04.02.2021 - 08:49 UTC
The new General Director of Belavia (B2, Minsk National), Igor Nikolaevich Cherginets, has pledged to retire all of its remaining B737 Classics through the end of 2021.
In a press release announcing the stepping down of Anatoly Nikolaevich Gusarov and the appointment of Cherginets, the Belarus flag carrier underlined that its fleet renewal strategy would not change.
"We are planning to update the fleet with the aircraft of the latest generation Embraer E195-E2s, and at present, we are preparing to purchase the updated B737-8. By the end of the current year, we plan to terminate the operation of the B737 Classic. Undoubtedly, the modernisation of the fleet will contribute to the expansion of the route network, the opening of new destinations, and an increase in passenger traffic," Cherginets said.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Belavia currently operates three B737-300s and two B737-500s. The quintet is 24.9 years old on average. Belavia owns one B737-300 and leases the remaining four B737 Classics. Despite very low levels of utilisation,...
29.01.2021 - 06:06 UTC
Air Peace (P4, Lagos) took delivery of its first of 13 firm-ordered E195-E2s, although it has yet to ferry the aircraft back to Nigeria.
5N-BYF (msn 19020039) was formally handed over to the Nigerian carrier on January 27, 2021, at Embraer's site at Sao Jose dos Campos.
"The E195-E2 is the perfect aircraft to expand our domestic and regional operations... The E195-E2 aircraft will further help us actualise our ambition of connecting not just the whole of Nigeria, but the entire African continent, while feeding long-haul flights from our Lagos hub," Chairman and Chief Executive Allan Onyema said.
Besides a further twelve units on firm order, the Nigerian carrier also holds purchase rights for seventeen additional regional jets. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the carrier also operates eight E145s (operated by its regional division Air Peace Hopper), one Do328-300 for VIP charters, eight B737-300s, five B737-500s, one B777-200(ER), and two B777-300(ER)s.
Air Peace will become the second operator of...
23.12.2020 - 20:52 UTC
Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has taken delivery of its first of three E195-E2s on order from Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos). EW-555PO (msn 19020042) was ferried from Sao Jose dos Campos to Minsk National via Recife and Malaga over the course of December 22/23.
A Belavia statement said its sisterships are expected to arrive in February and April 2021. All three are leased from AerCap and feature nine seats in business class and 116 in economy.
The state-owned carrier plans to deploy the type on flights to London Gatwick, Barcelona El Prat, Nur-Sultan Nazarbayev, Munich, Paris CDG, Adler/Sochi, and Amsterdam Schiphol.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Belavia's mainline fleet entails five E175s, seven E195s, two CRJ200s, four B737-300s, four B737-500s, and nine B737-800s.
07.12.2020 - 05:44 UTC
Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has extended the suspensions of a number of its operations due to ongoing travel restrictions across Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Belarusian news agency BelTA reported.
Flights between Minsk National and Riga are now out of action until January 31, 2021, the latest in a series of postponements to the Latvian capital, while Tallinn Lennart Meri and Larnaca have been shelved until at least December 14.
Operations to Ashgabat will not resume until January 1, and there will be no flights to either Budapest or Almaty until March 27, 2021.
Flights to all points in Russia except Moscow Domodedovo have been suspended until December 24 on the orders of the Russian Federation.
However, Belavia resumed its flights to Baku on December 3 according to Belarusian and Azerbaijani media, operating to the Azerbaijani capital 4x weekly. ch-aviation analysis of Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that one of the carrier's eight B737-800s made the journey on that date, the first...
