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Air Montenegro has concluded a long-term lease of an Embraer E195 aircraft, local media report. The jet in question, which is seventeen years old and registered OY-GDB, was previously operated by Great Dane Airlines and Marathon Airlines. It was destined to join Air Serbia’s fleet earlier this year. The Serbian carrier allegedly refused to put the jet into service due to untraceable aircraft parts, resulting in its return to the owner, despite sporting Air Serbia’s livery.
As previously reported, Air Montenegro has been sourcing an E195 to join its fleet of two aircraft of the same type since January. Recently, the airline concluded a short-term wet-lease for an Airbus A320, which operated on behalf of the Montenegrin carrier between May 30 and June 10. It is also wet-leasing one E190 from Windrose Airlines for the entire summer. The incoming E195 will be a dry-lease, meaning it will be operated by Air Montenegro crew and the aircraft will be put into Montenegro’s registry. The aircraft is currently in Bydgoszcz in Poland undergoing maintenance and final checks before its entry into Montenegro’s registry. It was previously stored at Belgrade Airport for several months.
Good luck with that
ReplyDelete" despite sporting Air Serbia’s livery" that is because it was supposed to be wet leased by air serbia via marathon
ReplyDeleteI would be rather worried about this part:
Delete'The Serbian carrier refused to put the jet into service due to untraceable aircraft parts, resulting in its return to the owner'
So did Marathon somehow find these papers or is 4O taking the plane without them? If it's the latter then it should make us wonder what safety standards they have over there... or don't.
The story out in the streets is that Danish airline operating the flights before Marathon cut corners, not Marathon
DeleteIt is quite unclear, how that aircraft could be maintained without paperworks, especially inside EU??!? Are there any regulators that check airplanes and their maintenance at all?? What's happening with buses and trains, if airplanes may skip any control. This is not central Africa and some third world country, but the heart of Europe
DeleteAs we saw with the case of Sky Alps it is entirely possible.
DeleteAir Pink or Prince Air, or whatever it's called.
DeleteQuestion was: how did it happen inside EU??!? Air Pink was not based in EU.
Delete"What's the worst it could happen", imagine there is an accident, and a part fails, which was previously untracable but replaced on this C-Check...No way insurance is paying any of it
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt 4O got great price for this plane as with missing documentation nobody wants it.
ReplyDeleteNow, we have a plane that Air Serbia rejected and now the very same plane will be in Belgrade carrying passengers to TGD and TIV. Aren't there some international rules saying that without proper documentation no plane can be leased?
It seems to me here that again money goes before safety.
Serbian CAA should ban this aircraft from Serbian airspace.
DeleteAir Serbia in return will then be banned from Montenegrin Airspace !
DeleteWhy would Air Serbia be banned? I am not saying to ban whole Air Montenegro, but only a particular aircraft.
DeleteSome comments here xd
DeleteIs there currently a shortage of available E195s? Why did they pick this one in particular as we all know the history behind it?
ReplyDeleteI know some of you will say low price, but in the end it could cost them way more.
It was cheap.
DeleteWhats going on with 4O- AOC? It is a former Air Montenegro Embraer that never got back in service, if both need a lot maintenance and been stored for years, why not use the plane with known history?
ReplyDeleteImagine this plot twist:
DeleteAir Serbia takes over 4O-AOC
Because plane is looted by unknown persons, although it is parked on a TGD airport. Lot of parts are missing
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