Enter Air (OF, Warsaw Fryderyk Chopin (WAW)) has denied previous reports by German broker Air Service Erfurt that it would operate charter services from Erfurt-Weimar Bindersleben (ERF), Kassel Calden (KSF) and Rostock Laage (RLG) on its behalf this summer season. According to the Polish charter carrier the two parties have never entered into any commercial agreement even though the charter flights from Germany to Spain were already put on sale. Air Service Erfurt and tour operator Rewe Touristik have announced that they are still looking for a replacement carrier to operate the flights originally planned to be operated by bankrupt XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)).

Luxair (LG, Luxembourg Findel International (LUX)) will wet-lease a B737-800 from French leisure carrier XL Airways France (SE, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)) this summer season to complement its own B737-800 LX-LGU (MSN 41047) and three B737-700s. The aircraft will be based in Luxembourg from April 20 to November 3 and mainly operate on leisure oriented scheduled services that Luxair operates in cooperation with its own and other tour operators. XL Airways France's bankrupt sister carrier XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)) had operated these flights last year with one of its B737-800s.

Germania (ST, Berlin Tegel (TXL)) CEO Andreas Wobig has told Airliners.de that the carrier would plan to acquire or lease two additional B737NG or A320 family aircraft later this year due to increased demand by tour operators for charter services. The suspension of services by German charter carriers German Sky Airlines (GHY, Dusseldorf International (DUS)) and XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)) in the last quarter of 2012 has left a void that Germania hopes to be able to fill in this market segment.

XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)) has been unable to find new investors willing to fund a potential resumption of services following its bankruptcy filing on December 27. The airline's court appointed administrator has laid off the remaining employees and the company has now entered liquidation.

UTair-Ukraine (QU, Lugansk (VSG)) will shortly take delivery of its first ex-XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)) B737-800 UR-UTP (MSN 28226). The aircraft is currently being prepared for the Ukrainian subsidiary of UTair (UT, Khanty-Mansiysk (HMA)) at Shannon International (SNN). It will likely be used on charter services in cooperation with Ukrainian tour operators like its single B737-400. UTair-Ukraine also operates five ATR 72-500s, five ATR 42-300s and two CRJ-200s on scheduled services on domestic and international routes.