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Nigeria's Air Peace moots first int'l flights from Iper

Air Peace (P4, Lagos) CEO Allen Onyema says the airline will launch flights from newly commissioned Iperu Airport/Gateway International Airport in Ogun State to London Heathrow and London Gatwick this summer. 

He says the carrier has secured ministerial approval and will deploy B777s on both routes. 

Air Peace already operates to Heathrow from Abuja and to Gatwick from Abuja and Lagos. 

It has two B777-200ERs and one B777-300 stationed at Gatwick and one B777-300 stationed at Lagos, which is currently in maintenance. 

Ogun State has outlined plans for expansion and growing cargo operations at the airport, which opened for scheduled commercial flight operations in October 2025.

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FLEET - Austrian Airlines will take delivery of total of three B787-9s in 2026

Austrian Airlines will take delivery of total of three B787-9s in 2026, while decommissioning three B767s and six B777s. Ten more Dreamliners will be added to the current two in the fleet by the end of 2028.

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British Airways (UK) to base the first of its 32 B787-10s on order at London Gatwick in 2029

British Airways to base the first of its 32 B787-10s on order at London Gatwick in 2029, starting the replacement of its existing B777-200 fleet.

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FLEET - MyWay Airlines (Georgia) plans to add a second B777-200ER in 2026 as the carrier shifts its focus to ACMI flights with widebodies.

 

FLEET - Iran's Mahan Air receives first ex-Singapore Airlines B777-200ER.

Mahan Air has received the first of its five Boeing 777-200ERs, previously operated by Singapore Airlines.

The five Boeing 777-200s  – were initially operated by Singapore Airlines and later by NokScoot, a Thai low-cost carrier.

Photo: Majid Hasankhani

FLEET - Mahan Air acquires B777-200ERs

Several Iranian aviation news sites are reporting that Mahan Air has been able to successfully acquire Boeing B777-200ERs and that the aircraft have arrived in the country in the recent weeks.

According to the sites, the airline has secured five former NokScoot B777-200ERs, which have been acquired through UDAAN Aviation in Madagascar. All five aircraft were positioned to Siem Raep in Cambodia on 4 July 2025 and left with destination unknown on 15 July 2025. 

Now we know they have surfaced in Iran. The sites are also reporting that five more B777-200ERs are to follow soon.

The five aircraft currently involved, and which are still on the register in Madagascar are:

5R-HER (28522), which is former 9V-SRG of Singapore Airlines and HS-XBB of NokScoot
5R-IJA (28527), which is former 9V-SRJ and HS-XBD
5R-ISA (30866), former 9V-SRH and HS-XBC.
5R-RIJ (33369), former 9V-SRP and HS-XBF.
5R-RIS (32334), former 9V-SRL and HS-XBE.

Using third countries and operators to procure new aircraft is a common way for Iran to circumvent the sanctions imposed on the country. We have reported several times on aircraft that suddenly popped-up with Iranian carriers.
Photo by NokScoot / Scramble

 

FLEET - Nigeria's Air Peace Secures Fifth Boeing 777 Ahead of Abuja-London Flight Launch

The newest Boeing 777 is a 200ER, formerly operated by Japan Airlines. It is still in the US, but will likely be transported to Teruel for maintenance and refurbishment before continuing on to Lagos.


For the first time, Air Peace will begin service between Abuja and London Heathrow on October 26th. Two days later, a flight to London Gatwick will also launch. Flights will operate three times a week on each route.

Air Peace currently operates four Boeing 777s: two 777-300s, one of which is parked, and two 777-200ERs. To provide the necessary capacity, the carrier is leasing an additional Boeing 777, expected to arrive within a few weeks.

The fifth Boeing 777 is a 777-300, formerly owned by Emirates, which has been parked in Lagos since January 2023.
Photo: Air Peace

ROUTES - UNITED NW25 INTERCONTINENTAL NETWORK CHANGES – 20JUL25 6 min

United in recent weeks filed additional changes to its planned intercontinental network for Northern winter 2025/26 season. Planned changes as of 20JUL25 include the following.

Chicago O'Hare – Rome Fiumicino 18DEC25 – 18FEB26 Seasonal service suspension (Previous: 18DEC25 – 04MAR26)
Chicago O'Hare – Zurich
eff 25OCT25 Increase from initially filed 6 weekly to 7 weekly, 767-300ER
06JAN26 – 23FEB26 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly (Previous: service suspension 06JAN26 – 18FEB26)

Newark – Athens 20NOV25 – 07MAR26 Routine seasonal service suspension (Previous: 20NOV25 – 04MAR26)
Newark – Barcelona Initially filed 767-400ER replaced by following aircraft:
25OCT25 – 01DEC25 787-10 (Previous: 777-200ER)
02DEC25 – 17DEC25 777-200ER
eff 12FEB26 787-9

Newark – Munich Initially filed 767-400ER replaced by following aircraft
25OCT25 – 01DEC25 777-200ER
02DEC25 – 11FEB25 167-seater 767-300ER (UA will continue to operate 1 daily flight 06JAN26 – 11FEB26, previously listed as seasonal suspension)
eff 08MAR26 167-seater 767-300ER

Newark – Paris Charles de Gaulle
26NOV25 – 06JAN26 14 weekly service maintained, instead of reduce to 11-12 weekly (except 09DEC25 – 17DEC25)
02DEC25 – 17DEC25 UA054/055 767-400ER replaces -300ER
18DEC25 – 05JAN26 UA057/056 787-10 replaces 777-200ER (Previously reported)
06JAN25 – 22FEB26 Reduce from 14 to 11 weekly (14 from 13FEB26, instead of 12)

Newark – Rome Fiumicino
* UA040/041
12FEB26 – 04MAR26 767-400ER service maintained, instead of previously filed 777-200ER
eff 08MAR26 787-9 replaces 767-400ER (Previous: eff 05MAR26)

* UA510/509 2nd daily service with 767-400ER operates until 01DEC25 (unchanged)

San Francisco – Frankfurt
* UA058/059 Initially filed 777-300ER replaces by following
25OCT25 – 11FEB26 787-9
eff 12FEB26 777-200ER

* UA926/927
eff 25OCT25 Increase from initially filed 5 weekly to 7 (Overall 14 weekly instead of 12)
06JAN26 – 11FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension (Previous: 06JAN26 – 18FEB26)
12FEB26 – 04MAR26 787-9 replaces 777-200ER (Previous: 19FEB26 – 04MAR26)

San Francisco – Osaka Kansai 26JAN26 – 22FEB26 Routine seasonal reduction from 7 to 5 weekly, 777-200ER (Previous: 12JAN26 – 22FEB26)
San Francisco – Paris Charles de Gaulle
25OCT25 – 01DEC25 777-200ER replaces 787-8, 1 daily
06JAN26 – 18FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension (Previously reported)

San Francisco – Seoul Incheon 27JAN26 – 23FEB26 Routing seasonal reduction from 14 to 12 weekly, 787-9 (Previous: 13JAN26 – 02FEB26)
San Francisco – Taipei Taoyuan 16JAN26 – 19FEB26 Routing seasonal reduction from 14 to 10 weekly, 777-200ER/-300ER (Previous: 18JAN26 – 12FEB26)
Washington Dulles – Barcelona
25OCT25 – 01DEC25 767-300ER service maintained, instead of previously filed -400ER
19DEC25 – 03MAR26 Service extended to year-round with 4 weekly 767-300ER scheduled during this period (Initially suspended)
eff 08MAR26 787-8 replaces initially filed -300ER (Previous: 767-400ER replaces -300ER)

Washington Dulles – Geneva
23DEC25 – 06JAN26 Increase from 6 to 7 weekly, 767-300ER
07JAN26 – 22FEB26 Planned increase from 5 to 6 weekly removed (recently updated)
24FEB26 – 27MAR26 Reduce from initially filed 7 weekly to 6 weekly

Washington Dulles – London Heathrow 1 of 2 daily UA924/925 aircraft changes
25OCT26 – 11FEB26 767-400ER replaces 767-300ER
12FEB26 – 04MAR26 203-seater 767-300ER replaces 167-seater
05MAR26 – 27MAR26 767-400ER replaces 767-300ER

Washington Dulles – Rome Fiumicino
18DEC25 – 10FEB26 767-300ER replaces -400ER (Previous: 06JAN26 – 04MAR26)
07JAN26 – 19FEB26 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly

Washington Dulles – Paris Charles de Gaulle 25OCT25 – 01DEC25 777-200ER replaces 787-8

Previously reported changes:
Chicago O'Hare – Barcelona 1 daily service extends to 01DEC25, 787-8
Chicago O'Hare – Dublin eff 25OCT25 Seasonal service extends to year-round, 1 daily 767-300ER
Chicago O'Hare – Frankfurt 06JAN26 – 23FEB26 Reduce from 14 to 12 weekly, 787-10
Chicago O'Hare – London Heathrow eff 25OCT25 3rd daily 767-300ER service maintained
Chicago O'Hare – Milan Malpensa 1 daily service extends to 01DEC25, 787-8
Chicago O'Hare – Munich 12JAN26 – 22FEB26 Routing seasonal reduction from 7 to 6 weekly, 787-8
Chicago O'Hare – Paris CDG 25OCT25 – 05JAN26 787-10 replaces initially filed -8, 1 daily
Denver – Munich 06JAN26 – 18FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension
Hong Kong – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi eff 26OCT25 1 daily 787-9 (Bangkok overall last served until March 2014. UA previously served this sector from April 1987 to April 1990 and from December 1998 to February 2000)
Hong Kong – Ho Chi Minh Cityeff 26OCT25 1 daily 787-9 (Last served until October 2016)
Houston – Buenos Aires Ezeiza 25OCT25 – 04MAR26 Increase from 10 to 14 weekly for most of NW25 (Previous: Increase from 10 to 14 weekly 01DEC25 – 04MAR26)
Houston – Medellin 02DEC25 – 05JAN26 Increase from 1 to 2 daily, 737 MAX 8
Houston – Munich
eff 25OCT25 777-200ER replaces initially filed 767-300ER, 5 weekly
05JAN26 – 18FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension

Houston – Santiago de Chile eff 25OCT25 777-200ER replaces 767-300ER, 1 daily
Houston – Sydney 25OCT25 – 16DEC25 Increase from 3 to 7 weekly, 787-9 (7 weekly service now scheduled for entire NW25)
Houston – Tokyo Narita eff 25OCT25 787-9 replaces initially filed 777-200ER
Los Angeles – Hong Kong 06JAN26 – 12FEB26 14 weekly service maintained with 787-9, instead of initial reduction to 10 weekly
Newark – Amsterdam eff 02DEC25 767-400ER replaces 777-200ER, 1 daily
Newark – Cape Town eff 26OCT25 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-9
Newark – Dublin
* UA023/022 25OCT25 – 05JAN26 777-200ER replaces 767-400ER (777-200ER now scheduled for entire season)
* UA317/318 eff 25OCT25 2nd daily service with 757-200 maintained, except 05JAN26 – 18FEB26

Newark – Frankfurt
* UA042/043 eff 25OCT25 777-300ER replaces initially filed 787-10, 1 daily
* UA074/075 18DEC25 – 20FEB26 4 weekly 767-300ER service suspended

Newark – Johannesburg eff 26OCT25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly, 787-9
Newark – London Heathrow eff 25OCT25 Eastbound daytime departure increases from 1 to 2 daily
Newark – Marrakech eff 25OCT25 Seasonal service increases from 3 to 4 weekly, 7 weekly 19DEC25 – 06JAN26. 767-300ER operating
Newark – Porto Extended operation to the 1 daily 757-200 service, operating during following periods in NW25: 25OCT25 – 30NOV25, 21FEB26 – 27MAR26
Newark – Tenerife South eff 18DEC25 Planned tentative service resumption with 3 weekly 757-200 cancelled. All future schedules have been removed
Newark – Tokyo Narita eff 25OCT25 787-9 replaces initially filed 777-200ER, 1 daily
Newark – Venice Marco Polo 1 daily 767-400ER service extends to 17DEC25
San Francisco – Adelaide eff 11DEC25 3 weekly 787-9, new route
San Francisco – Hong Kong eff 25OCT25 2 daily 777-300ER, replacing initially filed 1 daily each 777-200ER/-300ER
San Francisco – Manila eff 25OCT25 Increase from 1 to 2 daily, 777-300ER
San Francisco – Munich 06JAN26 – 23FEB26 Routine seasonal reduction from 7 to 6 weekly, 777-200ER
San Francisco – Papeete (Tahiti) eff 28OCT25 787-9 service maintained, replacing previously filed -8. Service scheduled 4 weekly in NW25
San Francisco – Sydney
* UA863/870 eff 25OCT25 777-200ER replaces initially filed -300ER, 1 daily
* UA829/830
eff 03DEC25 Seasonal service begins 2.5 weeks earlier than planned, scheduled until 25MAR26 (Previous: 19DEC25 – 04MAR26)
18DEC25 – 11FEB26 Increase from 3 weekly to 1 daily, 777-200ER

Tokyo Narita – Koror eff 29OCT25 2 weekly 737-800, new route
Washington Dulles – Accra 02DEC25 – 19JAN26 Increase from 5 to 7 weekly, 787-8 (Previous: 02DEC25 – 14FEB26)
Washington Dulles – Dublin 05JAN26 – 18FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension
Washington Dulles – Edinburgh eff 25OCT25 Service extends to year-round, 5 weekly 757-200 scheduled in NW25 (Service suspended 05JAN26 – 18FEB26)
Washington Dulles – Frankfurt 12JAN26 – 22FEB26 Reduce from 14 to 13 weekly
Washington Dulles – Lagos 03DEC25 – 20JAN26 Increase from 4 to 6 weekly, 787-8 (Previous: Increase from 4 to 7 weekly 03DEC25 – 12FEB26)
Washington Dulles – Lisbon 05JAN26 – 18FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension
Washington Dulles – Madrid
25OCT25 – 16DEC25 4 weekly 767-300ER (Previous: 1 daily 767-400ER 25OCT25 – 01DEC25)
eff 08MAR26 Service resumption, 4 weekly 767-300ER

Photo: Duncan Stewart

ROUTES - AMERICAN NW25 INTERCONTINENTAL NETWORK CHANGES – 01JUN25 3 min

American Airlines in recent weeks filed additional changes to its Intercontinental operation for Northern winter 2025/26 season. 

Latest adjustments based on schedule filing comparison 13APR25 vs 01JUN25 include the following.

Dallas/Ft. Worth – Barcelona Service in 2026 begins on 12FEB26, 1 daily 787-8 (777-200ER from 08MAR26)


Dallas/Ft. Worth – Rio de Janeiro Northern winter season operates from 18DEC25 instead of 04DEC25, 6 weekly 787-8, 1 daily from 31DEC25, 3 weekly from 12FEB26 (Previous: 3 weekly from 03DEC25, 1 daily from 18DEC25, 3 weekly from 12FEB26)


Dallas/Ft. Worth – Santiago de Chile 
eff 26OCT25 777-200ER replaces initially filed 787-8, seasonal service resumption
26OCT25 – 24NOV25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly



Dallas/Ft. Worth – Sao Paulo Guarulhos 19DEC25 – 08FEB26 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly, 1 daily 787-9 and 3 weekly 787-8 (Seasonal increase previously scheduled from 03DEC25)


Las Vegas – London Heathrow 03JAN26 – 11JAN26 1 daily 777-200ER for CES 2026


Las Vegas – Tokyo Narita  02JAN26 – 11JAN26 1 daily 777-200ER for CES 2026


Miami – Barcelona 26OCT25 – 10FEB26 787-8 replaces 777-200ER, 1 daily (except 03DEC25 – 05JAN26, previously listed as 787-8)


Miami – Buenos Aires Ezeiza Additional service AA982/983 operates from 03DEC25 to 11FEB26, instead of from 18DEC25. 3 weekly 777-200ER scheduled, switching to 1 daily 787-8 from 18DEC25 (Overall service increases to 4 daily for peak season)


Miami – Paris Charles de Gaulle Service resumes on 18DEC25 with 1 daily 787-8, instead of 02DEC25
Miami – Sao Paulo Guarulhos eff 26OCT25 1 daily each 777-200ER, 777-300ER, 787-8 (Previous: 2 daily 777-200ER, 1 daily 777-300ER)


New York JFK – Barcelona 26OCT25 – 02DEC25 Planned service extension cancelled, previously scheduled as 1 daily 787-8


Philadelphia – Lisbon 03NOV25 – 17NOV25 787-9 replaces -8, 1 daily

Previously reported changes:
Dallas/Ft. Worth – Auckland Reduced service in Oct/Nov 2025, 787-9 operating
25OCT25 – 01NOV25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly
02NOV25 – 19NOV25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly



Dallas/Ft. Worth – Brisbane 01NOV25 – 07DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly, 244-seater 787-9
Dallas/Ft. Worth – Dublin Service extends to 06JAN26, 1 daily 787-8


Dallas/Ft. Worth – Frankfurt eff 25OCT25 787-8 replaces previously filed 777-200ER, 1 daily


Dallas/Ft. Worth – London Heathrow 25OCT25 – 31JAN26 Increase from 24 to 28 weekly, 777-300ER
Dallas/Ft. Worth – Paris Charles de Gaulle eff 26OCT25 787-8 replaces previously filed 777-200ER, 1 daily (except 18DEC25 – 06JAN26)


Dallas/Ft. Worth – Rome Fiumicino Service extends into Northern winter 2025/26 season, 5 weekly 787-8 (6 weekly from 22DEC25). Seasonal suspension 07JAN26 – 04MAR26 


Las Vegas – Seoul Incheon 777-200ER operates 03JAN26 – 05JAN26 from Seoul, 09JAN26 – 11JAN26 from Las Vegas (New route)


Los Angeles – Auckland eff 03DEC25 Seasonal 1 daily service operated by 777-200ER, replacing 787-9 (service operates until 03MAR26)


Los Angeles – Brisbane 05DEC25 – 30JAN26 3 weekly 787-9, new route


Miami – London Heathrow eff 26OCT25 Reduce from 14 to 10 weekly (except 01FEB26 – 28FEB26). 1 daily 777-300ER and 3 weekly 777-200ER instead of all 777-300ER service


Miami – Montevideo Northern winter seasonal service operates from 03DEC25 instead of 21NOV25. 1 daily 787-8 (3 weekly from 12FEB26; Previous: 3 weekly from 21NOV25, 1 daily 18DEC25 – 11FEB26) 


Miami – Santiago de Chile 03DEC25 – 01MAR26 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly, 777-200ER/787-8


New York JFK – Madrid eff 25OCT25 777-200ER replaces previously filed 787-8, 1 daily


New York JFK – Rio de Janeiro Galeao eff 25OCT25 787-8 replaces previously filed 777-200ER, 1 daily


Philadelphia – Athens Seasonal service extends to 17NOV25, 1 daily 787-8


Philadelphia – Rome Fiumicino 07JAN26 – 11FEB26 Routine seasonal service suspension

Photo: Duncan Stewart - LAX

 

FLEET - TAAG Angola Airlines reintroduces restored B777-200ER

TAAG Angola Airlines (DT, Luanda 4 De Fevereiro) has confirmed it reintroduced its B777-200ER D2-TED (msn 34565) on the route between Luanda 4 De Fevereiro in Angola and São Paulo Guarulhos in Brazil on March 21.

An airline spokesman confirmed Angolan news reports that the aircraft was grounded in 2020 and remained out of service until March 2025 following restoration by Angolan technicians as part of TAAG's fleet recovery plan.

The restoration involved interior and seat refurbishment and the recovery of critical components, all carried out by local engineers and maintenance staff, the Ver Angola news site reported.

ADS-B data shows the Angolan flag carrier had been deploying B777-300ER D2-TEK (msn 43254) on the São Paulo route. This aircraft has been rescheduled to operate between Luanda and Lisbon.

According to ch-aviation fleets data, TAAG's current long-haul fleet includes three B777-200ERs, five B777-300ERs, and one B787-9. It has two B777-300s, one more B787-9, and two B787-10s on order.

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Photo: Flyingphotos Magazine

 

FLEET - Iraqi Airways has retired its sole B777-200LR, serial 40993, which is powered by GE90-115B engines.

The aircraft is parked in Marana, AZ.

Photo: Iraqi Airways

FLEET - Israel's El Al mulls freighter fleet expansion, buys B737

El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) is considering adding a widebody freighter to its fleet, it said in an update to its strategic plan. It did not disclose which aircraft type it is looking at, but investor documents released this week show an increase in the B777 fleet from 2028.

The airline also revealed that it plans to wet-lease three passenger and one cargo aircraft until at least 2030, alongside the addition of new in-house aircraft. It currently operates a single freighter, a B737-800(BCF).

El Al noted that it had signed an agreement with a foreign company to purchase a B777 for USD7.3 million in July 2024. It bought it with the purpose of dismantling it and increasing the number of spare parts and aircraft engines. According to the ch-aviation fleets module, the carrier currently operates four B777-200ERs powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines.

The carrier further disclosed that it had bought a B737-800 that it had leased for the past twelve years. It did not disclose the identity of the aircraft or the sum it paid. ch-aviation reached out to El Al for comment.

El Al Israel Airlines completed 2024 with USD545 million net profit, on revenues amounting to approximately USD3.4 billion. It carried 6.6 million passengers with an average 94% load factor.

El Al Israel Airlines operates 45 aircraft in total, namely sixteen B737-800s, eight B737-900ERs, four B777-200ERs, four B787-8, twelve B787-9s, and one B737-800(BCF). It has twenty B737-10s and seven B787-9s on order, either directly from the manufacturers or in dry-lease agreements with lessors.

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Photo: ELAL

 

NEW AIRLINE - Air Italy former owner Giuseppe Gentile is working on a new airline from Italy – Dominican Republic, with the aim of starting operations before the end of 2025

The carrier will start with two narrowbodies, and later gradually add B777s.

Photo: Flyingphotos / Faro / Portugal

 

FLEET - Fly Oya (Libya) acquires a used B777-200, serial 32889, which it plans to place on scheduled international flights.

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FLEET / HYBRIDS C/S - Garuda Indonesia Expands Fleet for Hajj Operations with New Wet-Leased Aircraft

Garuda Indonesia bolstered its wide-body aircraft fleet to enhance its operations during the Hajj. The Indonesian airline added seven aircraft of different models and from various companies under wet leasing contracts.

Leased Aircraft:

Airbus A330-300 (T7-MMM), leased from San Marino Executive Aviation
Airbus A330-300 (CS-WFP), leased from World2Fly
Airbus A330-300 (HS-XTG), leased from Thai AirAsia X
Airbus A340-300 (YR-LRD), leased from Legend Airlines
Boeing 747-400 (ER-BOS and ER-TRV), leased from Terra Avia
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Boeing 777-200 (N771KW), leased from Eastern Airlines
The incorporated aircraft operate from Indonesian airports in Surakarta (SOC), Medan (KNO), Banjarmasin (BDJ), Jakarta (CGK), and Makassar (UPG). From these locations, they depart for Medina Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED) in Saudi Arabia.

Photo:Muhammad Aria Alauddin

Boeing 777-200 (N771KW), leased from Eastern Airlines

FLEET / ROUTES - Nigeria's Air Peace eyes US routes, more B777s

Air Peace (P4, Lagos) plans to debut flights to New York and Houston in the United States by the end of 2024, following its launch of services to London Gatwick on March 30, according to CEO Allen Onyema.

Speaking on The Morning Show on Nigeria's Arise News television channel, Onyema said the airline was in the process of acquiring three more B777 aircraft for this purpose. It currently has two B777-300s and one B777-200ER, its only widebodies, according to ch-aviation fleets data.

"As I speak to you, my staff are in California, the engineering technical services department, are in California inspecting some three B777s we want to acquire and buy. So, if we could get them in the next two or three months, then of course, we are good to go anywhere," he was quoted as saying by Nigeria's This Day newspaper.

US government records show Air Peace has yet to apply for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit or Exemption Authority.

ch-aviation has reached out to Air Peace for comment.

Speaking on the launch of Air Peace's UK flights, Onyema highlighted that it had taken years of regulatory obstacles to obtain air access to London. He initially insisted on serving slot-constrained London Heathrow, calling for reciprocity with UK carriers serving Lagos and Abuja, but in the end settled for Gatwick. Air Peace operates the route twice weekly with a B777-200ER and five times weekly with a B787-9 wet-leased from Norse Atlantic (United Kingdom) (Z0, London Gatwick).

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FLEET - Congo Airways plans to lease three E190, with flights scheduled from February 2024.

Furthermore, negotiations are underway for the acquisition of a B777-200ER.
 

ROUTES - United Schedules New Transatlantic Route For Summer 2024

United Airlines is building on plans to operate a record transatlantic schedule during the summer 2024 season with the confirmation of another new European route.

Reservations have opened for nonstop flights connecting San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN) from next May, becoming the Star Alliance member’s fourth service to the Spanish city planned for next summer.

The airline’s booking system shows that daily flights will begin on May 23, 2024, utilizing Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The outbound flight has a block time of 11 hr. 30 min., while the return leg is scheduled to take 12 hr. 5 min.

The 5,954-mi. (5,174-nm) route will become the second new seasonal service to Barcelona launched by United within the space of 12 months following the inauguration of flights from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in May this year.

The move means the carrier will serve BCN seasonally from both SFO and ORD during summer 2024 alongside its year-round operations from New York’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

United’s entry to the SFO-BCN market will provide competition for International Airlines Group’s Barcelona-based LCC LEVEL, which is scheduled to resume a seasonal 4X-weekly service in late March using Airbus A330-200s.

LEVEL initially launched the route in October 2018 and operated flights without competition until Norwegian commenced operations between the airports a year later. However, Norwegian suspended flights at the onset of the pandemic and subsequently exited all long-haul flying.

United’s latest transatlantic addition comes fewer than two months after the airline announced new seasonal service between EWR and Faro Airport in Portugal. The route will kick off on May 24, with four roundtrips per week.

Further European expansion includes the resumption of seasonal flights between EWR and Reykjavik, Iceland, a route that was last flown in summer 2022, but which was dropped for summer 2023. United will also add a second daily frequency between EWR and Brussels Airport starting March 30, with a 757-200, as well as a second daily frequency between IAD and Rome Fiumicino Airport commencing May 23 using a 767-300.
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Photo: Duncan Stewart - LAX

 

FLEET - Euro Atlantic / B777-200ER / CS-TSX - 30 Annniversary Sticker

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