9Air's B-224U

9Air is taking delivery of B-224U (c/n 61385, l/n 7929) today. This plum-themed 737-8 is making its delivery flight from BFI to CAN, via HNL and GUM, as JYH1450. It will make an overnight stop at HNL tonight.

9 Air's N253BE

Boeing is ferrying 9 Air's N253BE (c/n 61374, l/n 7623) from BFI to HSN, via HNL and GUM, as BOE452. This 737-8 has a Chinese registration of B-206L. With the temporary Boeing registration, it possibly will get the new 9 Air livery and cabin branding at the Boeing China Completion Center at HSN.

N253BE was also assigned to a Xiamen Air 737-8 that ferried to HSN as BOE392 in April 2024. It has since been registered as B-225F, and delivered to Xiamen Air in July 2024.

07 December 2024 UPDATE

The segment to GUM was postponed this afternoon.

12 December 2024 UPDATE

N253BE departed for GUM this morning.

9Air's B-208H

9Air is taking delivery of B-208H (c/n 61377, l/n 7323) today. This 737-8, wearing the dark blue-themed livery, is making its delivery flight from BFI to CAN, via HNL, GUM and TSN, as JYH208. This is 9Air's second of four that were built before the grounding and pandemic, that were in storage.

On a related note, 9Air has rebranded with a new logo, word mark, and livery. Their website shows the new look. The only 737 to be painted in the new livery is B-1552. It's not known if their third 737-8 (unregistered, c/n 61385, l/n 7929), in storage at MWH; or their fourth 737-8, (B-206L, c/n 61374, l/n 7263), currently at VCV, will be repainted before their deliveries.

9Air's B-224V

9Air is taking delivery of their 1st 737-8 since October 2018, today. B-224V (c/n 61384, l/n 7953) is making its delivery flight from BFI to CAN, via JRF, GUM, and PVG, as JYH224. This 737-8 has the orange tail, winglets and titles variation. This is also JRF's second 737 delivery flight in three days.

9 Air's B-208K

9 Air is taking delivery of B-208K (c/n 61370, l/n 7337) today. This 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH208, and will make an overnight stop at HNL.

9 Air's B-206J

9 Air is taking delivery of their first 737 MAX 8 today. B-206J (c/n 61371, l/n 7188) is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH206, and will make an overnight stop at HNL.

9 Air's B-1172

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1172 (c/n 61368, l/n 6994) today. This 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1172, and will make an overnight stop at HNL.

9 Air's B-1233

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1233 (c/n 61365, l/n 6832) this morning. This 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1233, and will overnight at HNL.

9 Air's B-1473

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1473 (c/n 61361, l/n 6460) today. The 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1473, and will overnight at HNL. B-1473 made its first flight on June 13th, and was parked on BFI's short-term storage ramp after its customer test flights. It's their third 737-86X of four that have been parked at BFI, to make its delivery flight in eleven days.

9 Air's B-1592

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1592 (c/n 61357, l/n 6230) today. The 737-86X, their second delivery in four days, is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1592, and will overnight at HNL. B-1592 had its first flight this past January, and had since been placed in short-term storage at BFI.

9 Air's B-1472

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1472 (c/n 61360, l/n 6449) today. The 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1472, and will overnight at BFI.

9 Air's B-1556

9 Air is taking delivery of their second 737-86X in as many days. B-1556 (c/n 61356, l/n 6186) is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1556, and will overnight at HNL.

9 Air's B-1553

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1553 (c/n 61355, l/n 6081) today. The 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1553, and will overnight at HNL. B-1553, though built in July 2016, had its delivery delayed for technical reasons.

9 Air's B-1551

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1551 (c/n 61351, l/n 6050) today. The 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1551, and will overnight at HNL.

9 Air's B-1552

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1552 (c/n 61354, l/n 5985) this morning. The 737-86X is making its delivery flight from BFI as JYH1552, and will overnight at HNL.

9 Air's B-1716

9 Air is taking delivery of B-1716 (c/n 39829, l/n 5202) today. The 737-8GP, leased from Transportation Partners (Lion Group), is making its delivery flight from VCV (where it was stored as N387DC) as B1716, and will overnight at HNL.

9 Air's B-1719

9 Air is taking delivery of their second 737-8GP within the past seven days. B-1719 (c/n 39820, l/n 5016), leased from the Lion Group's Transportation Partners, is making its delivery flight from VCV as B1719.

9 Air's B-1715

9 Air [AQ/JYH], the new subsidiary of China's Juneyao Airlines, is taking delivery of its first 737-800 today. B-1715 (c/n 39819, l/n 4968), a 737-8GP leased from Transportation Partners (Lion Group), is making its delivery flight from VCV, and will overnight at HNL. 9 Air's call-sign is "TransJade".

39819 was originally ordered by Lion Air as PK-LOU, but it was allocated to Transportation Partners by the Lion Group, and re-regesitered as N746DB. It was delivered to VCV on 18 July 2014 as a white tail, and orange winglets.

On a local note, the IATA two-letter airline code of AQ was previously held by Aloha Airlines, which closed in 2008.