Cabo Verde Airlines (VR, Sal Amilcar Cabral International) has boosted capacity on its domestic routes by redeploying an ATR72-600 on a renewed wet-lease from Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne International), according to ADS-B data.
6V-AMS (msn 1447) resumed flights between Praia, Sal Amilcar Cabral International, and São Vicente on July 22, ADS-B data shows, after the airline announced in a statement on July 19 that it would be adding a third aircraft to its domestic fleet. A previous three-month ACMI contract between Air Sénégal and Cabo Verde Airlines ran between February 18 and May 22.
The Cabo Verdean flag carrier also wet-leases an ATR72-500 from Global Aviation (Mauritania) (MSS, Nouakchott) and a DHC-8-Q300 from CemAir (5Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) for use on domestic routes.
In addition, the airline dry-leases one B737-700, D4-CCI (msn 34559), from TAAG Angola Airlines (DT, Luanda 4 De Fevereiro) and one B737-8, D4-CCJ (msn 60432), from Aergo Capital. The narrowbodies operate international routes between Cabo Verde and Lisbon (Portugal), Paris CDG (France) and Milan Bergamo (Italy), and domestically between Praia and Sal, ADS-B data reveals.
ch-aviation has contacted Cabo Verde Airlines for comment.
