Airbus Updates No.3774

 

Airbus A319	-111	1020		F-GRHE	Air France	ferried 15-16feb22 ORY-KEF-YYR-DTW-BYH, for part-out & scrap	ex D-AVYX
Airbus A319	-153N	10239		B-328A	China Southern	deliversy 18feb22 XFW-TSE (+ 10288 B-328C ex D-AVWG)	ex D-AVWG
Airbus A320	-232	2299		VP-CUG	Avolon	ferried 18feb22 HKG-CTS-ANC-HDO	ex B-LCE
Airbus A320	-232	2589		PS-SPJ	Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos	ferried by lessor 04/14-16feb22 GRU-SJK-BOG-MIA-BYH (+ 3748 PS-MGF 04/10-12feb22, + 2204 PS-TCS 10-12feb22 SJK-BOG-MIA-BYH)	ex EC-LQK
Airbus A320	-232	3577		9H-	Malta Medair	ferried 17feb22 CQM-MPL, OE-reg prior delivery	ex OE-IOB
Airbus A320	-214	3631		VP-CBM	GECAS	ferried 16-17feb21 SJO-BGR-KEF-NQY	ex XA-BIG
Airbus A320	-232	3641		OE-IFQ	Bocomm Leasing	ferried 17feb22 CQM-DUS prior delivery to?	ex HL7776
Airbus A320	-214	3915		9S-ABI	CAA Compagnie Africaine d´Aviation	delivery 14feb22 LFBF-FIH	ex LY-BHN
Airbus A320	-214	3954		ES-SAX	smartLynx Estonia	delivery 17feb22 OSR-TLL, all white	ex VQ-BCN
Airbus A320	-216	4108		EI-DTL	ITA Airways	ferried 15feb22 SNN-FCO after paint	ex F-WWDS
Airbus A320	-214	4438		HK-5394	Ultra Air	delivery 16-18feb22 SAW-LPA-FOR-MDE	ex VT-IDY
Airbus A320	-232	4762		PK-SAQ	Super Air Jet	delivery 15-16feb22 SAW-AZI-MAA-CGK	ex VP-CNE
Airbus A320	-232	5298		OE-LCI	HKAC Leasing	regd 17feb22, parked at HYD	ex VT-IFD
Airbus A320	-251N	10706		EC-NTI	Iberia	delivery 16feb22 TLS-MAD	ex F-WWBK
Airbus A320	-251N	10766		VT-IIS	IndiGo Airlines	delivery 17feb22 TLS-DEL	ex F-WWBT
Airbus A321	-251NX	10606		B-326X	Air China	onward delivery 17feb22 TSN-CTU	ex B-007Y
Airbus A321	-271NX	10608		B-18103	China Airlines	delivery 16-17fe22 XFW-DWC-BKK-TPE	ex D-AZWG
Airbus A321	-253NX	10614		B-327G	China Southern	delivery 18feb22 XFW-TSE (+ 10864 B-327H ex D-AZWQ)	ex D-AYAR
Airbus A321	-251NX	10632		VP-BFM	Ural Airlines	delivery 16feb22 XFW-SVX	ex D-AZAC
Airbus A330	-223	364		N640CL	Carlyle Aviation Partners	regd 14feb22, parked at MZJ	ex LV-FNL

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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.3091

 First A320 for Itapemirim painted

The first A320 for ITA Transportes Aéreos -Itapemirim has received its livery. The aircraft, PS-SPJ (2589) was delivered to the airline on 20 February and was painted at Sao Jose dos Campos.

The airline is planning to fly up to nine A320s with more aircraft due from next month onwards. ITA hopes to launch commercial flights from March and is initially going to serve Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo and Vitoria Goiabeiras. The homebase of the start-up will be Sao Paulo-Guarulhos.

Airbus Updates No.3057

 

Airbus A318	-112	4007		G-EUNA	British Airways	ferried 17feb21 MAD-ENS, for part-out & scrap	ex D-AUAC
Airbus A319	-111	906		CS-TTG	TAP Air Portugal	ferried 22feb21 FAO-ORY-EGBP, for part-out & scrap	ex D-AVYN
Airbus A319	-111	998		EC-MFP	Iberia	ferried 19feb21 MADDGX, for part-out &scrap	ex F-GRHC
Airbus A319	-112	2066		OE-INR	Avolon Aerospace	regd 17feb21, parked at HDO	ex TU-TST
Airbus A319	-111	2370		G-EZMK	easyJet	ferried 18feb21 STN-LDE, basic cs on return to lessor	ex HB-JZM
Airbus A319	-111	2495		N2301U	United Airlines	delivery 18-19feb21 QLA-KEF-CLE-GYR, basic easyJet cs	ex G-EZIM
Airbus A319	-132	3463		RP-C9388	Royal Air Charter Services	ferried 17-18feb21 CGK-CRK-MNL after storage	ex XU-963
Airbus A320	-214	1571		LY-VEB	Avion Express	ferried 22feb21 VNO-CQM for onward storage	ex G-OZBW
Airbus A320	-233	2014		PR-MBT	Latam Brasil	ferried 19-20feb 21 CNF-BAQ-MIA-GYR (+ 3156 PR-MBO CNF-BAQ-MIA-GYR)	ex HC-CDY
Airbus A320	-232	2156		PS-SFC	Itapemirim Transportes Aereos	delivery 19-20feb21 CQM-KEF-BGR-MCI, OE-reg	ex OE-IKJ
Airbus A320	-232	2589		PS-SPJ	Itapemirim Transportes Aereos	delivery 20-21feb21 MAD-SID-NAT-SJK	ex EC-LQK
Airbus A320	-232	2602		TC-JUK	Turkish Airlines	ferried 17feb21 SAW-AMM, basic cs on return to lessor	ex PR-MAX
Airbus A320	-214	2712		OE-LMM	Avolon Aerospace	at OSR 14feb21, all white, was in Lauda cs, ntu	ex VT-IHB
Airbus A320	-232	5090		VT-IES	IndiGo Airlines	ferried 20feb21 DEL-AUH prior return to lessor (+ 5190 VT-IEX 14feb21)	ex F-WWDN
Airbus A320	-232	5362		OE-IDH	Parc Aviation	regd 17feb21, parked at HKG, all white	ex B-HST
Airbus A320	-251N	10149		TC-NCR	Pegasus Airlines	delivery 17feb21 TLS-SAW “Zeynep Beren”	ex F-WWBK
Airbus A321	-211	1632		C-GIUE	Air Canada	ferried 18feb21 YYZ-MCI for storage	ex D-AVZF
Airbus A321	-232	4621		HA-LWH	Wizz Air	ferried 22feb21 BUD-SNN for paint into all white prior return to lessor	ex F-WWBV
Airbus A321	-211	6342		OY-TCE	Sunclass Airlines	ferried 20feb21 EMA-CPH after paint	ex D-AVXH
Airbus A321	-211	6468		OY-TCI	Sunclass Airlines	ferried 20feb21 GOT-EMAfor paint	ex EI-GRC

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