Airbus Updates No.1735

TUI fly Belgium to lease three A320s in 2018

SmartLynx Airlines A320-200© SmartLynx Airlines

22DEC2017

TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) will wet-lease three A320-200s from SmartLynx Airlines Estonia (MYX, Tallinn Lennart Meri) for the duration of the 2018 summer season. 

According to a statement issued by the SmartLynx Airlines unit, ES-SAO (msn 936), ES-SAK (msn 888), and ES-SAS (msn 1725) will be based out of Brussels Charleroi for use by the TUI Group leisure carrier over the period April 16 to October 30, 2018. 

TUI fly Belgium currently operates five B737-700s, thirteen B737-800s (two of which are wet-leased to Sunwing Airlines), one B767-300(ER), one B787-8, and four EMB-190s on scheduled passenger flights to 129 destinations spanning Europe, North and West Africa, Turkey and the Caribbean.

Airbus Updates No.1719

easyJet to lease A320s from SmartLynx for Tegel ops in 1Q18

easyJet Airbus A320-200© Airbus Industrie

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easyJet (U2, London Luton) will wet-lease a total of six A320-200s from Baltic ACMI/charter specialist SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) for a period of three months running from January 7 through to March 31, 2018. 

According to a SmartLynx press release, the aircraft will be deployed to the budget carrier's upcoming Berlin Tegel base. 

Among the Latvian-registered aircraft to be deployed under the contract include YL-LCT (msn 2233), YL-LCU (msn 1762); YL-LCS (msn 566) and YL-LCN (msn 662) while those registered in Estonia at SmartLynx Airlines Estonia (MYX, Tallinn Lennart Meri) include ES-SAO (msn 936) and ES-SAQ (msn 984). 

Additional wet-leased capacity is expected to be sourced from Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int'l).

easyJet will use the leased aircraft as an interim measure while it inducts up to twenty-five A320 Family aircraft into its fleet for use at the German capital airfield. The aircraft are all on lease and were formerly in service with the now bankrupt Air Berlin (AB, Berlin Tegel).