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UK's Titan Airways takes delivery of maiden A321 freighter

Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) took delivery of its first A321-200F dedicated freighter, on dry lease from BBAM, becoming the world's second operator of the type.

G-DHJH (msn 2138), a 20.7-year-old aircraft, was converted at Singapore Seletar airport by Elbe Flugzeugwerke, a joint venture between Airbus and ST Engineering. It was previously operated in a passenger configuration by the now-defunct British leisure specialists MyTravel Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines UK. The aircraft was ferried from Singapore via Chennai and Dubai World Central over the course of January 7-8, 2021. It will be re-registered as G-POWY in the United Kingdom.

Titan Airways will shortly take delivery of its second A321-200F, G-NIKO (msn 1250). A third unit of the type will enter into conversion this year. The British carrier's freighter fleet currently comprises two B737-400(SF)s.

The world's first A321-200F was delivered in October 2020 to Express Freighters Australia (QE, Sydney Kingsford Smith) in October 2020. The aircraft operates on behalf of Qantas Freight.

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Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) has taken delivery of the first of two A321-200NX(LR)s due to be operated, among others, on behalf of luxury tour operator TCS World Travel.

G-XATW (msn 10150) is powered by CFM International LEAP-1A33 engines and is dry-leased from Air Lease Corporation. It was delivered from Hamburg Finkenwerder to London Stansted on October 26, 2020. TCS World Travel said in a press release that it planned to launch the first round-the-world journey using the aircraft on October 10, 2021.

Titan Airways expects the delivery of the second A321-200NX(LR) in spring 2021. It too will be dry-leased from Air Lease Corporation.

The British carrier announced earlier this year that the two A321-200NX(LR)s will replace its two ageing B757-200s, which are currently 20.3 years old on average. It underlined that the new aircraft will feature highly customisable cabins, optionally outfitted in a single-class layout with 195 seats; a two-class layout with 16 premium seats and 168 standard seats; or an all-business configuration with 52 fully lie-flat...

New Jersey's GLOBALX doubles order for A321-200Fs

GLOBALX (Miami Int'l) has signed a letter of intent with lessor Vallair to lease ten A321-200Fs converted freighters with deliveries scheduled between the third quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2023. The order includes five units previously announced under an LOI for conversion with Singapore Paya Lebar-based ST Engineering and five incremental.

"Over the next six months, we intend to secure aircraft contracts for both our current and future needs through to the end of 2022 and in agreeing this lease, Vallair has enabled us to achieve this - certainly from a freighter perspective. Our focus has always been on utilising the efficiencies of A320 family aircraft and these pioneering A321 conversions by Vallair have allowed us to extend this to our cargo capability," Chief Executive Ed Wegel said.

GLOBALX currently plans to launch in January 2021. It intends to operate both passenger and cargo services. According to the carrier's investor update from early October 2020, the first of ten initial A320-200s is due to deliver in November...