Draft:Legend Airlines (Romania)

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Legend Airlines is a air charter airline based in the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania which was established in 2020[1] and operates flights out of various airports. It charters air services such as Charter Flights and ACMI / Aircraft lease services.[2]

Fleet[edit]

Fleet as of 2024[3]
Airplane Registration number Confirmed
Airbus A340-313 YR-LRE Yes[4]
Airbus A340-313 YR-LRC Yes[5]
Airbus A340-313 (Ordered[6]) YR-LRB Yes [6]
Beechcraft 1900[3] C-FONH No
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[3] C-GKSN No

Accidents and incidents[edit]

On 22 December 2023 their Airbus A340 registered YR-LRE was grounded at Châlons Vatry Airport near Paris where it made a stopover during a flight bound for Managua, Nicaragua. It had departed initially from Fujairah International Airport with around 300 Indians on board. It was grounded based on claims of human trafficking.[7][8] Later the plane returned back to Mumbai with a stopover at Fujairah.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About Us". Legend Airlines.
  2. ^ "Services". Legend Airlines.
  3. ^ a b c "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24.
  4. ^ "Fleet". Legend Airlines.
  5. ^ "Romania's Legend Airlines takes first A340". Legend Airlines. 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Classic Airbus A340 to be revived by Romanian airline". Legend Airlines. 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ Chen, Heather (24 December 2023). "France grounds Romanian plane carrying 303 Indian nationals under suspicion of human trafficking". CNN.
  8. ^ "France grounds aircraft bound to Nicaragua with some 300 Indians on board". Reuters. 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Plane passengers held pending human trafficking inquiry leave France for India". Reuters. 25 December 2023.