Airbus Updates No.3743

 

Aibus A320	-214	4349		9H-MSA	MedSky Airways	at SNN 21jan22 after paint prior delivery	ex M-ABNM
Airbus A319	-132	1159		YU-APJ	Air Serbia	ferried 18-20jan22 BEG-GLA-KEF-YYR-YQX-JFK-OKC-MZJ on return to lessor	ex A6-SAB
Airbus A319	-112	1805		VP-BBT	Rossiya Airlines	ferreied 21jan22 LED-KEF-BGR-ROW on return to lessor	ex C-GKNW
Airbus A319	-111	2744		N6311U	United Airlines	regd 18jan22 prior delivery ex QLA	ex G-EZAK
Airbus A319	-112	3727		F-HDSJ	Amelia International	delivery 19jan22 SNN-LBG	ex OE-IRC
Airbus A320	-214	2140		LZ-DCC	Navigator Aviation Ireland	seen regd at EGBP 19jan22	ex F-GKXK
Airbus A320	-232	2156		PS-SFC	Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos	ferried 18jan22 BSB-PTY-TUS on return to lessor (+ 2395 PS-ITA GIG-PTY-TUS)	ex OE-IKJ
Airbus A320	-232	2663		9H-AMP	Avion Express Malta	delivery / to posn 18/23jan22 AMM-BVNO-KEF-SDQ on wet-lease to Sky Cana, "go Santo Domingo" cs	ex TC-ODE
Airbus A320	-232	4421		OE-LCW	Wilmington Trust SPS	ferried 16-18jan22 KUL-DWC-LJU, regd 19jan22	ex 9V-TAO
Airbus A320	-232	4481		VT-IGV	IndiGo Airlines	ferried 19-20jan22 DEL-RKT-IST-OSR on return to lessor	ex F-WWDL
Airbus A320	-232	5520		VT-IDL	IndiGo Airlines	ferried 19jan22 DEL-RKT-ISL on return to lessor	ex 9V-TRG
Airbus A320	-232	5618		VH-YXQ	Jetstar Airways	ferried 21jan22 ASP-SIN after storage	ex JA12JJ
Airbus A320	-251N	9105		OE-LSI	easyJet Europe	seen regd at STN 21jan2 prior transfer	ex G-UZLG
Airbus A320	-251N	10604		B-328P	Air China	delivery 22jan22 TSN-CTU	ex B-007Q
Airbus A320	-271N	10731		VQ-BYQ	S7 Airlines	delivery 21jan22 TLS-DME	ex F-WWDD
Airbus A320	-251N	10746		VT-IIQ	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 21jan22 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWBZ
Airbus A320	-251N	10768		N388FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 21jan22 BFM-TPA “Rocket the Hammerhead Shark”	ex F-WZMU
Airbus A321	-231	6219		N725AV	Bank of Utah	regd 19jan22 at MTY on return to lessor	ex XA-VBV
Airbus A321	-251NX	10048		OE-ISG	easyJet Europe	delivery 20jan22 XFW-MXP	ex D-AZAL
Airbus A321	-251NX	10718		VT-IMD	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 19jan22 XFW-DEL	ex D-AVXE

credit: Skyliner Aviation

Airbus Updates No.3540

 Brazilian Startup Itapemirim Now Has Five Airbus A320s

Brazilian startup Itapemirim Transportes Aereos has launched commercial operations with its fifth aircraft. This new airline aims to have a fleet of up to 50 planes in the near future, while it looks to grow within the Brazilian domestic market. What else has happened with Itapemirim during its first two months of operations? Let’s investigate further.

This week Itapemirim received its fifth aircraft. Photo: Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos.

Itapemirim’s fifth aircraft

Itapemirim is a Brazilian airline that launched operations on June 29. It is the first of many Latin American startups that are currently in the early days of operation. Some others may follow, like Ecuatoriana de Aviación in Ecuador and Ultra Air in Colombia.

The airline shows a mixed model of low-cost with legacy-like amenities, like free baggage for all travelers.

Itapemirim currently has five aircraft. On September 1, the airline announced in a statement that its fifth plane had begun flying commercially. The fleet is composed of Airbus A320-200 aircraft, according to ch-aviation’s database. It is 16.8 years old, on average.

The registrations of the five airplanes are PS-AAF, PS-ITA- PS-SFC, PS-SPJ, and PS-TCS. The latter is the one that recently started commercial operations.

Itapemirim’s Airbus A320 fleet has a capacity of 162 passengers. According to the airline, this configuration allows for more space between seats since it is 18 seats away from the maximum permitted capacity.

How many passengers have the airline carried?

Itapemirim has now flown for more than two months. So far, both the airline and Brazil’s Civil Aviation National Authority (ANAC) have published the stats of its first month of operations, July. And they differ a lot.

Itapemirim claims that in July, it carried 38,841 passengers on 423 flights. The airline added that it had a punctuality level of 77% and a load factor of 62%.

Moreover, Itapemirim announced on August 26 that it has already carried over 100,000 passengers and made more than 1000 flights since its inception.

Nevertheless, ANAC shows different data. The Brazilian authorities have said that Itapemirim had 425 flights in July but carried only 19,044 paid passengers. If that’s the case, Itapemirim’s load factor during its first month of operations was lower than 30%.

It is unclear why there’s a massive difference between the stats of the airline and ANAC. Simple Flying did a quick analysis of the stats provided by other airlines, like GOL and Azul, and then matched them up with ANAC’s numbers.

For instance, in 2021’s second quarter, GOL said it carried 2.9 million customers, and Azul said it had 4.48 million passengers. ANAC backs up this data by stating that GOL had 2.91 million passengers and Azul 4.40 million. Therefore, it is unclear why Itapemirim has twice the number of recorded passengers as ANAC.

The airline has had more than a thousand flights so far. Photo: Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos.

What more can we expect from Itapemirim?

The airline is operating domestically, but in the future, it plans to fly to Europe.

Right now, Itapemirim flies to São Paulo Guarulhos, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Maceió, Natal, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeao, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Salvador, and Curitiba.

Itapemirim expects to increase its domestic connectivity. It will also receive more airplanes in the mid-future. When Itapemirim was a startup, the idea was to begin operations with a fleet of 10 Airbus A320ceo.

Airbus Updates No.3096

 

Airbus A319	-112	3108		VQ-BWV	Aurora	ferried 15mar21 MRV-LDE on retun to lessor	ex RP-C8603
Airbus A319	-115	3518		N351AV	Avolon Aerospace	regd 11mar21, parked at DHN (+ 3467 N346AV ex HC-CSB)	ex HC-CSA
Airbus A319	-132	5219		N522TA	Avianca Central America	ferried 16mar21 BOG-MDE prior return to lessor	ex D-AVYV
Airbus A319	-115	6167		N723AV	Avianca Colombia	ferried 12mar21 CLO-MDE prior return to lessor	ex D-AVWO
Airbus A320	-232	2395		PS-ITA	Itapemirim Transportes	delivery 15-16mar21 CQM-KEF-BGR-MCI, OE-reg prior paint	ex OE-ILV
Airbus A320	-232	2496		RP-C7938	Royal Air Charter Services	delivery 12-14mar21 MPL-MCT-CCU-CRK	ex OE-ISJ
Airbus A320	-214	2539		UK	Qanot Sharq Airlines	in full cs at OSR 11mar21, OE-reg prior delivery	ex OE-ILF
Airbus A320	-232	2626		VT-IHL	IndiGo Airlines	ferried 15-16mar21 DEL-DOH-IST-NOC, for part-out & scrap	ex TC-JPB
Airbus A320	-232	3547		4R-	Fits Air	delivery 16mar21 KUL-CMB, OE-reg, for light freighter use	ex OE-IOM
Airbus A320	-232	3562		HA-LWF	Wizz Air	ferried 09/12mar21 LTN-GDN-SNN, for paint into all white prior return to lessor	ex LZ-WZB
Airbus A320	-214	3574		EC-NNM	Volotea	ferried 17mar21 OSR-CHR VP-B reg prior delivery	ex VP-BZO
Airbus A320	-214	3699		VP-BME	Aeroflot	ferried 11mar21 TNA-OVB-OSR on return to lessor (+ 3711 VP-BMF)	ex F-WWBO
Airbus A320	-232	3753		OE-INU	KDAC Aircraft Holding	regd 08mar21, parked at CQM	ex SX-DVU
Airbus A320	-232	6311		OE-ICE	Wilmington Trust Services	regd 11mar21, parked at TLL, all white	ex VT-TTD
Airbus A320	-251N	8970		VP-CZD	GECAS	ferried 16-17mar21 SJO-YYR-OSR	ex XA-WJS
Airbus A320	-251N	9456		SX-	Sky Express	delivery 15mar21 MPL-LCA by Azur Aviation, VP-C reg after paint (+ 9507 ex VP-CCS)	ex VP-CCT
Airbus A320	-271N	10241		9V-TNE	Scoot	delivery 12-13mar21 TLS-DWC-SIN	ex F-WWIZ
Airbus A320	-271N	10316		N936NK	Spirit Airlines	delivery 12mar21 BFM-DTW	ex F-WZMJ
Airbus A320	-251N	10409		HK-5368	Viva Air Colombia	delivery 12-13mar21 TLS-KEF-BGR-MDE “Waffles”	ex F-WWIC
Airbus A320	-251N	10431		HZ-NS35	Flynas	delivery 13mar21 TLS-RUH	ex F-WWBQ

credit : Skyliner Aviation