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European Wet-Lease Operators Seek Counter-Cyclical Opportunities

Viva Aerobus A320

Ten A320s out of Viva Aerobus’ overall fleet are wet-leased from Avion Express Malta.

Credit: Markus Mainka/Zoonar GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo
After the COVID-19 crisis, wet-lease operators helped scheduled carriers meet rapidly returning demand, and now Europe’s wet-lease operators are looking to off-season opportunities in far-flung markets to balance the capacity peaks and troughs of European seasonality. Aircraft, crew, maintenance and...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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