quinta-feira, 28 de março de 2024

SPECIAL SCHEME - AVIANCA / B787-8 / N791AV - "#1 del mundo en puntualidad" ("World's #1 in punctuality")


 Photo: Andres Ramirez

NEW AIRLINE - Bees Airlines from Romania receives AOC

Start-up Bees Airlines from Romania has received its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) on 20 March 2024, clearing the way for the airline to officially launch operations. In February, it took delivery of its first aircraft, Airbus A320 YR-BUZ (1922) and has used it on route-proving flights over the last weeks.
Bees Airlines is based at Bucharest and will operate charter-flights to the Mediterranean. According to CH-Aviation, the airline is planning to replace its current A320 with another in the coming weeks. Its website also shows renderings of Airbus A321s but it's unclear if Bees secured these.
It's interesting to note that this airline has no connection with Ukrainian Bees Airlines, which was launched in 2021 and has been dormant since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

Photo Bees Airlines.


 

FLEET - Air Sénégal takes first two Let 410NGs


 The L 410 NG has a new African customer. It is Senegal, which has ordered a total of five aircraft, with the first two already departing today. This is an important milestone for the OMNIPOL Group and our company.

Today at eight o'clock in the morning, the first two planes took off on their way to a new customer in Senegal They are facing a route of over 5000 km with 4 stopovers.

The planes will fly in the colors of the country's largest state carrier, Air Senegal. "Last year we penetrated the markets in Central Asia with our aircraft, today we are also strengthening our position in the African market " says Jiří Podpěra, President of the OMNIPOL.

And he adds: "Our aircraft have many advantages thanks to their specific characteristics, and therefore, I believe that Senegal will be another of the many satisfied customers of these legendary machines on the African continent."
Compared to the older L 410 UVP-E20 model, the L 410 NG offers improved flight parameters and operational characteristics, as well as more modern technologies and innovative avionics. In particular, it has a longer range and can carry 500 kilograms more cargo. The luggage compartment has also been doubled.


The aircraft is completely constructed in Aircraft Industries, with the involvement of 617 Czech companies in its production. Just for fun - 13,000 parts, 15,000 screws, 15,000 meters of cables and 180,000 rivets are needed to make one machine!

LET 

Emirates adds SAF on flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport



Dubai, UAE, 27 March 2024: Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste this month at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Over 2 million gallons of blended SAF will be supplied into the fuelling system at Schiphol Airport over the course of 2024.

The airline will track the delivery of SAF into the fuelling systems and environmental benefits using standard industry accounting methodologies. Emirates’ partnership with Neste, announced late last year, represents one of the largest volumes of SAF that the airline has purchased to date.

Once fully supplied into Amsterdam Schiphol’s fuelling system, the blended SAF will have been comprised of over 700,000 gallons of neat SAF. The airline is also working with Neste to supply SAF into the fuelling systems at Singapore Changi Airport in the next few months.

Adel Al Redha, Deputy President and Chief Operations Officer, Emirates said: “Collaborating with committed partners like Neste is one of the practical steps we are taking to reduce our emissions, and it’s an all-important milestone in our own sustainability journey as an airline. Strong partnerships like this, especially at major air transport hubs such as Amsterdam, lay the foundation for how we can work with partners and airports to increase access to and availability of SAF across our network.”

Alexander Kueper, Vice President Renewable Aviation, Neste said: “We are proud to support Emirates in their sustainability journey. SAF is an available solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from air travel and it is exciting that Emirates have started using our Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It is also a great example of how we are working together with partners to accelerate SAF usage and are looking forward to the next steps of our cooperation.”

SAF used as part of this agreement can be safely dropped into existing jet engines and airport fuelling infrastructure, and in neat form reduces lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 80%* compared to using conventional jet fuel.
Emirates’ first flight powered by SAF blended with jet fuel took place in 2017 from Chicago. The airline currently operates flights from Paris, Lyon and Oslo with SAF. In October of last year, Emirates, with the support of partners, also integrated SAF into Dubai Airport fuelling systems, allocating the SAF to a number of flights, including a flight to Sydney.
Earlier this year, the airline became the first international carrier to join the Solent Cluster in the UK, an initiative focused on low carbon investments with the potential to create a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plant that can produce up to 200,000 tonnes (200 kt) per year if operational by 2032.
Emirates also actively contributes to a number of industry and UAE government working groups and is in continuous discussion with a range of stakeholders to help scale the production and supply of SAF. The airline, along with the UAE GCAA has actively played a part in developing the UAE’s power-to-liquid (PtL) fuels roadmap, driven by the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the World Economic Forum, in addition to contributing to the UAE’s National Sustainable Aviation Fuel Roadmap which aims to transform the UAE into a regional hub for alternative aviation fuels with the ambition to produce 700 million litres of SAF by 2030.
Joining entities across aviation, government, regulatory, academic, fuel production and the manufacturer value chain, Emirates is a founding participant of the UAE research consortium Air-CRAFT, focused on developing, producing, and scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technologies for the industry.
*When used in neat form (i.e. unblended) and calculated with established life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, such as CORSIA methodology
 

EMIRATES
 

ROUTES - ISRAIR NS24 LEASED SMARTWINGS BOEING 737 OPERATIONS

Israir in recent schedule update outlined planned Smartwings Boeing 737-800 aircraft operation during Northern summer 2024 season, between 31MAR24 and 26OCT24. General route network operated by leased aircraft as follows, excluding routes with selected one-time operation.

Tel Aviv – Athens

Tel Aviv – Batumi

Tel Aviv – Budapest

Tel Aviv – Catania

Tel Aviv – Chania

Tel Aviv – Larnaca

Tel Aviv – Lisbon

Tel Aviv – Naples

Tel Aviv – Paphos

Tel Aviv – Prague

Tel Aviv – Rhodes

Tel Aviv – Rome Fiumicino

Tel Aviv – Salzburg

Tel Aviv – Tbilisi

Tel Aviv – Thira

Tel Aviv – Tirana

Tel Aviv – Tivat

Tel Aviv – Varna

Tel Aviv – Verona

Photo: Ton Jochems / ISRAIR

ROUTES / FLEET - TUIFLY NETHERLANDS NS24 LEASED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS


Photo: Ton Jochems

TUIfly Netherlands in Northern summer 2024 season schedules various service operated by leased aircraft, including Air Explore, GlobalX, Smartlynx, Sunwing and TUIfly Belgium. Planned operations, excluding selected one-time service, as follow.

Air Explore 737-800 (Oct 2024 only)

Amsterdam – Antalya
Amsterdam – Bodrum
Amsterdam – Dalaman
Amsterdam – Enfidha
Amsterdam – Ibiza
Amsterdam – Irakleion
Amsterdam – Izmir
Amsterdam – Kos
Amsterdam – Paphos
Amsterdam – Rhodes
Amsterdam – Tenerife South
Amsterdam – Zakynthos
Rotterdam – Antalya

GlobalX A320 (09JUL24 – 15SEP24 only)

Amsterdam – Antalya
Amsterdam – Bodrum
Amsterdam – Corfu
Amsterdam – Dalaman
Amsterdam – Ibiza
Amsterdam – Irakleion
Amsterdam – Izmir
Amsterdam – Karpathos
Amsterdam – Kos
Amsterdam – Mytilene
Amsterdam – Ohrid
Amsterdam – Palma de Mallorca
Amsterdam – Preveza
Amsterdam – Rhodes
Amsterdam – Zakynthos
Amsterdam – Zakynthos – Kefallinia – Amsterdam
Groningen – Kos
Groningen – Palma de Mallorca

Smartlynx A320 (04JUL24 – 06OCT24 only)


Amsterdam – Antalya
Amsterdam – Bodrum
Amsterdam – Burgas
Amsterdam – Corfu
Amsterdam – Ibiza
Amsterdam – Karpathos
Amsterdam – Kos
Amsterdam – Mytilene
Amsterdam – Palma de Mallorca
Amsterdam – Paphos
Amsterdam – Preveza
Amsterdam – Rhodes
Amsterdam – Zakynthos
Groningen – Palma de Mallorca
Rotterdam – Kos

Sunwing Airlines 737-800
Amsterdam – Antalya

Amsterdam – Antalya – Izmir – Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Burgas
Amsterdam – Corfu
Amsterdam – Dalaman
Amsterdam – Enfidha
Amsterdam – Fuerteventura – Lanzarote – Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Ibiza
Amsterdam – Irakleion
Amsterdam – Izmir
Amsterdam – Karpathos
Amsterdam – Kefallinia – Preveza – Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Kos
Amsterdam – Ohrid
Amsterdam – Palma de Mallorca
Amsterdam – Paphos
Amsterdam – Ponta Delgada
Amsterdam – Preveza
Amsterdam – Rhodes
Amsterdam – Tenerife South
Amsterdam – Zakynthos
Rotterdam – Antalya
Rotterdam – Zakynthos

TUIfly Belgium 737-800
Eindhoven – Antalya


Eindhoven – Hurghada – Sharm el Sheikh – Eindhoven
Eindhoven – Gran Canaria/Las Palmas
Eindhoven – Irakleion
Eindhoven – Kos
Eindhoven – Rhodes
Eindhoven – Tenerife South


Routes
Photos: Duncan Stewart

 



FLEET / ROUTES - AIRCALIN MAR/APR 2024 LEASED WAMOS AIR A330 OPERATIONS


Aircalin since last week added leased Wamos Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft to its operation, replacing selected flights operated by A330-900neo. The leased A330 is currently scheduled until late-April 2024.
Noumea – Papeete 16MAR24 – 27APR24 1 weekly
Noumea – Singapore 22MAR24 – 26APR24 1-3 weekly
Noumea – Sydney 15MAR24 – 23APR24 Various dates


 

FLEET - BINTER APRIL 2024 LEASED AIR EXPLORE BOEING 737 OPERATIONS



Binter since February 2024 added Air Explore Boeing 737-800 aircraft to support its operation. Between 31MAR24 and 26APR24, the 737-800 continues to operate following routes, excluding routes with one-time 737 operations during this period.

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Asturias

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Corvera

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Ponta Delgada

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Santander

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Valladolid

Gran Canaria/Las Palmas – Vigo


FLEET - LOT to issue new RFP for regional jets

 

The Polish Ministry of State Assets has announced it will issue a formal Request of Proposal (RFP) to both Airbus and Embraer in which it seeks to order new regional jets. It's expected that the official RFP will be sent out in April, with a final decision later this year.
According to the Ministry, the airline is seeking to order 84 regional jets and will decide between the A220 and the E2-series. They will be used to replace the airline's current fleet of five ERJ170s, thirteen ERJ175s, eight ERJ190s, and fifteen ERJ195s.

This isn't the first time the airline has issued a RFP in which it seeks new jets. In 2022, LOT also issued a RFP but that process never materialized in an order.
Earlier this year, LOT secured the acquistion of eleven additional Boeing B737-8s, which should all be delivered before the summer of 2025.
LOT's fleet, apart from the Embraers, is currently made-up of six B737-800s, eleven B737-8s, eight B787-8s, and seven B787-9s.

CH Aviation
Images: LOT

FLEET - SpiceJet to wet-lease in two A340s for Hajj

SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) has announced it will wet-lease in two A340s for its 2024 Hajj charters, with the first one due to begin operating out of Srinagar and Guwahati on May 9.

The Indian low-cost carrier said that each of the quadjets would seat up to 324 passengers but did not disclose the identity of the operator. The ch-aviation fleets module shows there are currently no A340s on the market configured for exactly 324 passengers. SpiceJet did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment.

Besides Srinagar and Guwahati, SpiceJet plans to also operate Hajj charters out of Gaya, Bhopal, Indore, Aurangabad, and Vijayawada.

Last year, the airline wet-leased two A340-300s from Legend Airlines (Romania) (LZ, Bucharest Henri Coanda) for its Hajj operations, configured for 257 to 263 passengers. SpiceJet pocketed INR3.4 billion rupees (USD40.6 million) in revenues from more than 200 Hajj flights, carrying over 21,000 pilgrims over the season.

SpiceJet does not serve Saudi Arabia on a scheduled basis and does not operate any in-house widebodies.

CH Aviation 

terça-feira, 26 de março de 2024

SPECIAL COLORS - Belavia Belarusian Airlines / ERJ 170-200LR / EW-512PO - NEW Cosmo livery


Photo: Gleb Salko
Minsk - UMMS - Belarus

 

AIRLINE - INDONESIA - Black Stone Airlines

B737-36N(SF) - PK-MBA

RGA-Black Stone Airlines is a cargo carrier based in West Java, Indonesia. The carrier is part of the Asia Cargo Network group and received its air operator certificate on March 28, 2022. The airline operated its inaugural flight on March 30, 2022.
ICAO: RGM

Photo: KSAviation


 

FLEET - JAPAN AIRLINES / A350-1000 / F-WWDW / msn 635

Photo: Alain Charpentier
 

FLEET - JETSMART / A320NEO / / F-WWBH msn 11956

Photo: Alain Charpentier
 

FLEET - ATR 42-600S / F-WWLY / msn 811


Photo: Alain Charpentier
 

FLEET - AIR INDIA / A350-900 / VT-JRE / msn 585

Photo: Alain Charpentier
 

segunda-feira, 25 de março de 2024

Asiana's last 'Queen of the Skies' Boeing 747 makes final flight


Asiana Airlines' B747 passenger aircraft receives a special water salute to commemorate its final flight at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday.
Korea bid farewell to its last Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, operated by Asiana Airlines, as it completed its final flight on Monday.
Departing from Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport at 1:20 p.m. and arriving at Incheon Airport at 4:35 p.m., the final flight was fully booked as aviation enthusiasts secured every seat well in advance.

 






Images: Flight Radar
The Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies" and "Jumbo Jet," contributed to the popularization of long-haul travel since its introduction in 1970 due to its ability to accommodate more than 500 passengers over long distances.

Asiana Airlines introduced the aircraft in question on June 20, 1999, and over its service life, it accumulated 96,986 flight hours, covering 88 million kilometers (54.7 million miles) across 18,139 flights — roughly equivalent to circling the Earth 2,500 times. It also holds the record for the highest number of Code One missions transporting the Korean president for the airline.

As a symbolic farewell gesture, fire trucks at both departure and arrival airports performed a "water salute" to commemorate the retirement of the iconic aircraft.

"It's with great sadness that I bid farewell to the Boeing 747-400 passenger plane, the first plane that I ever rode," Captain Kim Jae-ho, the pilot of the final flight, said. "I extend my gratitude to all passengers who joined us on this final journey."

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