Yemen’s Felix Airways becomes MA600F launch customer

Courtesy, Felix Airways

Felix Airways has taken delivery of two MA600 freighters, making the Yemeni carrier the launch customer for the cargo variant of the MA60 60-seat turboprop. The aircraft will be used to export seafood and agricultural products from Yemen.
The MA600F, manufactured by China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corp., launched its first flight in October.
The two MA600Fs are part of a deal for six of the type that are being acquired by Yemen’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications and will be the carrier’s first dedicated freighters. The destination of the other four aircraft is not yet known. Felix Airways is part-owned by the Yemeni government.
The ministry is hoping Xi’an will establish a spares center for the type in Aden, Yemen’s main commercial center.
Felix Airways is undertaking a fleet renewal program. It operates two Canadair CRJ-200s and two -700s, but said in September it would replace the -200s with Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops for domestic services and would consider the Airbus A319 or A320 as replacements for the larger -700s.


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