The sanctions that have been imposed on Russia and Belarus have meant that any jets that were destined for them can no longer be delivered.  Consequently, Boeing has been looking to find new homes for them with other airlines.  After the downturn in the industry that resulted from the pandemic, there has been a surge in short haul traffic which means that narrow body jets are in demand.  Boeing apparently hasn’t had a problem placing the jets since there are airlines that are desperate for new aircraft.

Turkish Airlines is taking some jets that were destined for S7.  They are currently still painted in the lime green colors of S7 but the name of the airline and the logo on the fin (excluding the rudder which is harder to paint given the need to balance it) have been painted over and the new registration is applied for testing.  I don’t know whether a full repaint will happen before delivery or if the airline will take care of that.  I also don’t know about the interior.

Belavia was also due to take a jet and, while there is nothing apparent on the outside to say where it is going, the tracking websites are already showing it as heading to Correndon.  Same story in that I don’t know what it will look like when it is handed over but they should be in service soon.