British startup Flypop will put its second Airbus A330 into cargo service this week. The plane was transferred to London Stansted Airport over the weekend. The operator is the Maltese carrier Hifly Malta.

Flypop actually wanted to carry passengers for a long time, but due to the corona pandemic and the associated entry and quarantine regulations, the decision was made to initially offer cargo flights. An arrangement was made with Hifly Malta for this, because the British provider does not have its own AOC, but charters the machines from the Maltese airline.

The second Flypop machine is registered 9H-PTP. The Airbus A330-300 is 8,7 years old and was originally delivered to Cebu Pacific. Since the beginning of this year, the long-haul jet has been operated by Hifly Malta on behalf of Flypop.

“Fantastic to see our second Flypop aircraft in the sky and especially flying here at our UK base at London Stansted Airport and above my home! Flypop is now a revenue generating airline and we look forward to further expanding our aircraft fleet throughout 2022 for both cargo and passenger operations,” said CEO Navdip Singh Judge.

In the coming months, Flypop will commission two more aircraft from its fleet for cargo duties and plans to start passenger flights in the summer. It is currently expected that there will be strong demand between the UK and India from the second quarter of this year. Potential destinations are currently being evaluated, including: Amritsar, Hyderabad, Goa, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Chandigarh.