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Jettime is a new Danish airline. OY-MAA is one of the two former Maersk Air/Sterling Boeing 737s flying with ‘jettime’ titles, but still
in Maersk colour scheme. Besides OY-MAA and OY-MAE, Jettime has one aircraft in their own colours (OY-JTA, c/n 23631). The
Danish civil aviation administration grounded this aircraft because of its poor condition.
(Billund, 29 November 2006, Ton Jochems)
France
Air France will lease five new A321-200’s from ILFC. They are
scheduled to be delivered in January, February and March
2008. The lease terms are for six years each. Air France will
also receive a B777-300ER which is due for delivery in November
2007 on a six year lease from ILFC.
The B747-200Fs will be phased out earlier than planned as
they prove to be uneconomic to operate in these times of high
fuel prices. To cover the gap a KLM B747-400ERF will be used
until their own B747 freighters are delivered.
Elysair has changed its name to L’Avion and plans to start
service from Paris to Newark at the beginning of 2007 using a
B757-200.
Transavia is planning to start a subsidiary in France. The
company will fly from Paris-Orly with a fleet of four B737-800s
to destinations around the Mediterranean area. Air France will
be 60 percent owner of the new airline and Transavia 40 percent.
In 2008 the fleet should grow to seven B737-800s.
Germany
Air Berlin has ordered sixty B737-800 jets. The planes will be
delivered between 2007 and 2014. Air Berlin now has 85
B737NGs on order. This includes 25 B737-700s that were
originally ordered by its subsidiary DBA. Air Berlin will also add
three ex Air Astana B737-700/800s to her fleet for five years.
These B737s will be leased from ILFC.
After a couple of months the new airline Star XL has changed
its name into XL Airways Germany. It is now part of the XL
Airways group that operates in Australia, France (formerly Star
Airlines), Germany, Ireland and United Kingdom (formerly
Excel Airways).
LTU will lease a A330-200 from ILFC for a period of eight
years. The aircraft will arrive in March 2007.
The Lufthansa board has approved an order for twenty B747-
8’s plus an option for another twenty B747-8’s. With this order
Lufthansa becomes the launch customer for the B747-8I
(Intercontinental) passenger version. Lufthansa also placed
an order for seven additional A340-600s. This results in a total
investment in long-haul planes of nearly $7 billion. The 747-
8Is will be delivered from 2010 to 2013, while the A340-600s
deliveries will begin in 2008.
All airlines within the TUI Group will be getting a new name:
TUIfly.com. The first two airlines who receive a new name are
Hapagfly and Hapag-Lloyd Express. Other airlines that get a
new name are: Arkefly (Netherlands), Jetairfly (Belgium),
Thomsonfly (United Kingdom), TUIfly Nordic (Sweden) and
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Corsairfly (France). TUIfly.com intends to order 41 more
B737NG’s for delivery in 2010-2013, and now has 65
B737NG’s on order.
Iceland
Bluebird Cargo will add three B737-400s to its fleet. The
B737-400s are ex Air Berlin aircraft that are currently being
converted to freighter configuration.
Ireland
Aer Lingus has placed an order with Airbus for two more
A320-200’s which will be delivered in 2008.
Air Contractors will add up to ten B737-300F freighters to be
operated on behalf of DHL.
Italy
Air One has converted an order for four extra CRJ900 regional
jets. Air One already ordered six CRJ900s in an earlier stage
with an option for four.
Alitalia has converted five options for the B777-200ERs into an
order with deliveries starting in February 2007.
Mistral Air has added an ex Air Atlanta Iceland B737-300QC to
its fleet. It will use the aircraft for cargo flights on behalf of the
Italian postal service at night and for passenger charters
during the day. Mistral Air is planning to add two more
B737-300QCs this year.
Malta
Air Malta will lease one new A320-200 which will be delivered
in March 2007. The lease term is for twelve years.
Poland
Fischer Air Polska is expected to resume limited charter
operations with a single B757-200. However the name of
Fischer Air Polska will changed into Prima Charter.
Portugal
Lusitania Airways is a new charter carrier which has the
intention to fly with a B767-300 from next May.
TAP Portugal has acquired three more A330-200’s. The
A330-200s will be taken over from Austrian Airlines.
White will add a second ex Emirates A310-300 to her fleet.
Russia
Aeroflot Nord has added two former B737-500s from
SkyEurope Airlines to its fleet which have already been painted
in the colours of the airline at Amsterdam.
Spain
Air Europa will lease a new A330-200 from February 2007.