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year and were originally ordered by the Ilyushin Finance
Company. Although Red Wings is to operate the aircraft, they
will be used in cooperation with their partner Nordavia.
Severstal Aircompany, which currently operates six CRJ200s
and a single Yak 40, signed a lease agreement with Ilyushin
Finance for six SSJ100/95s. All planes are to be delivered
before the end of 2022.
As a follow up on our news about S7 Airlines last month, we
can now report that the airline has signed a MOU with Sukhoi
for 75 of the new shortened variant of the SSJ, the SSJ100/75.
Fifty of these are firm, the other are options. Deliveries will
commence as of 2022. The airline also signed a lease agree-
ment with SMBC Aviation Capital for six A320neos which will
arrive from 2020.
Sweden
On 16 May NextJet decided to throw in the towel and cease all
operations due to financial difficulties. The airline operated
four ATPs and nine Saab 340s out of Stockholm-Arlanda on
domestic and international flights.
Switzerland
The Lufthansa Group has ordered two more B777-300ERs for
Swiss. Both will arrive in 2020.
Turkey
Pegasus Airlines has signed a lease deal with an unknown
lessor for three more A320neos. The three planes will be
leased for ten years. The Turkish airline originally ordered 57
A320neos (of which eighteen are delivered) and 43 A321neos
directly with Airbus.
United Kingdom
The Chief Commercial Officer of bmi regional has said that the
airline is looking to grow its fleet from twenty planes now to
up to forty in the next years. The airline thinks that they need
to grow the fleet to reach a certain critical mass to operate
profitable. The idea is to grow the fleet with larger planes and
under consideration are the CRJ900 and the ERJ190.
flybe has decided to scale down its fleet from around eighty
now to seventy by 2020. First to go are the airline’s nine
ERJ195s. flybe wants to focus its operations around the DHC-
8-400Q, but will retain its eleven ERJ175s for now. The airline
will also take delivery of its last four ERJ175s it has on order.
The International Airline Group has said that they are plan-
ning to place an order for up to twenty-five new widebodies
at the end of this year or early next year. Under considera-
tion is the B777X. IAG is also looking at ordering more B777-
300ERs, which could be new or used planes.
Africa
Angola
A consortium of airlines, including TAAG, Air Gicango, Airjet,
Air 26, Bestfly, Diexim Expresso Aviacao, Mavewa Air Taxi and
SJL Aeronautica, formed a new domestic and regional carrier
called Air Connection Express. The consortium ordered six
DHC-8-400s with Bombardier and hopes to be in the air next
year.
Cabo Verde
Troubled TACV has rebranded itself into Cabo Verde Airlines.
The move is part of the airline’s restructuring plan. As the
deal with Loftleidir is expiring in August the airline is now
seeking a new strategic partner and new aircraft.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines did some shopping at Bombardier and
ordered ten DHC-8-400Qs. The airline also took options on
another five. Furthermore the airline is planning to order six
more A350s and thirteen more B787s later this year. Ethio-
pian is also narrowing down on its decision for new narrow-
body jets and has decided to focus on either the C-Series or
ERJ195-E2. This order should be for ten planes.
Nigeria
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has revoked the AOC of
First Nation Airways. The airline ceased flying its two A319s
as of 11 May.
Senegal
On 14 May Air Sénégal has started flying with its two ATR72-
600s out of Dakar. In the next few months the fleet will be
expanded with two A319s.
Tunisia
Defunct Syphax Airlines is working hard on a comeback and
has signed a ACMI-deal with Air Nostrum for a, yet unknown,
number of CRJ900s which the Spanish airline will operate for
Former TUIfly Germany and Air Berlin Boeing 737-700 D-AHXJ found a new home in Wings of Lebanon, a privately-owned Lebanese airline.
From its Beirut base it operates a network which includes destinations such as Damascus, Dubrovnik, Gothenburg, Istanbul, Malmo, Mashhad,
Prague, Stockholm, Tehran and Vienna. With a fleet consisting of just one Boeing 737-300 and a variety of wet-leased Boeing 737 aircraft, this
new Boeing 737-700 is a welcome addition. The aircraft is seen here in full colours but still with its German registration at Hannover. It will be
registered as T7-WLA upon delivery to Beirut. (30 April, Björn Strey)
