Charter and wet leasing aircraft provider Privilege Style has taken delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft. The jet replaces the carrier’s sole Boeing 767-300ER, which it retired earlier this yr.
The aircraft is already seeing energetic service for its latest airline. The widebody most recently flew from Abidjan within the Ivory Coast to Paris on June twenty eighth. It’s scheduled to return to Abidjan later this afternoon.
A versatile addition to the fleet.
The airline’s latest Airbus A330-200 aircraft (registered EC-NZJ) is designed to fulfill various passenger needs. It has been configured to seat as much as 275 passengers. Twenty lie-flat seats are within the business cabin, while the remaining 255 seats are positioned in economy class. The carrier has since confirmed it can offer a big selection of onboard amenities, including the ambient lighting system and “extensive in-flight audio-visual entertainment options” to make sure passengers have a pleasing and satisfying journey.
The carrier, which has bases at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport, will use the brand new jet for its continuing private and charter operations. Javier Ortiz, CEO of Privilege Style, highlighted how this latest aircraft reaffirms the corporate’s commitment to excellence in air transportation:
“This acquisition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to proceed renewing and improving our services, with a versatile fleet that permits us to fulfill the present needs of the market.
‘The brand new aircraft will help us to expand our operations and proceed to supply our services under the very best standards of quality and safety in aviation”.
Photo: Privilege Style
Privilege Style’s fleet features a single Airbus A321-200, currently wet-leased to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, one Boeing 757-200 (wet-leased to Aer Lingus), and one Boeing 777-200ER.
Just over a decade old
The ten-year-old aircraft (MSN 1407) initially flew for Virgin Australia. In response to the newest available data, the jet is now owned by Floreat Capital Markets and managed by Doric Asset Finance. The aircraft’s first flight with the brand new airline was on June twenty third, 2023, when it debuted on a service from Madrid Barajas to Malaga on behalf of Air Europa.
Within the week because it has flown on behalf of each Corendon Dutch Airlines and Air France. The Corendon flights were from Amsterdam to the Greek island of Rhodes. After a placement flight from Amsterdam to Paris, the aircraft began operating flights from the French capital to Luanda, Madrid, and Pointe Noire within the Republic of Congo.
Photo: Privilege Style
The aircraft replaces Privilege Style’s 264-seat Boeing 767-300ER that it retired from operation in the beginning of this yr. The 767 first joined the airline in 2013 (the yr its alternative was built) and was christened Eduardo Barreiros. The name was chosen in honor of the person from Ourense who revolutionized the industry by transforming petrol engines into diesel. Barreiros significantly inspired the present president of Privilege Style, who also hails from Ourense.
The aircraft carried almost half one million passengers during its decade of service with the airline. The plane is now undergoing passenger-to-freighter conversion at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport.
Source: FlightGlobal, ch-aviation