NEW AIRLINE - 9H-BWW is the first ATR 72 for Swiftair Malta, a joint venture between Swiftair and Bridges Worldwide

c/n 416 ex EC-LHV after a ground engine run at Madrid, 28aug23

José Ramón Valero

NEW LIVERY - HI AIR - ATR-72-500 / RP-C7258 Former Cebu Pacific. Will be registrated as HL5246.

Photo: Yunhyeok Choi

Mel Air ATR 72 9H-NFR operating for Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional from 22apr22

 José Ramon Valero

Toki Air to open ATR 72 services from coastal airport

 

Main hub: Niigata Airport
Country/Territory: Japan

Toki Air is a proposed LCC jointly established by Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Niigata Association of Corporate Executives. The companies established a preparatory company in Tokyo in Dec-2019 and the company was formally established in Jul-2020. Toki Air operated a test flight from Tokyo Narita Airport to Sado Airport on 24-May-2021.

Toki Air plans to commence operations in summer 2022 with four services initially connecting Niigata with Sapporo Okadama, Sendai, Kansai and Chukyo areas. Toki Air plans to differentiate itself from other domestic LCCs by operating only regional domestic services using propeller aircraft. The start up plans to lease four aircraft from ATR.

Lithuania's Jump Air takes first aircraft, an ATR72-500

Jump Air (JUP, Vilnius) took delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR72-500, on December 16, 2021, nearly a year later than originally planned.

9H-AHM (msn 747), a 14.7-year-old turboprop formerly operated by Cabo Verde Airlines, FlyValan, and Buzz Aero, is owned by Elix Aviation Capital, and remains parked at Mönchengladbach airport. It will become LY-JUP in Lithuania.

The ACMI/charter start-up plans to complete its certification drive by the end of the year and launch commercial operations in January 2022.

Jump Air launched in 2020 in partnership with two Italian MRO firms, AliPlan and EU Wings. In an investor presentation from January 2021, the Lithuanian carrier said it would take its first ATR72-500 in the first quarter of 2021. It also outlined plans to add an ATR72-500(F). By 2023, the airline expected to operate a total of four ATR72-500s, including passenger and freighter aircraft.

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Transportes Interilhas de Cabo Verde will resume domestic air links in the archipelago on 23 October 2021, forecasting the progressive growth in activity and in the number of flights.

 

ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A)
D4-CCD
Gran Canaria (- Las Palmas / Gando) (LPA / GCLP)

Konstantin von Wedelstaedt

UEP FLY - ATR 72-500 - EC-KKQ

Arriving today at MAD from Sofia via Palma de Mallorca as SWT998P after maintenance (before was operated for United Nations)
This ATR 72-500 it is the first of three planned by Swiftair that will fly inter islands flights in the Balearics using the trademark Uep!Fly
José Ramón Valero

Andorra Airlines proyect reborn with Canary Fly help, meanwhile the airline gets its own AOC.

 ATR 72-500 EC-MSM will be used with these decals for flights from
Andorra (Seo de Urgel airport, in the spanish territory) to Madrid, Oporto and Palma de Mallorca.

The airplane has been for some weeks at Seo de Urgel for training (it is only VFR aproach) and today was ferried to Madrid, that it will be the base of the aircraft and crew.

José Ramón Valero

KrasAvia boosts regional connectivity in Siberia with two ATR 72 aircraft

 The Russian carrier will benefit from increased efficiency and higher standards of comfort to support the development of local communities



Toulouse, 8 February, 2021 – Russia’s KrasAvia started operating its first two ATR 72-500, the first ATR aircraft ever registered in Russia. Owned by the government of Krasnoyarsk Krai, KrasAvia is an airline based in Krasnoyarsk, the third largest city in Siberia, with a population of approximately 1.1 million people. KrasAvia operates scheduled and charter flights with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft on regional routes to Russia’s Far North from its Krasnoyarsk hub. The two ATR 72-500 have been purchased second-hand from Swedish lessor Erik Thun and the deal was arranged by Bertrand Lattes Aviation Capital (BLAC).

Air services are crucial to serve the remote regions of Siberia, and their challenging environment requires versatile and reliable aircraft able to take-off and land in extreme cold conditions. The route from Krasnoyarsk to Khatanga, near the Arctic Ocean, is one of the longest scheduled ATR routes (984NM / 1822km) – a four hour flight.

Andrey Egorov, General Director of KrasAvia, declared: “The acquisition of these two ATR 72-500 shows that we are ever more committed to improving our fleet and offering our passengers a smoother flying experience. They will replace our smaller Antonov An-24 and An-26 turboprop, which have reached over 40 years of service. Thanks to the ATR 72-500 versatility and modern and spacious cabin, we will continue to support the connectivity needs of the Siberian communities, with increased seat capacity and higher standards of comfort.”

Stefano Bortoli, Chief Executive Officer of ATR, said: “All regions deserve the same opportunity to be part of a connected world, and ATR aircraft show unrivalled performance in connecting people and businesses responsibly. The entry into service of these aircraft is highly significant, as KrasAvia is the first public airline in Russia to purchase and operate ATR. We are truly glad to see our aircraft continuing to support regional connectivity in the country.”

KrasAvia is the third largest ATR operator in Russia, after UTair and NordStar, which respectively operate a fleet of 15 ATR 72-500 and five ATR 42-500. The total ATR fleet in Russia now totals 22 aircraft, with their operational versatility and reliability being strong assets for their operators, to the benefit of the communities they serve.

ZIMEX - ATR 72 - 500 - HB-ALR

Ton Jochems

SPRINT AIR - ATR 72-500 - SP-SPE

Ton Jochems - BRU

MASwings - ATR 72-500 - 9M-MWC (cn 863) - New special "Negaraku" (My Country) livery on Malaysia Airlines subsidiary, Maswings for celebrating Malaysia 60th National Day

Ahmad Sallehuddin A.Sahak  - Kota Kinabalu International (BKI / WBKK) , Malaysia

Afrijet adds maiden ATR72-500

Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has taken delivery of its maiden ATR72-500 in the form of msn 715. The turboprop is the first of two such aircraft the Gabonese carrier will lease from Aergo Capital with the other, msn 833, to follow shortly.


Afrijet currently operates an all-Avions de Transport Régional fleet of two ATR42-500s and one ATR72-200 which it uses on domestic flights connecting Libreville with Franceville/Mvengue and Port Gentil and on regional services to São Tome and Pointe Noire. It also operates three Falcon 900Bs on VIP executive charters.

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TACV - ATR-72-500 - D4-CBT

João Luis Pessoa - LPPT

TAP EXPRESS - ATR-72-500 - OY-JZU

FPP - Lisboa

TACV - ATR-72-500 - D4-CBU

João Luis Pessoa - Lisboa

Portugal's White takes delivery of maiden ATR72-500

White (WI, Lisbon) has taken delivery of its maiden ATR72-500 following the delivery of msn 723 formerly OY-JZU with Jet Time (JO, Copenhagen Kastrup) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital.

FLY540 - ATR-72-500 - M-AMRM

Ton Jochems - TLS

BRA implemented as new Malmö Aviation/Sverigeflyg brand

The Malmö Aviation (TF, Malmö) name and all Sverigeflyg regional brands have officially been replaced by BRA - Braathens Regional Airlines (TF, Stockholm Bromma) this weekend as part of a rebranding exercise already announced by Braathens Group in 2015.
The rebranding has coincided with the migration to a single reservation system provided by Amadeus and the implementation of a single website flygbra.se.

BRA's network will remain focused on Stockholm's city airport Bromma from where it serves Angelholm/Helsingborg, Gothenburg Landvetter, Halmstad, Kalmar, Malmö, Östersund, Ronneby, Sundsvall-Härnösand, Trollhättan, Umeå, Växjö and Visby domestically. In addition, it also operates from Gothenburg to Umeå and Visby and from Malmö to Visby on a year round basis.
BRA's jet fleet consists of 10 ARJ-100s and 2 ARJ-85s. Its ACMI operator Braathens Regional (DC, Trollhättan) operates five ATR72-500s, three ATR72-600s and twelve Saab 2000s on behalf of BRA and SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) (the contract with SAS is scheduled to expire at the end of March).


With five CS100s and five CS300s on order, BRA plans to replace its ARJ fleet. It currently has another six ATR72-600s on order from Avions de Transport Régional that will be used to replace the outgoing Saab 2000s.

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TruJet's First Flight Takes Off from Hyderabad to Tirupati

The maiden flight of city-based regional low cost carrier TruJet, part of Turbo Megha Airways Pvt Ltd, took off from Hyderabad to Tirupati on Sunday.

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the first commercial flight of TruJet, promoted by a group of investors including actor Ram Charan Teja, son of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.

The minister attended the candle-lighting ceremony at the Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad on Sunday morning and flagged off the first flight to Tirupati to mark official launch of Trujet flight services, an official statement said.

Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya and Telangana's Information Technology and Panchayat Raj Minister K T Rama Rao attended the function.

Promoters of the company Ram Charan, Prem Kumar and V Umesh were among others who were present on the occasion.

The airliner has plans to acquire more aircraft and setting up a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility entailing an investment of Rs 500 crore as it also plans to gradually add new destinations.

The company has a fleet of two ATR 72-500 aircraft leased from an Irish company.