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Wings of Lebanon suspends operations, returns B737-700

WOL - Wings of Lebanon (WLB, Beirut) suspended all operations effective August 26, 2020, "due to the prevailing economic situation in Lebanon and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic".

The Lebanese charter specialist said in a statement that its parent, tour operator Nakhal Travel, will continue to "provide services to its customers" while the airline goes ahead with refunds.

The airline's only aircraft, B737-700 T7-WLA (msn 35277), operated its last revenue service from Adana to Beirut on August 26, 2020. It was subsequently ferried to Toulouse Francazal the next day, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The 12.3-year-old twinjet is owned by Macquarie AirFinance, the ch-aviation fleets ownership module shows.

WOL focussed on plying leisure charters on behalf of its owners, mostly to Egypt and Turkey, supplementing its in-house fleet with A320-200s and A321-200s wet-leaesed from Nile Air (NP, Cairo Int'l) on a regular basis. It also operated scheduled flights.

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WOL - Wings of Lebanon (WLB, Beirut) is planning to add another second-hand B737NG aircraft by the end of the year, CEO Naji Majdalani told Forbes.

"We are thinking of adding soon an extra aircraft. It will be NG for sure. I have got a B737-700 and B737-800 on the table offered to me, and we are still debating which way to go," Majdalani said.

The airline is looking for around 10-year-old aircraft. Majdalani said that the airline is evaluating new year-round services to Berlin, Stockholm, and Izmir with the new aircraft.

For the time being, the airline will also continue its arrangement with Egypt's Nile Air (NP, Cairo Int'l) covering the summer wet-lease of one A320 and one A321.

According to ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the carrier currently operates a single in-house -700, an 11-year-old unit dry-leased from Macquarie AirFinance. It also already wet-leases an A320 from Nile Air in the form of SU-BQM (msn 4310).

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