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Belgium's TUI fly takes first E195-E2

TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) took delivery of the first of three E195-E2s on May 5, 2023, following a short but "inconsequential" delay.

EI-GYW (msn 19020049) was ferried from Castellón to Brussels National still under the lessor's Irish registration. It will be re-registered as OO-ETB before entering service for the Belgian TUI Group unit. The other two E195-E2s are expected to deliver by the end of June 2023 and will replace the carrier's fleet of four E190s. They will be based out of Antwerp, a thinner market better served with regional jets than narrowbody aircraft. Thanks to the additional range of the E2s, the aircraft will be able to serve longer haul routes to destinations such as the Canary Islands, Antalya, and Crete.

All three E195-E2s are owned by AerCap and are ex-Belavia (B2, Minsk National) stock. The Belarusian carrier returned them due to European Union sanctions imposed in late 2021. The aircraft are of late 2020 and early 2021 vintage.

Belgium's TUI fly confirms E2 delay, says "inconsequential"

Belavia gains Russian AMO certification

Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has secured a permit from Russia’s civil aviation regulator (Rosaviatsiya) to carry out maintenance on aircraft in the fleets of Russian airlines “from operational work to A checks, C checks, and D checks,” the Belarusian flag carrier announced in a statement on its website.

“According to the results of a certification audit” conducted by Rosaviatsiya, Belavia said it had “received Maintenance Organisation Certificate No. 285-23-019.” Gaining the licence “confirms the compliance of the airline’s activities with the requirements” of Russia’s federal aviation regulations for companies providing MRO services (FAP-285), it said.

“The certificate grants Belavia the right to carry out a permitted list of operations for the operational and periodic maintenance of aircraft registered in the Russian Federation, as well as for the maintenance of certain categories of components installed on these aircraft,” it explained.

Belavia has extensive maintenance capabilities, it added, and “over the years of the airline’s existence, we have been able to gather high-level professionals who carry out maintenance of varying levels of complexity,” said General Director...

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