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.
