The two companies have been partnering throughout the global pandemic utilizing flypop’s aircraft for cargo operations.įlypop has announced that it is forming a joint venture with Hi Fly airline in the United Kingdom. Hi Fly President, Paulo Mirpuri, speaking from the Hi Fly head offices in Lisbon, said: “ We expect a surge in demand in and out of our home market over the coming months and we look forward to serving our customers with the newly formed joint venture” Speaking from the flypop headquarters at London Stansted Airport, (Nino) Navdip Singh Judge, Founder and CEO of flypop, commented: This new partnership agreement will see the two expand their collaboration onto passenger flights out of the United Kingdom. “ We are looking forward to operating flypop’s aircraft out of the UK. Hi Fly’s leading expertise in Airbus widebody aircraft will prove to be a winning recipe for the joint venture.” Over the next few weeks flypop will be adding additional aircraft to the joint venture that will be operated by Hi Fly. Nino added: “ We are in active discussions with several parties to grow the fleet further in the near future and look forward to welcoming these aircraft to the joint venture”. Top Copyright Photo: flypop (People Over Profit) (FlyPop Ltd.) Airbus A330-343 9H-POP (G-FPOP) (msn 1445) ZRH (Rolf Wallner). Image: 957972.Ĭaptain Carlos Mirpuri and his crew flew the widebody aircraft, from Cape Town to the White Continent and back the journey is 2,500 nautical miles, flying for just over five hours each way. Never before has an A340 landed on an Antarctic blue glacial ice runway. The aircraft will be used this season to fly a small number of tourists, alongside scientists and essential cargo to the White Continent. Hi Fly 9H-SOL is an A340-313HGW (High Gross Weight) (9H-SOL) with a maximum take-off weight of 275 tons.
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