NEW AIRLINE - FlyCristal Airways is a Zimbabwean start-up airline, founded by Johannes Simau, designed to provide passenger, cargo, and charter services with a focus on business travel.

Based in Zimbabwe and South Africa, it secured its first Let L-410 aircraft in May 2026 for domestic routes to Harare, Bulawayo, and Victoria Falls.

Scheduled to start operations (as of late 2025/2026 plans) with a hybrid model of passenger and cargo Initial Domestic Routes: Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Kariba, and Victoria Falls.Regional & Future 

Plans to link Zimbabwe with South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town). Long-term goals include routes to London, Dubai, Mumbai, and Guangzhou.

Fleet: Secured a 19-seater Let 410, with plans for Embraer EMB 120, Bombardier CRJ200, and Boeing 737 aircraft for regional expansion.Regulatory Status: Regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ).

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FLEET - Guyane Express Fly has ordered a new “next-generation LET” scheduled for delivery at the end of June 2026.

The carrier’s attempt to acquire an ATR42 from Air Antilles (Guadeloupe) was blocked by the Pointe-a-Pitre court.

Destinations
MPY - MARIPASOULA
XAU - SAÜL
CAY - CAYENNE
LDX - SAINT-LAURENT-DU-MARONI
OYC - CAMOPI
GSI - GRAND-SANTI

Photo: Guyane Express

ROUTES - Armenia's NovAir restarts domestic operations

NovAir (Armenia) (NG, Yerevan) restarted scheduled passenger operations in Armenia on March 31, 2026, with flights between Yerevan and Kapan. The airline is deploying its only aircraft, Let 410 UVP-E20, EK4117 (msn 3017), which recently returned from lengthy maintenance in Czechia. Chief executive, Karen Vardanyan, said that for now, the airline had no expansion plans, but would reconsider buying a second aircraft if the Armenian government steps in with subsidies for domestic and regional connectivity.
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ROUTES - Van Air Europe (Czechia) made its inaugural flight in French Guiana on 29 August 2025, and now serves three inland municipalities: Maripasoula, Grand-Santi, and Saul.

 

Currently, two L410 are in service, awaiting the arrival of a third.

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!

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Tanzania's Air Excel resumes Let410 operations

Air Excel (XLL, Arusha) has announced that it has resumed using its only Let 410UVP-E20 for charter operations within Tanzania and to entry points in Kenya‚ Uganda, and Rwanda.

5H-AES (msn 871811), a 1996 build turboprop, can seat up to 19 passengers, although the carrier said that when operating to some airports, such as Kogatende, Lamai, Lobo, Mahale, and Katavi it will be restricted to a smaller number of passengers and limited cargo.

Besides the Let Kunovice turboprop, Air Excel says on its website that it also operates nine Cessna (single turboprop) C208B Grand Caravans (eight seating up to 13 passengers each and one in an executive configuration for up to nine passengers). Air Excel uses the Cessna Aircraft Company turboprops to run scheduled and charter domestic flights within Tanzania.

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Int'Air Îles begins Let 410 operations

Int'Air Îles has begun scheduled Let 410 operations following the arrival of its maiden aircraft of the type - D6-NOA (cn 2719) - last month.

Formerly in service in Brazil as PR-NOA with NOAR Linhas Aéreas (Joao Pessoa), the twinprop was acquired by the Comorian state before being disposed of to the airline.

Since its inaugural flight late last month, the twinprop has begun regular rotations around the Comorian archipelago as well as to Majunga in Madagascar and Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

Int'Air Îles also operates two Cessna (single turboprop) Grand Caravan 208Bs and two Cessna (twin turboprop) 404s though government has tasked it with acquiring larger aircraft to open up flights to Kenya and Mau

ritius. The B737-200Adv and the ARJ-85 have been touted as options in the past.

Goma Air is to resume scheduled services to Dang in western Nepal following the airfield's reopening.

Goma Air (Kathmandu) is to resume scheduled services to Dang in western Nepal following the airfield's reopening.
Nepali media reports state the carrier is in talks with the local chamber of commerce to offer a twice-weekly flight to the capital, Kathmandu, in the coming weeks using its fleet of two Cessna Grand Caravan and two Let 410 aircraft.

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Air Guyane Express acquires a third Let410

Air Guyane Express has added a third Let 410 to its fleet Russia's Interfax news agency has reported. The French Guianese carrier acquired the turboprop from Czech firm Aircraft Industries, a subsidiary of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. Air Guyane Express deploys its Lets on flights from Cayenne to Grand Santi, Maripasoula, Saül, St. Laurent du Maroni and Paramaribo Int'l in neighbouring Suriname.
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Brighton City Airways Plans Spring Launch

Photo:Brighton City AirwaysBrighton City Airways has announced plans to launch operations as a virtual carrier on March 6, 2013. It plans to use a Let 410 operated by Czech charter carrier VAN AIR Europe for a twice daily service from Shoreham by Sea near Brighton to Pontoise Cormeilles en Vexin northwest of Paris.
Other destinations under consideration are thought to include Amsterdam, Brussels Charleroi and Jersey

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