Aer Lingus and CityJet Join Forceson Important RouteCityJet and Aer Lingus have announced
details of an agreement that builds on
CityJet’s long-established presence at
London City Airport and further expands
Aer Lingus’ London schedule offering.
From October 28, Aer Lingus will operate
six daily round-trips from Dublin to London
City Airport on weekdays, with a reduced
service at the weekend. The schedule
is tailored to provide competitive travel
options across the day for passengers
travelling on business or for leisure.
The ACMI leasing arrangement
between the two airlines will see CityJet
provide aircraft (namely two Avro RJ85s),
crew, maintenance and insurance to Aer
Lingus for the Dublin-London City route.
The aircraft in Aer Lingus livery will becon gured in single cabin layout, with
customers enjoying its 4-Star SkyTrax
service. Passengers can now book a ight
on the route via the Aer Lingus website.
This expansion will enable it to increase
its operations between the two capital
cities to up to 50 daily ights. The Dublin
to London route is the busiest international
route in European aviation.
Pat Byrne, who is the chief executive
officer of CityJet commented that:
“In recent years we have transitioned
CityJet from being an airline serving
scheduled markets under its own brand
into becoming a provider of capacity to
customer airlines throughout Europe. We
are delighted to now add Aer Lingus to our
growing list of ying partners.“CityJet now employs almost 1,
people and has a eet of 45 aircraft ying
on over 200 routes across Europe from
our crew bases in Amsterdam, Brussels,
Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, London,
Paris, Stockholm, Tallinn and Vilnius.
“CityJet was one of the rst airlines
to launch services to London City
Airport in 1994 having recognised the
convenience and strategic importance
of the airport located on the doorstep
of London’s nancial district. We would
like to sincerely thank our loyal customer
base who have own with us over the
years and we look forward to continuing
to deliver great service to them and Aer
Lingus on the route between Dublin and
London City.”CIVIL NEWS
8 Aviation News incorporating Jets October 2018
Air Tanzania has taken delivery of Boeing
787-8 Dreamliner, registration 5H-TCG.
The jetliner is a key element in the
airline’s growth strategy, which will see theexpansion of routes across Africa, as well
as to international destinations. The jet is
the rst ‘widebody’ to join the Tanzanian ag
carrier’s eet.Dreamliner 5H-TCG in its full Air Tanzania livery. Brian McDonoughThe rst neo version of the Airbus
ACJ320 business jet was rolled out of the
manufactuer’s Hamburg facility on August
16 prior to delivery to UK high-end luxury
charter operator, Acropolis Aviation. The
aircraft, registered D-AVVL, has the new
generation CFM International LEAP-1Aengines which give a 15% fuel saving over
the previous CFM56 powerplants and is tted
with ‘Sharklet’ winglets. The jet will now be
handed over to the AMAC completion centre
at Basle, Switzerland, where it will receive
a high-speci cation cabin interior designed
by Alberto Pino and will then be delivered toits owner which already operates an Airbus
ACJ319, G-NOAH, from TAG Farnborough
Airport. The ACJ320neo can y 25
passengers and has a 6,000nm (11,100km)
range enabling it to y non-stop from London
to Cape Town or Beijing.
Rod SimpsonThe luxury charter market’s latest aircraft, the ACJ320neo. AirbusAirbus Reveals First ACJ320neoReprieve for Tanzanian DreamlinerKLM 747s
It’s likely that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
will retain its remaining Boeing 747-
400s for at least two more years after
delaying the delivery of its Airbus A350s.
The rst of the incoming jetliners had
been expected to join the Amsterdam-
based carrier in 2020 but will now arrive
a year later. The revised schedule will
not impact parent group Air France-
KLM, which will put its maiden A350 –
one of 28 on order – into service in with
Joon in the autumn of 2019.