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Mar 18, 2013 (newstodate): While still dedicated to operating Boeing 747 aircraft, the Iceland ACMI provider Air Atlanta Icelandic is seeing prospects for adding Airbus aircraft in the future.
-We are to operate one Airbus A340-300 aircraft for Air Madagascar on the route between Antananarivo and Paris under a CMI contract, with the aircraft thus remaining owned by Air Madagascar. Under this contract, the carrier will be outsourcing all operational issues to us, which will ensure cost-efficient operations even with only one aircraft of this type in the fleet, says Baldvin Mar Hermannsson, Air Atlanta Icelandic VP Sales & Marketing.
The first Air Madagascar flights in cooperation with Air Atlanta will be launched from March 20, 2013.
-We are familiar with the Airbus A340 and A330, and we are currently looking into acquiring the A330 ourselves, with the first aircraft probably joining our fleet already by the end of 2013 or early 2014.
-We are looking at both passenger and freighter aircraft of this type, provided suitable aircraft are available in the market, and we find customers interested in this. I am confident that there are indeed big potentials here, says mr Hermannsson.
Air Atlanta Icelandic is currently operating a fleet of 15 Boeing 747-400 aircraft, passenger and freighter versions included.
-We are to operate one Airbus A340-300 aircraft for Air Madagascar on the route between Antananarivo and Paris under a CMI contract, with the aircraft thus remaining owned by Air Madagascar. Under this contract, the carrier will be outsourcing all operational issues to us, which will ensure cost-efficient operations even with only one aircraft of this type in the fleet, says Baldvin Mar Hermannsson, Air Atlanta Icelandic VP Sales & Marketing.
The first Air Madagascar flights in cooperation with Air Atlanta will be launched from March 20, 2013.
-We are familiar with the Airbus A340 and A330, and we are currently looking into acquiring the A330 ourselves, with the first aircraft probably joining our fleet already by the end of 2013 or early 2014.
-We are looking at both passenger and freighter aircraft of this type, provided suitable aircraft are available in the market, and we find customers interested in this. I am confident that there are indeed big potentials here, says mr Hermannsson.
Air Atlanta Icelandic is currently operating a fleet of 15 Boeing 747-400 aircraft, passenger and freighter versions included.