Romania's Dan Air to launch scheduled flights in late 2Q23

Kuwait's Jazeera Airways wet-leases Dan Air A320

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi cancels Russia return

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W, Abu Dhabi International) has cancelled its planned October 3 relaunch of flights to Moscow Vnukovo, Russia, amidst public outrage and calls for a boycott.

The Emirati low-cost carrier, which is a joint venture of the UAE sovereign wealth fund ADQ and Wizz Air Holdings, said in a statement its decision had been brought on by "industry supply chain limitations".

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi did not provide any further details as to the nature of these limitations. However, the airline recently wet-leased an A320-200 from Romania's Dan Air (JOC, Bucharest Baneasa) to supplement its four in-house A321-200NX.

The airline suspended flights to Russia in late February, after the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. While the European Union, the United States, and a number of allied Western states imposed sanctions on Russia, the UAE did not follow suit. As such, there is no formal obstacle to Wizz Air Abu Dhabi resuming flights to the country. Emirates, Etihad Airways, and Air Arabia...

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Romania's Dan Air adds first A320

Dan Air (JOC, Bucharest Baneasa) took delivery of its first A320-200 and inducted it into service on July 23, 2022.

Owned by Aviator Capital, YR-DSE (msn 2479) is a 17.2-year-old jet that was ferried post-maintenance from Craiova to Suceava on July 23 and subsequently operated its first flight to Antalya on behalf of Air Bucharest (BUR, Bucharest Baneasa). Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows it continues to operate mainly on behalf of Air Bucharest - a passenger charter specialist with no active in-house aircraft - but has also flown single charters under Dan Air's own code.

Then known as Just Us Air, Dan Air operated a single A320 between 2019 and 2020 but retired it during the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2021, it revealed plans to reinduct the type with three units planned for 2022. The other two units, YR-RAM (msn 3782) and VT-INY (msn 3863), remain in storage at Craiova airport. Dan Air also operates one A319-100 for Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade).