SATA Air Acores (SP, Ponta Delgada) has announced it is deploying an ATR72-500 from Spain’s Swiftair (WT, Madrid Barajas) under a short-term ACMI contract to handle inter-island flights in the Azores as one of its DHC-8-Q400s remains in maintenance.

The Grupo SATA subsidiary said in a statement that the Swiftair aircraft will be deployed for at least 17 days between August 6 and 23. The airline said the ACMI was seen as the best solution to mitigate the Q400’s downtime, given global supply chain challenges and the need to maintain passenger…

Source: ch aviation
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