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Cameroon's Fly ZeJet gets green light to fly

Fly ZeJet (Douala) has received approval from the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) to operate domestic and international passenger and cargo services, according to local news reports.

Although no formal announcement has been made, certification was confirmed in an official document on October 12, 2022, from the CCAA to pan African air navigation services provider ASECNA, reported Journal du Cameroun. According to the letter, the startup will be able to operate domestic and international scheduled and on-demand flights ferrying passengers, cargo, and mail.

Neither the CCAA, nor Fly ZeJet was immediately available for comment.

As reported, Fly ZeJet intends to operate with a fleet of five ex-HOP! (France) E145s leased from Regio Lease. The first two - TJ-ZAS (msn 145050) and TJ-ZES (msn 145668) - have been delivered with a third expected soon.

The new carrier is linked to Cameroonian businessman Francois Emmanuel, who in 2016 unsuccessfully tried to establish Fly CamInter (Douala) owned by Equa2C, a Cameroonian company formed in conjunction with...

Nepali MA60s, Y12s to be sold if leasing bid fails

A Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) spokesperson has said selling five unwanted turboprops is the next best option if a bidding process to lease the planes out fails. Archana Khadka told The Kathmandu Post that per the Nepali Ministry of Finance's instructions, the state-owned airline is now trying to dry lease the planes out but "if there are no takers - we'll go for the second option."

As reported by ch-aviation earlier this week, Nepal Airlines has initiated a bidding process to lease out two MA-60s and three Y12s after sitting parked in a corner of Kathmandu Airport for over two years.

"We followed the Finance Ministry's instructions,” said Khadka. "Out of the two options recommended by the Finance Ministry dry lease or outright sale, Nepal Airlines will try the first one," However, given the state of the planes, some local airline insiders doubt the lease bidding process will attract much interest.

Saying it was the right decision to try to offload the aircraft, Ashok Pokhrel, a former board member of...

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