Avanti Air (ATV, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has announced it has based one of its two Fokker 100s, D-AGPH (cn 11308), out of Paris Orly in support of Air France (AF, Paris CDG) subsidiary, HOP! (France) (A5, Paris CDG).

The German charter specialist says the contract entails using the twinjet as a stand-by aircraft for HOP! from April 18 to May 31 of this year.