Airhub Airlines (RE, Malta International) has issued a Request for Proposals for the supply of up to six A320 Family or B737 Family narrowbody aircraft.

The Maltese ACMI/charter specialist is seeking aircraft that are 20 years of age or younger and certified to EASA-compliant standards. Its preference is for aircraft with a single-class, all-economy class layout. They must, ideally, not be due for scheduled heavy maintenance for at least 3,000 hours, 1,000 cycles, and 18 months.

Airhub Airlines is open to various forms of ownership of the aircraft, including operating lease, financial lease, outright purchase, lease-to-purchase, or management basis. It expects to induct the aircraft between June 1 and November 1, 2022. The lease terms were not defined.

The deadline for bids falls on May 24, 2022.

The RFP will potentially triple the carrier's narrowbody fleet size. The ch-aviation Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data module shows that Airhub Airlines currently operates three A320-200s (all three leased from World Star Aviation), alongside two A330-300s and two A340-300s. Two of the A320s are currently wet-leased to GetJet Airlines, while the third one operates for Norwegian Air Sweden AOC.