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Croatian ACMI specialist ETF Airways has been issued a permit by the Canadian Transportation Agency enabling it to operate flights to the country. It comes months after the airline secured a permit from the United States Federal Aviation Administration. The development enables the airline to provide wet-lease capacity to carriers that may be operating to points in Canada. ETF Airways currently boasts a fleet of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft. All three jets are currently wet-leased to other carriers including Italy’s Neos, Transavia and Transavia France.
What happened to Fly-Wi and Fly-Li?
ReplyDeleteThey have delayed the project.
DeleteI would love to see an airline called Wi-Fly.
DeleteDelayed or cancelled it?
DeleteIt would be great to see it actually going ahead
It has not been cancelled but it has been delayed until further notice.
DeleteThis authorization would effectively give ETF Airways and its subsidiary airlines access to the Canadian market.
DeleteThey are also delaying two 737-800s they announced in recent months.
DeleteUS authorization, now Canadian. ETF is doing great in opening new ACMI markets since European is already overcrowded and nearly monopolized. Basically great preparation for future consolidation or making of new ACMI giant inside of EU
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteBravo Štef i nitko drugi.
DeleteHow will they access Canada apart from relocating jets there? Stopover in KEF maybe? They should buy 767 and finally do what Croatia Airlines seems it never could and start long haul flights
ReplyDeleteOr, they could just ferry them over there for a local customers. They are ACMI provider not a regular airline.
DeleteThere is clearly a tough competition in Europe when it comes to ACMI providers and new carriers are looking for other markets. Good luck, ETF!
ReplyDeleteIt was a strong process that started to express itself strongly shortly before covid. Now the best of the new startups are firmly established in the market, amidst this huge ACMI competition. ETF Airways and FlyAir41 seem to be one of them. Let's hope for more Croatian airlines.
ReplyDeleteIs there anything new coming out? It's time for new airlines.
DeleteSundair buys Air Berlin brand. Will be good 👍
DeleteWill be good to see a Croatian cargo carrier. Maybe leasing a 321F, similar to Lufthansa.
DeleteNice idea.
DeleteIdk but Croatia maybe never had cargo carrier.
Croatia have great potential for charter airlines for foreign and local tour operators to serve to tourists to and from Croatia also ACMI in winter months as European Air Charter in Bulgaria, Enter Air in Poland, Smartwings Czechia, TUI, Condor...
...It would be great to see a cargo airline, but then the current players in the market can do it too.
DeleteTransadria from Zagreb used to operate cargo B727F, some fifty years ago, with hundreds of cargo flights, to the Middle East mostly, exporting meat, poultry, fruits, vegetables... But it was during dark ages of fear and poverty, when we didn't have anything and civil aviation was weak and undeveloped, unlike today....
Delete@21:10 From what I know Bulgaria also has various cargo airlines such as Cargoair and Compass Cargo, where they even received recently their first 747F.
DeletePretty sure Croatia can have its own cargo carrier as well as the competition is less.
Bulgaria and Turkey are leaders in the region in this regard.
DeleteFirst you need the infrastructure which Zagreb airport does not really have but does have the room next to the old terminal and the ramp space. Maybe Zagreb should look into building a dedicated cargo terminal (in the position of the old one). This could attract some players.
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