SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has retired its last B767-300, YL-LCY (msn 24952), from active duty following the end of a wet-lease contract with Venezuelan carrier, SBA Airlines (S3, Maracaibo). The move now means SmartLynx operates an exclusively Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) fleet consisting of eight A320-200s for use on ad-hoc passenger, ACMI and charter flights across Europe, Africa and Asia.

Cronos Airlines (C8, Malabo) has once more taken delivery of MD-87 OY-JRU (msn 49403); the aircraft it had previously wet-leased from DAT - Danish Air Transport (DX, Kolding) between December 2012 and February 2013. OY-JRU was recently ferried to Malabo from Copenhagen Kastrup via Algier where it will be used to replace an A320-200 YL-LCL (c/n 533) wet-leased from SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) that was returned to the Latvian ACMI specialist as planned.

SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has leased its A320-200 (c/n 279 / YL-LCJ) to Turkish operator Corendon Airlines (XC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) for the duration of summer. The aircraft has first been in service on Corendon's Antalya - Eindhoven - Antalya route on April 21 and has been detailed in the airline's titles and tail colors. In addition, the Latvian ACMI and charter operator has also been contracted to wet-lease another A320, YL-LCK (c/n 936), to Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int'l) from May to October.

SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has wet-leased one of its seven A320-200s (YL-BBC, c/n 142) to low-cost carrier nasair (Saudi Arabia) (XY, Riyadh). nasair already wet-leases five A320-200s from Air VIA (VL, Sofia), Bulgaria Air (FB, Sofia) and Holidays Czech Airlines (HCC, Prague).

Nordic Air Sweden (Umeå) has announced plans to now launch scheduled operations from Northern Sweden on March 28. It plans to base an EMB-170 at Arvidsjaur and plans to offer three weekly services to Copenhagen Kastrup and two weekly flights to London Stansted, both operating via Skellefteå. On a weekly basis it also will offer a flight from Copenhagen Kastrup via Skopje to Beirut. The scheduled flights will be marketed under the FlySwedish brand name. Nordic Air Sweden also plans to operate charter services in cooperation with tour operators using A320-200s wet-leased from SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) when required.