UK’s Sentra Airways secures first aircraft, an A330-200
11.04.2022 – 13:41 UTC
UK startup Sentra Airways (Manchester Int’l) will take delivery of its first aircraft this summer – a used A330-200 on long-term lease from Air Lease Corporation, the lessor announced. ch-aviation has learned that the jet in question is msn 1138, a 12-year-old jet last in service with Sichuan Airlines (3U, Chengdu Shuangliu) as B-6517. It is currently parked at Chengdu Shuangliu having conducted its last commercial flight on March 11.
Operating from Manchester Int’l, Sentra Airways plans to debut in the third/fourth quarter of 2022, offering niche point-to-point scheduled flights between the UK and West Africa, the company said in a statement. It is currently completing its certification with the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The launch destination will be Accra, Ghana, with more routes to follow, including other destinations in Africa and the USA. Its head office is located on the outskirts of Bradford in the north of England.
According to the company registrar for England and Wales, the company was incorporated (company number 11903393) on March…
China’s Jiangxi Cargo, Sichuan Airlines to add A330P2Fs
17.02.2022 – 02:26 UTC
Jiangxi Cargo Airlines (Nanchang) and Sichuan Airlines (3U, Chengdu Shuangliu) have agreed to lease A330-300(P2F)s from CDB Aviation.
In a statement announced during the 2022 Singapore Airshow, the Chinese lessor said Chengdu-based Sichuan Airlines will lease two A330-300(P2F)s with deliveries due in late 2022 and the middle of 2023. The carrier already operates three A330-200Fs.
For its part, start-up Jiangxi Cargo Airlines will lease one A330-300(P2F) to be delivered in early 2023. The new Nanchang-based start-up is a joint venture between the Jiangxi Provincial Government’s Jiangxi Railway Aviation Investment Group and Beijing-based Hongyuan Group, a privately-owned conglomerate which will shortly take an equity holding in Air Belgium (KF, Brussels Charleroi). Jiangxi Cargo Airlines is already active albeit it as a freight forwarder which charters in capacity from established carriers. It will develop Nanchang Changbei International Airport into a key freight transit hub where facilities at the Nanchang Aviation Logistics Industrial Park are already under construction.
