sábado, 16 de março de 2024

Zafer Air (Turkiye) took delivery of one A319, serial 3542.



 Images: ZAFER

NEW AIRLINE - Universal Air (Malta) to launch its maiden commercial flight on 26 March 2024, flying to Athens, Corfu, Ibiza, Munich, Palermo and Pecs, with DHC8-400.

 More destinations are planned for later in 2024.
Images: Universal Air
 

NEW AIRLINE - Ascend Airways (UK) took delivery of one B737-8, serial 43340, on lease.

It is the first MAX for the new airline.


 

ROUTES - Qanot Sharq (Uzbekistan) now plans to operate Urgench – Madrid – Tashkent routing effective 31 August 2024, with A321neo.



 

NEW AIRLINE - FLY4 Airlines (Ireland) has officially launched, with its inaugural commercial flight taking off from Liege, operating on behalf of customer TUI (Germany).






 

FLEET / ROUTES - Congo Airways aims to resume five routes within Africa in 2024, including Douala, Dakar, Lagos, Bamako and South Africa, as well as launch flights to Dubai and potentially Brussels.


 

The carrier plans to lease with three A320s and one B777 to facilitate the expansion.
Photo: Congo Airways

TEXTRON AVIATION SPECIAL MISSIONS CESSNA GRAND CARAVANS TO BE ACQUIRED TO AID IN HORN OF AFRICA SECURITY


 Two Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft will be equipped to ensure the border sovereignty of
the country of Djibouti

WICHITA, Kan. (March 13, 2024) — Textron Aviation today announced the award of a
contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, for two Cessna
Grand Caravan EX turboprop aircraft. The aircraft will be owned and operated by the
Djiboutian Air Force (DAF). This acquisition is the third delivery order under a recently
established indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that allows up to $100
million U.S. dollars for the acquisition of Textron Aviation aircraft over a five-year period.

The Cessna Grand Caravan EX is designed and manufactured by Textron Aviation Inc., a
Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company.

“The two special missions Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft will be Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance equipped to ensure the border sovereignty of the
country of Djibouti,” said Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales for Textron
“The two special missions Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft will be Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance equipped to ensure the border sovereignty of the
country of Djibouti,” said Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales for Textron

TEXTRON AVIATION


FLEET - Hawaiian Airlines B787-9 Dreamliner "Kapuahi" (N781HA) at LAX Imperial Terminal for LAX media / employee introduction event for Hawaiian Airlines first 787. (03/09/24)







K.C.Wong
 

SPECIAL COLORS - COPA AIRLINES / B737 MAX8 / HP-9927CMP - " Panama Live for More"

Photo: Duncan Stewart
 

SPECIAL COLOR - LOT / ERJ195 / SP-LNI (in the pic) & SP-LNG have now "Visit North Moravia" stickers

José Ramo Valero
 

sexta-feira, 15 de março de 2024

SPECIAL COLOR - Azimuth Airlines / RA-89121 / Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B - "Letucci Korabl" promo livery!!

Photo: Andrey Litvinov

FLEET - LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique presented its first Boeing 737-300F

The company announced that the aircraft will begin operating from March 25th.

Remember that the B737-300F with registration number PK-YGH, belonging to Asia Cargo Airlines

. The aircraft will fly as the C9-BAX, representing an investment of three million dollars (2.74 million euros), according to the company's general director.

The aircraft is mainly intended to transport national cargo, to and from neighboring South Africa and Tanzania, but also other countries at a regional level, explained Theunis Crous, after the public presentation of the LAM Cargo brand and the first aircraft of its kind, exclusively for cargo, at Maputo airport.
Photo: LAM

 

NEW AIRLINE - Fly-Li Mayotte plans to launch operations in April 2024, in partnership with ETF Airways (Croatia), with two Saab 2000s and a Saab 340B, initially targeting passenger and cargo services to Moroni, Reunion and Madagascar.


Photos: Fly-LI
 

NEW AIRLINE - BBN Airlines Indonesia has recently obtained an additional AOC for commercial passenger flights from the Indonesia DGCA

 


BBN Airlines Indonesia has recently obtained an additional AOC for commercial passenger flights from the Indonesia DGCA. The carrier will use three B737-800s for such flights, and is targeting operating a total of 40 aircraft by 2027.

FLEET - Airlink (South Africa) plans to standardize its E-Jets fleet around one variant over the next few years

likely discontinuing its six E195s and retaining its 28 E190s. The carrier also intends to maintain its ERJ jets for as long as possible. As for the long-term fleet, Airlink is eyeing the E195-E2, A220-300, A320 and B737.

NEW AIRLINE - Air Flo (USA) will be launched as a scheduled carrier leaving Florida with A220


Air Flo (US) to launch as scheduled carrier out of Florida with A220s, by veteran Ed Wegel. Avi8 Air Capital (US) developed the carrier’s business plan while Tailwinds Aviation (US), led by Ray Sisson, is handling aircraft acquisition. A seed round has been raised, with a larger round now being planned.


FLEET - Air Senegal wet leased one A340-600, serial 557, from Universal Sky Carrier (Germany) for Hajj 2024.