Airbus Updates No.3681

A330 lease-deal for Surinam Airways falls through

On 15 November, we reported that Surinam Airways signed a lease-agreement for the lease of a former Virgin Australia A330-200. Now, Surinam news outlets Waterkant and Dagblad Suriname are reporting that the deal has been canceled.

According to the news outlets, the supervisory board of lessor Global Knafaim has decided to back out of the deal and will use the aircraft within its own holding, which mirrors our previous reporting that the A330-200 9H-GKL (1293) will go to Tus Airways of Cyprus.

Now that the lease-agreement is not moving forward, Surinam Airways will need to continue to rely on utilising wet-leased aircraft for its route between Paramaribo and Amsterdam. At the same time, the airline is in discussions with other lessors to lease a suitable 

Airbus Updates No.3625

 

Tus Airways to expand fleet

CH-Aviation has held an interview with the CEO of Tus Airways. In the interview the airline has announced it will expland the fleet, first with an A330-200, which it will deploy as a "phreighter", a passenger aircraft outfitted to carry cargo. The Airbus involved is 9H-GKL (1293), which is former Virgin Australia VH-XFC and is owned by Global Knafaim Leasing. It arrived at Istabul on 2 November for maintenance and is set to enter service in January.

In February/March, the airline expects a second phreighter A330 and it's also looking to add up to six A320s for the 2022 summer season. Recently, Tus Airways sold 49,9% of its shares to Israeli-based Knafaim Holding and is using the raised money to boost its operations. The airline, launched in 2016, is offering scheduled flights out of Larnaca but also ACMI-operations. It plans to increase this last part to 20% of the business, mainly with the A330s, which it might also use for passenger charter flights later on.

Currently, Tus Airways' fleet consists of two Airbus A320s. In the past the airline operated five Fokker 70s, two Fokker 100s, two Saab 340s and three Saab 2000s.

Airbus Updates No.3622

 

Airbus A320	-232	6475		VP-CGX	Saudi Gulf Airlines	ferried by lessor 01nov21 DMM-AMM	ex F-WXAK
Airbus A320	-251N	9384		HK-	Avianca Colombia	delivery 02nov21 GYR-TUS-MDE, N-reg	ex N934AG
Airbus A320	-251N	10567		B-326A	Air China	delivery 02nov21 TSN-CTU after air-test 21oct 21, regd B-007K	ex F-WWIV
Airbus A320	-251N	10573		VT-TYC	Vistara	delivery 03nov21 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWDH
Airbus A320	-271N	10589		ZK-NHF	Air New Zealand	delivery 30-31oct21 TLS-YQX-LAX-HNL	ex F-WWTM
Airbus A320	-251N	10590		B-326R	Spring Airlines	delivery 02-03nov21 XFW-SVX-PVG	ex F-WWTR
Airbus A320	-251N	10612		B-326E	Colorful Guizhau Airlines	delivery 03nov21 TLS-UFA	ex F-WWIP
Airbus A321	-231	1015		SX-ACP	Olympus Airways	in svc 02nov21 RUH-HER-WRO-HBE after wet-lease too Alexandria Airlines and Air Libya	ex G-OJEG
Airbus A321	-271NX	10499		VQ-BYJ	S7 Airlines	delivery 01nov21 XFW-DME	ex D-AVXA
Airbus A321	-253NX	10623		N439AN	American Airlines	delivery 02nov21 BFM-SAT	ex F-WZMF
Airbus A330	-343	497		YR-	Dan Air	for delivery nov21 ex DRS in basic SAS cs	ex LN-RKH
Airbus A330	-343	791		9H-SMI	smartLynx Airlines Malta	for delivery nov21 ex CHR	ex OE-IEB
Airbus A330	-243	1293		9H-GKL	GKL Aircraft Ireland One	ferried 03nov21 WOE-ISL	ex VH-XFC
Airbus A340	-642	440		TF-LFC	Air Atlanta Icelandic	posn 03nov21 CHR-CDG	ex 9H-LFC
Airbus A380	-861	204		A6-EOT	Emirates	first in svc 02nov21 DXB-AMS-DXB in Dubai Expo colours	ex F-WWAT