Aviation group urges African airlines to consider the option of ‘wet-leasing’ aircraft

Major international aviation wet-leasing and charter services company Avion Express has highlighted the potential benefits to African airlines, recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, of employing the option of wet-leasing airliners. Wet-leasing, more formally called aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) provision, involves leasing an airliner, plus both flight and cabin crew, with the lessor also responsible for maintenance and paying insurance. The lessee airline is responsible for ...