UK’s Hans Airways signs LOI for maiden A330

UK’s Hans Airways restructures, secures new investment

Hans Airways (GKS) has completed a new round of financing, which, it said in a statement issued on the evening of November 15, “will enable it to progress plans to commence scheduled air services between Birmingham, GB and Amritsar in India - and satisfy existing financial obligations.”

The British start-up “has satisfied the Civil Aviation Authority’s requirements for an Air Operator’s Certificate. The secured new investment will take the airline to the next stage toward satisfying the CAA of its financial viability and subsequent operating licence to provide revenue air services.”

Asked for more details about the new investors, the sums involved, and a possible date for the start of flight operations, Martin Dunn, Hans Airways’ chief commercial officer, told ch-aviation: “All that I can say for now is that we will hopefully be able to start services early next year and we’re still working closely with the CAA.”

Hans Airways’ statement divulged that Ali Legal Ltd, a London-based corporate law firm, was acting for the investors and that its team was led...

UK’s Hans Airways takes delivery of first aircraft, an A330

Hans Airways (GKS) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A330-200, ahead of formal technical handover and technical acceptance signing with the lessor, it revealed in a statement.

ch-aviation analysis of AirNav Radarbox data shows EC-KTG (msn 950) was ferried from Palma de Mallorca to Birmingham, GB on August 2. Owned and managed by Carlyle Aviation Partners, the 14-year-old twinjet was previously operated by a single carrier, Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca), from September 2008, according to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module. It will be re-registered in the UK as G-KJAS.

Hans Airways signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for its first aircraft in January and then firmed this with a committed contract in March. It had originally aimed at a commercial launch in early 2022.

Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) proving flights for the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority will take place in the coming weeks, it said. Once it has its AOC, and similar accreditation from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Hans...

UK’s Hans Airways firms A330 lease ahead of late 2Q22 launch

Hans Airways (GKS) has firmed the letter of intent it signed in January for its first aircraft, A330-200 msn 950, with a committed contract, it said in a statement on March 30.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the aircraft is a 13.7-year-old jet, formerly EC-KTG with Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) and currently in maintenance at Abu Dhabi International. The remarketed aircraft is owned and managed by Carlyle Aviation Partners and will be re-registered as G-KJAS.

It is “undergoing maintenance checks with Etihad Airways Engineering, overseen by a Hans Airways liaison engineer,” the British hybrid-service long-haul start-up said.

The Hans management team aims to secure a proving flight date imminently from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, a precursor to obtaining its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) for which it submitted its application in March 2020.

Hans Airways now plans to start commercial flight operations in early summer, with scheduled secondary-city air links between the United Kingdom and India. CEO Satnam Saini told ch-aviation in December...

UK's Hans Airways to launch UK-India ops from early 2022