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Haiti's Sunrise Airways to deploy A320 for Cuba routes

Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has announced it will upgrade the equipment it uses on its routes from Port au Prince to Cuba to an A320-200 as of December 1, 2020.

"Sunrise Airways took advantage of these eight months of blockage to completely rethink its fleet strategy. We will now provide our passengers with a newer and more comfortable aircraft, the Airbus A320, arguably one of the most efficient and safe aircraft in its class," the Haitian carrier said.

The airline will wet-lease 9H-VDO (msn 3136) from galistair (Malta) (GTR, Malta Int'l), Chief Executive Philippe Bayard told ch-aviation.

Sunrise Airways plans to use the A320 to operate to Havana Int'l, Santiago de Cuba (3x weekly each), Holguin, and Camagüey (2x weekly each).

Prior to the pandemic, the airline wet-leased a B737-300 from Peruvian Airlines (PVN, Lima Int'l) to operate its flights to Cuba, some of which operated via Santo Domingo Las Américas. It planned to upgrade to a B737-400...

Editorial Comment: The identity of the leased aircraft has been updated. - 20.11.2020 - 10:50 UTC

JetSMART targets Peru AOC by 1H21

Peruvian Air Force adds first B737-300

The Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú (FPR, Lima Las Palmas)) has ordered a second hand B737-300 from Florida-based D&S Aviation, which will deliver the aircraft within 90 days of contract signature. The aircraft will join three B737-200s and a single B737-500 in FAP service.

Based on a report by Defensa.com, the contract is worth USD3.75 million.

The aircraft in question, msn 24717, was most recently operated by Ukraine’s Dream Wind Airlines (DRW, Kyiv Boryspil) where it was registered as UR-CRL. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, it was manufactured in 1990 and entered service with United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) in 1990.

The aircraft has accumulated a fair amount of use, with 57,596 flight hours and 34,600 cycles as of early May 2020.

The FAP intends to use the Boeing for passenger and equipment transport as part of its coronavirus pandemic response, according to Defensa.com. The aircraft will enter service with the 8th Air Group at the General Armando Revoredo Iglesias...