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quinta-feira, 4 de julho de 2024

FLEET - KAP KG (Kyrgyzstan)puts its second A300B4-200F, serial 274, into service in June 2024 and hopes to secure another aircraft later in 2024.

Photos: KAP.KG

FLEET - ASKY (Togo) plans to expand its fleet to 20-22 aircraft by 2027.

Adding at least two new aircraft annually over the next few years, including more B737 MAX and with the introduction of the B787.

FLEET / ROUTES - MIAT Mongolian Airlines wants to acquire two more B787s to open direct flights to San Francisco and/or Los Angeles.

The carrier does not want to wait until 2028, the scheduled delivery date of the two previously ordered Dreamliners.

NEW AIRLINE - Lufthansa City Airlines (Germany) will commence flight operations on 26 June 2024, taking off from Munich to Birmingham with A320neo

After the first five aircraft of the A320 family, the fleet will be expanded to at least eight more A320neo and further A319s in the coming year. Delivery of the 40 A220-300 on order will start in 2026.

Photo: LUFTHANSA

FLEET - Aurora (Russia) will receive 33 new aircraft and 21 helicopters — all Russian-made — with purchases carried out until 2030.

Photos: Aurora

FLLET - KLM cityhopper eyes accelerated E2 deliveries

KLM cityhopper (WA, Amsterdam Schiphol) is discussing with Embraer how to accelerate new and optioned E195-E2 deliveries, Maarten Koopmans, the company’s managing director, has said.

In an interview with Aviation Week, Koopmans said the company expects four E2s to be delivered this year, with three more coming in 2025. “We have twenty-five E195-E2 options, and we are discussing how to speed up their entry-into-service.”

Additionally, the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines subsidiary is considering densifying its E195-E2s from the current 132 seats (all in economy) to 136, as one possible solution to incoming restrictions at Amsterdam Schiphol where, as per a Dutch government noise abatement directive, the number of flights per year will be reduced from 500,000 to 460,000. Local carriers have criticised the plan.

“We have 132 seats in the E2, and we are considering increasing that to 136 seats. However, we remain confident that we can keep the product for our business class passengers at the same level,” Koopmans said.

ch-aviation has reached out to Embraer for comment.

The ch-aviation fleets module shows that the KLM cityhopper’s fleet comprises 64 aircraft, including seventeen E175s, twenty-nine E190s, and eighteen E195-E2s, of which four are currently inactive. While not as serious as with A320-200neo, A321-200neo, and A220-300 operators, the carrier expects its Pratt & Whitney engine issues to persist for the next 18 months at least.

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