Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Calder.

It is Thursday the 22nd of May and I am delighted to welcome back the boss of Avia Solutions Group,

the airline that lots of people have used but perhaps not everybody is aware of.

And the chief executive is Gedemines Z. Meles. First of all, welcome back. Unlike other airlines, for instance,

EasyJet today announced their half-year results. You do not depend on passengers coming direct to you,

but on other airlines.

So can you give us a picture of what sorts of routes you are operating for which airlines

from UK airports this summer?

I think that all major scheduled carriers at least has one aircraft with us.

So our network of license, white-label airline companies is quite big.

We are currently 14 licensed airlines.

And in the United Kingdom, our company, Ascend Airways, is already, it's operating

for a year.

We are specifically targeting a new technology aircraft and ascend

Airways would be specifically operating point seven percent maxes because there are benefits

when it comes to airport fees, everybody cautious about less noise and less CO2 and

we're following market demand.

And of course, our customers like to have a new technology aircraft.

But what would you say to passengers who are unfamiliar with the idea that they are going to be flying with an airline of the sort that they have not expected?

Of course, they have all been told by whichever airline they are flying with, EasyJet,

Tu-E, whoever, your flight is going to be operated by a different carrier.

But do you get any grumbles, or do you conversely get people saying, yes, we're absolutely delighted?

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