.
February
Feb 1 saw the First Revenue Flight of Porter as GKQM operated to YOW at 0733 and GKQL to YUL at 0813. Porter deliveries this month were GKQO which arrived on Feb 3rd and GKQQ on the 18th. Feb 28th saw the arrival of A7-BFZ a 777F of QTR from LUX at 2239, departing to MEX at 0216 the following morning,
March
B-20EM 777F of China Southern Cargo arrived on Feb 2nd at 0533 from YVR the FV of type for China Southern. This was then followed on FV’s by B-2026 on March 7th, B-2080 on the 14th and B-20EN on the 26th. March 28th saw a FV of EI-EIN the last A330 classic built.
April
April started off with delivery of GKQR on the 1st, Porters 9th EMB-195 E2. Sunwing took delivery of GMXH ex FLER of Flair on the 3rd and WestJet Cargo 737F FTWJ also was a FV on the same day. Neos 737MAX 8 started their summer schedule on the 29th.
May
A month of deliveries starting with the first new build 767’s for Air Canada in many years arriving on May 2nd, GXHM and GXHI. This was followed by 9Y-TTG an ATR for Caribbean Airlines on the 3rd, Sunwing 737MAX 8 FZXI ex FLKZ Flair NTU on the 5th, 9Y-TTH on the 13th, GKQS on the 25th, A320 LY-WIL of GetJet Airlines, and Air Transat 737MAX 8’s 9H-CHI and 9H-ETA on the 16th and 17th respectively.
June
A quieter month with only one delivery the 11th EMB-195 for Porter GKQT.
July
4 deliveries this month. 3 Porter and one Air Canada. The porters being GKQU, GKQV and GKQW on the 1st, 6th and 29th respectively. Air Canada took delivery of Ex EVA A321 GYGU on the 6th ex B-16202. EVA cargo also started a twice weekly 777F service on July 8th with a FV of B-16782.
August
Another quiet month. Only two deliveries both for Porter GKQX on the 20th and GKQY on the 26th.
September
3 more Porter deliveries. GKQZ, GZQC and GZQB on the 2nd, 21st and 28th respectively. They now have a fleet of 19 EMB-195 E2’s. Also had a FV of a reregistered 747, N258SN ex N497MC on the 2nd.
October
Another 3 Porter deliveries. GZQE, GZQF and GZQG on the 5th, 14th and 26th. We also had two FV’s from MD11’s N265UP ex D-ALCK on the 6th and N261UP ex D-ALCM on the 19th. Arajet started a 4 times pw SDQ-YYZ-SDQ service on the 24th with HI1027. LH switched from 747 400’s to 787 9’s on the 29th with D-ABPE operating the first service.
November
Only one Porter delivery this month GZQK arriving on the 18th. COPA operated the first 737MAX 9 service with HP-9917CMP on the 3rd.
December
4 Porter EMB-195 E2’s deliveries this month taking their fleet to 27. GZQM, GZQR, GZQU and GZQV on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd. Now all operating from SJK to YYZ via UVF rather than BGI. Interestingly GZQR has yet to enter service but to U and V are in service. Air Transat and Sunwing started to receive their winter leases from Europe. FV’s for TSC were 9H-TAU and 9H-LYR 737MAX 8’s of Smartlynx Malta. Saudi Arabian also restarted a thrice weekly service on December 2nd. Last FV of 2023 was N37325 a 737MAX 8 of UAL on the 29th.Last movement of 2023 was WestJet 737 C-FUMF landing at 2359.