Flybe

Acquisition of 24 Bombardier Q400 Dash-8 commercial aircraft from United Express (Republic Airlines) to Flybe fleet  

 

To bring 24 Republic Airlines (United Express) Q400 aircraft into service on Flybe’s fleet by the end of 2017:

 

The first 5 aircraft to be brought into service second quarter 2015.

Aircraft 6 to 24 to be brought into service between October 2015 and December 2017.

 

Tasks to bring aircraft into service include:

 

 

Modification Parts Order Lead Time	150 days
Flight Data Monitoring	101 days
Maintenance Program Comparison	22 days
Safety and Reliability Mods Review	22 days
Indianapolis Records Review	22 days
Customisation – Design	22 days
Chicago C Check	30 days
Repaint	6 days
Toronto Modifications	(22 days)
Modification  Kit Fitting 8.33KHz spacing EVR716-11-0300A radios (2) Full Imperial to Metric Conversion (PFD, MFD, IESI, Fuel, ADI to Cross pointer display.) EASA Metric W&B manual Mode S Transponder with Enhanced Surveillance Baggage Dividers Net TCAS 7.1	15 days
Acceptance Flight	1 day
Remedial Work	6 days
Certificate of Airworthiness	6 days
Aircraft Registration	1 day
Ferry to UK	2 days
Exeter Service Mods	5 days

Implementation of 5 ATR72-600 commercial turbo-prop aircraft in SAS under wet-lease  

 

Lease 5 new ATR 72-600 aircraft from Avation for full wet-lease to SAS.

·         Fully painted, liveried and SAS branded ex-works

·         ATR Product Support Credits for training, manuals and support services of $250k per aircraft

·         Delivered to Toulouse Airport for distribution

·         Recruit and train crews (4.3 per aircraft)

o   Training based on assumption of not type rated

 

Implementation of new routes for Flybe's Embraer E-Jets 

 

• 2x surplus-to-requirement E195 aircraft to be placed under a 10 year agreement with Cardiff Airport ("Project Red Kite").
• 1x surplus-to-requirement E195 aircraft to be placed under a 10 year agreement with Doncaster Airport ("Project Purple Kite").
• 1x surplus-to-requirement E195 aircraft to be placed under a 10 year agreement with Leeds-Bradford Airport ("Project White Kite").