Spain’s Volotea expects continued growth in 2019
Volotea, a Spanish LCC specialising in point-to-point service between Europe’s secondary cities, plans on steady growth in fleet, network and revenues next year. The airline’s fleet is expected to grow to 34 aircraft, chief sales officer Pierfrancesco Carino said Thursday The fleet will include 16 or 17 Airbus A319s, he said, thanks to the delivery of 3 used A319s, while acquisition of a fourth A319 has yet to be closed. Volotea operates the A319s in a 156-seat configuration. The rest of the fleet consists of 125-seat Boeing 717s, which were “very good to begin with” when the carrier was founded in 2012, Carino said, but are being replaced by the longer-range, greater-capacity A319s. Volotea targets 2022 for a single-type fleet. The airline flies 293 routes and plans to expand to 319, with 36 new routes and 10 withdrawals. <br/>
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Spain’s Volotea expects continued growth in 2019
Volotea, a Spanish LCC specialising in point-to-point service between Europe’s secondary cities, plans on steady growth in fleet, network and revenues next year. The airline’s fleet is expected to grow to 34 aircraft, chief sales officer Pierfrancesco Carino said Thursday The fleet will include 16 or 17 Airbus A319s, he said, thanks to the delivery of 3 used A319s, while acquisition of a fourth A319 has yet to be closed. Volotea operates the A319s in a 156-seat configuration. The rest of the fleet consists of 125-seat Boeing 717s, which were “very good to begin with” when the carrier was founded in 2012, Carino said, but are being replaced by the longer-range, greater-capacity A319s. Volotea targets 2022 for a single-type fleet. The airline flies 293 routes and plans to expand to 319, with 36 new routes and 10 withdrawals. <br/>
