Australian airline Skytrans rebrands to SmartLynx Australia

Queensland-based regional airline Skytrans has rebranded to SmartLynx Australia under its new owner Avia Solutions Group (ASG).

ASG, which purchased Skytrans last year and expanded it into wet-leasing operations with Airbus A319s, is bringing the airline’s branding in line with other carriers it owns including EU-based SmartLynx Airlines and Thailand-based Thai SmartLynx.

The airline says that its existing RPT and charter operations will continue unaffected, but its “strategic focus will be on establishing itself as an ACMI provider of both turboprop and narrow-body jet engine aircraft” and it is expanding its fleet to 13 planes, including A319s and Dash 8-200s.