ACMI Leasing

Cyprus Airways CEO says engine availability now drives fleet decisions as the airline adapts to disruptions and supply chain challenges.

Wet-lease and charter operator USC Aero has bought five former Lufthansa A340-600s to expand its fleet and bolster its spares stock as it targets long-term ACMI contracts.

Avia Management Group Asia expands Southeast Asian fleet despite ACMI market pressures.

The CEO of Danish Air Transport foresees a downturn in European ACMI business, citing a market oversaturated with capacity.

Latvian carrier AirBaltic expects increasing aircraft availability will support an improvement in its financial performance this year.

Norse Atlantic doubles down on ACMI and own-network operations, projecting higher revenue, profitability and growth on long-haul routes in 2026.

GetJet Aviation Holdings, parent of Lithuanian ACMI and charter operator GetJet Airlines, is expanding into the MRO market.

Latvia-based wet-lease operator SmartLynx Airlines has ceased operations, the operator confirmed in a LinkedIn post.

Major capacity provider Avia Solutions Group has embarked on a corporate reorganization and is selling off one of its constituent airlines.

The CEO of SunExpress says the European leisure carrier has high expectations for the larger Boeing 737-10 and may up-gauge to the variant sooner.

ACMI demand is continuing upward momentum in Africa, but gaps in the continent’s infrastructure and MRO capability are adding complexity.

Bulgarian B2B ACMI and charter operator Fly2Sky, an Airbus operator, has obtained an air operator’s certificate (AOC) in Malta.

Swedish airline Braathens plans a major shake-up in its fleet composition, as it moves toward an all-ACMI operation.

Norse Atlantic has completed its previously announced redelivery of three Boeing 787-8s to the aircrafts’ lessor, leaving the airline with a fleet of 12 787-9s.

ACMI specialist German Airways intends to buy Embraer 190s in future, rather than leasing them, as at present.

Uzbekistan Airways has agreed to wet-lease two Airbus A330s from fellow Uzbek carrier Qanot Sharq Airlines.

The Luanda-Lisbon route has high passenger demand, according to TAAG.

The carrier’s newly wet-leased narrowbody is a signal that the airline’s executives see strong summer demand.

ACMI operators have been playing their part in the recovery by giving airlines more options.

The creators of the bestselling video game Minecraft are to start an airline, according to Swedish media reports. Markus Persson and Jakob Porser have registered a new company with the purpose of leasing aircraft.