German unit of Denmark’s Sun-Air files for bankruptcy

Denmark's Sun-Air delays scheduled ops until late 3Q21

Belgium's VizionAir expands chartered fleet

VizionAir (Antwerp) has expanded its fleet of aircraft available for charter through the addition of a Fokker 50 operated by Air Antwerp (WP, Antwerp) and a Do328-300 operated by Sun-Air (EZ, Billund), it said via Facebook posts.

The Fokker Aircraft turboprop, OO-VLS (msn 20109), is based out of Antwerp and is Air Antwerp's only aircraft. While in pre-COVID times it was used to run 3x daily return trips between Antwerp and London City, currently the carrier operates its only scheduled route 1-2x weekly, with plans to increase the frequency to 4x weekly in mid-November. This reduction has permitted the carrier to proffer the aircraft to the ad-hoc charter market.

In turn, the Dornier twinjet will be formally operated by Sun-Air on behalf of its virtual subsidiary, business charter specialist JoinJet (Billund). VizionAir said the aircraft, which is configured for 32 passengers, would be based out of Augsburg.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Sun-Air operates a total...

Denmark's Sun-Air to relaunch in mid-4Q20

Sun-Air (EZ, Billund) has announced that it would restart its scheduled services from Billund on November 2, 2020, adding a new service to Brussels National to its pre-pandemic route network.

The Danish carrier, which operates a fleet of fifteen Do328-300s (including two in a business-class only configuration for sister carrier JoinJet) as a British Airways franchisee, previously scheduled its restart for October 19, 2020. The airline will operate from Billund to Brussels (10x weekly), London City (11x weekly), Manchester Int'l (11x weekly), and Oslo Gardermoen (8x weekly).

Sun-Air plans to restart services to Düsseldorf Int'l, as well as its sole German domestic route from Dusseldorf to Friedrichshafen on January 11 and 18, respectively.

The airline is currently nearly fully grounded with just individual charter flights operated on an ad-hoc basis.

UK's Loganair to take Isle of Man route in-house

Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int'l) is set to start operating a 6x weekly service between London City and Isle of Man under its own code from September 1, 2020, after British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) announced it would be ending the route for economic reasons.

The Scottish regional specialist has been operating the service on behalf of BA CityFlyer (CJ, London City) since 2018, first using Saab 2000s and then, since mid-February 2020, using an ATR42-500. The route was never suspended during the COVID-19 lockdown, although the frequency was reduced from 17x weekly to just 6x weekly, operating to London Gatwick and London Heathrow at times.

Loganair has been using one of its four ATR42-500s, G-LMRA (msn 490), for the route since February. The airline plans to maintain the current frequency, schedule, and capacity when it takes the service in-house on September 1.

According to the ch-aviation schedules module, Loganair already operates from the Isle of Man to Liverpool (11x weekly) and Manchester...

Editorial Comment: Added clarification that the Isle of Man-London service temporarily operated to Gatwick and Heathrow. - 01.09.2020 - 06:10 UTC