Aero Dili (8G, Dili) is considering adding a third aircraft in 2027 as limited availability across its existing fleet constrains further network expansion, executive director Lourenço de Oliveira told the Timor-Leste news agency Tatoli.

The airline currently lacks sufficient aircraft availability to add a proposed Dili-Kupang service, de Oliveira said, as its fleet is already deployed on routes to Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and China.

The airline executive held talks with Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara governor Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena over possible Aero Dili services to Kupang. But the airline was not ready to launch the route in the near term and could instead wait until 2027, when it may add another aircraft.

ch-aviation data shows Aero Dili currently operates two Airbus narrowbodies: A320-200 4W-AAL (msn 3672) and A319-100 4W-AAO (msn 2825). The A320 joined the carrier when it launched in 2023 and the A319 two years later.

In December 2022, de Oliveira said the airline aimed to operate at least three aircraft, with a second due within six months of its first A320 and another around two years later. The second aircraft ultimately joined in 2025, while a third has yet to materialise.