Originally Posted by
yeo valley
Are all the a340 aircraft ex Virgin or they got some from else where.
European own 19 A340 according to their boss Paul Stoddart in media interviews over the summer. In addition to the former Virgin aircraft, they acquired the ten A346 previously operated by Etihad a couple of years ago. European’s principle business has been aircraft spares for about 30 years.
There are currently 7 Operational A346 at BOH, of which 5 are ex VS and 2 ex EY.
European will operate ‘about 10’ aircraft on cargo charters, PPE & Package work using the Maleth Aero AOC. It looks as though this will be 7 A346 & 3 B733, using the European Cargo brand. A Single 733F is currently operating a 5 per week BOH-BFS service.
Stoddart was expecting US and Africa work for the 346 when interviewed back in the summer. Rumoured that DHL/Amazon are the customer for the US.
One of several sources here:
https://www.aircargonews.net/freight...0-cargo-fleet/
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