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Oct 28, 2019 (newstodate):  The Vilnius-based ACMI and charter carrier Avion Express closed Q3/2019 in the fast lane, announcing record-high quarterly production results.
   During Q3/2019 the airline generated over 27,400 block hours, increasing the production result by 28 percent, y-o-y.
   January-September 2019 production results increased by over 15 percent, with over 50,000 block hours in the three quarters of 2019.
   This summer, Avon Express has been serving long-term contracts with Thomas Cook Airlines and its subsidiary company Condor, and SunExpress, as well as carriers including Sky Angkor Airlines, SKY Airline, Vueling, Onur Air, Royal Air Maroc, Transavia and others
   With a fleet comprising 22 aircraft, Avion Express is now providing ACMI services to Onur Air and SunExpress during the remaining period of the European high-season, while continuing operating for Norwegian.
   Avion Express has recently signed an ACMI contract with VietJet Air comprising the wet-lease of three Airbus A320 and three Airbus A321 until the end of February 2020.  
   Four of the aircraft will already start operations in Vietnam in November.
    The company's subsidiary Avion Express Malta obtained its Maltese AOC in May 2019, starting out with one Airbus A320 aircraft that commenced flights for Norwegian on May 20, 2019.
   Avion Express Malta applied for Foreign Air Carrier Permits and Exemption Authority by the US regulator DOT on July 3, 2019, and was granted rights on August 22, 2019, opening up for new business potentials as a provider of ACMI narrow-body services in the US market.