Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) has wet-leased two B737-8s from SmartLynx Airlines Malta (2N, Malta International) for flights to leisure destinations out of Halifax and Moncton, the ch-aviation schedules module shows.
9H-ETA (msn 60458) and 9H-CHI (msn 60459) were previously wet-leased to fellow Canadian operator Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson) for the New Year's peak. The former remained parked at Montréal Trudeau between January 6-22, 2023, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. Following a period of operations out of the Quebecois gateway, the aircraft was repositioned to Halifax on February 12, 2023. The latter was parked at Halifax between January 7 and February 12.
It will be deployed on the following routes starting on February 13:
- Cancún (4x weekly),
- Cayo Coco (weekly),
- Fort Lauderdale International (weekly),
- Holguin (weekly),
- Montego Bay (weekly),
- Orlando International (weekly),
- Puerto Plata (weekly),
- Punta Cana (4x weekly),
- Santa Clara de Cuba (weekly), and
- Varadero (weekly).
Starting on February 15, Air Transat will also deploy the aircraft on a limited number of routes from Moncton: to Cancun, Orlando, Punta Cana, and Varadero (weekly each).
The wet lease is currently scheduled to continue through mid-May 2023.
The ch-aviation fleets module shows that Air Transat does not operate any in-house Boeing aircraft. Its fleet comprises seven A321-200s, twelve A321-200NX(LR)s, eleven A330-200s, and a single A330-300. SmartLynx Airlines Malta has four B737-8s - the other two operate group charter flights on behalf of SmartLynx Airlines and SmartLynx Airlines Estonia. Neither of these two airlines operates any B737 MAX.
