March 18, 2024 "...Jetlines, one of Canada's leading leisure airlines, announced the delivery of one (1) Airbus A320-200 on long-term lease from Aviation Capital Group LLC (ACG), a premier global aircraft asset manager. This is the Company's fourth aircraft and it has signed lease agreements for two additional Airbus A320 aircraft that are scheduled for delivery in Q2 2024.
Eddy Doyle, Canada Jetlines CEO, stated, "We are excited to partner with Aviation Capital Group LLC and welcome this new addition to our fleet. This A320-200 delivery marks a significant step in our growth strategy, allowing us to enhance our service offerings and expand our operations to better serve our customers. Canada Jetlines' unique business strategy of focusing on charter/ACMI flights, along with a leisure destination focused scheduled service operation, allows it to be competitive with a sustainable growth strategy."
Alan Mangels, Vice President of Marketing for ACG, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, stating, "ACG is proud to broaden its footprint in North America and is pleased to welcome Canada Jetlines as a new lessee. We look forward to this new, long-term partnership."
2 - Airbus A320's in readiness for the "wet-lease" agreement with a "prominent" European carrier this summer.
One to be deployed in April for 6 months, the other deployed in June for 3 months.
And now
Posted on March 8...
That 6th aircraft (MSN 5661, an A320-214 SL) could be a good deal.
Leased by Frontier from ACG, looks like it went into storage at the peak of the COVID pandemic (April 2020).
Malaysian MyAirlines had it briefly until they suspended operations after little more than a year.
Back into storage and now leased from ACG (Aviation Capital Group) by Jetlines.
"Ferried KUL-MCT-CAI-WOE" in November 2023. (Kuala Lumpur, Muscat in Oman, Cairo, Woensdrecht Air Base in Netherlands.) Presumed in storage at that time.
https://xfw-spotter.blogspot.com/2013/06/a320-214sl-frontier-daubz-n220fr-msn.html
From the Jan. 4, 2024 announcement, the plane is "expected to be in service by the end of Q1 of 2024". Due Canada Jetlines (CJL or AU) C- ______