Lulutai Airlines (L8, Tongatapu) has wet-leased an ATR72-500 from Air Chathams (3C, Chatham Island) to ply the Tongatapu-Vava’u route over the upcoming holiday period. ZK-MCO (msn 628) ferried from Auckland International to Tongatapu on December 12, 2024, before commencing operations for Lulutai two days later.

Air Chathams CCO Duane Emeny told ch-aviation the aircraft was in Tonga until December 24, along with two pilots, two cabin crew, one engineer, and one ground support team member.

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Source: ch aviation
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