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Lithuania’s KlasJet enters ACMI sphere, to add 15 B737s

Business and private charter specialist KlasJet (KLJ, Vilnius), a subsidiary of Avia Solutions Group, will muscle into the wet-lease/ACMI market starting this autumn, introducing a number of its aircraft for commercial passenger services, it revealed in a statement.

For the purpose, by the end of 2023 it will have expanded its fleet with an additional fifteen B737NGs in economy-class configuration of 189 seats - five of them to arrive by the end of 2022. It will also take delivery of three more unspecified aircraft to supplement its all-VIP private charter fleet of seven jets.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, KlasJet currently operates two B737-300s, four B737-500s, and one CRJ200LR. All are owned except one of the -300s, which is leased from ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin International). The most common B737NG variant, on the other hand, is the B737-800.

“After Covid, airlines’ creditors, shareholders, and governments are seeking more efficiency from operators. Historically airlines generated an average of 1.57% profit per year over the last...

Turkey's SunExpress to damp-lease six A320s

SunExpress (XQ, Antalya) will damp-lease six A320-200s from Lithuania's Avion Express (X9, Vilnius) during the peak summer 2022 season.

The six aircraft will be based out of Antalya to support SunExpress's leisure routes out of the city. They will be the first Airbus aircraft operating for the Turkish airline, as its fleet currently comprises fifty-one B737-800s and nine B737-8s.

"We are extremely proud to continue our relationship with SunExpress and provide additional capacity for summer 2022. We are also excited to be back to and be based in one of the busiest destinations of summer in Europe - Antalya, and experience summer operations in full swing," said Avion Express Vice-President (Commercial) Dainius Staniulis.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that Avion Express operates five A320-200s, of which one is in storage, one operates under a long-term contract with the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, and the other three operate charter flights. Its sister company, Avion Express (X9, Vilnius), operates a further 15 of...