SmartLynx Australia has mentioned it’s “firmly dedicated” to sustaining regional turboprop operations following its rebrand from Skytrans.
The Queensland-based regional provider, which was purchased by international aviation agency Avia Options Group final yr with a view to add wet-leasing operations with A319s, rebranded in July and plans to axe the Skytrans livery for an all-white fleet.
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Regardless of its new concentrate on ACMI companies, the airline says its common passenger transport flights are right here to remain, having not too long ago taken over the Lord Howe Island route from QantasLink.
“The rebrand from Skytrans to SmartLynx Australia and increasing our service providing with ACMI is about strengthening our present RPT and constitution companies, not changing them,” mentioned CEO Gytis Gumuliauskas in a press release.
“We’re right here to assist all the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets when capability is required. That’s precisely what being a part of the Avia Options Group permits us to do.”
SmartLynx at present operates two A319s alongside its fleet of 10 Sprint 8s, and says it’s at present aiming to enhance its reliability for RPT companies. It had an on-time arrival charge of 79.6 per cent, on-time departure charge of 84.2 per cent, and a couple of.2 per cent cancellation charge for the month of September 2025.
“The SmartLynx Australia group has been working onerous to enhance efficiency throughout all metrics, and during the last six months, the outcomes are beginning to present the influence of that dedication,” mentioned Gumuliauskas.
“We see these outcomes as a reassurance not simply to passengers but in addition to airways taking a look at choices for extending their capability.”
The airline in Might axed its Cessna 208B flights to eleven islands within the Torres Strait, with Gumuliauskas saying on the time the choice was made to “mitigate dangers and complexity of getting single engine operations together with turboprops and jets”.
“The market has the protection of Torres Strait with different operators. We’re tailoring RPT community and schedules, however there aren’t any different cuts deliberate by way of the fleet,” he mentioned, as reported by ch-aviation.
“We wish to supply extra capability with our Sprint 8 and A319-100 fleet to handle regional market wants and assist different carriers, together with regional flying.”
SmartLynx Australia obtained CASA approval for its ACMI companies earlier this yr, with its second A319 having arrived in Australia in February after the first touched down in December.
The airline is trying to make use of its A319s to spice up passenger capability for airline shoppers throughout peak seasons, in addition to permit different regional carriers to check new routes, and supply airways a stopgap measure whereas their very own plane are present process upkeep.
