HLX adds 737s
German low-cost carrier Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX) is to double the size of its fleet of Boeing 737-700s to eight as it opens its second hub at Cologne-Bonn Airport. The additional aircraft will be crewed by HLX pilots transferred from other TUI group airlines and are supplied under a dry-lease contract with charter carrier Germania, which supplied the carrier's existing four aircraft under wet lease.
Source: Flight International
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