Fleet Plan News: AeroGal receives first Airbus A319s

The Ecuadorian carrier which derives its name from the Galapagos lslands that its serves, received the first of five Airbus A319-112s (reg HC-CKL / serial 1866) on 21 January 2010. All five have been leased from ILFC and were formerly operated by Mexicana. Delivery of the second (HC-CKM / 1872) is thought to be imminent. Traditionally a Boeing 737 operator, AeroGal became part of Avianca-TACA Ltd when the Group exercised its option to acquire 80 per cent of the carrier in March last year. Even before the option had been exercised, AeroGal had sourced two aircraft from other Group carriers, with a Boeing 767-300EREM (November 2009) and a Boeing 757-200 (February 2010) arriving on lease from former operator Oceanair. Three late-model Airbus A320-214s now also operated by AeroGal on lease were previously with Avianca but were transferred to Ecuador via sale and lease back deals in the second half of 2010.

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