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Re: Airline fleet changes

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Looks like ZS-VDB 737-300 is now operating for Lift...has the Airlink scheme been removed? Is this now the 4th SA carrier it operates for (Velvet, Mango, Airlink and now Lift)

planespotters.net also now showing CemAir ZS-CMX CRJ-700 as being removed from the fleet...only been operating few months/weeks. The other one (-CMZ) still leased to InterCaribbean
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9J-PFD is a CRJ100 now operating for Proflight Zambia
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grjplanes wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:25 pm Looks like ZS-VDB 737-300 is now operating for Lift...has the Airlink scheme been removed?
Yes, aircraft is now in an all white scheme
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grjplanes wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:25 pm Looks like ZS-VDB 737-300 is now operating for Lift...has the Airlink scheme been removed? Is this now the 4th SA carrier it operates for (Velvet, Mango, Airlink and now Lift)

planespotters.net also now showing CemAir ZS-CMX CRJ-700 as being removed from the fleet...only been operating few months/weeks. The other one (-CMZ) still leased to InterCaribbean
ZS-CMX on a 12 month lease to MIAT.
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New Safair -800 coming from Ecuador side via Nomadic
ex N105TS, Originally built as B-5510 for Air China in 2010
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Guessing this is the FGA/FGB replacement they were talking about
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Re: Airline fleet changes

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Snitch wrote: Sat May 04, 2024 12:34 am New Safair -800 coming from Ecuador side via Nomadic
ex N105TS, Originally built as B-5510 for Air China in 2010
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Good for Safair 💯.
To answer Bob, my guess is they gonna ferry to Bridgetown, Barbados :o or Natal 🇧🇷
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According to planespotters.net this aircraft last operated for Flair in Canada...hopefully no involvement from 777partners in this deal...?
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Apparently Z-WPF is being leased from UM to an airline called Mont Gabon Airlines.
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New Safair bird arrived today 🛩. I was nearly right with my guess but I'm surprised it had the legs to fly direct 🇧🇷🇿🇦
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African Flyer wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 2:39 pm New Safair bird arrived today 🛩. I was nearly right with my guess but I'm surprised it had the legs to fly direct 🇧🇷🇿🇦
There are no seats installed in the aircraft and a good tailwind = no problem!
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Airplaneguy9 wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 10:49 am Apparently Z-WPF is being leased from UM to an airline called Mont Gabon Airlines.
New start up out of Goma, ATR 72's,320,A321 on the way.
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Re: Airline fleet changes

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MadMacs wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:04 pm SAA will receive 4 x A320 in the next 4 months. First one will arrive in the next week or two. Heard 3 will be from the Philippines and 1 from China.
Has this materialized?

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