The second Airbus A220-100CJ delivered to Comlux Aviation Malta paid a short visit to the island. The business jet landed on 26 February 2024 from Bangor on 26 February. The twin-engine business jet flew to Zurich within 48 hours of landing at LMML. Comlux Aviation Malta will put a third Airbus A220 into service with the registration 9H-168OO.
In the 2024 summer flight schedule, the youngest offshoot of the Lufthansa Group, City Airlines, will initially start with Airbus A319s. For the time being, the aircraft will fly under the "Lufthansa City" brand from the Munich hub. In the long term, City Airlines will operate with the Airbus A220 aircraft type. A corresponding order was announced to Airbus Canada some time ago. 20 aircraft were firmly ordered and at the same time the crane group secured options for another 20 units. After Swiss, "Lufthansa City" will then be the second A220 operator within the group. In summer 2024, City Airlines will initially serve the destinations Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Birmingham, Bordeaux and Manchester from Munich. According to the announcement, the network will then be gradually expanded to other destinations in Europe. The same product will be offered on board as on the mainline or its sister company Cityline. Initially, four Airbus A319s will be used in the colors of City Airlines. From the end of April 2024, the flights will be bookable through all channels. City Airlines is a newly founded regional airline of the Lufthansa Group. It can also be seen as a kind of clone of Lufthansa Cityline, which has existed for many years. It will primarily provide feeder services to the hubs in Munich and later also Frankfurt am Main for the parent company.
An Air Tanzania de Havilland Dash 8-300 has been parked at Luqa Airport for about three years. The plane was actually only supposed to be serviced there and then returned to its home country. The story of the Air Tanzania De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q continues. The twin-engine turboprop aircraft is still in Malta after arriving on the island in November 2020. The aircraft with the registration 5H-MWF was seen undergoing maintenance at the Safi Aviation Park.
DRF Air Rescue has placed a firm order for seven H145 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters. Options have also been secured for three more. "DRF Air Rescue is committed to continuously improving the medical care of people in need. With the new order for ten additional H145s, we are continuing to ensure optimal service for our patients by keeping the helicopter fleet as modern and flexible as possible for our life-saving missions," says Krystian Pracz, Managing Director of DRF Air Rescue. The helicopters ordered are also covered by DRF's fleet-wide HCare Smart contract, which offers comprehensive spare parts support on an hourly basis. DRF Air Rescue is one of the largest and most experienced air rescue organizations in Europe. The organization and its subsidiaries operate more than 40 Airbus H50 and H135 helicopters for emergency rescue and intensive care transport at 145 locations in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. In addition, they are also used for special missions such as helicopter operations and day and night operations. The new version of Airbus' best-selling H145 expands the H145 multi-purpose helicopter with a new, innovative five-blade rotor that increases the helicopter's payload by 150 kg. The simplicity of the new bearingless main rotor design simplifies maintenance work and raises the benchmark for the H145's serviceability and reliability, while improving flight comfort for passengers and crew. "As an operator that uses its fleet for emergency medical missions, DRF Luftrettung knows exactly how important the performance of a helicopter is for the care of a patient. We are therefore very grateful for the continued trust they place in our helicopters.
The Maltese airline Skyup MT recently added its third Boeing 737-800 to its fleet. This was registered as 9H-SAS. It is an aircraft that was previously registered with the Ukrainian AOC as UR-SQP. The first operator in 2006 was the Cypriot airline Ajet, which was founded as the successor to Helios Airways. Ajet has no connection with Anadolujet.
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